The Burr in the Burbs

When I have to fly, I like to have a fun novel to occupy my mind. Boy, did I win the lottery with my latest. It’s called Replay and it’s by Ken Grimwood. What a fascinating book. The premise is that a man dies in 1988 and instantly re-awakens as himself [...]

So this morning, I just finished reading Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. It was a disappointment, I must say. It is definitely the weakest of the books in the Hannibal Lecter series. It seems that Harris was writing on auto-pilot, probably just fulfilling the request of some movie producer. It’s formulaic [...]

Everyone who runs meetings should look at this book by Patrick Lencioni, Death by Meeting. We all hate meetings. Me too. But the problem is not usually that we have too many meetings, but that our meetings are too disorganized. Hence they last too long and get very little done. Lencioni recommends [...]

I am usually reading at least three books at any given time. I like to have one fiction, one general non-fiction, and one on religion or theology. You can determine which is from which category. Here’s what I’m reading these days: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – I think the [...]