Correia’s Son of the Black Sword

By John Brown | February 26, 2017 - 6:13 pm |February 27, 2017 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

I just finished reading Larry Correia’s Son of the Black Sword, and enjoyed it immensely. It takes memes from King Arthur’s sword, Moses, the Shaolin monks, special operations forces, ancient India, prophets, and freedom and mixes them into an epic fantasy that’s simply tremendous. It has all the action and entertainment you expect from a →

Good Stuff! Two movies, a book, and a shovel

By John Brown | February 12, 2017 - 2:57 pm |February 12, 2017 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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We’re going to start with the shovel because it’s been dumping snow this year, and I know there are some folks out there who want a quicker way to clear the snow from their driveways and walks. And, boy, do I have something for them. I think it’s safe to say that the Brown family →

Good Stuff! How to Make Meetings Work

By John Brown | January 13, 2017 - 12:20 am |January 13, 2017 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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Do you regularly sit through meetings that seem to accomplish nothing? Meetings where people drone on and on and on. Meetings where people discuss and no decision is ever made. Meetings that always slide off topic. Meetings that should never have been held in the first place. In many cases, the reason these meetings stink →

Good Stuff! Savory Thai, Planters Medley, Everest, The Arrival

By John Brown | December 4, 2016 - 5:12 pm |December 4, 2016 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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I love finding little, non-chain restaurants with excellent, reasonably priced food. And I just found another one this week. It’s called Savory Thai, and it’s on 182 W Center Street in Orem, UT. Oh, baby. If you decide to go, you are in for a treat. We ate there in celebration of my third daughter’s →

Peak

By John Brown | October 21, 2016 - 6:55 pm |October 21, 2016 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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How many pushups can you do in a row? 10, 20? Could you do 100? And you’d have to be a freak if you could do 500 in a row, right? Well, no. You’d just be human. In 1980 Minoru Yoshida of Japan did 10,057 pushups nonstop. In 1993 Charles Servizio of the good old →