It’s not a book contract, but my publishing career has taken a small step forward… The editor of a Yankees blog (www.startspreadingthenews.com) read one of my baseball posts and asked permission to reprint some of them on his blog. The first one appears today, concerning my chance encounter with Lou Piniella. I invite everyone to … Continue reading “Now On Deck”
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Game Winning Goal
This may come as little surprise to those of you have read my 116 posts thus far, but I like to write. Term papers and research projects in school, reports and memos at work, founding documents and think pieces in my startups, I’ve always had a knack for stringing words together. What may come as … Continue reading “Game Winning Goal”
January Books
I’ve decided that if this book reading post thing is going to work this year, I should limit my posts to once a month. So here goes. I’ve already mentioned how I started the year with the first four books of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, and followed that with the Fall of … Continue reading “January Books”
Roads Go Ever On And On
Well I finished the first four Hitchhiker’s books, and my library delivered Tolkien’s Fall of Gondolin. So, now I’m off for a tour of Middle Earth. Fall of Gondolin is the last book JRR’s son Christopher has compiled from his various notes. It’s less a story and more of a literary archaeological dig, and Christopher … Continue reading “Roads Go Ever On And On”
Let The Books Flow
As I’ve mentioned before, I am a prolific reader and have kept a spreadsheet of my reading over the past several years. In 2018, I read a record (for me) 108 books, most new but many rereads. People have asked me about what I read, so I thought this year I’d try to post about … Continue reading “Let The Books Flow”