This is one of those rare perfect books that I will want to keep forever to loan out to friends in need of enlightenment or encouragement. It has everything: a good storyline; characters that are real, complex and that you would want to meet in real life; it’s funny; it talks about the Northwest [...]
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I recently tried to cancel my Myspace account, because it is causing “personal drama”. It’s an incredibly difficult process these days. You have to confirm twice that you want to cancel, and write why. Then, you have to receive an e-mail and click on a link in that to confirm once more that [...]
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I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, but my favorite is the “Funny Columns” from self-described “writer Melvin Durai, who was born in India, raised in Zambia and brainwashed in America”. He apparently now lives in Canada (go Canada!), and most of his columns have a sarcastic political message, often about the ever-increasing lack [...]
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Basically this book is a long sales brochure for PS (phosphatidylserine). However, it does have some good memory tricks, tests, and exercises. It claims that a 65 year-old who trains using their guidelines (and product) will remember better than an untrained 25 year old.
As we grow older, our ability to remember things, like [...]
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The relationships and characters of the story seem so real, probably because Tan was experiencing some similar circumstances while writing it…
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