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Not that it matters all that much, but here’s what’s been keeping me up late at night (I’m an inveterate late-night reader, much to my own chagrin).<\/p>\n

\"Blood<\/a><\/p>\n

Blood Brothers<\/em> is a gripping account of Time<\/em> journalist Michael Weisskopf losing his hand to a grenade in Iraq and his recuperation and rehabilitation at Ward 57<\/a> at Walter Reed Army Medical Center<\/a> (the ward where all military amputees are sent). It is essential reading on account of the reminder it gives us about the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform are making on our behalf. People for and against the war will find much to think about in this book.<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a><\/p>\n

How can you resist? It’s Alton Brown<\/em>, for God’s sake! And it comes with pig, cow, lamb and chicken parts refrigerator magnets – how cool is that! This is one of those cookbooks that will spend as much time at your bedside table as on the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n

\"Iwoz:<\/a><\/p>\n

We all know way too much about Steve Jobs, but I knew next to nothing about the tech-wiz co-founder of Apple Computer, Steve Wozniak. Once you get past the gee-whiz style of prose, it’s an engrossing read, and it’s truly stunning to read of his accomplishments. What a mind!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not that it matters all that much, but here’s what’s been keeping me up late at night (I’m an inveterate late-night reader, much to my own chagrin). Blood Brothers is a gripping account of Time journalist Michael Weisskopf losing his hand to a grenade in Iraq and his recuperation and rehabilitation at Ward 57 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7331,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/18\/golijov-flap-in-eugene\/","url_meta":{"origin":93,"position":0},"title":"golijov flap in eugene","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Of course, no sooner do I declare a composer's music as 'original', than does that same composer get accused of being a musical plagiarist. 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