• Biography
• Books I've Been Reading Lately   (updated 3/11/2002)
• Books That Sara's Been Reading Lately   (updated 5/20/2002)
• Concerts I've Been To   (updated 8/27/2001)
• Favorite Books   (updated 3/11/2002)
• Favorite CD's
• Favorite Movies   (updated 8/27/2001)
• Genealogy
• Ideas That Have Influenced Me   (updated 5/22/2002)
• Interests   (updated 15 Sep 2005)
• Movies I Have Seen   (updated 8/27/2001)
• Movies I Want To See
• Music I've Been Listening To Lately   (updated 09/12/2001)
• Places I've Traveled   (updated 8/27/2001)
• Things I've Been Doing Lately   (updated 9/27/2001)
• Timeline/Chronology
• Where I've Lived

I have 6 siblings -- 3 sisters and 3 brothers. I am the youngest by 10 years. My father died in 1980, and my mother now lives in Fountain Hills, AZ.

I graduated from Healy High School in Pierz, Minnesota in 1987. I attended St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota from 1987-1992, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science (BSCS) and a minor in Human Relations.

I worked for Com Squared Systems in Minneapolis from 1992-1996 as a Software Engineer, writing client-server database software in DOS, MS-Windows, and UNIX, using Pascal, Visual Basic, and C. Sara and I moved to Oregon in November, 1996, and I started working as a contractor for Informix in December, 1996.  I became a permanent Informix employee on 1/1/98. Informix was purchased by IBM in July, 2001, so I now work for IBM. At Informix I worked on a build team doing build and release engineering of database servers, working on Unix and MS-Windows using Perl, Clearcase, Bourne shell (sh), and C; I also did a competitive analysis, and worked on a web-search product similar to Google. Since Dec 2001 I've been working on the test team for SAN File System.

Parents:

• Benjamin "Ben" Andrew Bednark (7/18/13 - 3/13/80)
• Bernice Beatrice (Pulak) (Bednark) Drywa

Siblings:

• Karen Jones - Tulsa, OK
• Dan Bednark - Scottsdale, AZ
• Cheryle Andrea - Pierz, MN
• Donna Young - Pierz, MN
• John Bednark - St. Cloud, MN
• Greg Bednark - St. Cloud, MN

Nieces and Nephews:

• Shawn Andrea (Cheryle)
• Angie Young (Donna)
• Cory Andrea (Cheryle)
• Chris Young (Donna)
• Ben Jones (Karen)
• Jonathan Bednark (John)
• Deborah Jones (Karen)
• Jessica Bednark (John)
• Julie Bednark (John)
• Brett Kuntz (Angie)

• Violin / fiddle - I started playing the violin in Feb, 2005, and I'm loving it! I take lessons from Kay Johnson in Gresham.
• Meditation - been meditating with class in Portland since Aug 1997.
• Spirituality
• Reading (non-fiction; topics include creativity, psychology, consciousness, perception, drugs, meta-cognition, meditation, spirituality, linguistics, communication, education, learning, management, anthropology, biographies, health, healing, New Age topics, motivation, inspiration, attention, philosophy of science, social science, consumerism, investing, investment psychology).
• Linguistics -- language, languages, phonemes, vocabulary, cultural issues, values, general semantics
• Cultural differences.
• Playing drums (trap set, hand drums (djembe, bongos, frame drums))
• Traveling (see Places I've Traveled)
• Eyesight improvement -- improving my vision
• Tutoring - from February 1997 to June 1998 Sara and I tutored English to a Cambodian family.
• Hiking.
• Flying - I have a private pilot's license (115 hours in Cessna 150/152; 170/172)
• Soaring - I started gliding/soaring lessons 4/98 in sailplanes / glider-planes.
• Time perception -- how do we perceive time? How do drugs affect time perception? How can we purposely affect our time perception?
• Management and leadership -- Peter Drucker, W. Edwards Deming, ...
• Investing in stocks and stock options

• Brand, Stewart
  "The Essential Whole Earth Catalog : Access to Tools and Ideas" 1986.
• Campbell, George L.
  "Concise Compendium of the World's Languages" (1995)"
• Crystal, David
  "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language"
• De Bono, Edward
  "I Am Right, You Are Wrong - From Rock Logic to Water Logic"
• Dikkers, Scott (and others)
  "Our Dumb Century : 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source" 1999. (read 09/06/99-09/20/99)
  Comments: Satirical news stories of this century.
• Elliot, William
  "Tying Rocks to Clouds : Meetings and Conversations with Wise and Spiritual People" 1995
• Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
  "The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" 2000. (read 5/15 - 5/31/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on epidemics (in the general sense) and what causes them.
• Hayakawa, S. I.
  "Language in Though and Action" 1939,1940,1941,1949,1963,1964,1972,1978, (read 8/98,1/99,3/00)
• Kornfied, Jack
  " After the Ecstasy, the Laundry : How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path" 2000. (read 8/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on spiritual growth.
• Lightman, Alan
  "Einstein's Dreams"
• Moore, Dinty
  "The Accidental Buddhist" 1997
• Pirsig, Robert
  "Lila"
  "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
  
• Postman, Neil
  "Technopoly : The Surrender of Culture to Technology" 1992. (read 5/10 - 8/21/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book about the unquestionable authority of technology and the negative effects it has on humanity.
• Remen, Rachel Naomi, M.D.
  "My Grandfather's Blessings : Stories of Strength, Courage, and Belonging" 2000. (read 10/2001)
  
• Remen, Rachel Naomi, M.D.
  "Kitchen Table Wisdom : Stories That Heal" 1996. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Read entire book. Loved it. Wonderful book of small stories about healing. See my Book Notes for my favorite passages from the book.
  Subjects: 2) Remen, Rachel Naomi -- Philosophy. 3) Physicians -- United States -- Biography. 4) Meditations.
• Roberts, Monty
  "The Man Who Listens to Horses" 1997 (read 2/98)
• Rushkoff, Douglas & Wells, Patrick
  ""Free rides: how to get high without drugs" 1991
• Shenk, David, 1966-
  "Data Smog : Surviving the Information Glut" 1997. (read 10/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book about being unundated with data from advertising, tv, radio, email, ... and the effects that it has on people and society.
• Slater, Philip
  "The Wayward Gate : Science and the Supernatural" 1977.
• Stoll, Clifford
  "High Tech Heretic : Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian" 1999. (read 6/26-7/09/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on why computers are overrated, why they shouldn't be in classrooms, and the cost they have on society.
• Strauch, Ralph
  "The Reality Illusion - How You Make the World You Experience"
• Talbot, Michael
  "The Holographic Universe" 1991. (read 1/98)
• Weil, Andrew
  "Spontaneous Healing"
  "The Natural Mind : An Exploration of Drugs and Higher Consciousness"
• Weil, Andrew & Rosen, Winifred
  "From Chocolate to Morphine : Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs"
• Wise, Anna
  "The High Performance Mind - Mastering Brainwaves for Insight, Creativity, & Healing"
• Yogananda, Paramahansa
  "Autobiography of a Yogi" 1959 (read 1997)

