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Archive for October, 2011

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

By amodini Posted in 2010, learning, linktastic | Comments Off on Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

Here’s the link to Steve Jobs’ famous commencement speech (in case you haven’t read it already). A few excerpts : It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk […]

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Book Review: Children of Paranoia

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, dystopian, must read, penguin_books, recommended, review, series | 5 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0525952373″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Children of Paranoia Author : Trevor Shane Publisher : Dutton Genre : Dystopian Thriller Release Date : September 8, 2011 Source : Publisher ARC Pages : 371 Rating : 4.5/5 There is a war on and Joseph is in the thick of it. It’s Us vs. Them with […]

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My First Sunday Salon Post !

By amodini Posted in 2011, arc, blog, books, of me, status, sunday salon | 1 Comment »

This is my first Sunday Salon post (see title of post; I felt like adding a few more exclamation marks, and some audio of a blaring trumpet, but didn’t :-)), and I really like the idea of summing up my Reading Week. Virtual Salon it might be, but how nice to be able to read […]

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And here it comes!

By amodini Posted in celebration, food, fun stuff, lovely things, of me, status | Comments Off on And here it comes!

The great weather I mean. After that harsh, and what felt like ever-long Texas drought, it is good to step out in the morning and see the outside temperature lower than that inside the house. It’s started getting cooler since the end of September, and I’m looking forward to the evening walks and lake-side bike-rides. […]

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