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Missed the mark

Revisado: 05-31-20

You know how school can take a subject like Sex education and still make it dull? ... well this book is like that. At a time when all of the UK was on the edge -- with home made bombs, kidnappings and military conflicts, the author instead spends hours talking about a prison hunger strike. Sounds like he did a lot of research but it is a book for people interested in the objective distant political view, not the real drams of the war.

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Interesting

Revisado: 03-22-20

It is interesting although I would rather it focused on the thing they created rather than the politics they bought with it

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intolerable and boring

Revisado: 03-17-20

I shut this off after 15 min... it nothing but a government bureaucrat writing poison about backstabbing and in fighting. I just finished reading Edward Snowden, Permanent Record as great book on whistle blowing. This book is nothing like that, short on facts and long on griping about co-workers. Could not stand this book, not sure how it got published.

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A waste of time

Revisado: 02-20-20

From section 2 of this book I learned that all that ails mankind is due to missing even a moment short of 8 hours sleep a night. That is right miss just one night of sleep and you will spontaneously combust! Got a tumor? you must have missed a nap!
I am so confused, my diet book said food causes all illness, my exercise book says sedimentary lifestyle cause all illness, my neighbor says contrails from the U.S. air-force cause all illness, A witch doctor told me my illness came from bad jube-jube, My Yogi says it is all bad Karma, probably from punching stinky Schwartz in the nose, at recess when I was 7. Now from Dr. Walker I learn all illness is caused by staying up past your bedtime. What is worse I do all these things and I am not even sick yet!

Many areas or this book are full of "false science lines" like, According to a 1992 study people who miss sleep are considerably more likely to be flagellant. The author uses terms like "direct coloration" but is that .000001 % or what? One study? out of four? In my own research -- there is a direct coloration between this book and total nonsense.

The book states thing like "people who take sleeping pills often die before the general population", Of course the book misses the idea that dying people are often prescribed sedatives.

Dr. Walker reminds me of the Ghost-buster academics who try to skate from grant to grant avoiding any real science. His total wisdom on sleep comes down in the last chapter; You must not drinking coffee at night, go to bed at the same time each night, sleep in a cool distraction free room. Heck my mom new that in 1942!

Now I am so afraid of consequences of not sleeping I am up all night -- avoid this book and don't join the eternal damned.

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Rubed out by monotony

Revisado: 08-22-17

Not since Masters and Johnson has an academic taken such an interesting subject and made it so boring. If you like the words redactied and airtel your in for a treat because he use these words are in every paragraph. The whole book is a series of monotone quotes from other books and FBI internal memos (airtels).

The book’s subject was a brutal mobster and his life had many stories of fraud, murder, sex and gambling. It also is the story of the FBI looking the other way to protect this source. This book reads it out like the encyclopedia.

By chapter ten I switched off after ripping my headphones out of my ears. My mind was going numb and my eyes were crossed, it was like studying for a law school final. Such a shame.

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Laughed out loud

Revisado: 12-26-16

You must forgive the book for it was written in a different time, a time when race was a bigger issue and religion and politics were more raw. It is interesting how this book can say things then that would not even be allowed socially now. OK yes I agree this is full of stereotypes and in some cases out and out prejudice. But there is a grain of truth in it all and it shows how both the media, justice and the special interest groups create unintended victims. It also pokes holes at the smug rich and shows really how fragile it all is. But most of all it is just a classic comedy of pile of humans building a ridiculously funny situation.

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Exciting and different

Revisado: 12-26-16

What made the experience of listening to Master and Commander the most enjoyable?

I really thought this was going to be the story in the Russell Crow movie but it is so much better. Dramatic sea battles and everyday life. You also learn a lot of old world ship terms, as a sailor I probably found that more interesting than most would. You will learn a lot about how things worked in the day.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The main character in this book is a very human man who worked for a long time to get a command and is clearly not confident in his new role. But he comes through with witt and cunning.

Which scene was your favorite?

I think the final chase and sinking of the ship by the enemy.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Not ruined by Hollywood, a real story.

Any additional comments?

I found this enjoyable and even my girlfriend liked it. It has a wide appeal.

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Not even a smirk let alone a laugh

Revisado: 12-25-16

Would you try another book from Nick Offerman and/or Nick Offerman?

nope

What three words best describe Nick Offerman’s performance?

Quality performance, speaks clear.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Paddle Your Own Canoe?

the beginning middle and end

Any additional comments?