• Rice, Sydney
  "Choice Points : Navigate Your Career Using the Unique PaperRoom Process"" 2004. (read 7/2004)
  Comments: Good book on making choices and breaking habits of not doing things that you want to do.
• Pollan, Stephen M.
  "Fire Your Boss"" 2004. (read 7/2004)
  Comments: Excellent book.
• Jansen, Julie
  "I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This : A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work" 2003. (read 7/2004)
  Comments: Has some good exercises for determining strengths and interests. Also good theory of stages of work and life (Where's the Meaning?, Been There Done That Bug Still Need to Earn, ...)
• McTaggart, Lynne
  "What Doctors Don't Tell You : The Truth About the Dangers of Modern Medicine" 1996,1998. (read 7/2004)
  Comments: Excellent book. I was particularly interested in the chapter on vaccinations.
• Carse, James P.
  "The Silence of God : Meditations on Prayer" 1985. (read 8/2001)
  Comments: Excellent book. Loved it.
• Remen, Rachel Naomi, M.D.
  "My Grandfather's Blessings : Stories of Strength, Courage, and Belonging" 2000. (read 10/2001)
  Comments: Excellent book. Loved it.
• Parent, Marc
  "Believing It All : What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life" 2001. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Loved it.
• Stewart, Edward C. and Milton J. Bennett
  "American Cultural Patterns : A Cross-Cultural Perspective" 1991. (read 10/2001)
  Comments: Good book on cultural differences between Americans and others. Good content, but written in a way that makes it time-consuming to read to get the meat. Had to return -- get again.
  Index. No glossary. Bibliography/references (150 works).
  SUBJECTS 2. National characteristics, American -- Cross-cultural studies. 3. United States -- Civilization -- Cross-cultural studies.
• Remen, Rachel Naomi, M.D.
  "Kitchen Table Wisdom : Stories That Heal" 1996. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Read entire book. Loved it. One of my favorite books. Wonderful book of small stories about healing. See my Book Notes for my favorite passages from the book.
  Subjects: 2) Remen, Rachel Naomi -- Philosophy. 3) Physicians -- United States -- Biography. 4) Meditations.
• Bennett, Milton J. (editor)
  "Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication : Selected Readings" 1998. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Had to return. Get again. Good articles about how different cultures communicate differently.
  Index. No Glossary. Notes/footnotes. Bibliography/references (50 works).
  CONTENTS Communication in a global village / Dean Barnlund -- The power of hidden differences / Edward T. Hall -- Multicultural education: development, dimensions, and challenges / James A. Banks -- Science and linguistics / Benjamin Lee Whorf -- Culture: a perceptual approach / Marshall R. Singer -- Interactions between North Americans and Japanese: considerations of communication style / Sheila J. Ramsey -- Black and White cultural styles in pluralistic perspective / Thomas Kochman -- Cultural assumptions and values / Edward C. Stewart, Jack Danielian, and Robert J. Foster -- Stumbling blocks in intercultural communication / LaRay M. Barna -- Overcoming the Golden Rule: sympathy and empathy / Milton J. Bennet -- Transition shock: putting culture shock in perspective / Janet M. Bennett -- Beyond cultural identity: reflections on multiculturalism / Peter S. Adler.
  SUBJECTS 1) Intercultural communication.
• Johnson, Steven
  " Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate" 1997. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Had to return. Get again. Good ideas about metaphors for computer software, and about weaknesses of Internet that haven't been exploited.
  Index. No Glossary. Notes/footnotes. No Bibliography/references.
  SUBJECTS 1) Information technology -- Social aspects. 2) Information society. 3) Communication and culture.
• Schacter, Daniel L.
  "The Seven Sins of Memory : How the Mind Forgets and Remembers" 2001. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Had to return. Get again. Interesting stories and studies about memory.
  Index. No Glossary. Extensive Notes/footnotes. Huge Bibliography/references (300+ works).
  SUBJECTS 1) Memory disorders. 2) Memory. 3) Recollection (Psychology)
• Vick, Timothy
  "How To Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett : Profiting from the Bargain Hunting Strategies of the World's Greatest Value Investor" 2001. (read 9/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Had to return. Get it again. Table of contents looks good.
  Index. No Glossary. Notes/footnotes. No Bibliography/references .
  SUBJECTS 1) Investments -- United States. 2) Stocks -- United States.
• Carse, James P.
  "Breakfast at the Victory : the Mysticism of Ordinary Experience" 1994. (read 8/2001)
  Comments: Excellent book. One of my favorites.
  No Index. No Glossary. No Notes/footnotes. No Bibliography/references.
  SUBJECTS 1) Mysticism. 2) Spiritual life. 3) Psychology, Religious.
• Lomax, Alan The Land Where The Blues Began 1990 (videotape from library)
  Comments: Excellent video documentary about the birthplace of the blues in the Mississippi Delta.
  SUBJECTS 1) Documentary films. 2) Popular culture -- Mississippi. 3) Blues (Music) -- Mississippi. 4) African Americans -- Mississippi. 5) Blues (Music)
• Carlin, George
  "Napalm and Silly Putty" 2001. (read 8/2001)
  Comments: Funny. Skimmed, had to return it.
  No Index. No Glossary. No Notes/footnotes. No Bibliography/references (xx works).
  Subjects: American wit and humor.
• Peace Pilgrim
  "Peace Pilgrim : Her Life and Work In Her Own Words" 1983,1991. (read 8/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Had to return. Very good.
  No Index. No Glossary. No Notes/footnotes. No Bibliography/references.
  Subjects: 2. Peace Pilgrim, d. 1981. 3. Pacifists -- United States -- Biography.
• Gardner, Howard
  "Extraordinary Minds : Portraits of 4 Exceptional Individuals and An Examination of Our Own Extraordinariness" 1997. (read 8/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Had to return. Good final chapter called "Lessons" that sums up the lessons learned.
  Index. No glossary. No notes/footnotes. Bibliography (100 works).
  Subjects: SERIES 2. MasterMinds SUBJECTS 3. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. 4. Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. 5. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. 6. Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. 7. Gifted persons. 8. Gifted persons -- Case studies.
• Bowers, C. A.
  "Let Them Eat Data : How Computers Affect Education, Cultural Diversity, and the Prospects of Ecological Sustainability" 2000. (read 7/2001)
  Comments: Looks good. Wasn't in mood to read it. Would like to get again.
  Table of Contents:
  1. Globalizing Cyberspace: Vision and Reality
  2. The Culture of Cyberspace and Everyday Life
  3. Displacing Wisdom with Data: Ecological Implications
  4. Evolutionary Theory and the Global Computer Culture
  5. The False Promises of Computer-Based Education
  6. Why Computers Should Not Replace Teachers
  7. Rethinking Technology: What Educational Institutions Can Do
  Index. No Glossary. No Notes. Bibliography (100 works).
  Subjects: 2. Computers and civilization. 3. Education -- Data processing.
• Wurman, Richard Saul
  "Follow The Yellow Brick Road : Learning to Give, Take, and Use Instructions" 1992. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Good book on instructions. Skimmed. Would like to read more in depth - had to return. Book is layed out nicely. Good graphical design. Good examples and quotes.
  Index. No Glossary. No Notes. Bibliography (100 works).
  Subjects: Oral communication.
• Davidson and Associates / Simon and Schuster
  "Typing Tutor 7" (computer software) 1996. (used 5/2001)
  Comments: Good software for learning typing. I was learning it to improve my Dvorak keyboard skills.
  Subjects: Typewriting -- Interactive multimedia; CD-ROM product.
• Hayes, Charles (1955-) (editor)
  "Tripping : An Anthology Of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures" 2000. (read 7/2001)
  Comments: Excellent book. Fascinating reading of 50 different psychedelic trips that 50 different people have taken, and the profound impact that it had on their lives. Excellent introduction that talks about the general impacts of psychedelic drugs. See my Book Notes web page for quotes that I've selected from the book.
  Index. Glossary of psychedelic substances. Notes. Bibliography (30 works, including web sites, films, and organizations).
• Coen, Ethan and Joel Coen
  "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (movie script) 2000. (read 6/2001)
  Comments: Script to the movie.
  No Index. No Glossary. No Notes. No Bibliography.
  Subjects: None.
• Brian, Denis
  "The Enchanted Voyager : The Life of J.B. Rhine : An Authorized Biography" 1982. (read 6/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Interesting story about Rhine, the Duke University scientist that researched a lot of paranormal things, including telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis. Get again.
  Index. No glossary. Notes. No Bibliography.
  Subjects: Rhine, J. B. (Joseph Banks), 1895-1980; Parapsychology -- Research -- Biography
• Gleick, James
  "Chaos : Making a New Science" 1987. (read 6/2001)
  Comments: Didn't get a chance to read. Had to return it. Would like to get it again. Index. No bibliography, but extensive notes and citations.
  Subjects:
• Streznewski, MaryLou Kelly
  "Gifted Grownups : The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential" 1999. (read 4/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't grab me. Didn't like all the stories. No good summaries. Lack of index. Good quotes at beginning of chapters. Recommended to me by TC, who like it. Very good annotated recommended reading section.
  No index. Bibliography (400 works).
  Subjects: Gifted persons; Gifted persons -- Case studies; Creative ability -- Social aspects.
• LaBier, M. Rogan
  "The Nasdaq Trader's Toolkit" 2001. (read 6/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Good explanation of level II and level III quotes. Good explanation of market-makers and what they do. Good explanations of electronic trading networks (ECN's) (like Island, Instinet, Archipelago, Redibook), small order execution system (SOES), SuperSOES, SelectNET.
  Index. No Bibliography.
  Subjects:
• Gleick, James
  "Genius : The Life and Science of Richard Feynman" 1992. (read 6/2001)
  Comments: Enjoying.
  Subjects: Feynman, Richard Phillips.; Physics -- History -- 20th century; Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
• Dertouzos, Michael
  "The Unfinished Revolution : Human-Centered Computers and What They Can Do for Us" 2001. (read 5/29/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Would like to get again. Talks about metaphors used for computers. What short-comings are of computers and software. Well-written. Index. No bibliography.
  Subjects: Human-computer interaction; User interfaces (Computer systems)
• Storti, Craig
  "Figuring Foreigners Out : A Practical Guide" 1999. (read 5/16/2001)
  Comments: Very good book on cultural differences, with many quizzes that ask you to identify the trait for a given instance. Topics include concept of self (individualist-collectivist), personal versus societal responsibility (universalist-particularist), time (monochronic-polychronic), locus of control (internal-external), verbal communication (direct-indirect), nonverbal communication (body language), and culture in the workplace. No index. Bibliography (60 works).
  Subjects: cross-cultural orientation; intercultural communication
• Gilder, George (1939-)
  "Tele-cosm : How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World" 2000. (read 5/16/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Excellent appendix listing the 20 laws of the telecosm. Excellent appendix listing the telecosm companies and the 9 telecosm stars. No bibliography. Index.
  Subjects: telecommunication -- forecasting
• Shenk, David
  "The End of Patience : Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution" 1999. (read 5/16/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. A collection of essays. Didn't grab me. I loved his other book, "Data Smog". Index. No bibliography.
  Subjects: Information technology -- Social aspects; Telecommunication -- Social aspects; Information society
• Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
  "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" 1963. (read 4/2001-6/2001)
  Comments: Very enjoyable. Second reading. First read 20 years ago.
• Hall, Edward T. and Mildred Reed Hall
  "Understanding Cultural Differences : Germans, French, and Americans" 1990. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Very good. Has a good short summary of key topics of time, context, space, information flow, interfacing. Short book. Index. Bibliography (40 works).
  Subjects: intercultural communication; national characteristics; industrial management; corporations -- management
• Maital, Shlomo
  "Minds, Markets, and Money : Psychological Foundations of Economic Behavior" 1982. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Good book on behavioral finance / Economics -- psychological aspects. Written in a more informal way, so enjoyable reading. Index.
• Maital Shlomo and Sharone L. Maital
  "Economic Games People Play " 1984. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't grab me. Includes 30 different games, like "Dollar Option" and "Hot Potato". Might be worthwhile if getting into this topic more. Subject: behavioral finance / Economics -- psychological aspects. Index.
• Bernstein, Jake
  "The Investor's Quotient : The Psychology of Successful Investing in Commodities and Stocks" 1993. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't care for topic. Concerned with personal psychological aspects of investing, like risk, fear, attitudes. Index. Subject: behavioral finance / Economics -- psychological aspects.
• Shiller, Robert J.
  "Irrational Exuberance" 2000. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Discusses factors that have led to the big stock market rise of the late 1990's. Tends toward the more scholarly and formal side. Index. Extensive bibliography. Subject: behavioral finance; Economics -- psychological aspects; investment psychology.
• Myers, Jonathan
  "Profits Without Panic : Investment Psychology for Personal Wealth" 1999. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Decent summary of ideas presented at the end of the book. Good for skimming. Didn't find any new ideas in it. Index. Bibliography (30 listed). Subject: behavioral finance; Economics -- psychological aspects; investment psychology.
• Senge, Peter; Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth, Bryan Smith
  "The Dance of Change : The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations" 1999. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Big book, wordy. No summaries or general principles. Didn't grab me. Good index. No bibliography. Subject: organizational change; organizational learning
• Winston, Brian
  "Media Technology and Society : A History : From the Telegraph to the Internet" 1998. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Very wordy, detailed, factual, historical. Didn't grab me. Good index. Extensive bibliography (300 works).
  Subjects: Mass media -- social aspects; mass media -- technological innovations -- history.
• Hall, Edward T.
  "An Anthropology of Everyday Life : An Autobiography" 1992. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Author of books about cultural differences and time perception. Might be interesting to get again and read. Didn't look particularly inviting or interesting. No index. Bibliography (50 works).
  Subjects: intercultural communication; Edward Twitchell Hall, 1914-; personality and culture; ethnopsychology
• Axtell, Roger E. (compiled by the Parker Pen Company)
  "Do's and Taboos Around the World" 1985,1990,1993. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Practical book of cultural differences, including protocol, customs, etiquette, hand gestures and body language, gift giving and receiving, American jargon, and tips for incoming visitors to the U.S. Index. Bibliography (20 works).
  Subjects: intercultural communication; business etiquette
• Rushkoff, Douglas
  "Coercion : Why We Listen to What "They" Say" 1999. (read 5/14/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Good topic. Linear, storylike -- not very skimmable. Interesting facts of ways that business use to persuade us to buy things. No index. Bibliography (100 works).
  Subjects: mass media -- influence; persuasion (psychology)
• Mero, Laszlo
  "Moral Calculations : Game Theory, Logic, and Human Frailty" 1998. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't grab me. But looks well-written for what it is. I would like to see a summary of ideas/principles from it.
• de Bono, Edward
  "How You Can Be More Interesting" 1997. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't grab me. I would like to see a summary of the ideas that he presents. The book has a lot of exercises. I don't like how the book is layed out. No index. I think there are a number of good ideas in it, but would take quite a bit of effort to extract them.
• Read, Stuart
  "The Oracle Edge : How Oracle Corporation's Take-No-Prisoners Strategy Has Created an $8 Billion Software Powerhouse" 2000. (read 2/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Interesting.
• de Bono, Edward
  "Sur/Petition : Creating Value Monopolies When Everyone Else is Merely Competing" 1992. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Some good ideas.
• Brown, Jerry
  "Dialogues" 1998. (read 2/2001)
  Comments: Some good interviews with Thich Nhat Hanh and Noam Chomsky.
• Sinclair, Kevin and Iris Wong Po-yee
  "Culture Shock! China : A Guide to Customs and Etiquette" 1990,1996,1998. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed.
• Lesikar, Raymond V., John D. Pettit, Jr., and Marie E. Flatley
  "Basic Business Communication" 1979-1993. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't have what I was looking for. Textbook. Big. I'm still looking for some basic psychological principles for making suggestions without being pushy, like "use 'I' instead of 'you'".
• Wilson, Mike
  "The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison : Inside Oracle Corporation" 1997. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Didn't read. Looks interesting.
• Rampton, Sheldon and John Stauber
  "Trust Us, We're Experts! : How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future" 2001. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Didn't read. Looks like an excellent book on perception and how corporations persuade consumers to believe lies. Lot of detailed stories. Wasn't in the mood to read it.
• Chesla, Elizabeth, M.A.
  "Improve Your Writing For Work" 2000. (read 5/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Pretty good. I'm still looking for some basic psychological principles for making suggestions without being pushy, like "use 'I' instead of 'you'".
• Creative Wonders
  "Slam Dunk Typing" (CD-ROM Software) 1997. (tried 4/19/2001)
  Comments: Wouldn't install on Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000. Requires Windows 3.1, 95, or 98.
• ViaGraphix
  "Learning Excel 97, Advanced" (CD-ROM) 1998. (watched 4/19/2001)
  Comments: Pretty good CD-ROM that shows you how to use Microsoft Excel. Has audio/video demonstrations. There are also Intermediate, Introduction, Macros, and Charts CD's available separately.
• Fisher, Frederick
  "Culture Shock! A Globetrotter's Guide" 1995. (read 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Culture Shock! is a very good series on cultural differences. This one is a good general one, including info about transportation, companionship, women travelling alone, costs, food, health, shopping, and other issues.
• Shleifer, Andrei
  "Inefficient Markets : An Introduction to Behavioral Finance" 2000. (read 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Decent book on behavioral finance. Chapters include "Are Financial Markets Efficient?", "A Model of Investor Sentiment", "Positive Feedback Investment Strategies", and "Open Problems". Pretty scholarly, and quite a bit of heavy math/statistics. But some good general principles to be gained. Very extensive bibliography. Good index.
• Krantz, Grover S.
  "Big Footprints: A Scientific Inquiry Into the Reality of Sasquatch" 1992. (read 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Good book on Bigfoot/Sasquatch. Krantz is a professor of physical anthropology at Washington State University. Book includes pictures of footprints, and casts. Good analysis on whether bigfoot exists or doesn't exist.
• Dixon, Nancy M.
  "Common Knowledge : How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know" 2000. (read 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Good book. Would like to get again and read more. Has index. Real examples of actual companies and how they share info. No bibliography.
  Subjects: organizational learning; intellectual cooperation; knowledge management; business enterprises -- communication systems
• Thomas Bros. Maps
  "Portland Metro Area 1999" (CD-ROM) 1999. (looked at 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Online representation of Thomas Guide map of Portland. Search function for addresses, parks, schools, etc. Map looks identical to paper Thomas Guide. Didn't see much value in it, unless you were looking for a house and wanted to quickly punch in addresses.
• Electronic Arts
  "SimCity 3000" (CD-ROM) 1998. (read 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Looks like an interesting game. I didn't have enough disk space (230 MB) to install. Tried a demo and it didn't work.
• Electronic Arts
  "The Sims : The People Simulator from the Creator of SimCity" (CD-ROM) 2000. (read 4/18/2001)
  Comments: Looks like an interesting game. I didn't have enough disk space to install (300 MB).
• de Bono, Edward
  "New Thinking for the New Millennium" 2000. (read 2/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Didn't grab me like some of his other books. Good ideas. Layed out in essay-like form.
• Curley, Michael T. and Walker, Joseph A.
  "How to Prepare for the Stockbroker Exam : Series 7" (read 2/2001)
  Comments: Good book on explaining stock and option trading, bonds, underwriting, over-the-counter, federal reserve, and securities analysis of financial statements.
• Westheimer, Patricia H.
  "The Perfect Memo! Write Your Way to Career Success!" 1995. (read 3/2001)
  Comments: Pretty good. I like the way it's written. I'm still looking for some basic psychological principles for making suggestions without being pushy, like "use 'I' instead of 'you'".
• Millennia Corp (publisher)
  "Charting Your Family History : Including Legacy, Family Tree Software Version 2.0, on CD-ROM, for Microsoft Windows" 1997. (read 3/2001)
  Comments: Book and software for creating a family tree. Good software. Didn't have to read book.
• Olatunji, Babatunde
  "African Drumming" (videotape) 1993. (watched 3/13/2001)
  Comments: Videotape that shows how to play African hand drums. Learned a couple techniques. Enjoyed it. Pace of lecturing and instruction was *very* slow.
• Najarian, Jon
  "How I Trade Options" 2001. (read 3/2001)
  Comments: Skimmed. Looks good. Would like to read when I have time. Had to return it.
• Maclean, Norman
  "Young Men and Fire" 1992. (read 3/1/2001)
  Comments: Started. Non-fiction work about 13 fire jumpers that died in a forest fire in 1949 in Montana. Well-written, but it didn't interest me at the time. Highly recommended by a co-worker.
• Hall, Edward T.
  "The Dance of Life : The Other Dimension of Time" 1983. (read 2/2001)
  Comments: Interesting book on peoples' perception of time. Skimmed. Would like to read more. Had to return it.
• Read, Stuart
  "The Oracle Edge : How Oracle Corporation's Take-No-Prisoner's Strategy Has Create An $8 Billion Software Powerhouse 2000. (read 01/2001)
  Comments: Good book on how Oracle became successful, their corporate culture, their strategies.
• Hary, Mickey and Fredric Lieberman
  "Spirit Into Sound : The Magic of Music" 2000. (read 01/2001)
  Comments: Excellent book on quotes about music.
• Allen, Henry
  "What It Felt Like : Living in the American Century" 2000. (read 11/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book. A chapter on each of the decades in America. Gives a feel of what it was like to live in each of the time periods. Small book, with short (16 page) chapters.
• Johnson, Spencer
  "Who Moved My Cheese? : An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life" 1998. (read 11/2000)
  Comments: Well summarized in a Dilbert cartoon - "Change happens. Get over it.". I'm surprised by the hoopla over this book. Worth pondering why it's such a popular book right now.
• Dylan, Bob 1941-
  "Lyrics: 1962-1985" 1985. (read 5/2000)
  Comments: Good book of all of Dylan's lyrics from '62-'85. Includes drawings by Dylan.
• Rushkoff, Douglas
  "Coercion : Why We Listen To What "They" Say 1999. (read 10/2000)
  Comments: Good book about persuasion/coercion in marketing, advertising,...
• Duncan, David James
  "The River Why" 1983. (read 10/2000)
  Comments: Enjoyed it.
• Winters, Paul A. (book editor)
  "The Information Revolution : Opposing Viewpoints" 1998. (read 10/2/2000)
  Comments: OK. I prefer "Data Smog", "Technopoly", and Cliff Stoll's books more.
• Shenk, David, 1966-
  "Data Smog : Surviving the Information Glut" 1997. (read 10/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book about being unundated with data from advertising, tv, radio, email, ... and the effects that it has on people and society.
  Index. No Glossary. Notes/footnotes. No Bibliography/references.
  SUBJECTS 1) Information society. 2) Information society -- United States. 3) Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
• Kornfied, Jack
  " After the Ecstasy, the Laundry : How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path" 2000. (read 8/2000-9/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on spiritual growth.
• Postman, Neil
  "Technopoly : The Surrender of Culture to Technology" 1992. (read 5/10 - 8/21/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book about the unquestionable authority of technology and the negative effects it has on humanity.
• Stoll, Clifford
  "High Tech Heretic : Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian" 1999. (read 6/26-7/09/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on why computers are overrated, why they shouldn't be in classrooms, and the cost they have on society.
• Belsky, Gary and Gilovich, Thomas
  "Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes -- and How to Correct Them : Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral Economics" 1999. (read 6/14/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on behavioral finance describing common psychological mistakes when investing. Small and fun to read. Excellent conclusion that sums up the lessons. Behavorial finance.
  No index. No glossary. No notes. No bibliography.
  Subjects: Finance, Personal -- Psychological aspects; Finance, Personal -- Decision making; Investments -- Decision making; Consumers -- Attitudes; Economics -- Psychological aspects.
• Shefrin, Hersh, 1948-
  "Beyond Greed and Fear : Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing" 2000. (read 6/8 - 6/13/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on the psychological behavior that people exhibit when investing. I prefer "Why Smart Money People Make Big Money Mistakes". "Beyond..." is more scholarly, bigger. Big bibliography. Behavioral finance.
• Blackmore, Susan J., 1951-
  "The Meme Machine" 1999. (read 6/6 - 6/13/2000)
  Comments: Some interesting ideas in the beginning. But the examples of memes didn't captivate me, and didn't lend itself to interesting uses and insights.
• Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
  "The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" 2000. (read 5/15 - 6/9/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on epidemics (in the general sense) and what causes them.
• Lewis, Michael, 1937 Jan. 10-
  "Altering Fate : Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future" 1997. (read 5/31 - 6/8/2000)
  Comments: Captivating idea of pragmatic/contextualist model being more valid than organismic model.
• Heller, Robert
  "Warren Buffett : The Man Who Made Billioins with a Unique Investment Strategy" 2000. (read 6/6 - 6/8/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book about Buffett and his philosophy. Well-written, simple, short.
• Blackmore, Susan J., 1951-
  "In Search of the Light : The Adventures of a Parapsychologist" 1986,1996. (read 6/5 - 6/6/2000)
  Comments: Interesting. I like the writing style. Autobiographical story form.
• Browne, Joy, 1944-
  "The Nine Fantasies That Will Ruin Your Life and the Eight Realities That Will Save You" 1998. (read 6/5/2000)
  Comments: Skimmed. Good ideas, but didn't find it captivating. Didn't care for the way it's laid out. Too many stories, examples, Q and A's.
• Postman, Neil
  "How To Watch TV News" 1992. (read 6/1 - 6/2/2000)
  Comments: Good book on TV news being motivated by commercial interests.
• Flanagan, David
  "Java in a Nutshell : A Quick Reference" 1999 (3rd edition). (read 5/31/2000)
  Comments: Good introduction to Java. Haven't gotten into the reference part yet.
• Lynch, Aaron
  "Thought Contagion : How Belief Spreads Through Society" 1996. (read 5/30/2000)
  Comments: About memes and memetics. Didn't grab me.
• Postman, Neil
  "The End of Education : Redefining the Value of School" 1995. (read 5/17/2000)
  Comments: Good book about improving education, including the importance of defining the purpose of education.
• Buffett, Mary and David Clark
  "Buffettology : The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor" 1997. (read 5/9 - 5/18/2000)
  Comments: Well-written book about Warren's techniques, written by Warren's former daughter-in-law Mary and Warren's friend David. Very readable -- written for the lay person. Good examples. Index. No bibliography.
• Federal Aviation Administration
  "Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)" 1997. (read 2/22-3/1/99; 3/8/99; 6/28/99-7/8/99; 7/26-7/30/99; 5/2/00)
  Comments: Book of aviation regulations and information.
• King, Tom
  "The Operator : David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood" 2000. (read 04/27/2000)
  Comments: Biography about multi-billionare David Geffen. Just started. Like it so far.
• Illman, Paul E.
  "The Pilot's Radio Communications Handbook" 1998 (5th edition). (read 03/15/99-03/16/99, 03/23/99; 7/2/99; 4/24/00)
  Comments: Good book on radio communications for VFR and IFR private pilots.
• Maranjian, Selena and Lewis, Roy A., E.A.
  "The Motley Fool's Investment Tax Guide 2000" 2000. (read 04/19/2000)
  Comments: Good guide on paying income taxes (IRA's, deductions, ...).
• McCutcheon, Susan
  "Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way" 1984,1996. (read 4/18/2000)
  Comments: Book that is used in our Bradley natural childbirth course.
• Graff, Dale
  "River Dreams : The Case of the Missing General and Other Adventures in Psychic Research" 2000. (read 4/11/2000)
  Comments: Good book on remote viewing. Graff headed the remote viewing project for the U.S. military. Has some good practical tips.
• Zukav, Gary
  "Thoughts from the Seat of the Soul : Meditations for Souls in Progress" 1994. (read 4/11/2000)
  Comments: Some good quotes. Probably a good distillation of "Seat of the Soul".
• Lewin, Roger and Regine, Birute
  "The Soul at Work : Listen, Respond, Let Go : Embracing Complexity Science for Business Success" 2000. (read 03/22/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book on business, management, and how complexity science shows how important relationships are.
• Squandering Aimlessly : My Adventures in the American Marketplace
  "Brancaccio, David" 2000. (read 03/16/2000-03/20/2000)
  Comments: Excellent book about a man's pilgrimmage to find out about how American's choose to invest their money.
• Andy Kaufman Revealed! : Best Friend Tells All
  "Zmuda, Bob and Hansen, Matthew Scott" 1999. (read 3/3-3/18/2000)
  Comments: Good book about comedian Andy Kauffman. (movie "Man on the Moon" based on this book)
• Hayakawa, S. I.
  "Language in Though and Action" 1939,1940,1941,1949,1963,1964,1972,1978, (read 8/13-9/01/98; 1/14/99-1/20/99; 6/11-6/25/99; 7/24-11/17/99;12/2/99;12/10/99-01/03/00;01/16-01/18/2000;2/1-2/14/00; 3/01-03/02/00)
  Comments: My #1 most influential and favorite book. Based on Korzybski's general semantics. Good idea of reports/inferences/judgments. Shows power of language, how it shapes our behavior, and how to become more aware of our language behavior so that we can become less prejudiced and more free to experience more variety. Describes importance of language as abstraction, and using different levels of abstraction in communication. Describes abitrariness of classification and importance of recognition of interests in classification. One of the books that has influenced me the most.
• de Bono, Edward
  "I Am Right You Are Wrong : From This to the New Renaissance : From Rock Logic to Water Logic" 1990 (read 6/23/98-7/1/98; 1/11/99-1/27/99; 6/1/99-6/2/99; 6/7/99-6/25/99; 8/11-11/18/99;12/13/00-01/05/00; 2/2000;03/02/00) Comments: My #2 most influential and favorite book. It deals with thinking and perception, and shows how the discovery of the workings of neural networks in the brain can give us a new model of perception and thinking, and how our existing models of analysis and argument are deficient and uncreative.
• Scholl, Lisette
  "28 Days to Reading Without Glasses : A Natural Method for Improving Your Vision" 1998. (read 02/28-03/01/2000)
  Comments: Good book on improving your eyesight.
• McLuhan, Marshall and Fiore, Quentin
  "The Medium is the Massage : An Inventory of Effects" 1967. (read 9/15/98; 2/14-2/15/00)
  Comments: Excellent. Provocative. Discusses the role of the media, and our transition from a primitive aural society, to a visual society, and now to an electronic aural "global village". Creatively laid out.
• Thomsett, Michael C.
  "Getting Started in Options" 1997. (read 02/2000)
  Comments: Good primer on options. Probably the best I've seen so far. Visually appealing.
  Index. Glossary. No notes. No bibliography.
  Subjects: SERIES: Getting started in; Stock options; Options (Finance)
• Abell, Howard and Koppel, Robert
  "The Market Savvy Investor : Profit from the Techniques of the Top Traders" 1999. (read 02/2000)
  Comments: Some interesting interviews with options traders, and an interesting listing of suggested psychological traits of an options trader. But overall, not much substance that I was interested in.
• (published by Rhino Word Beat)
  "Great Speeches of the 20th Century" 1991. (listened to 02/03/2000)
  Comments: 4 CD's of speeches. Very good, except the liner notes lack good background on why they are important.
• Fontanills, George
  "Trade Options Online" 2000. (read 01/27-01/31/2000; 5/2001)
  Comments: Good book on options trading. Extensive list of web sites and what they provide. Excellent summary / reference guide of spreads (including graphic of profit/loss, market opportunity, max risk, max profit, breakeven, and margin).
• Abell, Howard
  "Risk Reward : The Art And Science Of Successful Trading" 1998. (read 01/16/2000)
  Comments: Some good tidbits about risk with respect to investing.
• Abell, Howard
  "Spread Trading : Low-risk Strategies For Profiting From Market Relationships" 1997. (read 01/16/00)
  Comments: Some good tidbits, but overall I was disappointed because there was no clear discussion of how to do spread trading.
• Reder, Alan & Baxter, John
  "Listen To This! : Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Recordings" 1999. (read 01/09-01/12/2000)
  Comments: Good book on what music has influenced various musicians.
• Stolley, Richard B. (editor) and Tony Chiu (deputy editor and writer) 1999. (read 01/2000)
  "Life : Our Century In Pictures"
  Comments: Excellent book of pictures of major news events of the 20th century.
• Levine, Robert
  "A Geography of Time : The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, Or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just A Little Bit Differently" 1997. (read 01/05-01/08/2000)
  Comments: Good book about time and how it affects us.
• Bronson, Po
  "The Nudist on the Late Shift : and Other True Tales of Silicon Valley" 1999. (read 12/27-01/05/00)
  Comments: Engaging. Well-written. Good overview of the Silicon Valley business culture. It captivated me.
• William Safire (editor)
  "Lend Me Your Ears : Great Speeches in History" 1997,1992. (read 12/09/99-12/10/99)
  Comments: Good collections of speeches. In particular, I like ones by Dalai Lama, Mark Twain.
• Zaleski, Philip (editor)
  "The Best Spiritual Writing" 1998. (read 12/9/99)
  Comments: Some good pieces.
• Robert Forte (editor)
  "Timothy Leary : Outside Looking In" 1999. (read 12/07/99-12/08/99)
  Comments: Very enjoyable. How Tim's friends viewed him and appreciated him.
• Slater, Philip
  "The Wayward Gate : Science and the Supernatural" 1977. (read 11/12-11/30/98; 11/18/99-12/06/99)
  Comments: Wow! Great ideas. I like his writing style. Good discussion about philosophy and motivations of science, and a critique of how science deals with supernatural phenomena.
• Stoddard, Alexandra
  " Open Your Eyes : 1,000 Simple Ways To Bring Beauty Into Your Home and Life Each Day " 1998. (read 11/05/99)
  Comments: Good book on decorating, and how to see. Lots of good quotes, too.
• Caplan, Mariana
  "Halfway up the Mountain : The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment" 1999. (read 10/25/99)
  Comments: Didn't care for. Has some good excerpts, but in general, doesn't grab me.
• Castaneda, Carlos, 1931-1999
  "The Active Side of Infinity" 1998. (read 8/4-8/9/99; 8/22/99-9/19/99,10/10/99-10/21/99)
  Comments: Good storyteller. Interesting material. Not a lot of substance. But good to put you in the spiritual mindset.
• Langer, Ellen J.
  "The Power of Mindful Learning" 1997. (read 10/21/99)
  Comments: Skimmed. Not a lot of substance, but some good points about learning (necessity of learning being fun; importance of context)
• Dikkers, Scott (and others)
  "Our Dumb Century : 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source" 1999. (read 09/06/99-09/20/99)
  Comments: Great book! Satirical news stories of this century.
• Burke, James
  "The Knowledge Web : From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back -- and Other Journeys Through Knowledge" 1999. (read 08/26/99)
  Comments: Interesting stories about inventions and discoveries. Skimmed. Would like to read more. Had to return to library.
• Glaxton, Guy
  "Hare Brain Tortoise Mind : Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less" 1997. (read 08/26/99)
  Comments: Skimmed. Looks interesting -- would like to read more. Had to return to library.
• Barry, Dave
  "Dave Barry's Funniest Stuff" 1998. (read 08/26/99)
  Comments: (books on audio tape) Very funny. I enjoy John Ritter reading. Don't care for Shadoe Stevens reading.
  CONTENTS Cas. 1. Dave Barry in cyberspace (Shadoe Stevens) -- cas. 2. Dave Barry's complete guide to guys (John Ritter) -- cas. 3. Dave Barry's greatest hits (John Ritter) -- cas. 4. Dave Barry is not making this up (Arte Johnson).
• Moore, Michael (1954 Apr. 23-)
  "Adventures In A TV Nation : The Stories Behind America's Most Outrageous TV Show" 1998. (listened to 08/24-8/25/99)
  Comments: (book on tape) Very funny and creative TV show. Read by Michael Moore.
• Moss, Robert (1946-)
  "Dream Gates : A Journey Into Active Dreaming" 1997. (listened to 08/23-8/24/99)
  Comments: (book on tape) I like it.
• Pawson, Des
  "The Handbook of Knots : A Step-by-step Guide to Tying and Using More Than 100 Knots" 1998. (read 7/10-7/24/99)
  Comments: Good book on tying knots. Good color pictures. Organized nicely. Visually appealing.
• Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
  "Private Pilot Manual" 1981,1983, 1984. (read 7/7-7/8/99)
  Comments:
• Cessna Aircraft Company
  "Cessna 172N Skyhawk Pilot's Operating Manual" 1980. (read 2/22-2/26/99; 6/28-7/8/99)
• Millman, Lawrence
  "Wolverine Creates the World : Labrador Indian Tales" 1993. (read 6/23-6/24/99)
  Comments: Great stories! Well-written introduction. Short stories that are fun to read.
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- (Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa)
  "One Hundred Years of Solitude" 1967,1970. (read 6/4/99-6/6/99; 6/9/99)
  Comments: A novel. Although I don't read fiction, I started this and it appeals to me.
• Lamott, Anne
  "Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts On Faith" 1999. (read 04/23/99-04/26/99; 05/13/99-05/19/99; 5/29/99-5/30/99)
  Comments: Excellent non-fiction book. Funny. Good story-telling. Inspirational.
• Gill, Andy
  "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : Bob Dylan, The Early Years : The Stories Behind Every Song" 1998. (read 05/26/99)
  Comments: Good book on Dylan and commentaries and facts behind each song of his from the 60's.
• Gerster, Georg
  "Below From Above : Aerial Photography" 1985,1986. (read 05/25/99-05/26/99)
  Comments: Great book of wonderful aerial photography. Good accompanying text for each picture as well.
• Cooper, Robert and Nanthapa
  "Culture Shock! Thailand : A Guide to Customs and Etiquette" 1996. (read 04/28/99)
  Comments: Good book on Thai culture.
• Cummings, Joe
  "Thai Phrasebook" 3/1995. (read 04/21/99, 04/27/99) (published by Lonely Planet)
  Comments: Excellent book on Thai phrases.
• Cummings, Joe
  "Thailand : A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit" 3/1997. (read 04/21/99-4/22/99)
  Comments: Excellent book on travelling in Thailand.
• Heylin, Clinton
  "Bob Dylan : A Life In Stolen Moments : Day By Day, 1941-1995" 1996. (read 04/20/99)
  Comments: Good book of what Dylan was doing at various times.
• Heylin, Clinton
  "Bob Dylan Behind The Shades : A Biography" 1991. (read 04/16/99)
  Comments: Good biography of Bob Dyaln. I skimmed around.
• Bethards, Betty
  "The Dream Book : Symbols for Self-Understanding" 1983. (Ninth printing June 1992) (read 4/4/99; 4/19/99)
  Comments: Good book. Good section on types of dreams, and good dictionary of symbols.
• Tyson, Eric, MBA and Silverman, David J., EA
  "Taxes for Dummies : 1999 Edition" 1998. (read 04/05/99-04/06/99)
  Comments: Good book on advice and explanations for doing federal income taxes.
• Educational Services Corp.
  "Thai" 1960,1985. (read 03/19/99,03/31/99-04/06/99)
  Comments: Language course to learn how to speak Thai. Typical language course, nothing special.
• Haas, Mary Rosamond and Heng R. Subhanka (published by Spoken Language Services)
  "Spoken Thai" 1978. (read / listened to 03/22/99-03/23/99)
  Comments: Language course to learn to speak Thai, with 6 cassettes. Poor audio quality. Better content than "Thai".
• Bob Dylan (compiled by Miles; edited by Pearce Marchbank)
  "Bob Dylan In His Own Words" 1993. (read 03/18/99)
  Comments: Good book of excerpts from interviews with Bob Dylan, organized by topic.
• Richardson, Margaret Milner and Tax Partners and Professionals of Ernst and Young LLP
  "The Ernst & Young Tax Saver's Guide 1999" 1999. (read 03/12/99)
  Comments: Good book on income tax laws and strategies.
• Jennings, Peter and Brewster, Todd
  "The Century" 1998. (read 03/09/99-03/11/99)
  Comments: Very good book on 20th century events.
• Grun, Bernard
  "The Timetables of History (based on Werner Stein's "Culturfarhrplan")" 1946,1963,1975,1979,1991. (read 03/05/99)
• Gawain, Shakti
  "Living in the Light : A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation" 1986,1998. (read 03/03/99-03/05/99)
  Comments: I like it.
• King, John
  "The Modern Numerology" 1996. (read 02/02/99, 3/3/99)
  Comments: Good book on numbers, math, and numerology. Good summaries of major math developments.
• Nassar, David S.
  "How to get started in electronic day trading : everything you need to know to play Wall Street's hottest game" 1999. (read 02/17/99)
  Comments: Had the information I was looking for, but very poorly presented.
• Yogananda, Paramahansa (1893-1952)
  "Autobiography of a Yogi" 1959. (read 1997; 2/9/99)
  Comments: One of my favorites.
• Joyce, Linda
  "The Day You Were Born : A Journey to Wholeness Through Astrology and Numerology" 1998. (read 01/29/99)
  Comments: Some good stuff.
• McLuhan, Marshall
  "Culture Is Our Business" 1970. (read 01/21/99-01/27/99)
  Comments: Very good book of advertising and what it tells us about our culture. McLuhan has some insightful and unique ideas and wonderful wordplay and metaphor.
• Evans, Harold
  "The American Century" 1998. (read 01/20/99)
  Comments: Excellent book on 20th century historical events.
• Crainer, Stuart
  "The Ultimate Book of Business Gurus : 110 Thinkers Who Really Made a Difference" 1998. (read 01/08/99-01/12/99)
  Comments: Excellent book. I wish there were more like this that provide good synopsis of people.
• Boulding, Kenneth E.
  "The Image : Knowledge in Life and Society" 1956,1961. (read 12/29/98,01/06/99)
  Comments: Recommended by "The Whole Earth Catalog", but I paged through it and didn't find anything of interest, and didn't care for the writing. Very heavy. Complicated.
• Levi-Strauss, Claude
  "The Savage Mind" 1966. (read 01/11/99)
  Comments: Written by the famous anthropologer. Some interesting ideas. However, quite dense and complicated. Not a quick read.
• Maslow, Abraham H. with Deborah C. Stephens and Gary Heil
  "Maslow on Management" 1998. (read 01/04/98-01/06/98)
  Comments: Excellent book. Reading Maslow always motivates and inspires me. The book is put together well.
• Zukav, Gary
  "The Seat of the Soul" 1989,1990. (read 12/30/98-01/05/98)
  Comments: Theory that next stage of evolution is inward power.
• Crainer, Stuart
  "The Ultimate Business Library : 50 Books That Shaped Management Thinking" 1997. (read 01/03/98-01/04/98)
  Comments: Excellent book. I wish there were more like this that provide good synopsis of books.
• Alsop, Ronald J. (editor)
  "The Wall Street Journal Almanac 1999" Nov 1998. (read 12/30/98)
  Comments: Good book of facts, graphs, charts, and articles.
• Martin, Steve
  "Pure Drivel" 1998. (read 12/18/98-12/29/98)
  Comments: Some hilarious pieces. Others are very flat.
• Beatty, Jack
  "The World According to Peter Drucker" 1998. (read 12/17/98-12/29/98)
  Comments: Very good. Well written. Good overview of Drucker's books and his ideas. I really like Drucker's thoughts and ideas.
• Lanier, Alison R.
  "Living in the U.S.A." 1973,1978,1981,1988. (read 12/21/98)
  Comments: Interesting book intended as a guide for foreigners to learn about American culture. Equally interesting to read as an American to see how we differ from other cultures.
• Berg, A. Scott
  "Lindbergh" 1998. (read 12/04/98-12/17/98)
  Comments: Engrossing -- hard to put down. Excellent biography of Charles A. Lindbergh, pilot of the first transcontinental flight. I didn't realize how much of a hero and celebrity he became because of his flight. I also didn't realize what a major role he played in promoting commercial aviation, and in promoting nature conservation. He was born and grew up in Little Falls, MN, which was also my birthplace.
• Wall, Larry and Christiansen, Tom and Schwartz, Randal L.
  "Programming Perl" 1996 (second edition). (read 12/15/98)
  Comments: Great Perl book.
• Kleiner, Art and Brand, Steward (editors)
  "News That Stayed News : Ten Years of CoEvolution Quarterly" 1986. (read 12/03/98)
  Comments: Good selection of articles. Good interview with Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead.
• Sternberg, Robert J.
  "Thinking Styles" 1997. (read 12/04/98)
  Comments: Interesting theory. Using a government metaphor, separates styles into:
  Functions: legislative, executive, judicial
  Forms: monarchic, hierarchic, oligarchic, anarchic
  Levels: global, local
  Scope: internal, external
  Leanings: liberal, conservative
• Peter F. Drucker
  "On the Profession of Management" 1993. (read 12/01/98-12/02/98)
  Comments: Excellent. Great ideas on business and management.
• Bateson, Gregory
  "Mind and Nature : A Necessary Unity" 1979. (read 11/25/98-12/02/98)
  Comments: Good book. Good ideas about philosophy of science, including presuppositions of science.
• Musciano, Chuck and Kennedy, Bill
  "HTML : The Definitive Guide" 1998 (3rd edition). (read 11/17/98-11/24/98)
  Comments: Like all O'Reilly books, very good.
• McColl, Duncan
  "The Magic of Mind Power : Awareness Techniques for the Creative Mind" 1987. (read 11/20/98)
  Comments: Didn't much care for it. Pretty light.
• Benedetti, Paul and DeHart, Nancy (editors)
  "On McLuhan : Reflections " 1997. (read 10/30/98-11/19/98)
  Comments: Good book. Overview of McLuhan's ideas and his life. Good mix of McLuhan quotes, biographical text, and quotes by others about McLuhan.
• Cahill, Thomas
  "The Gifts of the Jews : How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Things and Feels" 1998. (read 11/18/98)
  Comments: Interesting. Broad overview of roots of the Jews.
• Voehl, Frank
  "Deming : The Way We Knew Him" 1995. (read 11/13/98-11/17/98)
  Comments: Decent introductory book on W. Edwards Deming, the quality pioneer. Has writings from different people on their reflections of their relationships with Deming. However, I found a lot of the writings to be light, with may chunks that should have been edited out.
• Haley, Jay
  "Uncommon Therapy : The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D." 1973. (read 11/12/98)
  Comments: Some interesting ideas in the first chapter. The rest of the book is chapters about specific techniques for therapy in various family situations, which didn't interest me.
• Peek, Jerry; O'Reilly, Tim; Loukides, Mike
  "Unix Power Tools" 1993. (read 11/12/98)
  Comments: Excellent book on many aspects of Unix.
• Wilson, Edward O.
  "Consilience : The Unity of Knowledge" 1998. (read 11/11/98)
  Comments: Dry. Nothing that interested me. Conservative scientific perspective.
• Beresford, Dr. Steven M., Muris, Dr. David W., Allen, Dr. Merrill J., Young, Dr. Francis A.
  "Improve Your Vision Without Glasses or Contact Lenses : A New Program of Therapeutic Eye Exercises" 1996. (read 11/10/98)
  Comments: Good book. Good exercises. These professional optometrists give more credibility to longstanding vision improvement exercises.
• Watters, Aaron & van Rossum, Guido & Ahlstrom, James C.
  "Internet Programming With Python" 1996. (read 11/10/98)
  Comments: I like it. So far they have some good examples, and good overview of the syntax, semantics, pros and cons of the language "Python".
• Lutz, Mark
  "Programming Python" 1996. (read 11/05/98-11/09/98)
  Comments: I don't much care for the writing style or author's sense of humor. Just doesn't compare to "Programming Perl". However, I find the language interesting.
• Christiansen, Tom and Torkington, Nathan
  "Perl Cookbook" Aug 1998. (read 10/14/98-11/04/98)
  Comments: Excellent book on how to do common tasks in Perl.
• Pawley, Martin
  "Buckminster Fuller" 1990. (read 10/19/98-10/29/98)
  Comments: Very interesting.
• Covey, Stephen R.
  "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People : Restoring the Character Ethic" 1989. (read 10/29/98)
  Comments: I like what I've seen of the principles. Some good ideas. I don't care for the writing style and the graphical layout of the book. Too wordy, too many examples.
• Utne Reader magazine
  December 1998 issue. (read 10/22/98-10/28/98)
  Comments: Interesting article on the Unabomber's family and how they came to realize be was the one. Interesting article on LSD research. Good article on "stuff" and the drive to acquire things. Good article on "Mother Jones" magazine changes.
• Hayakawa, S. I.
  "Through The Communication Barrier : On Speaking, Listening, and Understanding" 1979. (read 10/23/98)
  Comments:
• Brand, Stewart
  "The Essential Whole Earth Catalog : Access to Tools and Ideas" 1986. (read 10/13/98-10/19/98)
  Comments: Excellent! A great guide for recommending books, magazines, and mail order suppliers. Has good quotes from each of the books that it recommends.
• Holtzman, Steven R.
  "Digital Mantras : The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worlds" 1994. (read 9/29/98-10/13/98)
  Comments: Good overview of theory of western music and importance of fifths. Good overview of history of linguistics. Still reading...
• Reynolds, Simon
  "Thoughts of Chairman Buffett : Thirty Years of Unconventional Wisdom from the Sage of Omaha" 1998. (read 10/08/98-10/09/98)
  Comments: A couple quotes that I liked. Gives an impression of Buffett and his ideas.
• Eno, Brian
  "A Year With Swollen Appendices" 1996. (read 10/06/98-10/07/98)
  Comments: Good! Gives his description of ambient music. Idea of millenium milestone and need for a new type of clock with deep time (idea of Daniel Hillis, Stewart Brand). Interesting to read his creative thinking.
• Gelb, Michael J. and Buzan, Tony
  "Lessons from the Art of Juggling : How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Business, Learning, and Life" 1994. (read 9/30-10/02/98)
  Comments: some interesting ideas.
• Hall, Joseph N. and Schwartz, Randal L.
  "Effective Perl Programming : Writing Better Programs with Perl" (read 9/30/98-10/01/98)
  Comments: Excellent book on Perl programming.
• Barfield, Owen
  "The Rediscovery of Meaning and Other Essays" 1977. (read 9/28-9/29/98)
  Comments: Heady. Didn't find much that interested me.
• Shlain, Leonard
  "The Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Image" 1998. (read 9/24-9/28/98)
  Comments: Good book with interesting thesis of relationship between literacy left-brain tendencies and images and right-brain tendencies.
• Dewdney, Christopher
  "The Immaculate Perception" 1986. (read 9/28/98)
  Comments: a couple interesting ideas about dreams. On the whole, very little that I was interested in.
• Shealy, C. Norman, M.D. and Myss, Caroline M. Myss, M.A.
  "The Creation of Health : Merging Traditional Medicine with Intuitive Diagnosis" 1988. (read 9/24/98)
  Comments: Good book. Good ideas on power, chakras, and sources of illnesses.
• Graham, Benjamin & Meredith, Spencer B.
  "The Interpretation of Financial Statements : The Classic 1937 Edition" 1937,1998. (read 9/24/98)
  Comments: Regarded as a classic. However, I didn't find it very readable and straightforward. Seems outdated (like financial statements have changed their look since then).
• McLuhan, Marshall and Powers, Bruce R.
  "The Global Village : Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century" 1989. (read 9/18/98-9/23/98)
  Comments: Interesting concept of tetrad as concept that embodies both figure and ground, left-brain and right-brain. Interesting concept of need for right-brained wholistic audio-centered paradigm needed to replace outdated visual-centered linear left-brained paradigm.
• McCourt, Malachy
  "A Monk Swimming : A Memoir" 1998. (read 9/17-9/21/98)
  Comments: Excellent! Good memoirs of an immigrant Irishman living in New York City.
• Kaufman, Barry Neil
  "Future Sight : A Psychic Odyssey" 1998. (read 9/11/98-9/17/98)
• Slater, Philip
  "A Dream Deferred : America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal" 1991. (read 9/15/98)
• Bryson, Bill
  "A Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail" 1998. (read 9/2/98-9/14/98)
  Comments: Excellent! Well written and uproariously funny! Narrative of hike on the Appalachian Trail, interspersed with factual information about the Trail and wilderness.
• Myers, Arthur
  "Communicating with animals : the spiritual connection between people and animals" 1997. (read 9/18/98)
  Comments: Interesting book on human/animal communication. I like the way it's written. Fun to read. Good overview of different communicators, methods, and stories.
• Ornstein, Robert
  "The Right Mind : Making Sense of the Hemispheres" 1997.
• Shlain, Leonard
  "The Curse of Literacy" article in magazine "Utne Reader : The Best of the Alternative Media", October 98, pp. 71-75. adopted from book "The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image" by Leonard Shlain. Viking, 1998.
  Comments: article about Dayak ethnic warriors in Indonesia willfully becoming possessed and then killing the Madurese.
• Parry, Richard Lloyd
  "The Possessed" article in magazine "Utne Reader : The Best of the Alternative Media", October 98, pp. 63-69,111-112. excerpted from "Granta", summer 98.
  Comments: article about Dayak ethnic warriors in Indonesia willfully becoming possessed and then killing the Madurese.
• Abram, David
  "The Spell of the Sensuous : Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World" 1996.
  Comments: Good ideas of importance of earth and our senses in our lives, and animistic view of world.
• Bonnett M.D., O. T.
  "Confessions of a Healer : The Truth from an Unconventional Family Doctor" 1994. (read 8/31/98-9/01/98)
  Comments: Good book. Good ideas and examples.
• Huxley, Aldous
  "The Doors of Perception" and "Heaven and Hell" 1954,1955,1956. (read 8/18/98-8/24/98)
• Gross, Ronald
  "Peak Learning : How to Create You Own Lifelong Education Program for Personal Enjoyment and Professional Success" 1991. (read 8/24/98)
  Comments: Skimmed before returning. Looks good. Good quotes and references. Exercises.
• Egan,Kieran
  "The Educated Mind : How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding" 1997. (read 8/14/98-8/17/98)
  Comments: Interesting book. Interesting ideas of 4 kinds of understanding: mythic, romantic, philosphic, ironic, somatic.
• Taylor, Albert
  "Soul Traveler : A Guide to Out of Body Experiences and the Wonders Beyond" 1996. (read 8/12/98)
  Comments: Didn't care for. Skimmed. Pretty light.
• Payne, Buryl
  "Getting There Without Drugs : Techniques and Theories for the Expansion of Consciousness" 1973. (read 8/10/98-8/11/98)
• Educational Services Teaching Cassettes
  "Language/30 : Chinese (Mandarin) [2-cassette course for learning to speak Chinese]" (read/listened-to 8/10/98)
• Lofland, Donald
  "Though Viruses : Powerful Ways to Change Your Thought Patterns and Get What You Want in Life" 1997. (read 8/3/98; 8/6/98)
• Ouseg, H. L.
  "The International Dictionary : The Words You Need in 21 Languages" 1962, 1995. (read 7/30/98)
  Comments: Only European and Soviet languages. No Asian, African, ...
• Maslow, Abraham H.
  "Toward a Psychology of Being" 1968. (read 7/30-7/31/98)
• Gardner, Kay
  "Sounding the Inner Landscape : Music as Medicine" 1990. (read 7/30/98)
• Gibran, Kahil
  "Thoughts and Meditations" Translated from the Arabic and edited by Anthony R. Ferris. 1960. (read 7/30/98)
• Tolkien, J. R. R.
  "The Hobbit" 1937. (read 7/20/98-7/28/98)
• Pierce, Joseph Chilton
  "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg : Challenging Constructs of Mind and Reality" 1971. (read 7/22/98-7/24/98)
• Stack, Rick
  "Out-Of-Body Adventures : 30 Days to the Most Exciting Experience of Your Life" 1988. (read 7/21/98-7/22/98)
• Pilgrim, Aubrey
  "Build Your Own Pentium II PC" 1998. (read 7/14/98)
• "Natural Learning Rhythms" (read 7/10/98)
• Bennett, Hal Zina
  "The Lens of Perception" 1987. (read 7/1/98-7/10/98)
• Fiore, Dr. Edith
  "The Unquiet Dead : A Psychologist Treats Spirit Possession" 1987. (read 7/2/98-7/9/98)
• "Landscaping"
• de Bono, Edward
  "I Am Right You Are Wrong : From This to the New Renaissance : From Rock Logic to Water Logic" 1990 (read 6/23/98-7/01/98)
• Chomsky, Noam & Barsamian, David
  "Class Warfare" 1996. (read 6/22/98)
• Chomsky, Noam
  "Powers and Prospects : Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order" 1996. (read 6/19/98)
• Lenhart, Maria & Rapopport, Roger
  "Hidden Oregon : The Adventurer's Guide" 1996. (read 6/19/98)
• Holtzman, Steven R.
  "Digital Mantras : The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worlds" 1994. (read 6/17/98)
• Ortiz, John M.
  "The Tao of Music : Sound Psychology : Using Music to Change Your Life" 1997. (read 6/15/98)
• Junger, Sebastian
  "The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea" 1997. (read 6/8/98)
• Freeman, Eileen Elias
  "Angelic Healing : Working with Your Angels to Heal Your Life" 1994. (read 5/29/98)
• Wall, Steve
  "Shadowcatchers : A Journey in Search of the Teachings of Native American Healers" 1994. (read 5/98)
• Albom, Mitch
  "Tuesdays with Morrie" 1997. (read 3/20-3/27)
• Campbell, Don G., 1946-
  "The Mozart effect : tapping the power of music to heal the body, strengthen the mind, and unlock the creative spirit"
• Jovanovic, Pierre
  "An Inquiry Into the Existence of Guardian Angels" 1993. (read 4/98-5/98)
• Ames, Joan Evelyn
  "Mastery : Interviews with 30 Remarkable People" 1997. (read 4/98)
• Van Praagh, James
  "Talking to Heaven : A Medium's Message of Life After Death" 1997. (read 4/98)

