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My reading stack for the next few weeks: top to bottom: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss, Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing by Phil Town, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi, PMP Exam Prep, Fifth Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam ...

More books for the Fall: Baltimore by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden - for the fanboy in me. Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Gary Blank - for biz class. Giving by Bill Clinton - for the advocacy. Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill - for my non-fiction fix. Spook Country by William Gibson - for my fiction fix. The Book of General Ignorance by John Mitchinson and John Lloyd - to clear the palate. Everything ...

Found on my morning cup of coffee: The Way I See It #267 Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears -- it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more -- it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not ...

Looked what the owl brought in! (Okay it was the UPS guy.) Amazon.com made good its promise of same launch day receipt. We checked it out so we didn't have to line up with the other muggles. Nifty box too! : )

Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going -- people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose; people trying to hold time back and people trying to urge it forward. -Haruki Murakami, After Dark

I had a hankering for a non-fiction book when we went to the bookstore. I was looking out for that book by the ex-CIA guy or the one about Blackwater when I saw this on the shelf: Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days. I just had to pick it up. It's not just a few "Web 2.0" companies but also companies that has become recognizable ...

So yeah I was green with envy when author Neil Gaiman went to Manila in July 2005 much to the adoration of his Pinoy fans. It was nice to know there were a lot of people who loved his work. Fast forward to Oct. 3, 2006. I've been stalking following Gaiman for a year, watching his blog and keeping my eye out for appearances. Missed him at San Diego ...