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Gurdjieff, Work, and the Dark Side of Hidden Truths — A review of some books about a now largely forgotten mystic that is really more of a memoir about me and a story about a guy I used to know.
This site’s mostly archives now. I’m writing fresh things over at Substack Come say hi: www.miloandthecalf.substack.com Meetings with Remarkable Men, G.I. Gurdjieff Luba Gurdjieff: A Memoir with Recipes, Luba Gurdjieff Everitt Gurdjieff: A Biography, James Moore Our Life With Mr. Gurdjieff, Thomas and Olga De Hartmann Boyhood with Gurdjieff, Fritz Peters The Unknowable Gurdjieff,…
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Book Review: Levoy’s Ghettoside
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America Jill Levoy A captivating, depressing, challenging, frustrating, must read book about the state of modern policing in poor communities of color. If you’ve read this one, I’d really like to talk about it. Levoy spent a year covering every murder in Los Angeles for the LA Times.…
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Boston Qualifier Questionnaire – Jake
Name Jake Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 48 Height: 5’7″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 168 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? LA Tell us a little about the race. Ran it to just get a qualifier. Ran 6:57 pace through 20 and then cramped in…
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Review: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
The Art of War Sun Tzu I don’t know. Far be it from me to disparage a classic of Chinese literature, but I was underwhelmed. A series of aphorism ostensibly proving advice on the conduct of a successful military leader, this must read of the management consultant can also be viewed as a general guide…
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Me (in just about a thousand words)
I was born into a middle class Irish American Catholic family in Bridgeport Connecticut in the 1970s. I grew up mainly in the small town of Rockville, Connecticut in a family with a mother, a father and two sisters. I wasn’t the best student in school, often bored and distracted. I was more interested in…
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Review: Alter’s Irresistible
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked Adam Alter This book, on the way smart phones and social media are behaviorally addictive, has led me to a mini-reading binge on the ways technology is changing our behavior for the worst. It’s been a personally transformative little journey that I’ll…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Kris Depew
Name Kris Depew Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 45 Height: 5’10” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 147 pounds At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Vermont City Marathon May, 2015 Tell us a little about the race. Finished in 3:09:43 or so. I was on 3:05 pace…
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Review: Carney’s Death on Diamond Mountain
Death on Diamond Mountain: A True Story of Obsession, Madness and the Path to Enlightenment Scott Carney An investigation into the life and death of Ian Thorson, a devotee of controversial Buddhist teacher Michael Roche. An examination of the interplay between mental illness and spiritual practice. A journalistic retelling of the way Buddhism (especially Tibetan…
Milo and the Calf 