false727301 I mostly read them on my morning/afternoon work commute (Fairfax Connector to West Falls Church, the DC Metro to Metro Center, then reverse), but also at the pool if it's nice out and it's open, then sometimes on my couch in the evenings and weekends, and occassionally in bed before I sleep... oh, and on plane rides if I'm not dozing off.
I also like to hike, camp, snowboard, spin that house music, drink coffee in the morning, sip bourbon in the evening, wander the streets of DC, travel the U.S., drive my car at night, root for the Cubs, the Bears, DC United, Elliot Sadler, and the U.S. in the Olympics/World Cup.]]>maleHerndon, VA12/200712/200959994true5686393read1true1472159currently-reading2true1472158to-read2true3692856never-finishedThe Ascent of Money : A Financial History of the World (Hardcover) by Niall Ferguson]]>
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The Diamond Age (Kindle Edition) by Neal Stephenson]]>
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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:07:39 -0800 It's fascinating that Stephenson wrote this in 1995, but already had his hooks into nanotechnology and the societal impacts of an advanced media network. I can't say enough about the concinnity of his writing style, but here are two pages that I dogeared:
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Chemistry of Pyrotechnics and Explosives (Chemical Industries) by John A. Conkling]]>
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:16:17 -0800The Art of Travel (Paperback) by Alain de Botton]]>
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:09:29 -0700The Pema Chodron Collection: The Wisdom of No Escape: Start Where You Are: When Things Fall Apart (Hardbound) by Pema Chödrön]]>
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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:57:37 -0700Armageddon in Retrospect (Hardcover) by Kurt Vonnegut]]>
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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:02:28 -0700Snow Crash (Trade Paperback) by Neal Stephenson]]>
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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:29:57 -0700 What I am interested in... in 1992, Stephenson regards the heavily-hooked-in, techno-saavy as the elite. Hiro's hacking/programmi...more...]]>
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Hardcover) by Alain de Botton]]>
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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:03:14 -0700 I was expected a book along the lines of "I have a theory about working and am going to write in essay format to define it." Couldn't be further from the truth. De Botton writes in prose; he presents his ideas as a stream-of-events-and-consciousness as he follows th...more...]]>
Anathem (Hardcover) by Neal Stephenson]]>
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Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:20:52 -0700 I can't think of a better word to describe Stephenson's latest opus. He has created new "universes" before, in the form of the futuristic Snow Crash, or the historical steam/cyberpunk of the Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon. But in this case, Stephenson creates an entir...more...]]>
The Book of Guys: Stories (Paperback) by Garrison Keillor]]>
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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:48:58 -0700 It all went down from there. Lonesome Shorty was ok, as was the Mid-Life Crisis of Dionysus. Don Giovanni was an interesting read, and Zeus The Lutheran was an oddball read. Everything else got 1-2 pages of reading before I gave up on it.
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