The Secret to Marriage
Since we hit the big 20 year milestone last year I’ve been asked a few times about our “secret.” I don’t think we have one, and I usually laughed off addressing that question by saying something along...
View ArticleNever Walk By A Red Dress
Another post about Buck O’Neil and The Soul of Baseball. Buck shook his head and looked me in the eyes. And very slowly, with a teacher’s edge in his voice, Buck said this: “Son, in this life, you...
View ArticleBook Review: The Last Best League
The Last Best League follows a group of college kids that are playing for the Chatham A’s of the Cape Cod League. The Cape Cod League is the premier summer league for college baseball players. Just...
View ArticleBook Review: I Was Right On Time
I Was Right On Time is the autobiography of Buck O’Neil, Negro League player, manager, and all around wonderful human being. This is a must read for any baseball fan. Buck traces his path from skipping...
View ArticleBook Review: Shut Up and Give Me the Mic
I predicted the rise of Twisted Sister long before any of my head banging friends in high school got on the bandwagon. I had You Can’t Stop Rock and Roll and Under the Blade before Stay Hungry hit big...
View ArticleThis Week in ODonnellWeb #2
After two consecutive career related posts – it is time to lighten up around here. And yes, This week #1 was 5 weeks ago. I never actually promised to do this weekly. The week in books: I finished The...
View ArticleSteve Jobs
I finished the Steve Jobs biography last night. Nothing I read will motivate me to change my long standing bias against Apple products. In the Gates vs Jobs battle of very closed systems versus mostly...
View ArticlePirate Cinema
Pirate Cinema is a ripped-from-the-headlines near future tale in which 16 year old Trent McCauley gets his family’s Internet access blocked for a year because he was downloading movie clips for the...
View ArticleCleaning Up the Book Pile
The pile of books on my bedside table was getting dangerously high, so it is probably time to make a few notes here and move them to the bookshelf. Travis McGee Novels by John MacDonald: The Long...
View ArticleAmerican Fencer
American Fencer is the autobiography of Tim Morehouse, US Silver Medalist in Team Saber at the 2008 Olympics. We got this for my son for Christmas, as he is a fencer. He read it quickly and passed to...
View ArticleRecent Book Reviews
One advantage of unemployment is that I’ve been catching up on my reading. That will end next week when I go back to work. Click through for more detailed reviews. Homeland – Cory Doctorow:...
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