Why I Chose this Book I was contacted by the author of this book and offered a review copy. I am interested in learning about how successful people gained their success. I accepted the invitation to read the book. American … Continue reading Review of American Dream: Interviews with Industry-Leading Professionals by Jason Navallo
Why I Chose this Book One time, I went to the library to look for the book The $100 Startup. While there, I ran into a friend of mine. We talked for a bit. She asked me how my relationship … Continue reading Review of The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Why I Chose this Book One Monday morning while at work, I realized that I left my iPod at home. I knew it was going to be a long day. I remembered though that I had a podcast app on … Continue reading Review of 12.21.12 by Killian McRae
The following video uses footage of the Earth from space by NASA and footage of animals in nature to depict Earth’s beauty, set to the song Americana by Kevin MacLeod. All clips were taken from videos provided in the public domain: … Continue reading Beauty of Earth: Kevin MacLeod’s Americana
Why I Chose this Book One day I felt like reading a graphic novel, not a comic book, but a full story in art form. It was probably due to the relatively recent spate of comic book superhero based movies. … Continue reading Review of The Stand: The Night has Come a Graphic Novel by Stephen King
Why I Chose this Book I was listening to a podcast from djvlad (I think it was this one) and during an advertisement he mentioned that the book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life was a very … Continue reading Review of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Shroeder
Why I Chose this Book I have been interested in investing and learning about money for years now. This isn’t the first book on investing that I’ve read, but it’s one that I have avoided for awhile. This book used … Continue reading Review of Black Enterprise Guide to Investing by James A. Anderson
For years characteristics that are strongly associated with “blackness” such as thick lips, wide noses, dark skin, and curly or kinky hair were associated with inferiority. These were touted as evidence that these people were closer to lower animals, even … Continue reading Why are there different Hair Textures?
This is another video I created inspired by the music of Kevin MacLeod. The music was fast and hard hitting. Therefore, I felt that a physically demanding visual representation would be appropriate. The following video is what emerged from the … Continue reading The Stuff of Champions
Gazing off into Space 