Gray Wolf Blog

Almost unravels, but manages to save it with a good ending.

Mission Flats

Fast paced with a somewhat contorted end, but a good read overall.

Beat the Reaper: A Novel

Well written and researched.

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

If you need to test sites for IE 6 compatibility, it is hard to beat Virtual PC. These images expire after a while, but MS has been posting updates.

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Quick read – section by Sobel’s son one of the more interesting pieces.

We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers


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Crowded and a bit jumbled. Ok for a first effort.

This Wicked World: A Novel

It’s over, Easy.

Blonde Faith: An Easy Rawlins Novel

Starts to wander near the end, but pretty good overall.

Fear Itself (Fearless Jones Novels)

Spenser and the Gray man re-unite.

Rough Weather (Spenser)

Pretty good.

The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow

A good read – much more brutal than the movie would imply.

Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde

First 1/3 was interesting, but then bogs down, much like the actual proceedings.

Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution

I needed to allow access to file create and delete to a specific user in sql server 2008. This advanced option is now disabled by default.

To enable:

sp_configure ‘show advanced options’, 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO
sp_configure ‘Ole Automation Procedures’, 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO

Pretty interesting book. What goes around…

Thomas Cromwell: The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII’s Most Notorious Minister

Interesting book. Best parts are about his improvements to aerial photo reconnaissance.

Nazi Connection

First half of the book is pretty interesting, but bogs down later on.

First 2/3 has great stories, some which make you laugh out loud. Last 1/3 comes off the rails, but a good read overall.

Another Life: A Memoir of Other People

Focuses on Air Marshal Dowding. Would have been better with more first person accounts

With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain

Mailer’s best work – IMHO.

The Executioner’s Song