Ender’s Shadow
Title: Ender’s Shadow Author: Orson Scott Card Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Tor Books (December 15, 2000) ISBN: 0812575717 This was a great book – perhaps not a fabulous as Ender’s Game, but this one made me cry at the end. This is the story of Bean, an undersized orphan child almost dead from […]
August 9th, 2006 by alephnaught
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Ender’s Game
Title: Ender’s Game Author: Orson Scott Card Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Tor Science Fiction; Reprint edition (July 15, 1994) ISBN: 0812550706 This book has a great premise – Earth has fought the buggers, aliens that appear to be insect-like, twice. Earth is now trying to find someone to lead its forces against the […]
July 24th, 2006 by alephnaught
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Aviva’s brother came to visit
We had a great time I think. Friday I met up with Aviva and Brian at Room and Board, an upscale furniture shop. We had dinner at Opera , a really nice Chinese restaurant. We took Brian to Uncle Fun on Saturday – that’s a really interesting shop that sells strange toys. We went to […]
July 18th, 2006 by alephnaught
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Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot
Title: Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot Author: Julian Dibbell Hardcover: 321 pages Publisher: Basic Books (June 28, 2006) ISBN: 0465015352 When I read a short reference to this book in a magazine, I figured I should read the book and then send it to my […]
July 17th, 2006 by alephnaught
Went to see the new Cirque du Soleil show last night!
Aviva and I try to make the new Cirque du Soleil shows when they come to Chicago; we got hooked over six years ago. Corteo was a bit different – the acrobatics were a little less over the top, there was more dancing, the usual helping of comedy (but perhaps a little less going out […]
July 14th, 2006 by alephnaught
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Saudi Arabia blames Hizbollah in Lebanon Crisis
An article off of Reuters indicates that Saudi Arabia blames radical Muslims for the unrest on the Lebanese border.
July 8th, 2006 by alephnaught
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Kan Zaman Restaurant
Kan Zaman Restaurant617 N. WellsChicago, IL 60610312-751-9600
July 5th, 2006 by alephnaught
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My 47th birthday!
Yes, I’m a yankee doodle dandy, born on the 4th of July. Had a quiet day yesterday, mostly finishing up and posting my travelogue for our Spanish trip. Then, we went out to dinner at a very nice Mexican restaurant, Salpicon. The food was really good and it was really loud and busy for a […]
July 3rd, 2006 by alephnaught
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King of the Vagabonds : The Baroque Cycle #2 (The Baroque Cycle)
Title: King of the Vagabonds : The Baroque Cycle #2 (The Baroque Cycle) Author: Neal Stephenson Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: HarperTorch (February 28, 2006) ISBN: 0060833173 I read this book in Barcelona and on the flight home to Chicago. I enjoyed this book but I’m trying to figure out how it connects with […]
July 3rd, 2006 by alephnaught
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)
Title: Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) Author: Neal Stephenson Paperback: 960 pages ISBN: 0060593083 Read this book in Madrid and Seville. I like Neal Stephenson and this series seems aimed to please. Its set in the early 1700’s, with action moving between London and Boston for the most part. There’s lots of character development […]
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August 13th, 2006 by alephnaught
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