Queit Strength: The Principles, Practices and Priorities of a Winning Life
Tony Dungy
From my Goodreads Review
This was a pretty good biography about a very admirable man. His strength, especially in te face of tragedy and professional frustrations is truly amazing. But it his recognition of what is truly important that is the most important aspect of his life story.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Treasure of Norse Mythology
Goodreads review
This was a halfway decent mythology book. I think, however, it was aimed at children and she almost talked down to those readers! In fact, it was a children's book and I somehow missed that when I picked it up. I guess I needed the talking down to, huh?
This was a halfway decent mythology book. I think, however, it was aimed at children and she almost talked down to those readers! In fact, it was a children's book and I somehow missed that when I picked it up. I guess I needed the talking down to, huh?
Monday, June 11, 2018
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar
Goodreads review:
I thought that this was a pretty good primer course on philosophy, considerably better than the dry stuff I read in PHI 101! I really enjoyed the chapters on epistemology and philosophy of language (go figure that theses were my favorite courses in college). The correspondence theory of truth joke actually brought an audible chuckle out of me. Overall I'd recommend this to anyone who would like to learn a bit of philosophy without being bogged down with deep, heavy reading or to someone with a bit of philosophical knowledge for a bit of laughter at some quality Dad jokes.
I thought that this was a pretty good primer course on philosophy, considerably better than the dry stuff I read in PHI 101! I really enjoyed the chapters on epistemology and philosophy of language (go figure that theses were my favorite courses in college). The correspondence theory of truth joke actually brought an audible chuckle out of me. Overall I'd recommend this to anyone who would like to learn a bit of philosophy without being bogged down with deep, heavy reading or to someone with a bit of philosophical knowledge for a bit of laughter at some quality Dad jokes.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Early Kings of Norway
Goodreads review:
As far as historical accounts go tis one seems to tick all the boxes: it's informative. Uh, yeah. After that, it's a pretty dry history of some juicy historical stuff. Maybe I'm overawed by History Channel's Vikings. That's a distinct possibility. But somehow this reads more like Leviticus/Numbers rather than the Orkneyinga/Volsungs Saga.
As far as historical accounts go tis one seems to tick all the boxes: it's informative. Uh, yeah. After that, it's a pretty dry history of some juicy historical stuff. Maybe I'm overawed by History Channel's Vikings. That's a distinct possibility. But somehow this reads more like Leviticus/Numbers rather than the Orkneyinga/Volsungs Saga.
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