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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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Books Learning Writings

Book Notes: Writers on Writing

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Allen

I’m actually tempted to call this post “The Streetcar Chronicles” since I read this book over a multi week period, using stolen moments while riding

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Books Learning

Book Notes: Benjamin Franklin-An American Life (Part 1-The Moral Perfection Project)

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024 Allen

This is quite a lengthy book (approximately 500 pages) and a detailed review will take much too long for anyone to read all at once.

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Books Thinking Visuals

Book Notes: The Back of the Napkin

April 15, 2024April 23, 2024 Allen

I found this book at the library as a supplement to my ongoing self improvement project to improve my visual thinking. To me, the book

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Books Thinking Writings

Book Notes: “Knowledge, Reality, and Value”

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Allen

Yeah, it’s a philosophy book. Why read philosophy? Every philosophy reader has their own reasons, but to me it’s a way to consider Big Ideas,

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Books

Magic Hours: Book Summary and Notes

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Allen

Tom Bissell is a fantastic essayist. I quite enjoyed this book and might even put it into my reread pile. Having said that, here is

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Books Writings

Book Notes: Dune

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 Allen
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