Author Archives: planboy

I realize I’ve been a little “book happy” in the RID project lately. But, as I’ve written about before, books tend to be the item I’m most likely to hang on to — far past their time. Today’s RID entry, … Continue reading →

Another day, another book. By adding this book to the RID project, I accept that I will never be one of those people who are fascinated with “how things work.” I’m a person who doesn’t tend to work with my … Continue reading →

I’ve always loved studying subcultures. I’m fascinated by understanding people who are unlike me. The books above (covering Brits, Jews living in Iowa, and “little people”) are examples of books I’ve read (or was gonna read) someday. As I cast … Continue reading →

If you’re not familiar with William Kamkwamba, you should be. He’s an African kid who brought electricity to his family by assembling a windmill out of discarded parts of other items. Given that I probably wasn’t ever going to read … Continue reading →

Seemed an appropriate day to give away this book. I’m going to try (soon) to go to a Texas high school football game — something tells me it’s an experience not to miss. They take their football quite seriously down … Continue reading →

As I’ve written about before on this blog, I’m glad people smarter than me — and more dedicated — are working on global warming. Today, I cast two Al Gore books (both TED bookclub mailings) into the environment to see … Continue reading →

According to Wikipedia, “Henrietta Lacks (August 18, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African–American woman who was the unwitting donor of cells from her cancerous tumor , which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create an immortal cell … Continue reading →