• Dumas, Alexander
  "The Three Musketeers" . (read 5/2002)
• 
  "Making Movies Work : Thinking Like a Filmmaker" 1995. (read 3/2002)
• Tevis, Walter
  "the man who fell to earth" 1963. (read 4/2002)
• Enger, Leif
  "Peace Like a River" 2001. (read 2/2002)
• Gopnik, Adam
  "Paris to the Moon" 2000. (read 1/2002)
• Terzani, Tiziano
  "A Fortune-Teller Told Me : Earthbound Travels in the Far East" 1997. (read 8/2001)
  Subjects: 2. Terzani, Tiziano -- Journeys -- East Asia. 3. Terzani, Tiziano -- Journeys -- Asia, Southeastern. 4. East Asia -- Description and travel. 5. Asia, Southeastern -- Description and travel.
• Parent, Marc
  "Believing It All : What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast, and Life" 2001. (read 7/2001)
• Tan, Amy
  "The Bonesetter's Daughter" 2001. (read 7/2001)
  Subjects: 2. Chinese American families -- Fiction. 3. Chinese American women -- Fiction. 4. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. 5. Women immigrants -- Fiction. 6. Women -- China -- Fiction. 7. China -- Fiction. GENRE 1. Domestic fiction.
• Naslund, Sena Jeter
  "Ahab's Wife, or, The Star-Gazer" 1999. (read 6/2001)
  Subjects: Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; GENRE Historical fiction; ADD AUTHOR Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick
• Tyler, Anne
  "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" 1982. (read 5/2001)
• Norris, Kathleen
  "The Virgin of Bennington" 2001. (read 5/2001)
  Subjects: Norris, Kathleen, 1947- -- Childhood and youth; Norris, Kathleen, 1947- -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State -- New York; Bennington College -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• Gleick, James
  "Genius : The Life and Science of Richard Feynman" 1992. (read 6/2001)
  Subjects: Feynman, Richard Phillips.; Physics -- History -- 20th century; Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
• Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
  "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" 1963. (read 4/2001-6/2001)
• Eggers, Dave
  "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" 2000. (read 5/2001)
• Faulkner, William
  "The Wild Palms" 1939. (read 4/2001)
• Kingsolver, Barbara
  "Prodigal Summer" 2000. (read 3/2001)
• McCullers, Carson
  "The Heart is a Lonesly Hunter" 1940,1967,1993. (read 2/2001)
• Winterson, Jeanette
  "Written on the Body" 1992. (read 2/2001)
• Maclean, Norman
  "Young Men and Fire" 1992. (read 2/2001)
• Allen, Henry
  "What It Felt Like : Living in the American Century" 2000. (read 11/2000)
• Brooks, Terry
  "Ilse Witch" 2000. (read 10/2000)
• Duncan, David James
  "The Brother's K" 1992. (read 10/2000)
• Gloss, Molly
  "The Jump-Off Creek" 1989. (read 10/2000)
• Duncan, David James
  "The River Why" 1983. (read 9/2000)
• Kornfied, Jack
  " After the Ecstasy, the Laundry : How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path" 2000. (read 8/2000-9/2000)
• Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
  "Anil's Ghost" 2000. (read 8/2000)
• Rowling, J. K.
  "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" 2000. (read 7/2000)
• Castaneda, Carlos
  "Journey to Ixtlan : The Lessons of Don Juan" 1972. (read 7/2000)
• Bryson, Bill
  "The Lost Continent : Travels in Small-town America" 1989. (read 6/2000)
• Deng, Ming-Dao
  "The Wandering Taoist" 1983. (read 6/2000)
• Woiwode, Larry
  "What I Think I Did : A Season of Survival in Two Acts" 2000. (read 6/2000)
  Comments: Non-fiction book of memoirs about an author who lives in North Dakota.
• Allende, Isabel (translated by Margaret Sayers Peden)
  "Daughter of Fortune" 10/1999. (read 5/2000)
• Graulich, David J.
  "Dial 9 to Get Out! : Commentaries on Business Life as Heard on Public Radio's Marketplace" 1994. (read 5/2000)
• McCutcheon, Susan
  "Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way" 1984,1996. (read 04/18/2000)
  Comments: Book that is used in our Bradley natural childbirth course.
• Moyers, Bill D.
  "Fooling with Words : A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft" 1999. (read 04/00)
• Moyers, Bill D.
  "The Language of Life : A Festival of Poets" 1995. (read 03/00)
• Kingsolver, Barbara
  "The Poisonwood Bible" 1999. (read 02/00)
• Clarke, Breena
  "River, Cross My Heart" 1999. (read 01/00)
• Lamott, Anne
  "Operating Instructions : A Journal Of My Son's First Year" 1993. (read 01/00)
• Shreve, Anita
  "The Pilot's Wife" 1998. (read 01/00)
• Nicholas Sparks
  "The Notebook" 1996. (read 12/99)
• Kleiner, Gregg
  "Where River Turns to Sky" 1996. (read 12/99)
• Hinchman, Hannah
  "A Trail Through Leaves : The Journal As A Path To Place" 1997. (read 10/99)
• Rowling, J. K.
  "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" 1999. (read 11/99)
• Zaleski, Philip (editor)
  "The Best Spiritual Writing" 1998. (read 10/99)
• Canfield, Jack (editor)
  "Chicken Soup For the Pet Lover's Soul : Stories About Pets As Teachers, Healers, Heroes, and Friends" 1998. (read 11/99)
• Goodall, Jane with Phillip Berman
  "Reason For Hope : A Spiritual Journey" 1999. (read 10/99)
• Rowling, J. K.
  "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" 1998. (read 9/99)
• Schlink, Bernhard (translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway)
  "The Reader" 1997. (read 9/99)
  Comments: An Oprah Book Club book. About boy in Germany around WWII.
• Michaels, Anne, 1958-
  "Fugitive Pieces" 1992. (read 8/99-9/99)
• McCullough, David G.
  "Truman" 1992. (read 8/99-9/99)
  Comments: (Pulitzer Prize winner) Biography of Harry S. Truman.
• Frazier, Charles
  "Cold Mountain" 1997. (read 8/99)
• Binchy, Maeve
  "Tara Road" 1999. (read 8/99)
• Castaneda, Carlos B.
  "A Separate Reality; Further Conversations with Don Juan." 1971. (read 8/99)
• Castaneda, Carols B.
  "The Teachings of Don Juan" 1968. (read 7/99)
• Nuland, Sherwin B.
  "How We Die : Reflections on Life's Final Chapter" 1994. (read 7/99)
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- (Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman)
  "Love in the Time of Cholera" (Amor en los tiempos del colera) 1988. (read 6/99)
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- (Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa)
  "One Hundred Years of Solitude" 1967,1970. (read 6/99)
• Golden, Arthur (1957-)
  "Memoirs of a Geisha" 1998. (read 05/99)
• Wells, Rebeccah
  "Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" 1998. (read 05/99)
• Ban Breathnach, Sarah
  "Something More : Excavating Your Authentic Self" 1998. (read 04/99)
• Lamotte, Ann
  "Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith" 1999. (read 03/31/99-4/10/99)
• Hulme, Keri
  "The Bone People" 1985,1983. (read 01/99)
  Comments: Book written by a New Zealander about the Maori people of New Zealand.
• Irving, John
  "A Widow For One Year : A Novel" 1998. (read 11/98)
• Heller, Joseph
  "Catch-22" 1961. (read 9/27/98-9/30/98)
• Danticat, Edwidge
  "Breath, Eyes, Memory" 1994. (read 9/98)
• Roy, Arundhati
  "The God of Small Things" 1997. (read 8/98)
• Hoffman, Alice
  "Here on Earth"
• Bryson, Bill
  "A Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail" 1998. (read 8/98)
• Danticat, Edwidge
  "Breath, Eyes, Memory" 1994. (read 9/4/98)
• Rostenberg, Leona & Stern, Madeleine
  "Old Books, Rare Friends : Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion" 1997. (read 7/10/98-7/13/98)
• Junger, Sebastian
  "The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea" 1997. (read 6/15/98)
• Morrison, Toni
  "Paradise" (read 6/12/98)
• Arden, Nicky
  "The Spirits Speak : One Woman's Mystical Journey into the African Spirit World" 1996. (read 5/98)

