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Influential Reads – August 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes “If you simply do what everyone else has already done, you will be rewarded with the same mediocre results everyone else has already gotten. The […]

Family Adventure: Colombia

Reading Time: 5 minutes We had an excellent trip to Colombia.   I realize that Colombia is probably not the first country folks would consider visiting when going to South […]

Influential Reads – July 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes “Luck doesn’t just happen, it’s created. You can do things to increase the odds of serendipity. Meeting more people makes you lucky. Learning more skills […]

Influential Reads – June 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes “The people who didn’t do any work at home never did any work in the office. They’re just easier to identify when they work from […]

Influential Reads – May 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes “When you first start to study a field, it seems like you have to memorize a zillion things. You don’t. What you need is to […]

That’s A Bunch of: Debt Ceiling Debate

Reading Time: < 1 minute Harlan Crow told Justice Thomas that he doesn’t want to be poor; expect Supreme Court to rule debt ceiling is unconstitutional. We will be fine…

Influential Reads – April 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes “Often, we get what we tolerate.” – Seth Godin Lots of reading this month!  Some of that was cleaning out a bunch of older articles […]

Three Take-Aways: The Go-Go Years: The Drama and Crashing Finale of Wall Street’s Bullish 60s

Reading Time: 4 minutes “The structure is not genius; even for the exclusive hedge funds, genius turned out to have been a rising market.” – The Go-Go Years (pp. […]

Skateboarding

Reading Time: < 1 minute Our neighbors are moving and starting to clean stuff out. They had two skateboards from their daughters that they were giving away. So, at the […]

2023: The Year Of Exploring

Reading Time: < 1 minute We have decided that 2023 is the Year of Exploring. Yes, we have a series of trips planned – to the Pacific Northwest, to Colombia, […]

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
really liked it
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson
The Girl Who Lived Twice
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The Girl Who Lived Twice
by David Lagercrantz
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas
by John O'Brien
Unspeakable Things
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Unspeakable Things
by Jess Lourey
Big Sur
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Big Sur
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