Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie

Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

What a roller coaster ride. At first, I thought this book was going to be a wannabe “Pillars of the Earth,”, but I was soon proved wrong. It takes place in about the same era, circa 17th century (or somewhere along in there). Like Pillars, it has wars, castles, sword fights, betrayal, hot sex, and [...]

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The Poet, Michael Connelly

Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

A killer is leaving clues from stories written by Edgar Allen Poe. But the police miss the connection, and a reporter recognizes the vital link because the last person killed just happens to be his brother–and he won’t quit, like the police have. He turns up far more than he bargained for, and almost gets [...]

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Money to Burn, James Grippando

Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

Ha–great timing. How often do you read a book about some arcane stock market definition, wondering if it’ll ever be useful, and then read about the very same thing in breaking news a week later? A key element of this book is about “selling short,” and, I’ll be danged if Goldman Sachs wasn’t accused of [...]

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Deeper Than the Dead, Tami Hoag

Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

You know how oftentimes a story is told from the viewpoint of a main character? Tami Hoag manages to do it with two children that stumble across a dead body in the woods. Then from the viewpoint of one of their teachers. So yes, there’s some good character development, as well as a very good [...]

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The logic table

Posted on May 13, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Contracting, Mainframe | Leave a Comment

I’m big on documentation. And I’m a programmer, believe it or not. I’m a flowchartin’ fool, and I love to add logic tables to my work. What’s a logic table? I’m not sure why it’s not more common than it is, because it sure beats a lot of the excuse for documentation I’ve seen. And [...]

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Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings

Posted on May 13, 2010 - Filed Under Family | Leave a Comment

Last Saturday night I proved that I have mastered the art of grilling chicken wings. Oh yeah, easy as pie, you say–just slap’em on the grill and you can’t go wrong. Which is true. But, if you want something that will add a little twang. A little sizzle. A little fire to the mix, then [...]

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