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I'm still fascinated by the stock market. It has been a slightly tumultuous, interesting and (definitely) continuing learning process.

I have been through a few different phases where what I believe about the markets has changed. Random Walk, buy and hold, and other variations of the shot… Continue

The siren song of this book tore me away from other books that I was trying to finish. It was really good, but very different from similar books I have read. Motley Crue were definitely addicts on the road to ruin, but due to the writing style, reading their book The Dirt had me cracking up page after page. Although there is plenty of humor contained within, Slash's book paints a much starker pic of this dude's nearly wasted life.

Slash grew up in Hollywood, the son of parents that worked in th… Continue

This was a fast and interesting read. It is a first person account of an ATF agent that tries to infiltrate the Arizona Hells Angels. The ATF went to surprising lengths to make this happen, including forming their own chapter of an actual club, staging arms deals, loanshark type collections and even a simulated murder of an HA rival. google "operation black biscuit" if you want to read some accounts of the case. Along the way, Dobyns is very candid about how the pull of the outlaw lifestyle slow… Continue

This is a good book in the vein of Reymundo Sanchez' My Bloody Life. Definitely engaging, definitely NC-17. This is the autobiography of a guy best known for singing in the Cro Mags, a seminal hardcore band. The book definitely gave me a range of emotions. Reading about Joseph's abusive foster care experiences made me shed a few tears. There is still humor woven through these parts, but after a minute you realize you are reading about a 10 year old kid stealing food, and sneaking and lying to pl… Continue

Lemmy details his life from childhood through the middle of this decade and regales you with plenty of tales of prodigious drug abuse, womanizing, sketchy record company dealings, and road stories worthy of Spinal Tap. If you know who Lemmy is, you can probably guess what an entertaining read this was. A few times I stopped reading to literally laugh out loud. This would make for a great audiobook or travel read.