Book: Bygone, Badass, Broads

Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Some hidden gems in there but overall to little detail, as can be expected in 5 minute sections about each "Broad", but then a good chunk of that is wasted on unnecessary feminist rhetoric other then sticking to the facts.

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Book: The Fall of Gondolin

The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good Story, but a bit repetitive as it's the same story a couple of times over

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Book: Pirate Women

Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas by Laura Sook Duncombe
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It's okay, not to bad, but really a bit heavy handed on the feminism.

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Book: Under the Black Flag

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Had the paper copy for ever and never read it, it's a good refresher on the history of Pirates.

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Lockdown for Life

How many deaths could be prevented by a lockdown

- Motor Vehicle Accidents (Annual about 30.000 in the US alone)
- Flu Related Deaths (Annual about 50.000 in the US alone)

Course: Thinking About CyberSecurity

Thinking about Cybersecurity: From Cyber Crime to Cyber Warfare by Paul Rosenzweig
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Book: Sawbones

The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Justin McElroy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Based on Episodes from the Podcast
https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/sawbones/

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Book: How we'll live on Mars

How We'll Live on Mars by Stephen L. Petranek
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Course: The Pagan World

The Pagan World - Ancient Religions Before Christianity by Hans-Friedrich Mueller
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Once you get used to the Professors distinct style it's pretty good.
May your nights and studies be auspicious


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Book: Game of Thrones Psychology

Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind Is Dark and Full of Terrors by Travis Langley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Actually Pretty Good, more a Psychology book then a Game of Thrones reference book

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Book: The Art of Seduction

The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I personally like Robert Greene's style, the Machiavellian approach to life lessons, so different from my own I might add, combined with the historical references. If you like the 48 Laws of Power, the Art of War you'll like this one too, even some of the examples overlap between the books.

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Book: Raising Human Beings

Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child by Ross W. Greene
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Book: Batman and Psychology

Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight by Travis Langley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I didn't grow up on Comic Books and really know characters like Batman more from my sons, so I had a lot to learn, and it was interesting putting that in context with the little psychology I knew.

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Book: The God Delusion

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I enjoyed it for being direct and challenging believes, but he can come across as a bit condescending, especially if you do follow any of the mainstream religions. On the other hand Atheists don't have nearly as many spokesmen as the religious community. He clearly is not a fan of conservatives like George W. Bush or Tony Blair nor religious leaders the likes of Pat Robertson.

QUOTES

“A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim parents. This latter nomenclature, by the way, would be an excellent piece of consciousness-raising for the children themselves. A child who is told she is a 'child of Muslim parents' will immediately realize that religion is something for her to choose -or reject- when she becomes old enough to do so.”

“Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.”

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Book: How to Build a Car

How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer by Adrian Newey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A good mix of technical details, sports history and personal autobiography. Adrian's personal story is interesting and moving, and he doesn't shy away from the hard topics, his mistakes and faults, including his guilt involving Senna's Crash in 1994. Great respect for the man, but then I'm also a Red Bull Racing fan, at least in part as I'm Austrian. The following are the Teams, Engineers and Drivers who make an appearance in the book:

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Book: God is Disappointed in You

God Is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Author is trying hard not to offend Christians, while still making the point that most of what's in the Bible is pretty absurd. It's a good read to refresh you knowledge of that's actually in the "good" book.

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Course: The Real History of Witches and Witch-Hunting

The Real History of Witches and Witch-Hunting by Thomas A. Fudge
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Actually really good once you get used to the lecturer, It covers the history of witchcraft, the heroes who opposed the villains (Witch-Hunters) and their victims

There are a number of specific Laws, Trials and Books referenced:

The last lecture especially should be something we all should listen to, relating how modern day witch hunts are still happening such as the Satanic Ritual Abuse and related Daycare Sex Abuse Hysteria of the 1980s and 1990s:.

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Book: The Teenage Brain

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Frances E. Jensen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I wish I could have liked it a bit more, and the beginning was good, but some chapters just didn't apply to me and my children, such as drug usage, concussion, etc. There are parts of the books that I wanted to skip forward, but I wasn't sure if I may miss something important among the long stories to make her point. Not bad, but could have been better.

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Book: Get Well Soon

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Overall a good book, and I really enjoyed the time with the author, who's commentary lightens up the mood, just a bit but not to much to take away from the seriousness of the topic. I was aware of some of the material, like the black death, dancing plague and Cholera but others especially more modern ones I didn't know as much about such as Polio, LE and Lobotomy (not really a disease). In most books I read Woodrow Wilson, who I at first thought was a great liberal president, comes up as a rather negative character, this is no difference. 

The Chapters line up for the most part with specific diseases or outbreaks:

 

Diseases affect people, so there are as usual the references to the Heroes, Villains and Victims:

In some way Typhoid Mary is maybe the most interesting character, as I'm not sure if she was a villain or a victim of society. A short biography of her life is shown below. What do you think?

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What if we'd treat the annual Flu like the Coronavirus

Think back to January 2019, and imagine the news would have reported the flu outbreak like the Coronavirus in 2020.


Superbowl Cancelled!!

My Digital Brain

Library

Audible

My latest binary threshold crossed, 1100, in my Audible Library, and no I'm still working on "reading" them all. New milestone reached on Friday, 13th 2020, while the world is going to "hell" with the Coronavirus Panic. 1111, this will be the last time it will be one number across the board, as 2222, is still another 1111 away. Maybe when I retire.

A not quite complete listing of it's contents:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/6247417-christian-loidl?shelf=status-own-audible

Beliefs

How does what we belief, define us? 

The following are the five major areas of beliefs I have identified, along with their schools of thought in human history:

Personal

Social

Political

Religious

Scientific

Do those five areas more or less completely define who we are. What's missing, on the map of beliefs?

Philosophers

• Karl Marx
• Rene Descartes
• Socrates
• Voltaire

Learning Resources

The Great Courses

The Modern Scholar

Biography

Where to start, well let me start by saying that I don't anticipate that anybody will read or care about what I write, but I feel writing in down will put my mind at ease. My story is probably and unfortunately a much more common in our times then it should be, even it seems unique and at times extreme to me. It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?

1998

It all started in February of 1998 ... no it actually didn't, the story starts probably much earlier, but lets start there for now. One got to start somewhere. It was in the days of the .COM boom everything on the web was hot, even online dating was not yet a common thing as it has become these days, but somehow I ended up on a dating site - which one I don't recall - and got to know a few members of the opposite sex, two off them in the United States. One on the East Coast, a black medical student who should soon become my wife, one on the West Coast, an Asian lady who is still a good friend to this day. Things went quickly, we met for a few weeks in the summer.  By the end of the year ended I was engaged and married to the former and heading out of my home town

Parenting

Parenting Books

The following are the list of books, which I've come across, and incorporated into my own parenting style:

Which books should be recommended reading for all new parents?

Religion

Why do we belief what we belief?

The following list of Books would probably be to your liking if you are Agnostic or Atheist:

Recommend Books:

"The God Delusion", Richard Dawkins (2006)

"Good is Disappointed in you" (2011)