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Catapult kit, assembled
My boss got me a (very cool) wooden catapult kit – as he said before I opened it, “Something he wished he had.” I love it! I wasn’t feeling well, getting over a bout of laryngitis, and spent about an hour assembling the kit. It’s over 6 inches long and can fire a clay ball […]
December 23rd, 2011 by alephnaught
Pictures of bottles of rockin’ wine
We went out to lunch this week and the restaurant had some really interesting bottles of wine – here are the pics!
December 11th, 2011 by alephnaught
December 7th, 2011 by alephnaught
Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds (review)
Title: Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds Author: Scott Berkun Paperback: 196 pages Publisher: Berkun Media (October 26, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983873100 ISBN-13: 978-0983873105 I’ve read at least one book by Scott Berkun before, Confessions of a Public Speaker, and I liked it so much I decided to spring for his latest. Some other […]
November 27th, 2011 by alephnaught
Subwayland (book review)
Title: Subwayland: Adventures in the World Beneath New York Author: Randy Kennedy Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (February 19, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312324340 ISBN-13: 978-0312324346 Walking around Distant Lands one day, I saw this book and wanted to read it – I have a great interest in subways after living in Chicago […]
November 12th, 2011 by alephnaught
Haunted: Dark Delicacies III (review)
Title: Haunted: Dark Delicacies III Author: Del Howison (Editor), Jeff Gelb (Editor) Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Ace (March 29, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0441020194 ISBN-13: 978-0441020195 This is the third (and currently last) anthology from Dark Delicacies’s owner Del Howison; you can read my reviews of the other two books here and here. I loved […]
November 11th, 2011 by alephnaught
Dark Delicacies II: Fear; More Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre (review)
Title: Dark Delicacies II: Fear; More Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s Greatest Horror Writers Author: Del Howison (Editor), Jeff Gelb (Editor), Ray Harryhausen (Foreword) Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Running Press (November 2, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0786719516 ISBN-13: 978-0786719518 I really enjoyed this book – this is the second of […]
October 30th, 2011 by alephnaught
Pictures from my trip to Columbus
Last weekend I went to Columbus, OH to visit my mom, my sister and her husband. Just three photos this time, including one of mom, Hart and I.
October 30th, 2011 by alephnaught
Book review: The Vested Outsourcing Manual
Title: The Vested Outsourcing Manual: A Guide for Creating Successful Business and Outsourcing Agreements Author: Kate Vitasek, Jacqui Crawford, Jeanette Nyden, Katherine Kawamoto Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (June 21, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0230112684 ISBN-13: 978-0230112681 A disclaimer – the author sent me a free copy of this book. I had read and […]
October 27th, 2011 by alephnaught
The Tim Burton show at LACMA
We went to LACMA to see the Tim Burton show before it left; the show was interesting, but packed – we had to wait 1 1/2 hours to go in, and even then it was hard to get close to objects. There were two rooms dedicated to film props and drawings, and then a few […]
December 24th, 2011 by alephnaught