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  • Star Wars (Comic)

    In and amongst my reading this past month, comics have take a bit of a back seat. But I did read the first volume of <em>Star Wars</em> and enjoyed it.

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    If you don't like lots of back story and set up, then I'm afraid you shouldn't read this one. It takes quite a long time to get to the meat of the story and the conflict and we don't find out the big secret until just pages before the end of the book.

  • Taking a break

    I think by now most of use have read that balance and taking breaks are a good idea. But it still hits home when you actually do it and reap the benefits. And this past holiday season I was fortunate enough to get the time to take a break, as my company closes down for the two weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year's.

  • Goodbye Stranger

    I've been scouring the best of the year lists over the past few weeks and my library wish list has grown exponentially. And, in my quest to take a true break this holiday season, I've been reading a lot of fiction that I otherwise may not read.

  • Discipline

    I've been thinking a lot about the word discipline. What it means for my day-to-day life, what it means as far as how I want to live a better life, and how I discipline myself.

  • Ex Machina

    I made another foray into the comics of writer Brian K. Vaughan last week, reading the first volume of <em>Ex Machina</em>. It took me a few issues to really get into it, since there is so much going back and forth in time to explain the story, but overall I really enjoyed it.

  • American Terroir

    Over a year ago I started reading <em>American Terrior: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields</em> by Rowan Jacobsen. It's the type of book where you can read a chapter, put it down, and come back to it weeks or months later and pick it right back up.

  • Going Responsive

    Last night I finished up Karen McGrane's latest book, <em>Going Responsive</em> and if you know people, especially bosses or CEOs who aren't sure if going all in with responsive web design is for them, this is the book to give them.

  • The Signature of All Things

    I recently finished reading <em>The Signature of All Things</em> by Elizabeth Gilbert, it was an unexpected read, as it seems all my novels of late have been.

  • Latest Comics

    I just spent quite a bit of time reading some new comics and I'm not sure I've mentioned all of them on this site, so here we go with the latest and some thoughts.

  • Responsive Design: Patterns & Principles

    I spent my Sunday afternoon reading Ethan Marcotte's new book <em>Responsive Design: Patterns & Principles</em>, much of it in front of a fire, under a blanket, gobbling up the words as fast as I could. It was a great way to spend a Sunday. And I'm grateful to Ethan for sharing his wisdom with us yet again.

  • Captain Marvel

    A few weeks ago, I went to the comic shop and I picked up <em>Captain Marvel</em> by Kelly Sue DeConnick. The author, in particular, came highly recommended.

  • Burial Rites

    It takes place in Iceland in the 1820s, when Iceland was still a part of Denmark (which I did already know since I work with a Dane), and is about a woman who is sentenced to die for killing two men.

  • Overcoming self doubt

    I still have moments of self doubt, over and over again, ten years into building things on the web.

  • Hope

    2015, for many reasons, has been really tough year for me. I've had a hard time having hope.