• 8/2001 Glen Velez "Rhythmcolor Exotica" 1996.
  Comments: 3nd listen. Excellent. Very meditative. Rich rhythms that aren't 4-beat based.
• 07/2001 Neil Young with Crazy Horse "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" 1969.
  Comments: Didn't appeal to me.
• 05/2001 Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor "Applachia Waltz" 1996
  Comments: Enjoyable. Violin, cello, bass trio playing Appalachian style music.
• 01/08/01 Alabama Sacred Harp Convention "White Spirituals from The Sacred Harp" 1977 (recorded 1959).
  Comments: Wow. A-capella gospel singing, unlike anything I've ever heard. I really like it.
• 11/03/00 Neil Young "Silver and Gold" Released 4/25/2000.
  Comments: Excellent. My first listen. I'm very impressed.
• 11/03/00 Paul Simon "You're the One" Released 10/3/2000.
  Comments: Not bad. Like several of the songs. Not a lot of differentiation on the rest.
• 11/02/00 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
  Comments: Excellent. One of my all-time favorites.
• 11/02/00 Peter Mayer "Million Year Mind" 1999.
  Comments: Excellent!
• 9/12/00 Wendy Wall "Wendy Wall" 1989.
  Comments: I like it. Produced well, good lyrics.
• 09/12/00 Peter Mayer "Million Year Mind" 1999.
  Comments: Incredibly spiritual. Gets me back in touch with what's important to me.
• 08/16/00 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. I love the sound and the feel.
• 08/15/00 Bob Dylan "New Morning" Released 10/21/70.
  Comments: Bob's 11th album. I love it. Great sound. Great lyrics. Good vocals. Good instrumentation. Nice variety of style.
• 6/22/00 Ali Akbar Khan "Garden of Dreams" 1993.
  Comments: 1st listen. Very nice Indian sitar/sarod music.
• 6/9/00 Macy Gray "On How Life Is" 1999.
  Comments: 1st listen. Intriguing, but left me feeling edgy.
• 6/9/00 Jean-Luc Ponty "Cosmic Messenger" 1978.
  Comments: 1st listen. Didn't care for.
• 6/8/00 Charlotte Church "Charlotte Church" 1999.
  Comments: My first listen. Her 2nd album. I don't enjoy it as much as her first album. It's well done, but the songs don't grab me.
• 6/6/00 Cockburn, Bruce "Nothing But a Burning Light" 1991.
  Comments: Excellent. My first listen and first Bruce album. Great songwriting, great sound and production.
  Produced by T-Bone Burnett.
  Lyrics and music by Bruce Cockburn except "Soul of a man" lyrics and music by Blind Willie Johnson; arrangement by Bruce
  Recorded at Ocean Way, May-July, 1991, Hollywood, CA; Scream Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
  CONTENTS A dream like mine -- Kit Carson -- Mighty trucks of midnight -- Soul of a man -- Great big love -- One of the best ones -- Somebody touched me -- Cry of a tiny babe -- Actions speak louder -- Indian wars -- When it's gone -- Child of the wind.
• 6/6/00 Nelson, Willie "Stardust" 1978.
  Comments: Good old standards. I wasn't in the mood for it. More of a rainy day or evening CD.
• 6/1/00 (Interscope Records Compilation) "VH1 Storytellers" 2000.
  Comments: Some good pieces, including pieces by Stevie Nicks, Jewel, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow.
• 5/18/00 Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris "Western Wall : The Tucson Sessions" 1999.
  Comments: Excellent. One of my favorites.
  PERFORMER Linda Ronstadt, vocals ; Emmylou Harris, vocals, guitar ; with additional musicians.
  CONTENTS Loving the highway man (3:30) -- Raise the dead (3:18) -- For a dancer (4:43) -- Western wall (2:35) -- 1917 (5:24) -- He was mine (3:19) -- Sweet spot (3:34) -- Sisters of mercy (3:58) -- Falling down (3:15) -- Valerie (4:04) -- This is to mother you (3:16) -- All I left behind (3:23) -- Across the border (6:20).
• 5/18/00 Fairfield Four "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" 1997.
  Comments: gospel music. Good voices, but it didn't appeal to me.
• 5/16/00 The Who "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy" 1971.
  Comments: Excellent greatest-hits compilation. A lot of energy.
  CONTENTS I can't explain (2:05) -- The kids are alright (2:42) -- Happy Jack (2:14) -- I can see for miles (3:55) -- Pictures of Lily (2:37) -- My generation (3:15) -- The seeker (3:12) -- Anyway, anyhow, anywhere / Peter Townshend, Roger Daltry (2:35) -- Pinball wizard (3:00) -- A legal matter (2:47) -- Boris the spider (2:26) -- The magic bus (3:20) -- Substitute (3:47) -- I'm a boy (3:42)
• 5/15/00 James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Billy Branch. " Harp Attack!" 1990.
  Comments: Blues music with harmonica. I didn't care for it.
• 5/12/00 Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Roussel "Introduction et allegro ; Danse sacree et danse profane ; Sonate ; Fantaisie, op. 124" 1998.
  Comments: Nice.
  Recorded in St. Barnabas Church, London on 16-18 September 1987.
  PERFORMER Skaila Kanga, harp ; Academy of Saint Martin-in-the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
• 5/10/00 Brian Eno and Jah Wobble "Spinner" 1995.
  Comments: Excellent CD. Ambient/techno.
• 5/8/00 Grauwels, Marc "Romantic Music for Flute and Harp" 1987.
  Comments: Nice harp and flute music.
  "Recorded at St. Bavon Church at Chaumont, Belgium, in May 1984"
  PERFORMER Marc Grauwels, flute ; Catherine Michel, harp.
  CONTENTS Andante with variations in F major / G. Rossini (4:41) -- Variations on a theme of Rossini / F. Chopin (7:28) -- Introduction and variations on an English theme / L. Drouet (11:03) -- Sonata / G. Donizetti (4:32) -- Sonata in C minor / L. Spohr (16:50).
  Authors:
  1) Michel, Catherine, 1948-
  2) Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Variations, violin, harp, F major.
  3) Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849. Variations, flute, piano, E major.
  4) Drouet, Louis Francois Philippe, 1792-1873. Introduction and variations on an English theme.
  5) Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Larghettos, violin, harp, In. 614, G minor; arr.
  6) Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859. Sonatas, violin, harp, C minor; arr.
  
