Karen was out early early for work today, so it was a Daddy morning.  I went up into our daughters' dark room and sat next to my you...

(This post, originally published on 11/08/16, has been updated with new information on 11/09/16.  What has been added is italicized - anythi...

It begins with a letter and ends with a drink.  There's some reading and mixing in between those two, but there's your Alpha, the...

This first appeared, in slightly different form, in the San Francisco Chronicle on November 9th, 2001 .   It was Day Three of a fou...

Today, Amor Towles graced us with one of the most perfect books of the year - A Gentleman in Moscow.   It's my latest pick that you...

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Because this post is more self-serving than most, I must first implore you - if time is of the essence, skip this and just go and purchase ...