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Saturday, 6/4/22

NYT stories about Kenny Moore and running. Here. …Sign up for a free article on running every Saturday morning.

Book Lover

Books read in May. Five favorites with asterisks.

His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir by Dan Jenkins
Gray’s Anatomy by Spalding Gray
The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal
Love Your Enemies by Arthur C. Brooks
The Mirage of Castel Di Sangro by Joe McGinniss
Going To Extremes by Joe McGinniss*
Why We Suck by Dr. Denis Leary
The Uncollected Wodehouse edited by David Jasen
Shots Fired by C.J. Box
Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan
If You Survive by George Wilson
Don’t Save Anything by James Salter
Last Night by James Salter
Gross National Happiness by Arthur Brooks
Assume The Worst by Carl Hiaason
The Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg*
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth*
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right by Atul Gawande*
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger*
If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up And Ship Me Home by Tim O’Brien

Wednesday, 6/1/22

Title IX was intended to close the gender gap… Read.

Tuesday, 5/31/22

The Characteristics of the First Women to Become Army Rangers

Tuesday, 5/24/22

Yes, Will Smith is not my role model. but… Not Afraid to Die on a Treadmill

His work ethic is mentioned in a terrific book, Angela Duckworth’s GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Tuesday, 5/17/22

“incorrect pronouns”

Monday, 5/16/22

It’s estimated that nearly 40 per cent of the global population now regularly play video games. In the United States, this number is 65 per cent …More

Thursday, 5/12/22

Cell Hell

Tough stuff: Rucking workout on a treadmill

Wednesday, 5/11/22

Tyler Cowen’s approach to leading an intellectually fulfilling life

Available daily at Marginal Revolution

Book Lover

Books read in April.
Running Through Time by Roger Robinson
The White Darkness by David Grann
The Old Man: All In Pieces by Roger Angell
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
All About Me by Mel Brooks
Hiking With Nietzsche by John Kaag
The Other by David Guterson
Rules For Aging by Roger Rosenblatt
Fast Girl by Suzy Favor Hamilton
Journey Into The Past by Stefan Zweig
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks by Adam Carolla
Targeted by Stephen Hunter
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
Confusion by Stefan Zweig
Mr. Otis by Stewart H. Holbrook
True Grit by Charles Portis
The Dog Of The South by Charles Portis
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indrididason
Twilight/Moonbeam Alley by Stefan Zweig
The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen
The Few by Alex Kershaw
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (also the movie) by Alan Sillitoe