• 5/3/00 Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 "A Ceremony of Carols" 1986.
  Comments: My first listen. I like it.
  Recorded June 26-27, 1986 in Westminster Cathedral.
  PERFORMER Choir of Westminster Cathedral, with Sioned Williams, harp, and James O'Donnell, organ ; David Hill, conductor.
  CONTENTS A ceremony of carols : op. 28 (23:51) -- Missa brevis : op. 63 (10:38) -- A hymn to the Virgin (3:27) -- A hymn of St. Columbia (2:03) -- Deus in adjutorium meum : (Psalm LXX) (6:11) --Jubilate Deo in E flat (2:40)
• 5/2/00 Bob Dylan "Street Legal" Released 6/15/78.
  Comments: My second listen. Enjoyable.
• 4/27-5/1/00 Beatles "Anthology Volume 3" Released 10/29/96.
  Comments: Excellent. Studio outtakes, live performances, and primitive recordings. Probably only of interest to Beatles fans.
• 4/26/00 Willie Nelson "Night and Day" 1999.
  Comments: Excellent! All instrumentals (no vocals).
• 4/26/00 Blues masters. Volume 4, Harmonica classics (Rhino compilation) 1992.
  Comments: Some good blues, but not very differentiated. Got boring.
• 04/5-6/00 Charlotte Church "Voice of an Angel" 1999.
  Comments: Excellent. 12-yr-old girl with an incredibly beautiful voice. Calming, gentle, and spiritual.
  Recorded July 12-13, 1998, Bragwyn Hall, Swansea and Aug. 17-22, 1998, BBC Recording Studio, Cardiff.
  PERFORMER Charlotte Church, soprano ; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera ; Si^an Edwards, conductor ; Chorus of Welsh National Opera ; Meinir Huelyn, harp, celtic harp.
  CONTENTS Pie Jesu -- Panis angelicus -- Ju trutina -- The Lord's prayer -- Jerusalem -- Ave Maria -- Psalm 23 -- I vow to thee, my country -- Danny boy -- My Lagan love -- Suo-g^an -- A lullaby -- Amazing grace -- Three Welsh bird songs. Y Gwlfinir ; Tylluanod ; Mae hiraetch yn y M^or -- When at night I go to sleep.
• 4/17/00 Pintar, Judith "At Last the Wind" 1989.
  Comments: Nice harp compositions.
  PERFORMER Judith Pintar, Celtic harp ; Stuart Martz, fiddle, guitar ; assiting musicians.
  CONTENTS The hunting of the unicorn -- At last the wind: Wild mountain iris ; The twinkling of the tea ; At last the wind -- The kitchen myth of Psyche and Eros: The dream ; Leaving/The tasks of Psyche ; Persephone/Cerberus ; The wedding of Psyche and Eros.
• 4/14/00 Allen, Nancy "Ravel and Debussy" 1983.
  Comments: Nice classical music with harp.
  PERFORMER Nancy Allen, harp ; Ransom Wilson, flute ; David Shifrin, clarinet ; Tokyo String Quartet ; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor.
  CONTENTS Introduction and allegro (11:05) ; Ma m`ere l'oye: Pavane of the sleeping beauty (1:33) ; Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas (3:33) / Ravel - - R^everie (4:18) ; Two arabesques (8:00) ; Danses sacree et profane (10:15) / Debussy.
• 04/14/00 Van Morrison "Days Like This" 1995.
  Comments: Excellent. One of my favorites. Great sound and feel.
• 04/13/00 Simon and Garfunkel "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme" 1966.
  Comments: Excellent.
• 04/11/00 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: incredible energy and drive to this music. One of my favorites.
• 4/10/00 Tom Waits "The Black Rider" 1993.
  Comments: Intriguing. Creative. Didn't care for the mood and feel of many of the songs, but I like his creativity.
• 04/6/00 Santana "Supernatural" 1999.
  Comments: First listen. Skimmed. Didn't captivate me. Won many grammy's. Good production. Like some songs, but overall, made me edgy.
• 04/5-6/00 Charlotte Church "Voice of an Angel" 1999.
  Comments: Excellent. 12-yr-old girl with an incredibly beautiful voice. Calming, gentle, and spiritual.
• 04/04/00 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. I love the sound and the feel.
• 03/24/00 Peter Mayer "Million Year Mind" 1999.
  Comments: Incredibly spiritual. Gets me back in touch with what's important to me.
• 03/20/00 Triloka Records "Trance Planet 2" 1998.
• 2/11/00 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Deja vu" 1970.
  Comments: Good album, but wasn't in the mood for at the time. First listen.
• 2/11/00 Byrds "The Original Singles 1965-1967" 1980.
  Comments: Interesting piece of 60's music history, but didn't grab me.
• 1/26/00 Tom Waits "Nighthawks at the Diner" 1975.
  Comments: Good album of live pieces, jazz style, 4-piece combo.
• 1/24/00 Tom Waits "Swordfishtrombones" 1983.
  Comments: Good album. Diverse, different styles. Good lyrics. Vietnam War theme.
• 1/21/00 Neil Young "Harvest" 1972.
  Comments: Excellent album.
• 12/10/99 Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris "Western Wall : The Tucson Sessions" 1999.
  Comments: Wow. Some excellent pieces.
  PERFORMER Linda Ronstadt, vocals ; Emmylou Harris, vocals, guitar ; with additional musicians.
  CONTENTS Loving the highway man (3:30) -- Raise the dead (3:18) -- For a dancer (4:43) -- Western wall (2:35) -- 1917 (5:24) -- He was mine (3:19) -- Sweet spot (3:34) -- Sisters of mercy (3:58) -- Falling down (3:15) -- Valerie (4:04) -- This is to mother you (3:16) -- All I left behind (3:23) -- Across the border (6:20).
• 11/05/99 Peter Mayer "Million Year Mind" 1999.
  Comments: My third listen. It's great!!
• 10/26/99 Peter Mayer "Million Year Mind" 1999.
  Comments: My first listen. It's great!!
• 10/21/99 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
  Comments: Excellent.
• 10/18/99 Beatles "Beatles (The White Album)" 1968.
  Comments: Incredible sound and feel.
• 10/15/99 Beatles "Abbey Road" Release 9/26/69.
  Comments: A classic. Timeless. Incredible production.
• 10/13/99 Leo Kottke "One Guitar, No Vocals" 1999.
  Comments: Second listen. Listened to songs 3-9. OK, but doesn't have much impact.
• 10/13/99 Joni Mitchell "Taming the Tiger" 1998.
  Comments: First listen. Only like one song -- "The Crazy Cries of Love". Otherwise, I don't care for her lyrics, and her singing style gets old. However, nice instrumental accompaniment and production.
• 10/07-10/14/99 The Monroe Institute "The Gateway Experience : Wave I" 1996.
  Comments: Excellent course using Hemi-Sync (R) technology to achieve other states of consciousness and OOBE's.
• 10/08/99 Leo Kottke "One Guitar, No Vocals" 1999.
  Comments: First listen. Listen to first 3 songs. OK, but don't have impact.
• 10/07/99 Bob Dylan "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" Released 5/27/63.
  Comments: My second listen. Bob's 2nd album. I love it. One writer calls it "the most important collection of original songs issued in the '60s." (William Ruhbnann, All-Music Guide)
• 10/07/99 The Trio (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris ) "Trio" 1987.
  Comments: First listen. Nice voices, but not a lot of uniqueness to the songs.
  PERFORMER Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, vocals ; with assisting musicians.
  CONTENTS The pain of loving you (2:22) -- Making plans (3:36) -- To know him is to love him (3:48) -- Hobo's meditation (3:17) -- Wildflowers (3:33) -- Telling me lies (4:26) -- My dear companion (2:55) -- Those memories of you (3:58) -- I've had enough (3:30) -- Rosewood casket (2:59) -- Farther along (4:10).
• 10/05/99 Al Stewart "Between The Wars" 1995.
• 09/30/99 Bob Dylan "Street Legal" Release 6/15/78.
  Comments: My first listen. Enjoyable.
• 09/30/99 Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" Released 9/24/96.
  Comments: One of my favorites.
• 09/27/99 Bob Dylan "Planet Waves" 1974.
  Comments: My first listen. Probably my least favorite of all the Dylan albums I've heard. Uninspired songs, with the exception of "Wedding Song".
• 9/24/99 Gregory Isaacs "Live at Maritime Hall" 1998.
  Comments: Reggae music. My first listen. I enjoyed it. Nice feel. I like his vocals. Good musicians.
• 9/24/99 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. I love the sound and the feel.
• 8/11-8/12/99 Yankovic, Weird Al 1959- "Permanent Record : Al in the Box" 1994.
  Comments: Nice 4-disc compilation. Some great stuff.
• 08/10/99 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 08/10/99 (Various) "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute" Released 8/19/97.
  Comments: Excellent. One of my favorites.
  Contents: Dreaming with tears in my eyes (Bono) -- Any old time (Alison Krauss and Union Station) -- Waiting for a train (Dickey Betts) -- Somewhere down below the Mason Dixon line (Mary Chapin Carpenter) -- Miss the Mississippi and you (David Ball) -- My blue eyed Jane (Bob Dylan) -- Peach pickin' time down in Georgia (Willie Nelson) -- In the jailhouse now (Steve Earle & the V-Roys) -- Blue yodel #9 (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & John Kahn) -- Hobo Bill's last ride (Iris DeMent) -- Gambling bar room blues (John Mellencamp) --Mule skinner blues (Van Morrison) -- Why should I be lonely (Aaron Neville) -- T for Texas (Dwight Yoakam).
• 08/04/99 Sheryl Crow "The Globe Sessions" Released 9/29/98.
  Comments: Excellent!
• 7/27/99 Jewel "Spirit" 1999.
  Comments: First listen. Love it.
• 7/26/99 Yankovic, Weird Al "Bad Hair Day" 1996.
  Comments: First listen. Funny. Very good sound and musicianship.
  CONTENTS Amish paradise -- Everything you know is wrong -- Cavity search -- Callin' in sick -- The alternative polka -- Since you've been gone -- Gump -- I'm so sick of you -- Syndicated Inc. -- I remember Larry -- Phony calls -- The night Santa went crazy.
• 7/24/99 Frank Zappa "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3" Release 11/89.
  Comments: First time I've ever listened to Zappa. Good music (instruments), but the vocals are muddled with the instrumentation, and I don't care for that.
• 7/11-7/22/99 The Monroe Institute "The Gateway Experience : Wave I" 1996.
  Comments: Excellent course using Hemi-Sync (R) technology to achieve other states of consciousness and OOBE's.
• 6/29/99 Glen Velez "Rhythmcolor Exotica" 1996.
  Comments: 2nd listen. Very good.
• 6/28/99 Bruce Hornsby "Spirit Trail" 1998.
  Comments: Listened to disc 1/2. OK. Liked better than disc 2.
• 6/25/99 Bruce Hornsby "Spirit Trail" 1998.
  Comments: Listened to disc 2/2. OK. Didn't captivate me.
• 6/22-6/23/99 Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1-3 : Rare & Unreleased, 1961-1991" 1991.
  Comments: Excellent. As a critic says, "[The Bootleg Series] demonstrated what all the bootleggers and their customers had known all along: that Dylan's throwaways were better than everyone else's keepers. It's amazing to think that, while turning out some of the most impressive albums of his time, Dylan was holding back material often equally good. " -William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide
• 6/22/99 Norman Blake "Chattanooga Sugar Babe" 1998.
  Comments: Good instrumental sound. Didn't care for his voice. Nominated for 1999 Grammy for "Best Traditional Folk Album".
• 6/21/99 Marlene Dietrich "The Marlene Dietrich Album : Live at the Cafe De Paris" 1991.
  Comments: Didn't care for.
• 6/18/99 Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1-3" 1991.
  Comments: Excellent.
  CONTENTS v. 1. Hard times in New York town -- He was a friend of mine -- Man on the street -- No more auction block --House carpenter -- Talkin' Bear Mountain picnic massacre blues -- Let me die in my footsteps --Rambling, gambling Willie -- Talkin' Hava Negeilah blues -- Quit your low down ways -- Worried blues --Kingsport town -- Walkin' down the line -- Walls of Red Wing -- Paths of victory -- Talkin' John Birch paranoid blues -- Who killed Davey Moore? -- Only a hobo -- Moonshiner -- When the ship comes in -- The Times they are a-changin' -- Last thoughts on Woody Guthrie -- v. 2. Seven curses -- Eternal circle --Suze (The cough song) -- Mama, you been on my mind --Farewell, Angelina -- Subterranean homesick blues --If you gotta go, go now (or else you got to stay all night) -- Sitting on a barbed wire fence -- Like a rolling stone -- It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry -- I'll keep it with mine -- She's your lover now -- I shall be released -- Santa-Fe -- If not for you -- Wallflower -- Nobody 'cept you -- Tangled up in blue -- Call letter blues -- Idiot wind -- v. 3. If you see her, say hello -- Golden loom -- Catfish --Seven days -- Ye shall be changed -- Every grain of sand -- You changed my life -- Need a woman --Angelina -- Someone's got a hold of my heart -- Tell me --Lord, protect my child -- Foot of pride -- Blind Willie McTell -- When the night comes falling from the sky -- Series of dreams.
• 6/16/99 Night Spirit Masters "Gnawa Music of Marrakesh" 1990.
  Comments: I really enjoy it. It moves me.
  Music of the Gnawa people of Morocco.
  Sung in Darija Arabic.
  Recorded in the Medina of Marrakesh, Morrocco.
  PERFORMER Night Spirit Masters (vocal and instrumental group on sintir, darbouka, drums, qrakech, oud, and others).
  CONTENTS Baba l'rouami -- Mimoun mamrba -- Tramin -- Chabako --Moulay Abdellah Ben Hassaine/Moulay brahim -- Toura toura tour kelilah -- Baniya -- Jillala -- Said Fafy drum solo -- Toura toura tour kelilah #2 -- Hamouda.
• 6/15/99 Glen Velez "Rhythmcolor Exotica" 1996.
  Comments: Excellent drumming by Glen and the Handance Ensemble. Different odd-meters (5,7,9,41 beat meters)
  PERFORMER Glen Velez ; Handance Frame Drum Ensemble (Eva Atsalis (violin), Glen Fitten, Jan Hagiwara, Yousif Sheronick) ; instruments include Moroccan bendir, North African mazhar, Egyptian riq, Japanes fan drum, REMO bodhran, REMO tar, Filipino buzz sticks, Polish wood boxes, mbira, whistles and shakers ; with special guest Arthur Bacon, trombone, conch shell, didgeridoo, tin whistle, bass recorder.
• 6/14/99 Bob Dylan "Live 1966 : The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert : The Bootleg Series Vol. 4" 1998.
  Comments: First listen. Listened to second of two CD's. Dylan and band. Don't care for except for last song.
• 6/8/99 Bob Dylan "Live 1966 : The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert : The Bootleg Series Vol. 4" 1998.
  Comments: First listen. Listened to first of two CD's. Dylan acoustic and alone. Very good.
• 6/7/99 Various Artists "A Journey Into Ambient Groove 3" 1996.
  Comments: My first listen. I really like it.
  CONTENTS Water drums (Union Jack) -- Call to mind (Pressure Drop) -- Tabla rasa (Sven Van Hees) -- Stevanus (Zoot Woman) -- Give thanks & praise (Cottonbelly) -- The beast (Palm Skin Productions) -- Bug powder dust (Bomb The Bass) -- Million town (Strange Cargo) -- Humdrum (Deadbeats).
• 6/4/99 Ray Lynch "Deep Breakfast" 1986.
  Comments: One of my favorites. Very relaxing and dreamy.
• 6/4/99 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. Incredible production and engineering. Great percussion, strings, guitar sound, accordion.
• 6/3/98 Various Artists"Global Meditation "Harmony and Interplay : Ensembles" 1992 (Ellipsis Arts / Relaxation Company; Rosalyn, NY).
  Comments: Some great pieces. I enjoy it all.
• 6/ 2/99 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. "Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, K299" 1988.
  Comments: Very nice.
  Recorded Sept. 1986 and Jan. 1987, Henry Wood Hall, London.
  Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, K299 ; Andante for flute and orchestra, K315 ; Concerto for bassoon and orchestra, K191 ; Concerto for flute and orchestra, K313
  PERFORMER Lisa Beznosiuk, flute (in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th works); Frances Kelly, harp (in the 1st work); Danny Bond, bassoon (in the 3rd work); Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.
• 6/ 1/99 Nishizaki, Takako, 1944- "Chinese melodies for violin & guitar" 1984,1995.
  Comments: Excellent. Guitar and violin make a great combo. Sweet. Soothing. Great melodies and chords.
  Recorded July 21-24, 1984 at the Gulbenkian Hall, Lisbon, Portugal.
  Takako Nishizaki, violin; Gerald Garcia, guitar.
  CONTENTS Plum blossoms in the snow -- Green island -- Working song -- Moonlight -- Nostalgia -- Cattle in the meadow -- Spring breeze -- Questions -- Mother -- Memories -- Life is short -- Embroidered purse -- A La Mu Han -- Plum blossom -- Dark sky -- Peach blossom.
• 6/ 1/99 Bob Dylan "Another Side of Bob Dylan" Released 8/8/64.
  Comments: My second listen. Bob's 4th album. I love it. Very impressed with all of the songs.
• 05/28/99 Simon, Paul "Rhythm of the Saints" 1990.
  Comments: One of my favorites. Great lyrics, vocals, percussion, musical styles, instrumentation.
• 05/27/99 Bob Dylan "New Morning" Released 10/21/70.
  Comments: Bob's 11th album. My third listen. I love it. Great sound. Great lyrics. Good vocals. Good instrumentation. Nice variety of style.
• 05/27/99 Sheryl Crow "The Globe Sessions" Released 9/29/98.
  Comments: Very good. Great production and engineering. Good vocals, songwriting. Nice mix of sounds and instrumentation.
• 05/26/99 Morrison, Van "The Healing Game" 1997.
  Comments: 2nd listen. Decent sound and feel, but repetitious. Doesn't have the uniqueness and clarity that "Days Like This" has.
• 05/25/99 Mozart "The Mozart Effect : Music For Children : Volume 2 - Relax, Daydream & Draw" 1997.
  Comments: Good CD of Mozart pieces.
• 05/20/99 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: incredible energy and drive to this music.
• 05/12/99 Al Stewart "Between The Wars" 1995.
• 04/28/99 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. "Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, K299" 1988.
  Comments: Enjoyable.
  Recorded Sept. 1986 and Jan. 1987, Henry Wood Hall, London.
  Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, K299 ; Andante for flute and orchestra, K315 ; Concerto for bassoon and orchestra, K191 ; Concerto for flute and orchestra, K313
• 04/27/99 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. Incredible production and engineering. Great percussion, strings, guitar sound, accordion.
• 04/26/99 Nishizaki, Takako, 1944- "Chinese melodies for violin & guitar" 1984,1995.
  Comments: Excellent. Guitar and violin make a great combo. Sweet. Soothing. Great melodies and chords.
  Recorded July 21-24, 1984 at the Gulbenkian Hall, Lisbon, Portugal.
  Takako Nishizaki, violin; Gerald Garcia, guitar.
  CONTENTS Plum blossoms in the snow -- Green island -- Working song -- Moonlight -- Nostalgia -- Cattle in the meadow -- Spring breeze -- Questions -- Mother -- Memories -- Life is short -- Embroidered purse -- A La Mu Han -- Plum blossom -- Dark sky -- Peach blossom.
• 04/23/99 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 04/22/99 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 "Divertimenti for Strings and Winds" 1990.
  Comments: Enjoyable.
  Recorded Dec. 1982-June 1986, in London.
  PERFORMER: Members of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields' Chamber Ensemble in various combinations.
  CONTENTS Divertimento in E flat, KV 113 : version for two clarinets, two horns and solo strings (13:00) -- Divertimento in B flat, KV 137 (15:00) -- Divertimento in D, KV 251 (25:00) -- "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" : KV 525 : recording with solo strings (18:00) -- Divertimento in D, KV 136/125a (12:00) -- "Ein musikalischer Spass" : KV 522 = A musical joke (22:00) -- Divertimento in B flat, KV 287/271H (42:00) -- Divertimento in F, KV 138/125c (12:00) -- March in F, KV 248 (4:30) -- Divertimento in F, KV 247 (32:00) -- March in D, KV 290/167AB (4:44) -- Divertimento in D, KV 205/167A (18:00) -- March in D, KV 445/320c (3:43) -- Divertimento in D, KV 334/320b (52:00).
• 04/22/99 Mozart "Quintet in A major, KV 581 for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and violoncello"
  Comments: Enjoyable.
  Recorded June 25-27, 1982, Siemens Villa, West Berlin.
  Performer: Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Philharmonia Quartet Berlin.
• 04/21/99 TeeVee Toons "Television's Greatest Hits (Vol 1)" 1986.
  Comments: Good CD of 65 TV theme songs.
• 04/20/99 Mozart "The Mozart Effect : Music For Children : Volume 2 - Relax, Daydream & Draw" 1997.
  Comments: Good CD of Mozart pieces.
• 04/20/99 TeeVee Toons "Television's Greatest Hits (Vol 1)" 1986.
  Comments: Good CD of 65 TV theme songs.
• 04/13/99 Bob Dylan "MTV Unplugged" Released 4/25/95.
  Comments: Excellent versions of "John Brown" (never before released), "Dignity", "Desolation Row", "With God on Our Side".
• 04/13/99 WEA/Elekra Entertainment "The Digital Domain : A Demonstration" 1983.
  Comments: Fun disc that demonstrates CD and digital technology.
• 04/13/99 Paul Simon "Songs from the Capeman" Released 11/18/97.
  Comments: Interesting. Wasn't in the mood for it this morning.
• 04/12/99 Bob Dylan "Bob Dylan" Released 3/19/62.
  Comments: My second listen. Bob's 1st album. Great energy. I like it.
• 04/09/99 Paul Simon "Still Crazy After All These Years" Released 10/1975.
  Comments: Decent songs, but the engineering is bad. Has a dull, flat sound.
• 04/08/99 Bob Dylan and The Band "The Basement Tapes" Released 6/26/75.
  Comments: First listen. Enjoyable. I don't like them all, but I sure like "Million Dollar Bash", "Lo and Behold!", "Apple Suckling Tree", "Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread", "Tiny Montgomery".
  CONTENTS Odds and ends (1:46) -- Orange juice blues (blues for breakfast) (3:37) -- Million dollar bash (2:31) -- Yazoo Street scandal (3:27) -- Goin' to Acapulco (5:26) -- Katie's been gone (2:43) -- Lo and behold! (2:45) -- Bessie Smith (4:17) -- Clothes line saga (2:56) -- Apple suckling tree (2:48) -- Please, Mrs. Henry (2:31) -- Tears of rage (4:11) -- Too much of nothing (3:01) -- Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread (2:13) -- Ain't no more cane (3:56) -- Crash on the levee (down in the flood) (2:03) -- Ruben Remus (3:13) -- Tiny Montgomery (2:45) -- You ain't goin' nowhere (2:42) -- Don't ya tell Henry (3:12) -- Nothing was delivered (4:22) -- Open the door, Homer (2:49) -- Long distance operator 3:38) -- This wheel's on fire (3:49)
• 04/07/99 Leo Kottke "Great Big Boy" Released 1991.
  Comments: Skimmed. Enjoyed some of them.
• 04/07/99 (Various) "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute" Released 8/19/97.
  Comments: Very good. I would like to own this one.
  Contents: Dreaming with tears in my eyes (Bono) -- Any old time (Alison Krauss and Union Station) -- Waiting for a train (Dickey Betts) -- Somewhere down below the Mason Dixon line (Mary Chapin Carpenter) -- Miss the Mississippi and you (David Ball) -- My blue eyed Jane (Bob Dylan) -- Peach pickin' time down in Georgia (Willie Nelson) -- In the jailhouse now (Steve Earle & the V-Roys) -- Blue yodel #9 (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & John Kahn) -- Hobo Bill's last ride (Iris DeMent) -- Gambling bar room blues (John Mellencamp) --Mule skinner blues (Van Morrison) -- Why should I be lonely (Aaron Neville) -- T for Texas (Dwight Yoakam).
• 03/30/99 Paul McCartney "Flaming Pie" Released 1997.
  Comments: One of Paul's best albums.
• 03/30/99 Al Jolson "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet: Jolie's Finest Columbia Recordings" Recorded 6/1913 - 12/1932.
  Comments: Skimmed. Enjoyable.
• 03/29/99 Emmylou Harris "Spyboy" Released 8/11/98.
  Comments: Skimmed. Nothing grabbed me.
• 03/29/99 Jimmie Rodgers "First Sessions, 1927-1928" Released 1991.
  Comments: Skimmed. I enjoy it.
• 03/29/99 Bob Dylan "Good As I Been To You" Released 10/27/92.
  Comments: All traditional songs. OK, but doesn't appeal to me as much as his following CD of traditional songs, "World Gone Wrong".
• 03/26/99 (Various) "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute" Released 8/19/97.
  Comments: My first and second listens. Very good. I would like to own this one.
  Contents: Dreaming with tears in my eyes (Bono) -- Any old time (Alison Krauss and Union Station) -- Waiting for a train (Dickey Betts) -- Somewhere down below the Mason Dixon line (Mary Chapin Carpenter) -- Miss the Mississippi and you (David Ball) -- My blue eyed Jane (Bob Dylan) -- Peach pickin' time down in Georgia (Willie Nelson) -- In the jailhouse now (Steve Earle & the V-Roys) -- Blue yodel #9 (Jerry Garcia, David Grisman & John Kahn) -- Hobo Bill's last ride (Iris DeMent) -- Gambling bar room blues (John Mellencamp) --Mule skinner blues (Van Morrison) -- Why should I be lonely (Aaron Neville) -- T for Texas (Dwight Yoakam).
• 03/25/99 Sheryl Crow "The Globe Sessions" Released 9/29/98.
  Comments: Very good. Not as good as her Sheryl Crow album, as the songs aren't as unique and differentiated. However, still a good sound. Nice touch with the strings.
• 03/18/99 Bob Dylan "Bringing It All Back Home" Released 3/22/65.
  Comments: My 3rd listen. Bob's 5th album. His first album where he's backed by a band. Incredible songs. Good sound.
• 03/18/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
• 03/17/99 Shania Twain "Come on Over" 1997.
  Comments: Skimmed 13/16 songs. Didn't care for.
• 03/17/99 Tulku "Transcendence" 1995.
  Comments: Skimmed the first 6/11 songs. Didn't care for. Maybe I wasn't in the mood. Electrical sound.
• 03/17/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
  Comments: Didn't like it at first, but now I really enjoy it. Excellent recording and production.
• 03/15/99 Philip Glass "Dance Pieces" 1987.
  Comments: Modern classical music. A bit strange, but I liked some of it.
• 03/15/99 Columbia Records "The 1930's -- Big Bands" 1987.
  Comments: Compilation of 16 big band tunes from the 1930's. Pretty good.
• 03/12/99 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos" 1991.
  
