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Just Finished/Now Reading

Just Finished: Hans-Michael Koetzle’s “Photo Icons 1″  & “Photo Icons 2″ Now Reading: Edward McPherson’s “Buster Keaton: Tempest in A Flat Hat”

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Just Finished/Now Reading

Just Finished: Haruki Murakami’s “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running“ This is essentially a book about writing as much as it is about running. But it mostly is about running, don’t get me wrong. Murakami lays bare his thoughts on what it takes to be a runner and writer, like himself; the [...]

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Just Finished/Now Reading

Just Finished: Jimmy Heath’s “I Walked With Giants”       Now Reading: Haruki Murakami’s “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running“

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Just Finished/Now Reading

Just finished: Stephen King’s “11/22/63″ - Got into the story quickly and was hooked. Then it slowed down a little and made me wonder if it would live up to my expectations. It did, however, in an unexpected way. I’d give very few 800+ pages books a chance.   Now Reading: Jimmy Heath’s “I Walked With [...]

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How Many Glasses of Water Should I Drink Per Day?

I’d decided that a glass every hour of my waking hours should suffice. That’s a lot of water. But chances are, I thought, I’d miss a couple of hours here and there and it would still be fine. The ‘You must drink eight gasses of water per day’ rule would still work out somehow. But [...]

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RIP Steve Jobs

Few speeches make me want to pick myself up and make a difference in the world I live in. This is one of them. Man’s gone too soon.

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Al Hirschfeld Papers 1931-1983

Scanned images of papers – letters, photos, artworks etc. – by Al Hirschfeld digitized by Archives of American Art.

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When H.G. Wells Met Orson Welles

H.G., in that 1940 interview, credited Orson for increasing sales of one of his “more obscure” titles.

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There Are Two Chinas

Understanding China, the blog, wants you to know the real China. For example: 20% of San Francisco’s pollution comes from China.

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