The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau Book Review
First off – it’s absurdly hard to find a business book that’s not too fluffy on anecdotes of one-off successes…
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Tubes by Andrew Blum Book Review
When I publish this post, the content will zip out of the back of my computer over my head to…
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Book Review
As a spectator, watching a running race mainly involves standing around for a while, then watching for a few seconds…
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson Book Review
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages…
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Shakespeare by Bill Bryson Book Review
With the move to Atlanta, new job, and new routines, it took me an embarrassingly long time to read Bill…
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Book Review
I grew up about 10 years too late and on the wrong side of the world to fully appreciate Ready…
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What Happens When An American Posts About Tiananmen Square On Weibo (China’s Twitter)
June 4th, 2014 was the 25th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square protests/massacre in China, immortalized by the Tank Man photo. It…
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Reader Question: How To Choose What To Write About For Your Personal Blog
I received a reader question that basically relates to how to choose what to write about for your blog/book/etc. Here’s…
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Moonwalking With Einstein by Joshua Foer Book Review
I’ve never thought of memory as skill until I read Moonwalking With Einstein. The book is Joshua Foer’s exploration into…
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Unicoi Gap to Dick’s Creek Gap On The Appalachian Trail
Mid-March is thru-hiker’s season on the Appalachian Trail. The most common schedule for anyone planning on hiking all 2,000+ miles…
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Book Review
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a classic novel that tells the story of Okonkwo, a leader in an…
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On Visiting Boston, Massachusetts
During the last week of December 2014, my wife Shannon and I went to Boston, Massachusetts on a brief 5-day…
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On Visiting Portland, Maine
During our visit to Boston, we were able to take a day trip to Portland, ME via Amtrak. It was…
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Books Read in 2013
From 2007 to 2012, I read 263+ books. But I did not stop there. I haven’t kept up the same pace…
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Photos of Atlanta’s Downtown Railroads
Atlanta is a city founded upon and built by railroads. But unlike a lot of railroad towns around America –…
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North Georgia Mountains
I took this photo somewhere in the Chattahoochee National Forest along the Appalachian Trail. There’s a lot of outcrops and…
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Observations & Training Tips from My First Trail Half Marathon
Last week, I ran in my first Trail Half Marathon – specifically the Mystery Mountain Half Marathon by GUTS at…
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Springer Mountain to Cooper Gap on the Appalachian Trail
So far on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, we’ve had both an idyllic experience, and a very miserable experience hiking overnight…
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Evening at Turner Field
This photo is from a warm summer evening at Turner Field. There are few things nicer than summer baseball.
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Stereotypes of Top 50 US Cities
I always find it really fascinating to find out how people from different places can perceive the same things so…
