Saturday, 7 September 2013

Reaching for the Moon: More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen (1927-1929)

Reaching for the Moon: More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen (1927-1929)

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I’m glad I’m alive” Doris Louise Bailey, a teen in the Prohibition era, writes this sentiment over and over in her diaries as she struggles with a life-threatening bout of scarlet fever. But it’s also an apt summation of how she lived in the years following her brush with death. Reaching for the Moon: More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen (1927-1929) contains Doris’s true-life adventures as she flirts with boys, sneaks sips of whiskey and bets on racehorses – breaking rules and hearts 

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The Funnel
by Justin Blaney
Every human has a gap between what they know and what they apply.
It’s like a funnel.
We try to grow by pouring more knowledge in the top of the funnel.
We read books. Go to conferences. Spend time with mentors. Follow blogs. Get a degree from a top university. Read comic books.
But none of these will help us grow. Beca