Tag Archives: Books

Black Swans in Your Business

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I am adding my random words to the growing pile surrounding a new book by Nassim Nicolas Taleb, who uses his financial trader background and no small amount of math to play a Malcom Gladwell role in describing yet another … Continue reading →

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Readnecks

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Terry Taylor

They gather at the Barnes & Noble early Saturday morning to drink coffee and discuss a few books. They speak in the hushed, reverential tones of people who have been raised to respect the edicts of a stern librarian. Seven of them … Continue reading →

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Easy Money

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt (authors of Freakonomics) are at it again in the New York Times magazine; this time, postulating on the economics of those ubiquitous retail gift cards. They site numerous research reports about things we … Continue reading →

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Johnny U

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Terry Taylor

There were football players and there was Johnny Unitas. He looked like a skinny Pennsylvannia plumber who snuck into a badly fitting uniform and somehow managed to take a beating long enough to get rid of a rope to win … Continue reading →

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Rammer Jammer

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Ingrained in the many football traditions of the University of Alabama are these odd words: “Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer. Give ‘em Hell, Alabama!” coined by the once-respected university literary and humor magazine of the same name. Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Harper … Continue reading →

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My Chemical Romance at Starbucks

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If my graying friends are listening to a band from New Jersey, Springsteen’s probably hunched front and center, screaming the everyday lyrics of a tortured life. Some may even admit to an affection for Bon Jovi. So why am I … Continue reading →

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Organ Sale

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Since we have done a lot of work for organ donation over the last eight years, I found the following to be quite interesting. Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, authors of “Freakonomics,” wrote an interesting piece for the … Continue reading →

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Books Along The Teche

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If they are honest, anyone who has ever read a James Lee Burke novel wishes they could write that wonderfully. He can describe a place and make you taste the air there. So when I found myself in New Iberia, … Continue reading →

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Truman Capote and Harper Lee From Down The Road

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I spend a lot of this space writing about growing up in Alabama, a rich source of material for anyone looking to tell a story. Recently , I found a small commentary in my hometown newspaper about Truman Capote and … Continue reading →

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Mr. Feynman

Posted on March 22, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Even if you’re not a physicist, scientist or mathematician, you may have heard of Dr. Richard Feynman, the funny genius, and Nobel Prize-winning Caltech professor of theoretical physics. Tweet This Post

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I’ve Got An Audiobook Jones

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Terry Taylor

“I like to dream, yeah, yeah, right between my sound machine.” The shiny discs sliding into the thin slot, disappearing into the void with its siblings only to return to me as a story. “You don’t know what we can … Continue reading →

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