Mar
17
2010
- The Language of Corporate Leadership -
Author: Joel Amernic and Russell Craig
Rating: 4/5
Tiny Book Summary: ‘Deconstructing the double-speak of CEOs from Bill Gates to Jack Welch’
Comments: The book is not exactly entertaining to read, but probably does a business person some good to grind through it. I am not used to reading a writing style so critical and jaded, but that style does suit the focus of this book. I don’t think the target audience for this book will ever just casually read it, it might have to be forced upon students in under-grad business courses. Overall this book does pick apart CEO’s public writings very well and the book teaches you some skills to psycho-analyze your own favorite corporate web-sites. CEO Speak is depressingly accurate.
Mar
12
2010
- The Cosmic Conception -
Author: H. Spencer Lewis, Ph.D., F.R.C.
Rating: 3/5
Back Cover Snippet: ‘…Here is the classic book that explains all about the soul and its cycles of reincarnation, …’
Comments: My rating for this book started with a pro-biased 5/5 because the author covers a cool topic, but slowly dropped points as I went along. The first hard-cover edition happened in 1930 and the book feels and is presented like watching an old 1930’s movie, somehow dated and not timeless. There are some decent ideas through-out, but not worth the grind of reading the professor lecture style presentation. It’s not far off before this book is a hundred years old, so a person would be better off finding a more current re-incanation manual. Maybe the author has already returned and published a new version.
Mar
08
2010
- Igniting the Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All -
Created By: Lyn Heward
Written By: John U. Bacon
Rating: 5/5
Inside Jacket Snippet: ‘…invites readers inside the world and ideas of Cirque du Soleil through the story of an ordinary man searching for meaning in his work and life. …’
Comments: Great book. Definitely more entertaining and interesting than other business corporate books I have read recently. The Spark is small, focused, and well presented. Maybe too small, but only because I would like any good book to be another 100 pages longer some-how.
Feb
21
2010
Overall UFC 110 was very good. It even had super entertaining broad-casted under card fights; Chris Lytle submitting Brian Foster and Joe Steveson losing to rising star George Sotiropoulos.
Minotauro Nogueira knocked out by Cain Velasquez
Awesome fast knock-out win by Cain Velasquez. A main event fight like this probably bumps UFC 110 up to one of the best in 2010.
Wanderlei Silva barely beats Michael Bisping
A good fight, but not quite awesome. It just needed either fighter to be more decisive in earning the close decision win.
Keith Jardine loses to Ryan Bader
Ryan Bader knocks out Keith Jardine. The fight started out slow with these two good fighters being so evenly matched, but finished fast with Ryan Bader’s KO. Keith Jardine is always fun to watch, but he is losing too many fights lately.
UFC 110 was a surprisingly good show. It had great under card fights and for once Stephan Bonner was fun to watch. Crazy.
Feb
19
2010
Overall UFC 110 looks pretty good. The last one had too many wrestler style fights.
Minotauro Nogueira vs Cain Velasquez
Cain Velasquez is a definite UFC star right now. I hope he continues his mega win streak with a knockout on Minotauro. I like Minotauro, but he is just not a rising star like Cain.
Wanderlei Silva vs Michael Bisping
This is a great fight. I still can’t decide who to cheer for. Wanderlei is always awesome, but Bisping keeps getting better.
Keith Jardine vs Ryan Bader
I’m hoping Keith’s goofy punching style can knock-out Ryan Bader. Keith needs a bunch of wins to move back up the rankings.
Feb
18
2010
Author: Bart Kosko
Rating: 4/5
Inside Jacket Snippet: ‘… undertakes an equally groundbreaking and provocative exploration of noise in all its forms… ‘
Comments: An interesting book to read, but not an easy read. Quite a few pages explained sound noise graphs in detail with various Gaussian bell shapes, and I probably will never require those explanations in my brain again. Great for sound engineers, but not necessary for casual random library book readers. This book also has great quotes throughout and presents a lot of accurate sound detail very well.
