Its been a while since I’ve made a post.
I haven’t been doing much, nor I suppose have I been thinking much.
I look for jobs that I’m not qualified for, drink lots of coffee, play basketball, drink heavily on occasion, and see my girlfriend. Oh yeah, and I sit in front of this computer alot too.
I’m reading three books right now.
“Topgrading” is a business book about the challenge of recruiting and keeping talented employees. Its ok, sort of strikes me as a long advertisement for the author’s consulting services.
“Inside a US Embassy” is a behind the scenes look at life in the Foreign Service. I’m taking the Foreign Service exam in April and thought that before spending 3 mosquito-infested years as the ambassador to Upper Volta I’d do a little research on the job.
“A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” is about the Siberian work camps under Stalin. It paints a pretty grim picture. I don’t understand why the book is so famous. It is fair at best.
I just finished “The Progress Paradox”. It is the best non-fiction book I’ve read in recent memory. I loved it. It outlines the rise of the American economy against the fall of American well-being. It is extremely interesting, both psychologically and economically.
Other than that, nothing. I would like to make a trip to visit some friends, but I don’t have the money. If I had a job, I’d have the money, but not the time. Oh well.
I think I’ll go to bed.
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