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I'm a husband, father, author, cyclist, sailor, travel addict, and Silicon Valley software engineer. I've written 4 books and actively review books on this blog. Comments on this blog are aggressively moderated against link-spam and rude or meaningless comments.

Monday, January 26, 2026

Review: Notes on Being a Man

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 Notes on Being a Man is Scott Galloway's open letter to his two teenage sons. It falls into the same genre of self-help books as Succe...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Point Reyes Coast Campground

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Point Reyes has two fantastic campgrounds, one of which is Wildcat , the other is Coast Campground . (the other campgrounds are either only ...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Review: The Escape

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 The Escape won an award for the best Sports-related book of the year. It was on sale for $3 on Amazon (and the library didn't have a c...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Review: Jan Ullrich - The Best there Never Was

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 I saw Jan Ullrich on the used book shelf at the library for $3, and at that price I bought it and took it home and read it. The book is wr...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Review: LG Gram 17" Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Laptop

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 With my ancient Dell XPS laptop feeling super slow in 2025, I decided it was time to acquire a new laptop. The Dells are no longer my lapto...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

Review: The Housekeeper and the Professor

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 The Housekeeper and the Professor is Yoko Ogawa's novel about a housekeeper who cleans the house for a former math professor who's...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Review: Codex

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  Codex is Lev Grossman's book about a rare book hunt in Manhattan by an investment banker who was roped into doing this prior to a tra...
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