  Listened to disc 2/4.
• 03/12/99 Leo Kottke "The Essential Leo Kottke" Released 1991.
  Comments: Nice "greatest hits" album of his 5 1976-1983 albums with Chrysalis.
• 03/11/99 Putumayo World Music "Afro~Latino" (compilation) 1998.
  Comments: Didn't care for it.
• 03/10/99 Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" Released 9/24/96.
  Comments: One of my favorites.
• 03/09/99 Marsalis, Wynton "Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1" 1987.
  Comments: Enjoyable.
• 03/08/99 Duke Ellington Orchestra "Digital Duke" 1987.
  Comments: Good performances.
• 3/05/99 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos" 1991.
  Violin Concerto in D, KV 271a/271i (New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson. Violin: Henryk Szeryng) Philips, 1991.
  Listened to disc 2/4.
• 03/05/99 Bob Dylan "Down in the Groove" Released 5/31/88.
  Comments: My first listen. Enjoyable. Short (only 32 minutes). Of the 10 songs, I really enjoyed about 6 or 7 of them.
• 03/04/98 Bob Dylan "Desire" Released 1/16/99.
  Comments: It gets better and better each time I hear it. One of my favorites. Superb songwriting, great backing vocals by Emmylou Harris, great instrumental sound.
• 03/03/99 Van Morrison "Days Like This" 1995.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 03/03/99 Triloka Records "Trance Planet" 1994.
• 03/02/99 Triloka Records "Trance Planet" 1994.
  Comments: Very good. Nice soothing sound.
  Contents:
  Nwahulwana / Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique -- Anima / Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses -- Balinese fantasy / Zakir Hussain -- The game / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- Two lovers / Ali Akbar Khan -- Petition to RAm / Jai Uttal -- Sodade / Cesaria Evora -- Tanola Nomads / Sainkho -- Morotiri nei / The Tahitian Choir -- Maray Wollelaye / Mother Tongue -- Valiha trombe / Rossy -- Hammouda / Hassan Erraji -- While the birds sing / Vox -- Gracias a la vida / Mercedes Sosa.
• 03/01/99 Van Morrison "Days Like This" 1995.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 03/01/99 Kottke, Leo "6- and 12- string Guitar" Released 1969.
  Comments: My second listen. Very nice to listen to.
• 03/01/99 NorthSound "Celtic Romance" 1998.
  Comments: First listen. Listened to first 2 songs. Wasn't in the mood.
• 03/01/99 Mayer, Peter "Bountiful" 1998.
• 02/26/99 Mayer, Peter "Bountiful" 1998.
• 02/26/99 Al Stewart "Between The Wars" 1995.
  Comments: My second listen.
• 02/25/99 Al Stewart "Between The Wars" 1995.
  Comments: My first listen. I love it. Nice sound. Good theme of songs written about period between World Wars I and II.
• 02/25/99 Bob Dylan "New Morning" Released 10/21/70.
  Comments: Bob's 11th album. My first listen. I love it. Great sound. Some great singles.
• 02/24/99 Gentle Persuasion : The Sounds of Nature "A Sun Filled Stream : The Sounds of a Babbling Brook" 1987.
  Comments: sounds of a stream and birds. Great way to relax after stress.
• 02/24/99 Madonna "Ray of Light" Released 3/3/98.
  Comments: My second listen. Only listened to first parts of some. Some songs I like a lot. Not a lot of uniqueness from song to song. Excellent production and engineering. Nominated for several Grammys, including "Album of the Year" and "Best Pop Album".
• 02/23/99 Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline Released 4/9/69.
  Comments: Bob's 9th album. I've listened to it several times before. I love it. Very good sound. Fun songs. Nice country feel.
• 02/23/99 Kottke, Leo "6- and 12- string Guitar" Released 1969.
  Comments: My first listen. Very enjoyable. Nothing but Leo playing the guitars. Nice sound.
• 02/22/99 Dylan, Bob "John Wesley Harding" Released 12/27/67.
  Comments: My 4th listen. I like it! Bob's 8th album. A lot of good ballads. Great calm sound.
• 02/22/99 Brown, Greg "Slant 6 Mind" 1997.
  Comments: First complete listened. Like the sound. Lyrics OK but don't really grab me. Like his voice and the instrumentation. Nominated for 1998 Best Traditional Folk Album.
• 02/19/99 Mayer, Peter "Uncrowded Sky" 1993.
• 02/19/99 Brown, Greg "Slant 6 Mind" 1997.
  Comments: Just listened to first bits of first 4 songs. I really like it. Blues and country feel. Deep voice. Excellent production and engineering. Nominated for 1998 Best Traditional Folk Album.
  Contents: Whatever it was (4:47) -- Loneliness house (4:24) -- Mose Allison played here (3:44) -- Spring & all (3:43) -- Vivid (3:14) -- Dusty woods (5:56) -- Billy from the hills (4:59) -- Speaking in tongues (4:33) -- Enough (4:27) -- Hurt so nice (2:42) -- Wild like a sonny boy (3;40) -- Down at the mill (4:07) -- Why don't you just go home (4:23).
• 02/19/99 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. Incredible production and engineering. Great percussion, strings, guitar sound, accordion.
• 02/18/99 Triloka Records "Songs of the Spirit" 1996?
  Comments: Very nice Native American sounding music.
• 02/18/99 Bob Dylan "Blonde on Blonde" Released 5/16/66.
  Comments: My first full listen. Bob's 7th album. Excellent. Great backing musicians.
• 02/17/99 Triloka Records "Songs of the Spirit" 1996?
  Comments: Very nice Native American sounding music.
• 02/17/99 Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited" Released 8/30/65.
  Comments: My second listen. Bob's 6th album. First rock-sounding album by him. Excellent. Many great songs.
• 02/16/99 Bob Dylan "Bringing It All Back Home" Released 3/22/65.
  Comments: My second listen. Bob's 5th album. His first album where he's backed by a band. Incredible songs. Good sound.
• 02/16/99 Bob Dylan "Another Side of Bob Dylan" Released 8/8/64.
  Comments: My first listen. Bob's 4th album. I love it. Very impressed with all of the songs.
• 02/12/99 Bob Dylan "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Released 1/13/64.
  Comments: My first listen. Bob's 3rd album. I love it.
• 02/12/99 Bob Dylan "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" Released 5/27/63.
  Comments: My first listen. Bob's 2nd album. I love it. One writer calls it "the most important collection of original songs issued in the '60s." (William Ruhbnann, All-Music Guide)
• 02/11/99 Garbage "Version 2.0" Released 5/12/98.
  Comments: My first listen. Listened to first parts of first 4 songs. I'm impressed. Good driving rock sound. Nominated for several Grammys, including "Album of the Year" and "Best Rock Album".
• 02/11/99 Madonna "Ray of Light" Released 3/3/98.
  Comments: My first listen. Listened to first parts of first 6 songs. I'm really impressed. Great feel. Excellent production and engineering. Nominated for several Grammys, including "Album of the Year" and "Best Pop Album".
• 02/11/99 Bob Dylan "Bob Dylan" Released 3/19/62.
  Comments: My first listen. Bob's 1st album. I enjoyed it. Only 2 written by Dylan, but the covers are good, too.
• 02/11/99 Beatles "Live At The BBC" Released 12/94. (Recorded 1962-1965)
  Comments: See below.
• 02/10/99 Beatles "Live At The BBC" Released 12/94. (Recorded 1962-1965)
  Comments: My first listen. Very enjoyable. Good covers.
• 02/02/99 Crystal Voices (Deborah Van Dyke and Valerie Farnsworth) "Sounds of Light : the pure tones of cystal singing bowls" 1998.
  Comments: Crystal bowls, chimes, tingshaws, and tuning forks. Interesting stuff.
• 02/01/99 The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos "Chant" 1973,1980,1981,1982,1994.
• 01/29/99 Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Released 6/1/67.
  Comments: Amazing in the context of their previous work. Quote: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will forever be known as the recording that changed rock and roll. At the time of its release, it immediately changed the perception of what a rock band could achieve, not only in the rock community but in the mainstream, which had previously dismissed the music as child's play." -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide
• 01/29/99 Beatles "Anthology Volume 2" Released 3/19/96.
  Comments: I listened to the Revolver cuts which were very good.
• 01/28/99 Beatles "Past Masters Volume 2" Released 3/7/88.
• 01/28/99 Beatles "Revolver" Released 8/5/66.
  Comments: Amazing. Truly innovative.
• 01/27/99 Beatles "Anthology Volume 2" Released 3/19/96.
  Comments: Excellent for Beatles lovers. Studio outtakes, live performances. Even better than Volume 1. I particularly like "12-Bar Original" and "Tomorrow Never Knows".
• 01/26/99 Tori Amos "Under the Pink" Released 12/7/94.
  Comments: Incredible production, engineering, and performances. "Past the Mission" is amazing. With the exception of a couple others, like "The Wrong Band", the others don't really grab me. Maybe they could grow on me.
• 01/26/99 Bob Dylan "Bringing It All Back Home" released 3/22/65.
  Comments: Wow! My first time listening to it. He's amazing. A great album.
• 01/25/99 Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill" released 6/13/95.
  Comments: Won grammy in 1996 for Album of the Year and Song of the Year. I like her style. Really liked 4 or 5 of the 12 songs.
• 01/25/99 Beatles "Anthology Volume 1" Released 11/21/95.
  Comments: See below.
• 01/22/99 Beatles "Anthology Volume 1" Released 11/21/95.
  Comments: Excellent for Beatles lovers. Studio outtakes, live performances, and primitive recordings.
• 01/21/99 Beatles "Beatles For Sale" Released 12/4/64.
  Comments: Their 4th album. Enjoyable.
• 01/20/99 Beatles "Hard Day's Night" Released 7/10/64.
  Comments: Their 3rd album, and their first of entirely original material. Great stuff.
• 01/19/99 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994.
• 01/19/99 Beatles "With the Beatles" Released 11/22/63.
  Comments: Their 2nd album.
• 01/18/99 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 01/18/98 Ronstadt, Linda "Frenesi" 1992.
  Comments: I only listened to about 4 songs. I wasn't in the mood, but it had a nice sound. Spanish songs.
• 01/18/99 Beatles "Please Please Me" Released 3/22/63.
  Comments: Their 1st album. Pure and rich. I can hear why Beatlemania happened.
• 01/14/99 Sheryl Crow "Tuesday Night Music Club" 1993.
  Comments: Some excellent pieces.
• 01/15/99 Beatles "Past Masters Volume 1" 1988.
• 01/14/99 Beatles "Help!" 1965.
  Comments: Nice album.
• 01/13/99 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 01/13/99 Van Morrison "Days Like This" 1995.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 01/08/99 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 01/08/99 Bob Dylan "World Gone Wrong" 1993.
• 01/06/99 Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" 1996.
  Comments: One of my favorites.
• 01/06/99 Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" 1996.
  Comments: One of my favorites.
• 01/06/98 Paul McCartney "Off the Ground" 1993.
  Comments: One of my favorites. Excellent production.
• 01/05/99 Triloka Records "Trance Planet" 1994.
  Comments: Very good. Contents:
  Nwahulwana / Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique -- Anima / Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses -- Balinese fantasy / Zakir Hussain -- The game / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- Two lovers / Ali Akbar Khan -- Petition to RAm / Jai Uttal -- Sodade / Cesaria Evora -- Tanola Nomads / Sainkho -- Morotiri nei / The Tahitian Choir -- Maray Wollelaye / Mother Tongue -- Valiha trombe / Rossy -- Hammouda / Hassan Erraji -- While the birds sing / Vox -- Gracias a la vida / Mercedes Sosa.
• 01/05/99 John Prine "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings" 1995.
  Comments: I like it. Fun to listen to. Quirky lyrics.
• 01/05/99 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994.
• 01/04/99 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994.
• 12/31/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
  Comments: I didn't like it at first, but it has really grown on me. Now I thoroughly enjoy it. Bluesy, smokey, reflective, sometimes dreary.
• 12/30/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
• 12/30/98 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994.
• 12/29/98 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994.
  Comments: I love her voice.
• 12/29/98 Ronstadt, Linda "Winter Light" 1993.
  Comments: I like it. A couple songs that I really like - "Heartbeats Accelerating", and "Oh No, Not My Baby".
• 12/22/98 Enya "Paint the Sky With Stars - The Best of Enya" 1997.
  Comments: Good collection.
• 12/21/98 Van Morrison "Days Like This" 1995.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 12/21/98 Peter Mayer "Straw House Down" 1995.
  Comments: One of my favorites!
• 12/18/98 Peter Mayer "Straw House Down" 1995.
  Comments: One of my favorites!
• 12/18/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 12/17/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 12/15/98 Peter Mayer "Straw House Down" 1995.
  Comments: One of my favorites!
• 12/14/98 Naoka Yoshino The Healing Harp 1995.
• 12/10/98 Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops "A Christmas Festival" 1987.
• 12/09/98 Ellipsis Arts compilation "Shaman, Jhankri & Nele : Music Healers of Indigenous Cultures" 1997.
  Comments: Interesting. Listened to while reading on the MAX. Good book that accompanies it, with a lot of pictures, and discussion of each performer.
• 12/08/98 Windham Hill Records "Conversations with God : A Windham Hill Collection" 1997.
  Comments: Nice collection.
• 12/07/98 Nigel Kennedy; Edward Elgar; Ralph Vaughan Williams "Violin Concerto in B minor; The Lark Ascending" 1997.
  Comments: Boring. At least the Elgar piece was.
• 12/03/98 (harp compilation) "Harpestry : A Contemporary Collection" year?.
  Comments: Nice compilation of harp performers and pieces. Contents:
  Jardin des roses (Rudiger Oppermann) (2:48) --Hornpipe in E minor (Maureen Brennan) (2:38) --Planxty cruit (Ann Heymann) (3:15) -- The nightingale (Deborah Henson-Conant) (4:22) -- Sides of one (Michelle Sell) (3:17) -- Love's comfort (Janet Harbison) (2:51) -- Toccata from "Sarabanda e toccata" (Cynthia Mowery) (2:37) -- Caballo viejo (Luis Felipe Gonzalez) (4:20) -- Year's end (Geist) (3:58) --Ancient memories (Derek Bell) (2:53) -- Martin Wynne's (Patrick Ball) (3:26) -- Leap! (Andrea Piazza) (3:17) -- Wanja the wanderer (Andreas Vollenweider) (6:34).
• 12/03/98 Bob Dylan "John Wesley Harding" 1967.
  Comments: I like it! A lot of good ballads.
• 12/03/98 John Prine "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings" 1995.
  Comments: I like it. Fun to listen to. Quirky lyrics.
• 12/02/98 Bob Dylan "John Wesley Harding" 1967.
  Comments: I like it! A lot of good ballads.
• 12/02/98 John Prine "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings" 1995.
  Comments: I like it. Fun to listen to.
• 12/01/98 John Prine "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings" 1995.
  Comments: I like it. Fun to listen to.
• 12/01/98 Bob Dylan "John Wesley Harding" 1967.
  Comments: I like it! A lot of good ballads.
• 11/30/98 Ronstadt, Linda "We Ran" 1998.
  Comments: Not too bad.
• 11/24/98 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus "Mozart : Greatest Hits" 1969/1984.
• 11/23/98 Ronstadt, Linda "Winter Light" 1993.
  Comments: I like it. A couple songs that I really like - "Heartbeats Accelerating", and "Oh No, Not My Baby".
• 11/20/98 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus "Mozart : Greatest Hits" 1969/1984.
  Comments: I like it.
• 11/19/98 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus "Mozart : Greatest Hits" 1969/1984.
  Comments: I like it.
• 11/18/98 Windham Hill Records "Conversations with God : A Windham Hill Collection" 1997.
  Comments: Nice collection.
• 11/18/98 Bob Dylan "Desire" 1975.
  Comments: I like it.
• 11/18/98 Triloka Records "Trance Planet" 1994.
  Comments: Very good.
• 11/16/98 Indigo Girls "Indigo Girls" 1989.
  Comments: Skimmed. Only one I like is "Closer To Fine".
• 11/16/98 Ronstadt, Linda "Lush Life" 1984.
  Comments: Old jazz standards. Skimmed. Sounded nice.
• 11/16/98 Ronstadt, Linda "Winter Light" 1993.
  Comments: A couple that I really liked. Skimmed through the rest.
• 11/16/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 11/13/98 Beatles "Beatles (The White Album)" 1968.
  Comments: Wow. Always one of my favorites, but this morning it was incredible. Definitely benefits from listening with headphones, as most Beatles recordings do, due to their great production and engineering.
• 11/12/98 Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" 1996.
  Comments: One of my favorites.
• 11/12/98 Indigo Girls "1200 Curfews" 1995.
  Comments: Only listened to a handful of songs. Good live performances. I like a handful of their songs.
• 11/11/98 Leonard Cohen More Best Of 1997.
  Comments: I like it. Nice simple, clean sound. Good lyrics. Good production.
• 11/10/98 Leonard Cohen The Best of Leonard Cohen 1975.
  Comments: Ok, but didn't quite capture me. Similar in sound to John Prine.
• 11/10/98 Frank Sinatra "Duets" 1993.
  Comments: great duets with many different performers.
• 11/10/98 Aboriginal Music 1977,1992.
  Comments: I was hoping for more didjereedoo. The vocals and stick clicking are ok.
• 11/09/98 Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline 1969.
  Comments: I love it.
• 11/09/98 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 11/06/98 Van Morrison "Days Like This" 1995.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 11/05/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: one of my favorites.
• 10/28/98 Naoka Yoshino The Healing Harp 1995.
  Comments: Good solo harp music.
• 10/28/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: It gets better each time. This time I noticed the sitar.
• 10/27/98 Naoka Yoshino The Healing Harp 1995.
  Comments: Good solo harp music.
• 10/26/98 Naoka Yoshino The Healing Harp 1995.
  Comments: Good solo harp music.
• 10/26/98 Henry Mancini "Days of Wine and Roses" (compilation; recorded 1961-1964) 1995.
• 10/23/98 Ray Lynch "No Blue Thing" 1989.
  Comments: Excellent. As good as "Deep Breakfast".
• 10/22/98 Chakra 1997.
  Comments: Good music. Narrative of each of the chakras. (borrowed from Tony Alabi)
• 10/22/98 Enya Watermark 1988.
  Comments: Enjoyed it.
• 10/21/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: It gets better each time.
• 10/21/98 Dave Matthews Band Crash 1996.
  Comments: Good clean sound, but singers voice got old after a while. I liked some of the songs.
• 10/20/98 Tangerine Dream "Dream Music 2 : Movie Music Composed by Tangerine Dream" 1995.
  Comments: Didn't like it. Mechanical and electronic sounding. No soul.
• 10/19/98 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
• 10/19/98 Narada Records "Sampler #2" 1986.
  Comments: Enjoyed it. Relaxing.
• 10/16/98 Enya Watermark 1988.
  Comments: Excellent. I want to get it.
• 10/15/98 Mickey Hart "Planet Drum" 1991.
  Comments: Enjoyable. Good background music while I read.
• 10/15/98 Brian Eno "Another Green World" 1975.
• 10/14/98 Brian Eno "Another Green World" 1975.
  Comments: Some interesting stuff. Interesting sound.
• 10/13/98 Eno/Cale (Brian Eno, John Cale) "Wrong Way Up" 1990.
  Comments: I like it. Great instrumentation. Good rhythms. Interesting lyrics.
• 10/13/98 Bob Dylan "The Bootleg Series, Volume 1" 1991.
  Comments: Excellent.
• 10/12/98 Ray Lynch "No Blue Thing" 1989.
  Comments: Excellent. As good as "Deep Breakfast".
• 10/11/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
• 10/09/98 Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
  Comments: I like it! Has a nice feel, and I like the sound.
• 10/06/98 Indigo Girls "Rites of Passage" 1992.
  Comments: It didn't grab me.
• 10/06/98 Windham Hill Artists "Sampler '92" 1991. (performers: Michael Manring, Alex de Grassi, Nightnoise, Michael Hedges, Schonherz & Scott, Mark Isham, Montreux, David Torn, Liz Story, Modern Mandolin Quartet, Philip Aaberg, Will Ackerman)
  Comments: I like it!
• 10/05/98 Windham Hill Artists "Sampler '92" 1991. (performers: Michael Manring, Alex de Grassi, Nightnoise, Michael Hedges, Schonherz & Scott, Mark Isham, Montreux, David Torn, Liz Story, Modern Mandolin Quartet, Philip Aaberg, Will Ackerman)
  Comments: I like it!
• 10/05/98 Scott Fitzgerald "Thunderdrums" 1990.
• 10/02/98 Dan Gibson's Solitudes - Exploring Nature With Music "The Classics" 1991. (Grieg, Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Pachelbel)
• 10/02/98 Brian Eno "Before and After Science" 1977. (musicians: Brian Eno, Paul Rudolph, Phil Collins, Percy Jones, Rhett Davies, ...)
  Comments: I like it. Cool stuff. Good sound.
• 10/01/98 Dan Gibson's Solitudes - Exploring Nature With Music "The Classics" 1991. (Grieg, Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Pachelbel)
• 9/31/98 Brian Eno and Jah Wobble "Spinner" 1995.
• 9/30/98 Traveling Wilbury's "Vol. 1" 1988.
• 9/29/98 Horn, Paul "Inside the Great Pyramid" 1976.
• 9/29/98 Brian Eno and Jah Wobble "Spinner" 1995.
  Comments: Excellent -- I love it! Ambient/trance music.
• 9/28/98 Beatles "(The White Album)" 1968.
• 9/25/98 McCartney, Paul "All the Best" 1987. (recorded 1971-1976, 1978-1980, 1982-1984)
• 9/24/98 Bang On A Can "Music for Airports" (composed by Brian Eno) 1998.
• 9/23/98 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994. (Jewel Kilcher)
• 9/22/98 Bob Dylan "World Gone Wrong" 1993.
• 9/21/98 Crow, Sheryl "Sheryl Crow" 1996.
• 9/21/98 Divination "Sacrifice" 1998. (Meta Records) (from Tony A.)
• 9/21/98 Bang On A Can "Music for Airports" (composed by Brian Eno) 1998.
• 9/16/98 John Lennon "The John Lennon Collection" 1989. (recorded 1969-71,73-75,80)
• 9/16/98 Bob Dylan "Desire" 1975.
• 9/11/98 Bob Dylan "World Gone Wrong" 1993.
• 9/11/98 Cat Stevens "A & M Records Classics" compilation 1987 (recorded 1970-1978)
• 9/10/98 Bob Dylan "Desire" 1975.
• 9/10/98 "Flamenco"
• 9/10/98 Mills Bros. "22 Greatest Hits" 1985.
• 9/10/98 Henry Mancini "Days of Wine and Roses" (compilation; recorded 1961-1964) 1995.
• 9/09/98 Gene Ammons "Legends of Acid Jazz" recorded 1962,1970,1971. Released 1997.
• 9/09/98 Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane recorded 1957-1958. Released 1987,1992.
• 9/08/98 Eno/Cale (Brian Eno, John Cale) "Wrong Way Up" 1990.
• 9/04/98 Jewel "Pieces of You" 1994. (Jewel Kilcher)
• 9/04/98 Gentle Persuasion : The Sounds of Nature "A Sun Filled Stream : The Sounds of a Babbling Brook" 1987.
• 9/03/98 Gentle Persuasion : The Sounds of Nature "A Sun Filled Stream : The Sounds of a Babbling Brook" 1987.
• 9/02/98 Horn, Paul "Inside the Great Pyramid" 1976.
• 9/02/98 Mayer, Peter "Uncrowded Sky" 1993.
• 8/31/98 Paul McCartney "Off the Ground" 1993.
• 8/28/98 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
• 8/28/98 Environments "Psychologically Ultimate Seashore" 1987.
• 8/27/98 The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos "Chant" 1973,1980,1981,1982,1994.
• 8/27/98 Tim Wheater "Whalesong" 1990.
• 8/27/98 Peter Rowan "Bluegrass Boy" 1996.
• 8/26/98 Crystal Voices "" 1998.
• 8/26/98 The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos "Chant" 1973,1980,1981,1982,1994.
• 8/25/98 Henry Mancini "Days of Wine and Roses" (compilation; recorded 1961-1964) 1995.
• 8/25/98 Talvin Singh "Anokha : Soundz of the Asian Underground" 1997 (performers: Talvin Singh featuring Amar; State of Bengal; Lelonek; Future Soundz of India; A. R. Rahman; Talvin Singh featuring Leone; Amar; Equal I; Osmani Soundz; The Milky Bar Kid; Kingsuk Biswas)
• 8/24/98 (collection) Narada Media "Gypsy Passion : New Flamenco" (Narada Collection Series) 1997. (Performers: Oscar Lopez; Jesse Cook; Armik; Lara and Reyes; Ottmar Liebert; Strunz and Farah; Eric Tingstad; Ruben Romero and Lydia Torea; Govi; Bruce BecVar; Miguel de la Bastide; Willie and Lobo)
• 8/24/98 Johnny Mathis "16 Most Requested Songs" 1977,1986.
• 8/21/98 Henry Mancini "Days of Wine and Roses" (compilation; recorded 1958-1962) 1995.
• 8/20/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
• 8/19/98 Elvis Costello and the Attractions "The Best of" 1994.
• 8/18/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
• 8/18/98 Triloka Records compilation "Trance Planet" 1994. (Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique; Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses; Zakir Hussain; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Ali Akbar Khan; Jai Uttal; Cesaria Evora; Sainkho; The Tahitian Choir; Mother Tongue; Rossy; Hassan Erraji; Vox; Mercedes Sosa)
• 8/17/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
  Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C, KV 190/186E (New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson. Violin: Henryk Szeryng) Philips, 1991.
• 8/17/98 Jim Oliver "Harmonic Resonance" 1995. (from "Healing Music" 4-CD set by The Relaxation Company)
• 8/13/98 Johnny Mercer "American Songbook Series" 1993. (Johnny
• 8/14/98 Jim Oliver "Harmonic Resonance" 1995. (from "Healing Music" 4-CD set by The Relaxation Company)
• 8/13/98 Johnny Mercer "American Songbook Series" 1993. (Johnny "Scat" Davis and Frances Langford; Johnny Mercer; Louis Armstrong; Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Helen Ward; Mildred Bailey; Dinah Shore; Jo Stafford; ...)
• 8/13/98 Zero Wait State "Analog" 1996.
• 8/12/98 Paul Simon "Rhythm of the Saints" 1990.
• 8/11/98 Putumayo World Music "Reggae Around The World" 1998. (Lucky Dube, Blekbala Mujik, Zeca Baleiro, Rasha, Askia Modibo, Majek Fashek, Ernest Ranglin, Kreyol Syndikat, Rocky Dawuni, Burning Spear, Peter Rowan)
  Comments: Very nice selection of reggae from different countries and styles.
• 8/07/98 Shanachie Records "Her Song : Exotic Voices of Women From Around The World" 1996. (Ofra Haza - Israeli, Najma - Indian, Talitha Mackenzie - Celtic/Gaelic, Chris White - American, Pura Fe - Native American, Jai Uttal and Lakshmi Shankar - Indian, Kirsten Braten Berg - Norwegian, Iren Lovasz - Hungarian, Joanne Shenandoah - Native American, Etti Ankri - Israeli, Solas and Karan Casey - Celtic/Irish, Nada Shakti - Indian)
• 8/07/98 Deuter "Wind and Mountain" 1995. (from "Healing Music" 4-CD set)
• 8/06/98 "Concert for Bangladesh" (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, ...) 1971.
• 8/05/98 "Concert for Bangladesh" (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, ...) 1971.
• 8/04/98 Beatles "Yellow Submarine" 1969.
• 8/03/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
  Violin Concerto in D, KV 271a/271i (New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson. Violin: Henryk Szeryng) Philips, 1991.
• 7/31/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
  Violin Concerto in D, KV 271a/271i (New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson. Violin: Henryk Szeryng) Philips, 1991.
• 7/29/98 Bob Dylan "Slow Train Coming" 1979.
• 7/23/98 Bob Dylan "MTV Unplugged" 1995.
• 7/22/98 Ray Lynch "Deep Breakfast" 1986.
• 7/22/98 Morrison, Van "Days Like This" 1995.
• 7/20/98 Crow, Sheryl "Sheryl Crow" 1996.
• 7/16/98 Morrison, Van "Days Like This" 1995.
• 7/15/98 Beatles "Anthology 3" 1996.
• 7/14/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
  Violin Concerto in D, KV 271a/271i
  Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C, KV 190/186E
• 7/13/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
  Violin Concerto in D, KV 271a/271i
  Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C, KV 190/186E
• 7/10/98 Obo Addy "The Rhythm of Which a Chief Walks Gracefully" 1994.
• 7/10/98 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
• 7/09/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
• 7/09/98 Thelonius Monk "Standards" 1989.
• 7/06/98 Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" 1975.
• 7/06/98 Thelonius Monk "Standards" 1989.
• 7/05/98 Charlie Christian "The Genius of the Electric Guitar" 1987.
• 7/02/98 Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967.
• 6/30/98 (Various) "Trance Planet" 1994.
• 6/29/98 (Various) "Trance Planet" 1994.
• 6/26/98 (Various) "Trance Planet" 1994.
• 6/25/98 Global Meditation "Harmony and Interplay : Ensembles" 1992 (Ellipsis Arts / Relaxation Company; Rosalyn, NY).
• 6/24/98 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
• 6/23/98 Al Stewart "Famous Last Words" 1993.
• 6/19/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
• 6/18/98 Bob Dylan "Time Out Of Mind" 1997.
• 6/18/98 Global Meditation "Voices of the Spirit : Songs & Chants" 1992.(Ellipsis Arts / Relaxation Company; Rosalyn, NY).
• 6/17/98 Angelique Kidjo "Oremi" 1998.
• 6/16/98 Ray Lynch "Deep Breakfast" 1986.
• 6/15/98 Global Meditation "The Pulse of Life : Rhythm & Percussion" 1992.(Ellipsis Arts / Relaxation Company; Rosalyn, NY).
• 6/15/98 Frank Sinatra "Duets" 1993.
• 6/12/98 Horn, Paul & Halpern, Steven "Connections" 1984.
• 6/11/98 Talvin Singh "Anokha : Soundz of the Asian Underground" 1997 (excellent)
• 6/11/98 "Journeys : Orchestral Works by American Women" (Van De Vate, Gardner, Larsen, Richter, Hoover, Mamlok, Brockman)
• 5/29/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
• 5/28/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Violin Concertos"
• 5/27/98 Mozart, Wolfgang "Horn Concertos"
• 5/27/98 Horn, Paul & Halpern, Steven "Connections" 1984.

