Milo and the Calf

Author: seanv2

  • Review: Trento’s Secret History of the CIA

    One of many, many book reviews I wrote for a livejournal account long, long ago. The Secret History of the CIA Joseph Trento If you want a trashy, gossipy, book full of stories of drunks and mistresses and bat-shit crazy people in charge of our nation’s espionage, then this is your book. It’s a one…

  • Training Totals for the Week Ending 9.27.2015

      Run Miles for the week: 43 in 7:07:44 Run Miles for the year: 1140.9 Projected total run miles for the year: 1536.6 Weekly/Daily Average to reach 2k miles 65.1/9.3 Run Streak: 0 Did I hit every session of 18/55? N What did I miss? 1 easy run Runs that were one stupid mile: 0…

  • Review: Tannenbaum’s Badge of the Assassin

    Badge of the Assassin Robert Tannenbaum Philip Rosenberg For a while there, I was deeply interested in the history of armed struggle / terrorism in America, especially as undertaken in the 1970s by groups like the Weather Underground, the Black Liberation Army and others. Much of this era was still shrouded in secrecy and misrepresentation…

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    964 Must Read Words On My Incredibly Fascinating Diet

    Bad News. Three months ago I went to the doctor for the first time in years. I got some bad, but not surprising, news. I had high cholesterol.* I wasn’t surprised. High cholesterol runs in my family and I have, for years, let the fact that I’m a pretty active person cover up for the…

  • BQ(Q) – Heather I

    I’ve posted well over a hundred Boston Qualifer Questionnaire and I think this is the first one where the runner BQ’ed and then went straight to the hospital. This is one of the most interesting BQ stories we’ve seen yet, and well written to boot! Thanks for the inspirational story, Heather! Be careful out there runners!…

  • Totals for the Week Ending 9.20.2015

      Run Miles for the week: 40.5 in 8:09:20 Run Miles for the year: 1097.9 Projected total run miles for the year: 1517.9 Weekly/Daily Average to reach 2k miles 63.6/9.1 Run Streak: 0 Did I hit every session of 18/55? N What did I miss? 1 easy run Runs that were one stupid mile: 0…

  • Review: Woodward’s The Brethren

    This review was originally published on a now long defunct livejournal account. I am moving it over here as part of a project to get all my writing into one spot. The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court Bob Woodward OK, I haven’t read All the Presidents Men, (which is a shame and really should be…

  • Review: Braudel’s Perspective of the World

    This review originally appeared in a now long defunct livejournal sometime around 2007. The Perspective of the World: Civilization and Capitalism 15Th-18th Century, Vol. 3 Fernand Braudel The final volume of this magnum opus tracing in minute, painful, detail the creation of capitalism in the west, and the precursors and repercussions of that creation in the…

  • Review: Packer’s Assassin’s Gate

    This review was originally published on a now long defunct livejournal account. The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq George Packer Packer was an earlier supporter of the war in Iraq, and for that, he deserves to get called out at every event at which he speak, forever. Despite that ill-advised position, he is also an…

  • Review: Levy’s Nothing Serious

    This review (and the dozen or so others I’ve posted tonight) are all from a now long defunct livejournal and have been only minimally edited. Nothing Serious Justine Levy Justine Levy is Bernard-Henri Levi’s daughter. This is her novel about life with a famous father she worships and how all her boyfriends both hate and…