Notes From the Internet Apocalypse [Review]

by William | Apr 14, 2014

I feel I have to confess something about Cracked.com. I really like them a lot. I don’t mean that I’m embarrassed to say I like them. No, lots of people like them, and I’m one of them. But I’m one of those people who likes them a lot. I have...

The Power of Full Engagement [Review]

by William | Apr 10, 2014

I think it might be time to take a break from reading books that start with “The Power Of…”. Seriously, I’m tired of being embarrassed when I tell people what books I’m reading! Come on, authors, a little creativity please. The Power of...

The 4-Hour Workweek [Review]

by William | Mar 18, 2014

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is a book by Tommothy Ferris published in 2007. Lots of people have liked the book and it’s spent about four years on the New York Times Best Sellers list. It’s sold something to the...

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices [Review]

by William | Mar 7, 2014

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices is a book published in 2002 from the late Paul R. Lawrence and cohorts. The purpose of Driven is to propose a unified theory of human behavior based on existing research across the various social sciences. It’s a tall...

A Short History of Nearly Everything [Review]

by William | Feb 17, 2014

There’s a certain irony about reviewing this book. But that’s for another WordPress category. To continue my long held tradition of wanting to talk about Heat anyway, I read Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, published in 2003.  I...

An Esoteric Review of Kurt Vonnegut’s Lies

by William | May 22, 2013

William Petruzzo used to hate reading. It was tedious, and boring, and time is such a precious thing to waste on thinking. One day William Petruzzo loved reading. Books and shampoo bottles and websites. Books about God, and about books about God; Shampoo bottles about...