Books

I’m always amused at how many “lists” appear at the end of the year.  I’m anti-list – I never read them and I no longer am willing to contribute to

Today’s book was an easy one.  When Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007, I decided to read all of his books.  A quick trip to Amazon resulted in the purchase of

I think I’ve read every book that Michael Lewis has ever written going all the way back to Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street .  While Lewis

There’s nothing quite like reading a book about marathons on a weekend that you run a marathon.  I carried My First 100 Marathons: 2,620 Miles with an Obsessive Runner by

As I stall before I head out the door for an hour run in the cold, dark mountains outside my house, I thought I’d share some of the interesting stuff

To celebrate today’s New York Marathon, I went for a hard and fast run in the mountains near my house.  There’s nothing quite like grinding your way up a hill

If you thought the reason I haven’t been doing a Daily Reading post lately was because I didn’t feel like adding more to the endless stream of political noise, global

This morning, I read two wonderful essays on the web – one by Warren Buffet and one by Paul Graham. Warren Buffett: Buy American.  I Am. Paul Graham: Why to

As Amy and run around like silly people packing up to head back to Boulder tonight, I stumbled upon two fantastic posts on the web.  Consider this your daily reading

I had a week of "a book a day" where every single one I read was great.  I’m now slogging through an "ok" book (The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture