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Book Notes: Ex Libris, by Anne Fadiman

June 16, 2024June 17, 2024 Allen

This little book is another in the series I’ll call “Stolen Moments”–in this case reading the short chapters while reading the streetcar to my local

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Books Learning Writings

Learning to Write Betterer, or Gooder

June 15, 2024June 16, 2024 Allen

Who is this post for? I’ve been studying the following over the past couple of months to help improve my writing. The books aren’t in

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Books Learning Thinking

Improve Your Thinking!

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 Allen

Logic, or critical thinking, is especially important in this era of a steady stream of information that bombards us every day, and we need help

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Books Fitness

Book Notes-Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 3)

May 17, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

We will cover this later, but this is a still photo from a Cat/Cow stretch, designed to improve spinal stability. These notes are extracted from

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Books Fitness

Book Notes-Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 2)

May 16, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

Chapter 12-Training 101 In this chapter Dr. Attia gives some high level guidance on how to structure a Training program. He begins by outlining the

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Books Fitness

Book Notes: Outlive-The Science and Art of Longevity (Part 1)

May 12, 2024May 18, 2024 Allen

Chapter 11: Exercise-The Most Powerful Longevity Drug According to Dr. Attia, exercise is a key to extending lifespan as well as the quality of that

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Books

What’s a Mandalorian?

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024 Allen

I’ve seen the ads for the show The Mandalorian on Disney+ (which we don’t have) and didn’t really know anything about it, except that it

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Books Writings

Book Notes: Several Short Sentences About Writing

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Allen

There is lots of wisdom in this book about improving our writing (and thinking). But for me, the free verse or sing-song style made it

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Books Learning

Book Notes: Ben Franklin-An American Life (Part 2–by the numbers)

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Allen

Pages-493 Notes harvested from the book: 70. Each note is tagged with several categories. The primary category is shown below, with the number of note

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Books Journaling Writings

Putting Pen to Paper, but Not Just Any Pen to Any Paper

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Allen

In my post about the book Writers on Writing, I didn’t mention my favorite essay in the book because I thought it deserved it’s own

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