Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis The cover of this book, which you can’t really see from the snapshot, has been done to look like it’s wrapped in aluminum foil. Aluminum was once the most precious metal on earth, and now technology has made it so cheap it’s ubiquitous. …
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Oct 30
Book Review: The Ethical Slut
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Dossie Easton My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was recommended to me by a friend as being the only book out there that talked sensibly about polyamory. It’s geared as a how-to guide, for the most part, and also as ‘there are a …
Oct 26
Book Review: Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser Schlosser wrote FAST FOOD NATION, which I felt was well researched but lacked consistent writing. I figured he might be a better writer by now, so I picked up REEFER MADNESS, the perhaps poorly-named book that is not strictly about …
Oct 23
Book Review: A Damsel in Distress
A Damsel In Distress by P.G. Wodehouse I only picked this up because I wanted a free book on my kindle and Wodehouse is much less objectionable than most “classic” novels, which I generally find tedious. I’m glad I did. A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS was even more charming and delightful than my memory of the …