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The Check List 
by Dr. Manny Alvarez (2006)
read: 25 January 2007
rating: [+]
category: non-fiction
Dr. Alverez is the medical editor for Fox News. His new book, The Checklist: What You and Your Family Need to Know to Prevent Disease and Live a Long and Healthy Life , is a decade by decade guide to all the stuff that typically starts to go wrong with you. It’s not as morbid as it sounds though. The real value of this book is all the common sense advice on what you can be doing to prevent said maladies. Dr. Manny writes in a straight forward, easy to understand manner that you would expect from somebody that frequently has to get his point across in the 45 seconds Fox News gives him to explain an important new medical development. I’m usually pretty cynical about medical self help types of books – but this one is actually useful. And I’m not just saying that because I got a review copy from the webmaster of Ask Dr. Manny.
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fu
by Steve Wozniak (2006)
read: 9 January 2007
rating: [+]
category: biography
I finished iWoz last night. Usually I trying to take something away from autobiographies. In this case, I’m not sure what to take away. Woz is a fracking genius who saw the potential of computers well before just about every other person on the planet, and had the ability to act on it. He was the first person ever to connect a computer to a keyboard and a TV. He designed and built the Apple 1 and Apple II. His life post-Apple is interesting. He made 0 million dollars and then spent 10 years teaching 5th grade. Actually, there is no post-Apple as he is on the payroll to this day. Very interesting book, especially if you tend towards the geeky side of life.
Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top
by Seth Mnookin (2006)
read: 9 January 2007
rating: [+]
category: sports
The inside scoop on the Red Sox from the time John Henry bought the team, with an emphasis on 2004, of course! Reads more like a soap opera than a sports story at times, but that is why we love the Red Sox, right?
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