10 Most Important Books That You Don’t Read in High School

I’ve been invited to a friend’s son’s high school graduation. As a present, I’m planning to send him the “10 Most Important Books That You Don’t Read in High School” (at least I didn’t). Here’s my first cut, first draft list. What would you add, subtract? Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig) The River Why (David James Duncan) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer) Coming … more

Otter 501 Reviews – Short list

Reviews:   http://www.pineconearchive2.com/120511PCA.pdf http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20642999/amiable-nature-film-otter-501-is-salute-sea http://www.santacruz.com/ae/articles/2012/05/15/otter_501_tracks_pup_from_stranding_to_release http://www.motherofpearlitis.net/2012/05/review-otter-501-great-family-movie/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-stambler/otter-501_b_1508361.html http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psi-vid/2012/05/10/its-so-flufeeee-otter-501-a-must-see-movie/ http://www.carmelmagazine.com/archive/12sp/otter.shtml http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/10/DD9L1OF31B.DTL http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/otter-501-movie-brings-a-new-twist-to-nature-documentaries#comment-304475 http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/may/10/it-otter-be-pictures/ http://www.misadvmom.com/2012/05/movie-review-otter-501.html http://www.tammystwocents.com/2012/05/otter-501-a-must-see-movie/ http://www.thesemiorganicmom.com/2012/05/otter-501-viewing-party.html Articles: http://livingincinema.com/2012/05/08/the-band-honeymoon-on-their-soundtrack-for-the-documentary-otter-501/ http://networkedblogs.com/xIy2N Links: http://otter501.com/ https://www.facebook.com/otter501 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPYqABSHjE Otter links: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3116#.T7ROC-1QQyE http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/aa/pressroom/web/PressRelease_view.aspx?enc=dL80ZKBsI57uZ2z008wzTQ== http://montereybayaquarium.tumblr.com/post/18684953434/toola-the-most-important-animal-in-the-history

Why I’m supporting Marc Del Piero for 5th District Supervisor

I hope you’ll join me, former Supervisor Karin Strasser Kauffman, former Carmel Mayors Ken White and Jeanne Grace, Chris Fitz, Janet Brennan, Julie Engell, and The Monterey Herald in enthusiastically supporting Marc Del Piero for 5th District Supervisor. I invite you to donate to his campaign, vote for him, and spread the word among your friends. This decision doesn’t come easy. In 1995, I was an early supporter of Dave Potter in his race against Jeff Davi. I hosted … more

How Social Media Is Changing Paid, Earned & Owned Media

How Social Media Is Changing Paid, Earned & Owned Media.   TOP STORIES MY STORIES TOPICS PEOPLE ACTIVITY VIRAL TOPICS ABOUT MASHABLE Welcome to Mashable! Have an account? Sign in ALL SOCIAL MEDIA TECH & GADGETS BUSINESS & MARKETING VIDEO MOBILE DEV & DESIGN MEDIA SOCIAL GOOD STARTUPS EXPLORE CLASSIFIEDS TRENDING STORIES It’s Here! Spotify Is Coming to the U.S. Thursday 26 Google Docs Spreadsheet Offers Help in Wake of Mumbai Blasts 17 Klout Now Factors in Foursquare … more

A New Start in Florence, Italy, for an American Woman – WSJ.com

A New Start in Florence, Italy, for an American Woman – WSJ.com.   ARCH 21, 2011 DESTINATIONS Moving to Italy How a Tennessee native—after toiling in piles of paperwork—found a new life in the city of Florence Article Comments MORE IN RETIREMENT PLANNING » Email Print Save This↓ More + More Text By KAREN MILLS Editor’s note: Thinking about living—or just traveling— abroad? This is part of a series of travel stories in which we ask Americans … more

Beyond the Eternal Food Fight – NYTimes.com

Beyond the Eternal Food Fight – NYTimes.com. January 10, 2011, 9:54 AM Beyond the Eternal Food Fight By ANDREW C. REVKIN The New York TimesAn index of world food prices. Click for the full graph and caption. 10:13 a.m. | Updated Almost every time global prices surge and the media and public reach out to analysts for meaning, a decades-long food fight resumes. The latest price surge is clearcut, bringing food costs up to or past peaks reached in 2008. With populations … more

Climate of Hate – NYTimes.com

Climate of Hate – NYTimes.com. OP-ED COLUMNIST Climate of Hate By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: January 9, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER COMMENTS (214) E-MAIL SEND TO PHONE PRINT REPRINTS SHARE When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to happen? Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Paul Krugman Go to Columnist Page » Blog: The Conscience of a Liberal Related Evidence Points to Methodical … more

The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker

The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker. Skip to content subscribe to the new yorker Subscribe New Yorker magazine articles Blogs Audio & Video Reviews of New York events: Goings on About Town New Yorker Cartoons New Yorker Topics Complete New Yorker Archives and Digital Edition THE NEW YORKER REPORTING & ESSAYS ANNALS OF SCIENCE THE TRUTH WEARS OFF Is there something wrong with the scientific method? by Jonah LehrerDECEMBER 13, … more

Special Edible: Taking the Leap: An Inspiring 2010

Special Edible: Taking the Leap: An Inspiring 2010. powered by From Big Sur’s killer cliff-clinging eateries to Salinas’ unparalleled produce, this blog aims to sniff out all things Monterey County can stomach, via picture and prose, curiosity and appetite, hand and mouth. MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2011 Taking the Leap: An Inspiring 2010 The apparently sauced knucklehead in theJimmy Buffet t-shirt jumping offBixby Bridgein front of an objectingCHPofficer has to rank among the most striking single … more

Gary Hart Book Recommendations

Zoya’s Story HART TOP TEN BOOKS The Healing of America:  A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care (T. R. Reid) American Prometheus:  The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin) An End to Suffering:  The Buddha in the World (Pankaj Mishra) Overthrow:  America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq (Stephen Kinzer) Retribution:  The Battle for Japan, 1944-1945 (Max Hastsings) The Bottom Billion:  Why the … more