Several weeks ago I got in an elevator, punched my desired floor and waited while the doors creaked shut. Several minutes later the device made a groaning sound followed by a chorus of metal on metal noises then shuddered to …
Read: The Quest by Daniel Yergin
Do you really think I’m going to recommend a 700 page book about energy? Because I am. Daniel Yergin is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Prize and his latest creation The Quest is a beauty of a follow …
Read: This is Your Brain on Music
There is a line in the movie Margin Call where the Jeremy Irons character is asking a young analyst to sum up his findings in regard to an impending financial collapse of epic proportion. “Please, speak to me as you …
Read: Extreme Medicine by Kevin Fong + More
You might be wondering what the “+ More” from the title is referring to, so I’ll tell you. I read paper books, but I also read on the Kindle. Difficult to do the cover image of the book when you …
Read: Alone on the Wall
If you don’t know of Alex Honnold prepare to have your mind blown. A little context. I made my first attempt at rock climbing in about 1990 while attending the University of Texas in Austin. I was assigned to make …
Read: The Wisdom of Yoga
For those of you who don’t know, yoga is a big part of my life. I’m not going to wax poetic about this practice however. Yoga occupies only about thirty-minutes of my day, but it’s perhaps the most important thirty-minutes …
Read: Hacking your Education by Dale J. Stephens
I can’t explain why I wanted to read this book. I picked up a college degree many years ago. Had to do the silly walk across the stage thing, so I was literally carrying the degree in many different ways. …
Read: Surrender to the Flow
I met Phyllis Lane about twenty years ago at The Santa Fe Workshops. She is a total badass. Not the punch you in the neck kind of badass. Not at all. She’s the other kind of badass. The creative type. …
Read: The Info Mesa
I normally run about ten years behind, so reading this book solidified this reality. Turns out the place I call home, at least part-time, is a tech uber-hub. Data, tech, science, running at fever pitch levels on the mesa. This …
Read: In the Shadows of the Sun
Enjoyed this. Ranching, American West, WWII, prisoners of war, testing of the atomic bomb, family, landscape, light, nature. Gave me flashbacks to childhood and made me feel at home because I read it while in Santa Fe.
Read: Trees on Mars
Ever wonder about the future? Technology? The message we are being spoon fed? Refreshing to read a fact based counter point to the illusion of the tech-based future of perfection. Just read it.
Read: Worst Case Scenario
Yes, I’m still in Paris. Walked entire length of both the 10th and 11th last night from about 5:30 to 7PM. Searching for Helmet Newcake, a gluten free bakery that turned out to be closed. As you can see, the …