Some of the stories are interesting, but they wore on me a bit. It’s a well done book, but given the other books I want to get to, I think I’ve had enough of it about 2/3 through.

My wife and I enjoyed this series, except for the plot line with Laura. For a psychologist to behave as Paul (the main character) did is a disgrace to the profession. It was painful to watch.

The Sophie character and plot line was wonderful. Alex was quite good, too.

Economist Russ Roberts set a modest goal of writing a novel to illustrate the importance of prices in an economy, and hence our lives. Pedagogical fiction is tough, as the communicating what you want to teach can come at the expense of the art form. Yet Roberts does a good job with it, and the end of the book is quite poignant. His notes at the end are also well worth it.

For a taste, check out his podcast here. (Russ Roberts hosts a weekly podcast on ecomomics called EconTalk.) See also the Cato Institute even forum here and here for the first chapter.

My short blog post about this book is here:

http://www.wakalix.com/wp/2008/09/07/mistakes/

It’s not quality TV, but I loved it when I was 11 years old, and “the kid” inside of me still enjoys it.

I link to a summary of the book (60+ pages of quotes) and one of my favorites quotes is here.

This is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen from Netflix. The relationship between climate change (> 1 million years ago) and human evolution evolution was fascinating. It’s an interesting way of doing a documentary – actors play Neanderthals and other homo-[] who go about their lives according to the best guess of scientists analyzing fossil remains.

See this link for the BBC page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/wwcavemen

I would have enjoyed this book more had it been shorter. Seemed like filler in the last 2/3.

I’ve written a blog post about this book here.

This is an excellent and very brief book for practicing improvisers. It points out common pitfalls and how to get out of them with the proper mindset and fun exercises. It’s a very quick read, and worth it. See the following page for more:

http://fuzzyco.com/improv/books/improvising_better.html