Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Not of this world

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” 
― C.S. Lewis

What I am reading right now.



With what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Or at least Jean has. But Locke is slowly succumbing to a deadly poison that no alchemist or physiker can cure. Yet just as the end is near, a mysterious Bondsmage offers Locke an opportunity that will either save him or finish him off once and for all.

Magi political elections are imminent, and the factions are in need of a pawn. If Locke agrees to play the role, sorcery will be used to purge the venom from his body - though the process will be so excruciating he may well wish for death. Locke is opposed, but two factors cause his will to crumble: Jean's imploring - and the Bondsmage's mention of a woman from Locke's past: Sabetha. She is the love of his life, his equal in skill and wit, and now, his greatest rival. 
Locke was smitten with Sabetha from his first glimpse of her as a young fellow orphan and thief-in-training. But after a tumultuous courtship, Sabetha broke away. Now they will reunite in yet another clash of wills. For faced with his one and only match in both love and trickery, Locke must choose whether to fight Sabetha - or to woo her. It is a decision on which both their lives may depend.

I had a black dog his name was Depression, but now he is gone.


Health Month - carignan's report for Monday December, 16th

Health Month - carignan's report for Monday December, 16th

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Traditional work hours are a myth: Why companies should ditch the 9-to-5 standard - The Next Web

Traditional work hours are a myth: Why companies should ditch the 9-to-5 standard - The Next Web

Introverts


What I am reading now.



For generations, the solar system – Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt – was humanity’s great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark.

Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.

Health Month - carignan's report for Wednesday October, 16th

Health Month - carignan's report for Wednesday October, 16th

Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked? Here's What It Takes | Fast Company | Business Innovation

Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked? Here's What It Takes | Fast Company | Business Innovation

The Pros and Cons of Coffee Consumption | Geeks are Sexy Technology News

The Pros and Cons of Coffee Consumption | Geeks are Sexy Technology News

Saturday, August 03, 2013

Health Month - carignan's report for Friday August, 2nd

Health Month - carignan's report for Friday August, 2nd

Health Month - carignan's report for Thursday August, 1st

Health Month - carignan's report for Thursday August, 1st

The pool at the Red Rock Resort, Spa, and Casino


The pool, which was not crowded and a great place to hang out with the girls.

Health Month -carignan's report for Tuesday July, 30th

Health Month

Health Month - carignan's report for Wednesday July, 31st

Health Month - carignan's report for Wednesday July, 31st

8 Habits Of Insanely Fit People

8 Habits Of Insanely Fit People

Best Standing Desks | The Wirecutter

Best Standing Desks | The Wirecutter

I Don't Want to "Just Root It"

I Don't Want to "Just Root It"

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Health Month - carignan's report for Monday June, 17th

Health Month - carignan's report for Monday June, 17th

Health Month - carignan's report for Sunday June, 16th

Health Month - carignan's report for Sunday June, 16th

Reading Now


Honor Harrington has faced ship-to-ship combat, assassins, political vendettas, and duals. She's been shot at, shot down, and just plain shot, had starships blown out from under her, and made personal enemies who will do anything to ruin her, and she's survived it all. But this time the People's Republic of Haven has finally found an admiral who can win battles, and Honor's orders take her straight into an ambush. Outnumbered and outgunned, she has jut two options: see the people under her command slaughtered in hopeless battle...or surrender them--and herself--to the Peeps.At least the Peoples Navy promises to treat its prisoners honorably. But the Navy is overruled by the politicians, and Honor finds herself aboard a Peep battlecruiser, bound for a prison planet aptly named "Hell."..and her scheduled execution.

Put into solitary confinement, separated from her officers and her tree cat Nimitz... and subjected to systematic humiliation by her goalers, her future has become both bleak and short. Yet the one lesson Honor Harrington has never learned is how to give up.

Daniel Lieberman long-distance running: We evolved endurance and dislike of running. - Slate Magazine

Daniel Lieberman long-distance running: We evolved endurance and dislike of running. - Slate Magazine

How to Read a Book | The Art of Manliness

How to Read a Book | The Art of Manliness

Saturday, June 01, 2013

What I am reading.


Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.

Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions. Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin sister dead.

