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Entries from April 2005

Book 12 : Deception Point

April 29th, 2005 · No Comments

Before The Da Vinci Code there was Deception Point by Dan Brown. The book is about NASA, political deception/scandal, and covert operations. And hammerhead sharks.
The characterization and narrative structure is similar to Brown’s other books; several intertwining storylines with a lead character in each one.
Its a fast, exciting, enjoyable summer read. I’d put it [...]

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Book 11 : Getting Things Done

April 29th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Jerry introduced me to David Allen’s book over New Years. It only took me 3 months to read the whole thing once. And only another month to get all the stuff and get it implemented in my working life. Its great/wonderful/amazing book about increasing productivity and being more organized to be less stressed. I [...]

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Book 10 : The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

April 27th, 2005 · No Comments

The looming opening weekend for the movie version of this book finally got me to read it. I don’t even know what to say about it, other than I found it hysterical and delightful. Its fun sci-fi. The descriptions of things are amazing. I actually read the first two books of the “trilogy in five [...]

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Book 9 : The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

April 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment

It has been over a month since I finished this book. It had been on my “must read” list for a long time. With my interest in holocaustic literature, I don’t know why it took so long for me to finally pick it up. But I finally did. Honestly, I don’t know what I expected [...]

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Small steps back to blogging…

April 18th, 2005 · 3 Comments

Content courtesy of Lisa
An interactive TV show meme:
a. Post a list of 10 TV fandoms/shows you follow (current or cancelled!)
b. Have your friends list guess your favorite CHARACTER from each show
c. When guessed bold the line and write a sentence [I can't just write a sentence about anything] about why you like that character
1. [...]

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