DJ Strouse

My Goodreads Rating: 2 of 5 stars
Reading this book was a bit like listening to my grandpa rant about LBJ’s foreign policy decisions – he’s probably right, but without the background to appreciate his frustrations, all I can do is listen and squirm awkwardly in my chair.
Batchelor’s book is a polemic against the modern transformation [...]

My Goodreads Rating: 3 of 5 stars
I dove into this book excited to learn how the minds of great scientists churn but instead was reminded of the great danger that accompanies reading old science texts – lengthy discussions of crackpot theories (i.e. phrenology) and passionate defenses of well-accepted ideas (i.e. not all mental activity is [...]

November 2008, Los Angeles, California
A wine glass shatters and a friend jumps back in fright, pinning a large piece of glass between the arm and her chair, slicing a deep wound in her forearm. The exact circumstances are unimportant, but the result is that we are on the curb awaiting an ambulance. She [...]