Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell 2019 Four of five stars **** Malcolm Gladwell...

Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter 2013 Five of five stars ***** Where do the millions of tons...

The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch: How the Canceled Sitcom Became the Beloved Pop Culture Icon We Are Still Talking About Today by...

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Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmes 2019 Four of five stars **** " Whenever I make a blasphemous joke, I always say that I believe in a God big...

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Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us by Rana Foroohar **** Four of five stars Google, now one of...

Stillness Is the Key - Review by Ryan Holiday 2019 Four of five stars **** We live in a noisy world that would rather we don't think...

I've never been a particularly brand-conscious consumer of clothing. If it fits and looks okay, that's good enough for me. A recent...

Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson 2018 *** 3 of five stars Why is it that...

I've published several articles in our local newspaper. This was published in July of 2019.

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Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life beyond Your Wildest Dreams by Gabrielle Bernstein I chose this book initially because...

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein 2019 **** Four of five stars In many ways, specialists rule our...

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Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop 2016 This book is a short jolt of energy that is well...

All good things must come to an end. My goal for November 2019 was to write 30 essays in 30 days. I ended up with 24 essays in 32 days....

People can be so annoying. It's a wonder some times how we tolerate each other. It's difficult sharing space, time, and things with...

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair 2019 Five of five stars ***** How would you feel about living an...

I hate insurance. It's a lose-lose proposition at best. If you don't use it, you're out all the premiums you paid. If you do use it,...