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Whistler

I thought I just ate too much crap. Holidays are free days. When I throw off the reins and eat whatever I want. Potato chips especially. Felice buys those Kettle Sea Salt ones. Actually, they’re always in our house. She has amazing self-control. She can eat just a few, and she does this every day. […]

The NeXT Book

This is a painful read, at least until NeXT pivots to WebObjects and revenue starts coming in. Yes, this book chronicles Steve Jobs’s time in the wilderness, in between his two stints at Apple. And it hasn’t been documented to this degree before, not really ever. We know NeXT failed and was ultimately rescued by […]

The Dylan/Beatles Book

There’s very little new information in this book, but that does not mean it’s not worth reading. Unlike that new Stones book you see reviewed positively everywhere. The publisher asked me if I wanted a copy, I was intrigued from the very first page, but as I’m reading I’m wondering…HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT! Mick […]

So Old, So Young

It was hard getting into another book after “London Falling.” We’re searching for excellence in a world of me-too. And even though we all use the same language, the same alphabet, certain artists rise above. Then again, how many people creating deserve the term “artist”? That’s one thing that struck me in “So Old, So […]