Today’s topic is a reflection on a number of the books that I’ve been reading over the past few months (and some even further back) that I have yet to review and how they all tie together. I figured you can go to Amazon for a book review, but where else can you get a …
Yearly Archive
for: ‘2009’
“The Billionaire’s Vinegar”
Take a guess at the price for the most expensive bottle of wine that has ever sold. I wonder if you’re even within a hundred grand. The price, paid at an auction on behalf of Malcom Forbes, was $156,000! It wasn’t just any bottle of wine though; this bottle, a 1787 Lafite Bordeaux, was claimed …
“His Excellency, George Washington”
I recently read, “His Excellency, George Washington” by Joseph J. Ellis (author of the bestseller “Founding Brothers”). Yet again, I’m amazed at how Ellis makes American history come alive through his writing style, which transitions seamlessly from factual story-telling to almost conversational language. Here, he cuts through the legends and folklore that surround our Nation’s …
Meta-review of the health care debate
Let me begin this blog by assuring you that I will not be putting across my opinions on health care reform. Rather, I’d like to take a look at how this whole debate is unfolding in isolation of the actual issue being discussed. So, I write this not to elevate democrats over republicans or liberals …
Roz Savage, Ocean Rower
For the past few months, I’ve been working with ocean rower and environmentalist Roz Savage for a project at Archinoetics (where I work) called the RozTracker (an interactive mapping tool that plots her crossing of the Pacific Ocean). Recently, Archinoetics took over managing Roz’s website as well, and so I was charged with fixing a …