I did not laugh once. This guys says he is famous, I guess I missed his show on cable. Mostly it sounds like the drunk ramblings of a midlife crisis male talking about how cool it was to have sex with his high-school gf, and to smoke weed and go to theater school. Pretty typical for all of us.

He also waxes on about his family in a style of, my Aunt Emily made a apple pie that was a gift from god, and there never was a woman with such a warm smile. My Uncle Herbert could fix any tractor with a paper clip he kept in his shoe. blah blah blah like we care -- we all love our family and his is not remarkable.

He talks about how Macho he is doing a lot of woodworking and eating grilled beef, but flirts with fashion and spent a lot of time with boys on road trips from theater school. Draw your own closeted fantasy dots, if you care, in my case I don't. He also drips in a sort of America can be great again Trump type admonishment to make your own canoe and then to show he is no republican he also suggest getting high snorting gas from whip cream?

He often uses a string of bigger words try to sound profound and then finish the sentence with something from the street like "whatever the f*** that means" -- just so you know he is smart and cool.

In all he tries too hard to be Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Mark Twain and a bit of Bevis and Butt head. Result... snore.

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A brilliant glimpse into the blindingly obvious

Revisado: 12-13-15

What disappointed you about Get Up!?

Mothers in 1940 told their children "to loose weight, you need diet and exercise". Amazing that since then doctors make a $1million repackaging the same advice in to a book that takes hours to get through. He raves about inventing a $150 device connected to an iPhone that essentially is just the $14 pedometer I owned in the 80's. Yes there are a ton of statistics, from studies he got big grants for (that quantify to a digit) what we all knew intuitively. In the end it all just says -- you sit on your butt in the car, at work and in front of the the TV you are going to be huge -- who knew? Trust me you would learn a lot more watching the 1 hour documentary Supersize Me (where the subject has a daily step limit and a fast food diet). After that you should enjoy a salad and a brisk walk.

Would you ever listen to anything by James A. Levine again?

No this pompous windbag is good example of an academic who should loose his funding and find a real job. He also gets off topic discussing -- a childhood snail collections or his bad driving habits. He then shows his nasty side with a few snide titles for others like "Professor to no mind". Just agonizing to listen too.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

No he captured the sound of a arrogant academic perfectly.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Yes Audible has a great return policy. Thank you!

Any additional comments?

There is an island in Belize called Caye Caulker, they have no cars and only one bad TV station. Come visit and see everyone is thinner and the slightly heavier people own Golf carts. If you are a university professor, I am sure the school will fund your vacation, oops, I mean research.

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There are better uses of your time

Revisado: 09-12-15

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No, The guy claims he spent years on the floor of the Chicago exchange but has no war stories from then, except lucking on to the CME executive board because he wore a nice suit. Instead he relives his frat day in school and his his undeserved promotion in the Army. By contrast In Pit Bull Marty Swartz has some great stories of his trading days. In all those years Jim Paul had none? On day one in the pits every trader learns Stops are in Emotions are out. But in all those years he did not learn that, in fact he says he learned nothing in the pits he just rode the coat tails of better traders. He then lost a million dollars on a very stupid trade. Leveraged to the teeth and did not watch it. Then the book goes on to quote a bunch of business books (not trading books) and he rambles on about Coke buying Colombian pictures. He then says in books he could not find details on a good time/way to put on a trade, so he knows nothing about entering a trade, but he wants to tell you how to exit. His advice, have a plan that suits your style -- end of story what the heck does that mean? Well it turns out If you loose money you are an ego maniac with a bad plan and if you make money you are smart and have a plan?The book was written years ago so it is funny that he picks as an example Steve Jobs who he says is a looser with a big ego who failed at Next computer and Bear Sterns as great traders with the plan. Well we all know Jobs made a comeback with the iPhone and Bear Sterns blew up in 2008.

Has What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars turned you off from other books in this genre?

We are getting there

Was What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars worth the listening time?

No, not even close

Any additional comments?

There is no actionable advice here, just feel bad admonishment. The author has no real advice beyond, get a plan. There is no back-testing, no proof, he just (poorly) regurgitates other books many off topic. Chuck this book and read David Aronson - Evidenced Based Technical Analysis, John Murphy's Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets or a little lighter, Elder's Come Into My Trading Room. Also follow top blogs like "cme4pif Weekend Market Comment". All of these detail real signals to enter and exit the market and of course risk control.

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