“We might as well focus on prolonging life rather than eliminating death. This War on Cancer may best be ‘won’ by redefining victory.” Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Pulitzer Prize The Emperor of All Maladies was a companion to me during my husband’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. Taking the book with me to all of the appointments, I’ve […]
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Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead, Office Space) turned his attention to the topics of start-up companies and geekdom, crossed The Social Network with The Big Bang Theory, and brought us HBO’s Silicon Valley. The main story is about a guy who has an awesome compression algorithm and begins a company with this idea. The characters
Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison was an audiobook I checked out only to save me from a long car ride. I was looking for something funny and searched under “humor” but there were only 17 books available. This book looked like the best option. I’m neither a shoe addict nor have much sympathy for
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The annual Lotusland fundraiser was called Once Upon a Time. It was a fairytale based extravaganza with as many people preparing, serving, and acting, as there were attending. When we arrived, trays of cocktails were available: wine, champagne, martinis, lady slippers. Yum. “Stations” of fairytales were interspersed in the garden where kids, teens and adults
The most notable thing about this book is that it was written by an 80’s favorite movie actress Molly Ringwald. In the reviews, the narrative is all about her rather than the book. When It Happens to You is said to be a set of short stories but I read the stories as mere chapters
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