• 09/22/01 -- hiking: Banks-Vernonia State Trail
• 09/16/01 -- hiking: Tryon Creek State Park -- Lake Oswego, OR
• 09/02/01 -- hiking: Tryon Creek State Park -- Lake Oswego, OR
• 08/26/01 -- Japanese Garden -- Portland, OR
• 08/25/01 -- hiking: Clackamas River Trail, 16 mi south of Estacada, OR
• 08/19/01 -- hiking: Dog Mountain, 9 mi east of Stevenson, WA
• 08/10/01 -- River takes his first steps
• 08/09-08/14/01 -- trip to Minnesota for Angie and Jimmy Barrett's wedding
• 08/05/01 -- hiking: Multnomah Falls, 30 mi east of Portland, OR
• 07/../01 -- Chinese Garden -- Portland, OR
• 07/08/01 -- hiking: Forest Park, Wildwood Trail, from Pittock Mansion, Portland, OR
• 07/07/01 -- hiking: Springwater Trail, Milwaukee, OR
• 07/05/01 -- hiking: Oxbow Park, near Gresham, OR
• 07/01/01 -- hiking: Salmon River trail, near Welches, Wemme, Rhododendron
• 06/30/01 -- concert: Emmylou Harris; Joe Henry (at Oregon Zoo)
• 06/17/01 -- hiking: Eloha Falls (in the Gorge)
• 04/27-04/29/01 -- Denver, CO -- Jeff and Dana's wedding
• 03/18-03/23/01 -- Denver, CO -- training
• 12/21-12/27/00 -- traveled to Minnesota
• 12/10/00 -- Portland Art Museum (1st time)
• 10/20-10/22/00 -- meditation workshop #9
• 10/27/00 -- Peter Mayer house concert in Portland
• 10/25-10/31/00 -- Sara's parents visited us
• 10/07/00 -- hiking at Oxbow Park
• 08/20/00 -- Portland Rose Garden, listened to band
• 07/08/00 -- baby shower for Sara
• 07/03/00 -- movie "Me, Myself, and Irene"
• 06/23?-06/25?/00 -- meditation workshop #8
• 06/18/00 -- drove to Astoria, OR and Long Beach, WA
• 06/08/00 -- Cirque de Soleil / Saltimbanco in Portland, OR
• 06/03/00 -- Portland Rose Festival Starlight Parade
• 05/27/00 -- pops concert by Norman Leyden, Susannah Mars, Leyden Singers, w/ the Oregon Symphony : "A Tribute to Cole Porter" at Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 05/22/00 -- remodeling house
• 05/14/00 -- drove to Roslyn, WA, location where "Northern Exposure" was filmed
• 04/29/00 -- rented plane and flew to Tacoma
• 04/15/00 -- movie "Keeping the Faith"
• 04/08/00 -- pops concert by Andrea Marcovicci w/ the Oregon Symphony : "I'll Be Seeing You: The Love Songs of World War II" at Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 04/07/00 -- "The Sound of Music" w/ Richard Chamberlain and Meg Tolin at Civic Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 04/02/00 -- hot air balloon ride near Cave Creek, Arizona
• 03/30/00-04/03/00 -- Vacation to Arizona
• 03/28/00 -- opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" by Janacek at Civic Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 03/23/00 -- ultrasound of baby
• 03/04/00 -- Sara's parents came to visit (thru Tue 3/14/00)
• 02/18-02/20/00 -- meditation workshop #7
• 01/29/00 -- OMSI movie "Mysteries of Egypt"
• 01/15/00 -- movie "Man on the Moon"
• 01/12/00 -- concert -- "Drummers of West Africa", Senegelese drummers, led by Doudou N'Diaye Rose
• 01/08/00 -- movie "Being John Malkovich"
• 12/16/99 -- concert -- Barenaked Ladies, Jewel, Jude, Dido
• 12/12/99 -- movie "Toy Story 2"
• 12/11/99 -- movie "The Straight Story"
• 11/25-11/30/99 -- Trip to New York City, Washington, D.C., Gettysburg, PA
• 11/19/99 -- "Guys and Dolls" musical at Sandy High School in Sandy, OR
• 11/14/99 -- hiking on Lost Creek trail to Ramona Falls, near Mt. Hood
• 11/13/99 -- concert by Christine Lavine at Pacific Coast University in Forest Grove, OR
• 11/12/99 -- concert by Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar at Schnitzer Auditorium
• 11/06/99 -- Frank Sinatra, Jr. concert w/ Oregon Symphony at Schnitzer Auditorium
• 11/02/99 -- African drum class in Portland by Nii Ardey Allotey
• 10/31/99 -- OMSI movie "Extreme"
• 10/30/99 -- movie "American Beauty"
• 10/15-10/18/99 -- meditation workshop #6
• 10/10/99 -- Walked around Rosalyn Lake (near Sandy, OR)
• 10/02/99 -- IFMX jam #2 at Dave C's
• 9/26/99 -- Portland Rose Test Garden
• 9/25/99 -- horseback riding at Kahneeta Hot Springs
• 9/24/99 -- Mehr and Sher Ali -- Qawalli concert at Schnitzer Hall
• 9/19/99 -- wedding (Howard Abrams and Tina Siriani)
• 9/18/99 -- wedding (Andrew Sutherland and Lisa Tongle)
• 9/17/99 -- flying (flew around Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro)
• 9/12/99 -- strolling at Mt. Tabor park
• 9/11/99 -- strolling at Rocky Butte park in Portland
• 9/5/99 -- movie "Sixth Sense"
• 8/28/99-8/31/99 -- Vacation to Minnesota
• 8/22/99 -- Howowo (African cultural festival in Portland)
• 8/22/99 -- IMAX movie "Destiny in Space"
• 8/21/99 -- movie "Bowfinger"
• 8/20/99 -- Cannon Beach, OR
• 8/08/99 -- visited Portland Japanese Garden
• 8/07/99 -- movie "Mystery Men"
• 8/03/99 -- White-water rafting on the White Salmon River near Husum, WA
• 7/31/99 -- rented plane and flew to Tacoma
• 7/24/99 -- IFMX jam #1 at my place
• 7/17/99 -- movie "Eyes Wide Shut"
• 7/11/99 -- concert: Harry Connick, Jr. and his big band
• 7/10/99 -- Oregon Country Fair (near Eugene and Veneta)
• 7/3/99 -- movie "South Park : Bigger, Longer, and Uncut"
• 6/18-6/20/99 -- meditation workshop #5
• 06/12/99 -- concert - Bob Dylan and Paul Simon at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, OR
• 06/12/99 -- vision-improvement workshop by Meir Schneider at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, OR
• 06/10/99 -- movie "The Phantom Menace"
• 05/31/99 -- movie "The Matrix"
• 05/23/99 -- went up the Columbia Gorge to Multnomah Falls
• 05/22/99 -- went to Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park
• 05/21/99-05/24/99 -- Mom visited
• 05/19/99 -- Peter Mayer House Concert at our house
• 05/01/99-05/11/99 Thailand trip
• 04/24/99 Sat -- saw documentary movies "Never Give Up: The 20th-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper" and "Bird by Bird with Annie", both by Freida Lee Mock.
• 04/22/99 Thu -- saw author Anne Lamott at Powell's Books.
• 04/11/99 Sun -- flying. Cessna 150. with Sara to Sandy, Columbia Gorge.
• 04/08/99 Thu -- downhill skiing at Mt. Hood SkiBowl (my 4th time downhill skiing) (w/ Rob H., Pierre, John M.)
• 04/01/99 Thu -- downhill skiing at Mt. Hood SkiBowl (my 3rd time downhill skiing) (w/ Cris,Mihail,Pierre,John)
• 03/20/99 Sat -- ate at Thai Orchid in West Linn
• 03/20/99 Sat -- Breitenbush Hot Springs
• 03/06/99-03/08/99 -- meditation workshop #4
• 03/04/99 Thu -- downhill skiing at Mt. Hood SkiBowl (my 2nd time downhill skiing) (w/ Cris, Pierre,Mihail,George)
• 02/27/99 Sat -- birthday party for Sara and I
• 02/21/99 Sun -- movie "Elizabeth"
• 02/20/99 Sat -- Cessna 172 check-out at Troutdale
• 02/15/99 Mon -- hiking in Silver Falls State Park
• 02/13/99 Sat -- movie "Shakespeare in Love"
• 02/03/99-02/09/99 Stepfather Henry died 1/31/99. Went to AZ.
• 01/30/99 Sat -- drove to Hood River, then back through Government Camp; walked around Rosalyn Lake
• 01/23/99 Sat -- ate at Legin's and Macheezmo Mouse
• 01/16/99 Sat -- movie "Patch Adams"
• 01/16/99 Sat -- ate out at "Sweetwater Jam's"
• 01/07/99 Thu -- downhill skiing at Mt. Hood SkiBowl (my first time downhill skiing) (w/ Sara,Cris,Mihail,George,Veena,Greg)
• 01/03/99 Sun -- movie "Waking Ned Devine"
• 12/13/98 Sun -- movie "Life is Beautiful"
• 12/06/98 Sun -- movie "A Bug's Life"
• 11/29/98 Sun -- movie "There's Something About Mary"
• 11/26/98 Thu -- Columbia Gorge and waterfalls
• 11/25/98 Wed -- OMSI movie "Elephants"
• 11/25/98 Wed -- coast (Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park)
• 11/23/98-11/27/98 -- Renee here on vacation
• 11/20/98-11/22/98 -- meditation workshop #3
• 11/15/98 Sun -- movie "Smoke Signals"
• 11/08/98 Sun -- tabla lesson (my first ever)
• 11/07/98 Sat -- adopted a kitten. Named her "Samba".
• 11/03/98 Tue -- didjereedoo lesson (my first ever)
• 10/28/98 Tue -- author "Shakti Gawain" at Powell's books
• 10/25/98 Sun -- hiking (Salmon River, near Mt. Hood)
• 10/10/98 Sat -- movie "What Dreams May Come"
• 9/27/98 Sun -- Larch Mountain
• 9/13/98 Sun -- coast (Lincoln City, Pacific City, OR)
• 8/30/98 Sun -- hiking (Mirror Lake, near Mt. Hood)
• 8/29/98 Sat -- (- 8/30/98) Crater Lake, OR
• 8/08/98 Sun -- hiking (Ramona Falls, near Zigzag)
• 7/16/98 Thu - 7/20/98 Mon -- Minnesota vacation
• 7/10/98 - 7/12/98 -- meditation workshop #2
• 6/22/98 Mon -- movie "The Horse Whisperer"
• 6/21/98 Sun -- hiking (McIntyre Ridge, near Rhododendron)
• 6/20/98 Sat -- Portland Rose Festival Art Fair
• 6/17/98 Wed -- hiking (Boulder Ridge, near Rhododendron)
• 6/14/98 Sun -- Portland Rose Festival airshow
• 6/07/98 Sun -- moved into new house in Boring
• 6/06/98 Sat -- took posession of new house and painted ceilings
• 5/26/98 Concert: Mystical Arts of Tibet (Tibetan music and dance by lamas of Drepung Loseling monastery)
• 5/24/98 Travel: Crown Point Hwy; Multnomah Falls; Rose Garden
• 5/22/98 - 5/25/98 Visitors: Dan (brother) & Sherry
• 5/7/98 - 5/11/98 Visitors: Mom & Henry
• 4/98 - 6/5/98 Buying a house
• 2/98 - meditation workshop #1

