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Too much philosophy: March 2015
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Saturday, March 21, 2015. The life-changing magic of tidying up. The Japanese art of decluttering and organizing. I didn't know that decluttering is not a word. Yet as I write this, I see a little red squiggly under it. The suggested alternatives are cluttering and uncluttering. As a society are we currently so obsessed with tidying up that we now need a new word to describe it? Tidy up by category, not by location. The clo...
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Too much philosophy: January 2015
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Saturday, January 24, 2015. Man's Search for Meaning. I've read this multiple times. Live your life as if this is the second time, and you have already behaved as wrongly as you are about to do now.". Freedom without responsibility becomes random and meaningless. Frankly survived the concentration camps of WWII. Half of this book covers that story. It's very compelling. Friday, January 2, 2015. By Blake J Harris.
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Too much philosophy: September 2014
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Friday, September 26, 2014. Mastering the Craft of Smoking Food. By Warren R. Anderson. This is a good over view of smoking food, different types of smokers, and how to build your own. Sunday, September 21, 2014. Good, Good Enough, and My Over Refined Pallet. The whole thing costs less than $8.00. It's all lower quality than Red Robin, but it's right for that moment. No, of course not. I've spent the past few days working n...
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Too much philosophy: October 2014
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Sunday, October 12, 2014. I didn't know about the postal covers scandal. I picked this book up because it was written by an astronaut, and I've always had astronaut dreams. Al Warden flew on Apollo 15. At the time, he and his fellow crewmates brought postal covers along with them with the intent of selling them at a later date as special memorabilia; a souvenir of something that had flown to the moon and back. Money as an a...
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Too much philosophy: A Random Walk down Wall Street
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Saturday, June 13, 2015. A Random Walk down Wall Street. By Burton G. Malkiel. Buy and hold low expense index funds. Everything else in this book tells you why. Malkiel asserts (and I agree with him) that no investment expert can consistently beat the market in he long run. Especially when you consider expenses and tax. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Displaced Hipster's Guide to Renton, Wa. You can read more at.
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Too much philosophy: The Player of Games
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Sunday, May 10, 2015. The Player of Games. By Ian M. Banks. I enjoy the world Banks has created- the world of the Culture- an intergalactic society advanced and powerful. All basic human needs can easily be met. All the work, including most of the thinking is done by machines and computers. I don't so much like his lead characters. This book is far better than the last though. I will definitely read the next.
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Too much philosophy: Hyperbole and a Half
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Saturday, June 13, 2015. Hyperbole and a Half. Is this a graphic novel? It is a lovely set of short stories illustrated by Brosh's distinct drawings. Brosh's story about her depression is very deep and touching. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Displaced Hipster's Guide to Renton, Wa. You can read more at. Hyperbole and a Half. The Upside of Irrationality. The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty.
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Too much philosophy: May 2014
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Saturday, May 24, 2014. Draft of an essay. I have to choose my words carefully here. There is much to dislike about Antifragile. But that misses the point. This is a very well thought out book. And the act of disagreeing with parts of it can be very clarifying. Not something you can dismiss. What does Taleb believe? He has a large distrust of much modern technology, but a great respect for the process of innovation. Smart o...
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Too much philosophy: June 2015
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My ramblings on books I've read, music I've listened to and things I want to try. Saturday, June 13, 2015. Hyperbole and a Half. Is this a graphic novel? It is a lovely set of short stories illustrated by Brosh's distinct drawings. Brosh's story about her depression is very deep and touching. The Upside of Irrationality. To protect your self, make decisions based on testable experiments. The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty. A Random Walk down Wall Street. By Burton G. Malkiel. Buy and hold low expense in...
