Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Montebello Open Space Preserve Backpack Camp

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Last year's S24O with Bowen gave me confidence to propose another camping trip this year to him. He enjoyed the camping, but didn't...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Review: Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition (PS4)

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Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition is the latest iteration of Blizzard's randomly generated dungeon crawler. I remember getting a demo o...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Review: Counterspy (PS Vita)

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CounterSpy is a side-scrolling stealth/action game available for Android , iOS, and Playstation (PS3, Vita, and PS4). I'm reviewing the...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Review: Chaos Quarter

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Chaos Quarter is David Welch's science fiction novel about a travel through space. It reads like a setup for a bunch of sequels, and is...
Monday, March 09, 2015

Review: On Immunity: An Innoculation

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On Immunity is Eula Bliss' book about vaccination. It's not a science book. Rather, it's written in the style of Susan Sontag, ...
Thursday, March 05, 2015

Fictional Leadership

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I've often maintained that fiction is as good a source of leadership training as non-fiction, since much non-fiction is written in terms...
Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Review: Uncommon Stock, Version 1

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Business novels are rare, and rightly so. They're impossible to get right, and most are simply downright boring. For instance, I love De...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Review: Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Costco package

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I was intrigued by varying reviews of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, but the priced seemed prohibitive. Costco, however, sells a package wh...
Monday, March 02, 2015

Review: Macross

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Years ago, I wrote a review of the Macross TV series . I wanted to hyperlink to it recently while writing another review, but realized that ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Review: Arrow Season 1

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Green Arrow is definitely one of the second tier heroes in the DC universe. This is both a good thing and a bad thing when you build a TV sh...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Review: Console Wars

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Console Wars is Blake Harris' account of the rise and fall of Sega of America during the 1990s. Despite the title, it focuses almost ex...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

First Impression: Co-Motion Periscope Quad Convertible (Triplet configuration)

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Bowen turned 3 last year, but despite our coaxing, he still hasn't shown much interest in his Strider bike. But more than that, eve...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Review: The Pillars of the Earth

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The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's historical novel about the building of a Cathedral in Kingsbridge, England in the 1100s. It...
Friday, February 20, 2015

My Color Rant

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Like 8% of men , I'm color blind. In normal day to day life, this isn't much of a disability. For instance, traffic lights are desig...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Returning to the Xperia Z1

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I broke my Xperia Z1 in mid December, and shipped it back to Sony for a warranty repair. Not knowing if I was going to ever get it back (So...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Review: The Fifth Discipline

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The Fifth Discipline is Peter Senge's management book about building learning organizations. I first read it in the 1990s, and recently...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Review: The Walking Dead Compendium #2

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The Walking Dead Compendium #2 is follows straight on from the first volume , which already put Rick Grimes, the protagonist through hell a...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Swimming Music, Round 2

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After a year and a half, my Pyle swimming headphones had a mechanical breakage which made them unusable for my swimming workouts. Long befo...
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Friday, February 13, 2015

Review: The Walking Dead Compendium 1

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I'm a sucker for deals, so even though I'm not a fan of zombies, The Walking Dead Compendium 1 & 2 were on sale on Google Play ...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Review: The Marshmallow Test

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By now, you've heard of the Marshmallow Test . If you haven't, go visit YouTube and search for the many videos filmed of the test. T...