• "Amelie"
• "Forest Gump"
• "Chocolat" 8/25/01
• "Keeping the Faith" 4/15/2000
• "Mysteries of Egypt (Omnimax movie)" 01/29/2000
• "Man on the Moon" 01/15/2000
• "Being John Malkovich" 01/08/2000
• "The Straight Story" 12/11/99
• "American Beauty" 10/30/99
• "Sixth Sense" 9/05/99
• "Destiny in Space" (IMAX movie at OMSI) 8/22/99
• "Eyes Wide Shut" 7/17/99
• "The Red Violin" 6/25/99
• "Never Give Up: The 20th-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper" 4/24/99
• "Bird by Bird with Annie" 4/24/99
• "Rushmore" 3/16/1999
• "Shakespeare in Love" 2/13/1999
• "Patch Adams" 1/1999
• "Life Is Beautiful" (Dec 1998)
• "Waking Ned Devine" (Jan 1999)
• "Smoke Signals" (Nov 1998)
• "AntZ" (Oct 1998)
• "What Dreams May Come" (Oct 1998)
• "The Big Lebowski" (March 1998)
• "Kundun" (1997)
• "As Good As It Gets" (1997)
• "Good Will Hunting" (1997)
• "The English Patient" (1996)
• "Fargo" (1996)
• "L.A. Story"
• "Phenomenon" (1996)
• "The Princess Bride"
• "Schindler's List"

• 05/../01 The Land Where The Blues Began 1990
• 08/25/01 Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery (on video)
• 08/18/01 Chocolat (on video)
• 06/15/01 Woodstock : 3 Days of Peace and Music : The Director's Cut (on video)
• 06/23/01 "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (on video)
• 06/16/01 "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (on video)
• 07/03/00 "Me, Myself, and Irene"
• 04/15/00 "Keeping the Faith"
• 01/29/00 "Mysteries of Egypt" (Omnimax/IMAX movie at OMSI)
• 01/15/00 "Man on the Moon"
• 01/08/00 "Being John Malkovich"
• 12/12/99 "Toy Story 2"
• 12/11/99 "The Straight Story"
• 10/31/99 "Extreme" (IMAX movie at OMSI)
• 10/30/99 "American Beauty"
• 09/05/99 "Sixth Sense"
• 08/22/99 "Destiny in Space" (IMAX movie at OMSI)
• 08/21/99 "Bowfinger" (Director: Frank Oz; Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy)
• 08/07/99 "Mystery Men" (Director: Kinka Usher; Hank Azaria, Wes Studi, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Ben Stiller, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush)
• 07/19/99 "Eyes Wide Shut" (Stanley Kubrick {Director}, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack)
• 07/03/99 "South Park : Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" (Animated. Director: Trey Parker; Mary Kay Bergman, Trey Parker, Matt Stone)
• 06/25/99 "The Red Violin" (Director: Francois Girard; Samuel Jackson, Don McKellar, Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli)
• 06/10/99 "The Phantom Menace" (Director: George Lucas; Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd)
• 06/05/99 "Wild Things" (on video)
• 05/31/99 "The Matrix"
• 04/24/99 "Never Give Up: The 20th-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper"
• 04/24/99 "Bird by Bird with Annie"
• 04/03/99 "Wag the Dog" (on video)
• 03/17/99 "Rushmore"
• 03/12/99 "The People vs. Larry Flynt" (on video)
• 02/21/99 "Elizabeth"
• 02/13/99 "Shakespeare in Love"
• 01/16/99 "Patch Adams"
• 01/03/99 "Waking Ned Devine"
• 12/13/98 "Life is Beautiful"
• 12/06/98 "A Bug's Life"
• 11/29/98 "There's Something About Mary"
• 11/25/98 "Elephants" (OmniMax movie)
• 11/15/98 "Smoke Signals"
• 10/10/98 "What Dreams May Come"
• 6/22/98 "The Horse Whisperer"
• 3/ /98 "The Big Lebowski"
• "Kundun" (1997)
• "As Good As It Gets" (1997)
• "Good Will Hunting" (1997)
• "The English Patient" (1996)
• "Fargo" (1996)
• "L.A. Story"
• "Phenomenon" (1996)
• "The Princess Bride"
• "Schindler's List"
• "The Birdcage" (1996) (Hank Azaria)
• "Quiz Show" (1994) (Hank Azaria)
• "Pretty Woman" (1990) (Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Hank Azaria)
• "Dances With Wolves" (1990) (Wes Studi)

• "Pay It Forward"
• "The Spy Who Shagged Me" (7/99)
• "The Thin Red Line" (1998)
• "Citizen Kane" (1941)
• "The Usual Suspects" (1995)
• "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964)
• "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1974)
• "The Truman Show" (1998)
• "Pleasantville" (1998)
• "Bulworth" (1998?)

• Beatles
  • "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967.
  • "The Beatles" (The White Album) 1968.
• Crow, Sheryl "Sheryl Crow" 1996.
• Dylan, Bob
  • "Bringing It All Back Home" 1965.
  • "Blood on the Tracks" 1974.
  • "Desire" 1975.
  • "Greatest Hits Vol. III" 1994
• Eno, Brian and Jah Wobble "Spinner" 1995.
• Global Meditation 1992. (4 CD's:
  • "The Pulse of Life : Rhythm & Percussion"
  • "Voices of the Spirit : Songs & Chants"
  • "Harmony and Interplay : Ensembles"
• Kottke, Leo "Standing in My Shoes" 1997.
• Mayer, Peter
  • "Straw House Down"
  • "Bountiful" 1998.
  • "Uncrowded Sky" 1993.
• McCartney, Paul
  • "Flaming Pie" 1998
  • "Off the Ground" 1993.
• Morrison, Van "Days Like This" 1995.
• Simon and Garfunkel "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme" 1966.
• Simon, Paul "Rhythm of the Saints" 1990.
• Stewart, Al "Famous Last Words" 1993.
• Trance Planet Vols. 1 and 2
• Traveling Wilbury's -- "Vol. 1" 1988.

• Two things at a time - work on only 2 things at a time; don't thrash about multi-tasking many things [Peter Drucker]
• Abandon sinkholes - know when to stop putting effort into things that aren't becoming successful [Peter Drucker]
• Focus on strengths - do what you're good at, and give tasks you're not good at to others [Peter Drucker]
• Learning by isolating: for computer programming, I have found that my "learn" scripts are very productive; the idea is to isolate out the problem, to eliminate all other variables and concentrate on what I want to learn
• Processes: it's important to document processes at work, to write them in a simple recipe, rather than trying to remember them. This frees up the mind to be a processor rather than memory.
• Fast prototype / full-incremental implementation: in software, it's important to get a simple application written quickly, so you have something to work with, rather than trying to design the perfect application prior to implementing. Do small, quick iterations of design/implement rather than a single big design followed by a single big implementation. This way, you get more feedback more often, and can incorporate the feedback quicker. [5/22/2002]
• Requirements: for software, it's important to capture the requirements explicitly, rather than just keeping them in your head and writing the design or application without having the requirements captured. [5/22/2002]
• Working backwards: for software, in can be valuable to work backwards for large, complex tasks. Start with the desired result, and then work backwards, determining what each component needs to do. [5/22/2002]
• Choice: importance of being aware of choices one is unconsciously making. If you are aware of the choices that you make, then you can always re-evaluate them and change them, rather than being stuck.
• Motivation: importance of awareness of motivation
• Inspiration: importance of actively doing things to find inspiration.
• Intention: importance of being clear of one's intentions at any given time.
• Perception: importance of perception as opposed to fact/truth
• Intention/pragmatism: importance of being aware of intentions and objectives, rather than just principles (as described by Hayakawa and De Bono)
• Perception: Edward de Bono's ideas of perception and human behavior as told in his book "I Am Right You Are Wrong : From Rock Logic to Water Logic".
• Myth of objectivity: everything is subjective, including science and news. A choice is always made when determining what to study and what to report.
• Subjectivity: importance of subjectivity (individual reality, emotions, spirituality) in a society that stresses objectivity (single reality independent of individual, facts, science)
• Consciousness: distinction of different kinds of consciousness and need for different ones
• Difference between reports, inferences, and judgments (as described in S. I. Hayakawa's book "Language in Thought and Nature").
• No word has the same meaning twice (as described in S. I. Hayakawa's book "Language in Thought and Nature").
• Abstraction: importance of various levels of abstraction in communication and thinking (as described in S. I. Hayakawa's book "Language in Thought and Nature").
• Deming's ideas of quality.
• Noam Chomsky's ideas of democracy.
• Investing: Warren Buffett's philosophy and techniques of investing.
• Technology: Neil Postman's ideas of the negative impacts of technology and our unquestioning attitude towards it.
• Focus: be aware of what you're focusing on. If you're not happy, change the focus.
• Preference: how preferences are often masked as fact or reality.
• Small things making big differences (epidemic behaviors, memes, chaos) (from book "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell)
• Idea of pragmatic/contextual model being more valid than organismic model (from book "Altering Fate" by Michael Lewis)
• Feedback loops / adaptive systems -- idea that everything is feedback, which in turn changes the system. So facts, analyses, statements, are all feedback. We cannot say something without it modifying our environment. Also, it's important to seek and process feedback so you can consciously adapt. Ask your customers how you are doing. And you are always your own customer, too.
• Small things done regularly add up over time.

  
 02/26/69 - 08/../85   Rt. 1 Box 132  Pierz, MN 56364 (612/277-3802) (612/277-6???)
  
 08/../85 - 02?/../86  ???  Fountain Hills, AZ  85268 (603/837-2206)
  
 02?/../85 - 06/../86  15703 E Mustang  Fountain Hills, AZ  85268 (603/837-2206)
  
 06/../86 - 08/../87   Rt. 1 Box 130 Pierz, MN 56364 (with Donna & Wes Young)  (612/277-3469)
  
 08/../87 - 08/../89   381 5th Av S., #4  St. Cloud, MN 5???? (612/???-????)
  
 08/../89 - 05/31/91   ??? St. Cloud, MN 5???? (612/???-????)
  
 06/01/91 - 07/19/91   traveling around Europe
  
 07/19/91 - 08/15/91   Rt. 1 Box 338 Hillman, MN 56338  (with Archie & Gladys Block)
  
 08/15/91 - 10/01/92   ??? Sauk Rapids, MN 5???? (612/???-????)
  
 10/01/92 - 10/29/96   10680 Hamshire Av S #120  Bloomington, MN 5???? (612/942-8315)
  
 11/01/96 - 06/07/98   11659 SW Teal Blvd #J Beaverton, OR 97007 (503/524-0775)
  
 06/07/98 - present    10013 SE Eastmont Dr  Gresham, OR 97080 (503/663-1526)

• 7/18/14 : My father, Benjamin Andrew Bednark, is born to Peter and Martha (Rutz) Bednarek.
• 2/11/32 : My mother, Bernice Beatrice Pulak, is born to Stanley and Aniela (Sroka) Pulak.
• 2/26/69 : I am born in Little Falls, MN at 2:40pm/14:40 CST (20:40 GMT) (Wednesday).
• 2/28/69 : Sara Therese Block is born in Onamia, MN at 9:40am CST (15:40 GMT) (Friday).
• 8/ /74 : I begin kindergarten in Pierz, MN
• 2?/ /76 : Vacation to Sarasota, FL
• /76? : Vacation to Thunder Bay, ON
• 2?/ /78? : Vacation to Lake Havasu, AZ
• 7?/ /79? : Vacation with Dad to Los Angeles, CA
• 8/74-5/75 : kindergarten
• 8/75-5/76 : 1st grade
• 8/76-5/77 : 2nd grade
• 8/77-5/78 : 3rd grade
• 8/78-5/79 : 4th grade
• 8/79-5/80 : 5th grade
• 3/13/80 : My Dad dies of a heart attack in Alexandria, MN (Thursday 9:30/9:40am).
• 8/80-5/81 : 6th grade
• 8/81-5/82 : 7th grade
• 8/82-5/83 : 8th grade
• 8/83-5/84 : 9th grade
• 8/84-5/85 : 10th grade
• 8/85-5/86 : 11th grade
• 8/85      : My Mom and I move from Harding, Minnesota to Fountain Hills, Arizona.
• 9/85 - 6/86 : I attend Coronado High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.
• 8/86-5/87 : 12th grade
• 6/86      : I move back to Harding, Minnesota and live with my sister Donna Young and her family.
• 5 / 87    : I graduate from Healy High School in Pierz, Minnesota.
• 9 / 87    : I attend St. Cloud State University (SCSU) in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
• 8/5/89   : I marry Sara Block.
• 8 / 92    : I graduate from SCSU with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and a minor in Human Relations.
• 9/26/92 : I begin working as a Software Engineer at Com Squared Systems in Eagan, MN.
• 10/25/96: My last day of employment at Com Squared Systems.
• 11/1/96 : Sara and I arrive in Portland, Oregon.
• 12/10/96 : I begin working at Informix as a contractor.
• 1/5/98 : I begin working at Informix as an employee.
• 1/31/99 : Henry Drywa, my stepfather, died.
• 2001 : My son River born

Places I've Traveled
(updated 8/27/2001)

(travelled via commercial airline unless noted otherwise)
• 2/75? : Florida
• 2/77? : Arizona (Lake Havasu, AZ; Grand Canyon; Las Vegas)
• 7/79? : California (Los Angeles, San Diego, Knotts Berry Farm)
• 8/80? : South Dakota (Badlands, Black Hills) (drove)
• 8/81? : Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City (drove)
• 8/82? : North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado (with Thomas) (drove)
• 8/83? : North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado (with Joy and Jody) (drove)
• 8/84? : Europe (England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, West Germany, Lichtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco)
• 8/87?: South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorada, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa (drove)
• 11/87? : Arizona
• 2/88? : Arizona
• 8/89 : Hawaii (Oahu, Kawaii)
• 6/91 : Europe (France, Belgium, England, Scotland, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany)
• 10/93 : Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut (drove)
• 10/94 : Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa (drove)
• 2/96 : Arizona (drove)
• 7/96 : Oregon, Washington
  
• 11/96 : San Francisco; Napa Valley; Monterey; Big Sur; Eureka; Redwood National Park (drove)
• 1997 : Minnesota trip (10 year High School class reunion)
• 12/97 : OR, NV, AZ, CA (drove)
• 1998 : Minnesota trip (Chris and Brent Scholl's wedding)
• 02/1999 : Arizona (Henry Drywa's funeral)
• 05/01/99-05/12/99 : Thailand (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Ko Samui, Phuket)
• 08/28/99-08/31/99 : Minnesota trip
• 11/25/99-11/30/99 : New York City, Washington, D.C., Gettysburg, PA
• 03/30/00-04/03/00 : Arizona
• 12/21/00-12/27/00 : Minnesota trip (Cory and Angie Andrea's wedding)
• 3/18-3/23/01 : Denver, CO trip (training for Informix)
• 4/27-4/29/01 : Denver, CO trip (Jeff and Dana Block's wedding)
• 8/09-8/14/01 : Minnesota trip (Angie and Jimmy Barrett's wedding)
• Nov 2003 : San Diego
• Dec 2004 : Maui, Hawaii

• 1985? : Buddy Rich and his big band : St. Paul, Minnesota
• 1985? : Air Force Jazz Band : Stewart Hall, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
• 1985? : Maynard Ferguson and his big band : St. Benedict's College, St. Joseph, Minnesota
• 1985? : Beach Boys : HH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1985? : Neil Diamond : Met Center in St. Paul, Minnesota
• 1986? : Buddy Rich and his big band : Rawhide, Scottsdale, Arizona
• 1987? : Neil Diamond : Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1987? : Billy Joel : Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota ("The Bridge" tour)
• 1988? : Beach Boys : Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota
• 1988? : Michael Jackson : Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota
• 1989? : Odetta : Stewart Hall, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
• 1989? : Stanley Clarke : Stewart Hall, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
• 1989? : Rolling Stones : HH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1989? : Paul McCartney : Ames, Iowa
• 1990? : Billy Joel : Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1991? : Alabama : Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota
• 1993? : Paul McCartney : HH Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 7/4/95? : Ringo Starr : Mall of America parking lot in Bloomington, Minnesota
• 10/24/95 : Bob Dylan : Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Set list:

   Drifter's Escape 
   If You See Her, Say Hello 
   All Along The Watchtower 
   Just Like A Woman 
   Watching The River Flow 
   Silvio
   Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic w band) 
   Masters Of War (acoustic w band) 
   Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic w band) 
   God Knows 
   I'll Remember You 
   Highway 61 Revisited 
   Alabama Getaway 
   The Times They Are A-Changin' (acoustic w band) 
   Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
  

  [Source: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/3427/1995.html]
• 06/12/99 : Bob Dylan and Paul Simon : Rose Garden Arena in Portland, OR
  Set list:

  Bob Dylan
  8:07    I'm Ready
  8:11    Mr. Tambourine Man
  8:17    Masters Of War
  8:23    Girl Of The North Country
  8:28    Tangled Up In Blue
  8:36    All Along the Watchtower
  8:41    Not Dark Yet
  8:47    Stuck Inside Of  Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
  8:55    Just Like A Woman
  9:02    Highway 61 Revisited
  9:09    Love Sick
  9:15    Like A Rolling Stone
  9:22    Don't Think Twice, It's Allright
  
  Bob Dylan and Paul Simon
  9:31    The Sound Of Silence
  9:37    I Walk The Line
  9:40    Blue Moon Of Kentucky
  9:41    Knocking On Heaven's Door
  
  Paul Simon
  10:17   Like A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
  10:21   Can't Run But
  10:29   The Boy In The Bubble
  10:32   The Coast
  10:37   Trailways Bus
  10:43   Mrs. Robinson
  10:47   Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
  10:51   Further To Fly
  10:57   Graceland
  11:02   The Cool, Cool River
  11:08   Slip Slidin' Away
  11:13   Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
  11:20   You Can Call Me Al
  11:27   Late In The Evening
  11:32   Still Crazy After All These Years
  11:38   The Boxer [Encore]
  [Source: alt.music.paul-simon newsgroup]
  

• 07/11/99 : Harry Connick, Jr. and his big band : Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 09/24/99 : Mehr and Sher Ali -- Qawalli concert : Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 11/06/99 : Frank Sinatra, Jr. w/ Oregon Symphony : Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 11/12/99 : Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar concert : Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 11/13/99 : Christine Lavin : Pacific Coast University in Forest Grove, OR
  
• 12/16/99 : Barenaked Ladies, Jewel, Jude, Dido (The Beat 107.5 4th Annual Almost Acoustic Christmas Show): Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 2000? : Nigel Kennedy? (young classical violinist) : Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 01/12/00 : "Drummers of West Africa", Senegelese drummers, led by Doudou N'Diaye Rose : Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
  
• 03/28/00 -- opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" by Janacek at Civic Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 04/07/00 -- "The Sound of Music" w/ Richard Chamberlain and Meg Tolin at Civic Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 04/08/00 -- pops concert by Andrea Marcovicci w/ the Oregon Symphony : "I'll Be Seeing You: The Love Songs of World War II" at Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 05/27/00 -- pops concert by Norman Leyden, Susannah Mars, Leyden Singers, w/ the Oregon Symphony : "A Tribute to Cole Porter" at Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
• 06/08/00 -- Cirque de Soleil / Saltimbanco in Portland, OR
• 08/20/00 -- east European band at the Rose Garden outdoor amphitheater
• 10/27/00 -- Peter Mayer house concert in Portland, OR
• 06/30/01 -- Emmylou Harris; Joe Henry (Oregon Zoo)
• 07/../01 -- Leo Kottke (Oregon Zoo -- Portland, OR)
• 2002? -- Bob Dylan - Seattle, WA
• 2002? -- Bob Dylan - Eugene, OR
• 2003? -- Paul McCartney - Portland, OR
• 2004? -- Simon and Garfunkel - Seattle, WA
• Oct 2006 -- Paul McCartnet - Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon

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