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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:43:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:36:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this back in high school, but it didn't have much of an impact on me at the time for some reason. Reading it again with the benefit of many years of life experience, there are very few aspects of my life that wouldn't be improved by applying the lessons Sun imparts here. Essential reading for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20read%20this%20back%20in%20high%20school,%20but%20it%20didn't%20have%20much%20of%20an%20impact%20on%20me%20at%20the%20time%20for%20some%20reason.%20Reading%20it%20again%20with%20the%20benefit%20of%20many%20years%20of%20life%20experience,%20there%20are%20very%20few%20aspects%20of%20my%20life%20that%20wouldn't%20be%20improved%20by%20applying%20the%20lessons%20Sun%20imparts%20here.%20Essential%20reading%20for%20life.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6266560.An_Off_Year">An Off Year (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/902343.Claire_Zulkey">Claire Zulkey</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:33:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Full disclosure: My wife and Claire are good friends. Oh and she and I work in the same building so when we see each other in the elevator, we chat. But none of this matters. If I didn't like this book, I would have just not written a review and if Claire asked if I read it I would have said &quot;O...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Full%20disclosure:%20My%20wife%20and%20Claire%20are%20good%20friends.%20Oh%20and%20she%20and%20I%20work%20in%20the%20same%20building%20so%20when%20we%20see%20each%20other%20in%20the%20elevator,%20we%20chat.%20But%20none%20of%20this%20matters.%20If%20I%20didn't%20like%20this%20book,%20I%20would%20have%20just%20not%20written%20a%20review%20and%20if%20Claire%20asked%20if%20I%20read%20it%20I%20would%20have%20said%20%22Oh,%20yes,%20it's%20good%22%20and%20nodded,%20smiled%20and%20figured%20out%20a%20way%20to%20change%20the%20subject.%0A%0AAll%20of%20that%20gives%20me%20clearance%20to%20say:%20Wow,%20this%20book%20is%20fantastic.%0A%0AZulkey%20manages%20to%20capture%20the%20uncertainty%20and%20sadness%20of%20not%20knowing%20the%20next%20step%20to%20take%20in%20your%20life%20without%20trafficking%20in%20%22woe-is-me%22%20theatrics.%20Zulkey's%20greatest%20strength%20is%20her%20ability%20to%20weave%20wit%20and%20universal%20relevance%20into%20a%20story%20about%20a%20rather%20empty%20year%20in%20the%20life%20of%20her%20adrift%20lead%20character,%20without%20turning%20her%20into%20a%20slang-slinging%20know-it-all.%20Rife%20with%20detail,%20it's%20a%20funny%20and%20insightful%20story.%20Also,%20the%20lead%20character%20is%20a%20White%20Sox%20fan%20so%20that's%20good%20for%20one%20star%20right%20there.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2300922.Reading_the_OED_One_Man_One_Year_21_730_Pages">Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/321451.Ammon_Shea">Ammon Shea</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:14:56 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is ideal bathroom reading since it's essentially a list of words with witty remarks and the pomposity doesn't bother you as much when it's stretched out over several...er, visits.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249866.What_Went_Wrong_In_Ohio_The_Conyers_Report_On_The_2004_Presidential_Election">What Went Wrong In Ohio: The Conyers Report On The 2004 Presidential Election (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/145978.Congressman_John_Conyers">Congressman John Conyers</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:11:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I thought I knew what went on in Ohio during the 2004 election, but I was wrong. The depth and breadth of the fraud is rather mind-boggling. Subtracting one star for Gore Vidal's intro.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:09:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've been dipping into some management books with the new job and since this one has been on my shelf forever (and it's short) I gave it a read. It's a little simplistic (and honestly reads a little too much like a kids' book at times), but the maxims it uses (Choose Your Attitude, Be Present, Make ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I've%20been%20dipping%20into%20some%20management%20books%20with%20the%20new%20job%20and%20since%20this%20one%20has%20been%20on%20my%20shelf%20forever%20(and%20it's%20short)%20I%20gave%20it%20a%20read.%20It's%20a%20little%20simplistic%20(and%20honestly%20reads%20a%20little%20too%20much%20like%20a%20kids'%20book%20at%20times),%20but%20the%20maxims%20it%20uses%20(Choose%20Your%20Attitude,%20Be%20Present,%20Make%20Their%20Day,%20Play)%20are%20smart.%20Of%20course,%20figuring%20out%20how%20to%20implement%20them%20is%20the%20hard%20part,%20and%20the%20book%20doesn't%20offer%20much%20in%20the%20way%20of%20guiding%20you%20on%20that%20score.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:03:17 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:02:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great_Why_Some_Companies_Make_the_Leap_and_Others_Don_t">Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2826.Jim_Collins">Jim Collins</a>]]></action_text>
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