Fleeing to her father whom she barely knew, Mori was sent to boarding school in England–a place all but devoid of true magic. There, outcast and alone, she tempted fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find a circle of like-minded friends. But her magic also drew the attention of her mother, bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put off…

Combining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination in the manner of novels like Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude, this is potentially a breakout book for an author whose genius has already been hailed by peers like Kelly Link, Sarah Weinman, and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Health Month - carignan's report for Friday May, 31st

Health Month - carignan's report for Friday May, 31st

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Roc N Fondue



Went to dinner here last night with Debbie. Had fondue, which I hadn't had since I was a little kid in Germany. We had a really nice time and dinner was great. What was better was that we got to spend time alone away from the kids as a couple. The girls went to Open Gym at Redlands Gymnastics and we picked them up after dinner.

Health Month - carignan's report for Saturday April, 27th

Health Month - carignan's report for Saturday April, 27th

Friday, April 26, 2013

The Coming Revolution in Public Education - John Tierney - The Atlantic

The Coming Revolution in Public Education - John Tierney - The Atlantic

So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee : The Salt : NPR

So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee : The Salt : NPR

What a DDoS Attack Looks Like

What a DDoS Attack Looks Like

Lettrs App Lets You Send Snail Mail From Your iPhone

Lettrs App Lets You Send Snail Mail From Your iPhone

10 Websites That Will Help Drown Out The Noise So You Can Stay Focused

10 Websites That Will Help Drown Out The Noise So You Can Stay Focused

Health Month - carignan's report for Thursday April, 25th

Health Month - carignan's report for Thursday April, 25th

What I am reading now.



The sequel to Empire State – the superhero-noir fantasy thriller set in the other New York.

The Empire State is dying. The Fissure connecting the pocket universe to New York has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze and the populace are demanding a return to Prohibition and rationing as energy supplies dwindle.

Meanwhile, in 1954 New York, the political dynamic has changed and Nimrod finds his department subsumed by a new group, Atoms For Peace, led by the mysterious Evelyn McHale.

As Rad uncovers a new threat to his city, Atoms For Peace prepare their army for a transdimensional invasion. Their goal: total conquest – or destruction – of the Empire State.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

What I am reading now.



Welcome to the year 2072……And a world unlike anything you’ve ever imagined. A world where magic and machines exist side-by-side. Where cybernetics can replace organs or entire limbs with ease, and arcane spells can make the impossible happen. Where the Matrix has become an artificial world of its own, filled with all kinds of pleasure, treasure, and trouble. Where dwarves, elves, orks and trolls walk alongside humans every day. Some work for megacorporations whose invisible tentacles wrap around every aspect of modern life. Others choose a much less legal career, doing whatever dirty work the corp executives need done—for a price.Featuring fifteen new stories about the men and women who make their living in the shadows of the Sixth World, Spells & Chrome takes you into the dark and dirty streets of the future. Whether risking their lives to execute a mission for an employer who might be planning to double-cross them anyway, or just doing whatever they need to do to survive another day, shadowrunners use everything they’ve got—cyberware, spells, or a very big gun—to get the job done.

BBC - Future - Health - iPhone apps: Therapists that are always on call

BBC - Future - Health - iPhone apps: Therapists that are always on call

Health Month - carignan's report for Wednesday April, 17th

Health Month - carignan's report for Wednesday April, 17th

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Futurity.org – Why your ‘seesaw’ brain can’t stay on task

Futurity.org – Why your ‘seesaw’ brain can’t stay on task

Zombies Run 2 Trailer



A great game on both IOS and Android.

Four People, One Salary: How They Spend and Save on $60,000

Four People, One Salary: How They Spend and Save on $60,000

How to Automate Your Phone for Every Room in the House with NFC Tags

How to Automate Your Phone for Every Room in the House with NFC Tags

Health Month - carignan's report for Monday April, 15th

Health Month - carignan's report for Monday April, 15th

Digital Drills: The Monster Machines that Mine Bitcoin

Digital Drills: The Monster Machines that Mine Bitcoin

Here Are Google Glass' Tech Specs

Here Are Google Glass' Tech Specs

10 Tips For Keeping Tech In Check, Family Edition – ReadWrite

10 Tips For Keeping Tech In Check, Family Edition – ReadWrite

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Oak Glen



The road up to Oak Glen

Reading

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” 
― Groucho Marx

Ready, Set, Go



Ready for the day to begin.

Doughnuts this morning



It tastes so good.

What I am reading now.


Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling Metropolis of San Ventura — a city gripped in fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl.

When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team Seven Wonders aren’t as grateful as he assumed they’d be…

Health Month - carignan's report for Saturday April, 13th

Health Month - carignan's report for Saturday April, 13th

Sunday, April 07, 2013