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Brushes. Inventoried and repaired.
Picked up a copy of Lessons from a Lifetime of Watercolor Painting by Donald Voorhees. I’m going to go through this entire book this winter. First step is to get my brushes inventoried. A few of them were broken so I fixed them (no need to spend money on more).
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Bird book
New favorite site and now book on my wishlist (which has been recently updated, btw): Bird book.
/via Jason Kottke.
A short review of Prey by Michael Crichton
I recently finished reading Prey by Michael Crichton. I’m a big Crichton fan for nearly no other reason than because my first book that I ever read, on my own without the nagging of any teachers or parents, was Jurassic Park. That and he knows how to write a book that makes you want to [...]
From Rapid Fat Loss to Strongmen: A Guide to Becoming Superhuman.
Tim Ferris, who I had the pleasure of sharing some barbecue with in Austin a few years ago, is preparing his second book – with the working title – From Rapid Fat Loss to Strongmen: A Guide to Becoming Superhuman.
I’ve read Tim’s first book, The Four Hour Work Week, and I really enjoyed it. Pouring [...]
I may become a fruit hunter
Speaking of fruits… In my travels through the wonderful world of Viddler videos I came across this video interview with Adam Leith Gollner, the author of The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession.
I may just have to become a fruit hunter. Sometimes I find it difficult to push the limits of [...]
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Mandy Brown on feeding/reading
Mandy Brown exquisitely compares reading books to both reading feeds online and cooking bread. Her final paragraph sums up her post nicely.
“In our own time, I wonder if the very slowness of books makes them more valuable in the face of all the quickness around us, if their singular nature will prove to be their [...]
Random 60: Reading.
What do you think about reading?
Review: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A short review of Anthony Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential.
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Re-reading The Lord of the Rings: Part one – The Fellowship of the Ring
I'm reading The Lord of the Rings again. I've just finished The Fellowship of the Ring.
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The perfect chocolate chip cookie
Fun piece in the New York Times on what makes the perfect chocolate chip cookie.
Posted in Links Also tagged baking, chocolate chip cookie, cooking, larry-halff, new york times, nytimes, perfection, recipes 2 Comments
All I know about Moscow, I learned from a book
A few things I picked up while reading a book about Moscow for no other reason than to learn something I didn't already know.
Gary Vaynerchuk, published author
Pre-order Gary Vaynerchuk's first book.
The Grapes Of Wrath
Mirco-review: Excellent story but a very tough read. So tough, for me at least, that I didn’t finish it.
The Complete Making of Indiana Jones
Although this link, specifically, is more about the cover of the book being revealed for the first time, I just wanted to say; Do want!
(Source: Star Wars: Community | The Complete Making of Indiana Jones Cover Revealed)
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Ways of reading by Mandy Brown