danithew | November 4, 2008
I recently came across a book titled “Better: A Surgeon’s Notes On Performance” by Atul Gawande. I started reading and could not put it down. One particular idea about successful institutional reform (in this case, with hospitals), through recognition of what is referred to as “positive deviance” seems particularly worth examining – but the whole [...]
danithew | October 5, 2007
Khaled Hosseini’s first book The Kite Runner was a very interesting book – certainly worth reading. There were some difficult parts that dealt with extremely harsh realities. There are parts of the plot that will literally make a reader wince. Considering Afghanistan’s recent history with the Taliban, al-Qaeda, etc., a book with Afghani [...]
danithew | May 23, 2007
At Disneyworld there is a ride called Splash Mountain that takes you gently through scenes from the stories of Brer Rabbit until you reach the end, at which point your car makes a fifty-foot drop into a pool of water (where you get splashed, thus the name of the ride).
As soon as we got [...]
