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Book recommendations

March 22, 2010

Because of Hulu and other such nightly distractions, I’ve seriously lagged when it comes to getting through my reading list.  I’ve stalled a half-dozen books since I’ve been home and am ordering new ones via Amazon left, right and center (the one-click purchase feature is eeeevil!). I’ve found that the best books I’ve ever read [...]

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Fantasy travel trips that you can do now

March 19, 2010

If you haven’t already read The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris, I highly recommend you do.  Though parts of it can sound unrealistic at times, it will change the way you think about work, play and everything in between.  Among other ideas, Tim talks about the highly affordable lifestyle of taking mini-retirements while you’re still young, able [...]

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Book Review: Life of Pi

October 20, 2009

Wow.  What a great story.  I am breathless and dizzy.  The last few chapters concluded with such force that I feel winded. Yann Martel is an absolute genius (and he’s Canadian! woot, woot!).  This book is layered with such symbolism and allegory that it would take me another two or three read-throughs to properly decipher [...]

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The art of multi-tasking

October 15, 2009

Supposedly I’m the kind of person that can’t sit still with just one task, one goal, one book, one something.  I don’t do ones.  I do manys.  Many books, many tasks, many goals, many ideas, many places.  There’s just lots left to learn.  I decided, however, that doing many things at once may have diminishing [...]

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The tease of The Travel Bookshop

March 1, 2009

One of the best things about living in Notting Hill is the fact that on any given Sunday morning, I can walk ten minutes down the road and enter the treasure trove called The Travel Bookshop.  This is the same Travel Bookshop that is featured in Notting Hill, the movie.  It’s the type of place that [...]

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