I’m throwing five full turnips at John Grisham (and five turnips is great) for his novel Playing for Pizza. The book’s not particularly long, and not especially deep. Instead, it’s an extremely charming jaunt through the salvation of a failed NFL quarterback in Italy (NFL Italy). If you’re a fan of football, you’ll love this book; if you’re a fan of gold old, heartwarming stories, you’ll really like this book.

In recent years, I’ve grown somewhat tired of the lawyer-laden catalog from Grisham. Sure, he’s good, but I don’t really like lawyers (even though I’ll confess to having read every one of his offerings). This book is a complete departure from his norm, and had enough of my attention to justify polishing it off in a couple of days.

If your New Year’s resolution list includes being more like me (or maybe just reading more), be sure to check it out.

There are scores and scores of tips out there on how to implement GTD with a Moleskine, ranging from pretty strict implementations to stripped-down versions of GTD. After nearly a year of using GTD in my Moleskines (I’m on number four), I’m finally comfortable enough with my method to consider it relatively static. Read on for an outline of my system.

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Deer in the meadow. There’s nothing else to say.

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This story highlights the importance of all those “damned safety regulations.” Bravo to the crew of the Explorer, and to the passengers who got their asses in gear.

In frigid air, passengers and crew waited in open lifeboats more than four hours, bobbing as the seas turned rough, and two nearby ships steamed to their rescue.

This partial screenshot shows just how close the Witch Creek fire came to my house, per the county’s assessment. As I review this, I still haven’t been able to get back into Ramona, so I can’t say whether or not this is accurate…

I’ve been using Google Earth to track news developments (notice the push-pins) for the last four days.