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The French House (30 of 50)

Don't read a masterpiece like this when you're on vacation. Just don't do it. As you smell and taste summers and early autumns in the French Atlantic coast, you'll think that buying a summer cottage is a good idea. And why wouldn't it be, in August when you're in Maine for a long week?

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A book on parenting that is actually worth reading (29 of 50)

Unlike many of the books in my 50 in 2014 project, this is a classic Yellis read: non-fiction with an attitude of zen.

Simplicity Parenting was worth reading. Instead of adding more layers of rules and guilt and responsibility, the authors give you things to forget about doing. In a culture that wonders if leaving your kids with a sitter when they are 15 months old will cause them as 55 year olds to be slightly sad, surely our parenting needs some editing, and this book is a good place to start.

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The Dirty Life

This review has been in my queue for a while. It's seems more vitriolic than I remember feeling about this book. The Dirty Life was enjoyable to read. The author was good.

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How to field questions

A few nights ago, I talked about Online Optimization at the Leadership Institute's fundraising workshop.

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Online optimization slide deck

Last night I spoke at the Leadership Institute. As part of their comprehensive fundraising school, I talked about online optimization.

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The Grapes of Wrath

My theory, emerging during this 50 in 2014 project, is: Great literature both motivates you to read and makes you think for a long time afterwards.

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1954 (23 of 50)

Baseball. Summer is about listening to, talking about, and sometimes watching our national pastime.

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Nathanael's Reading

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