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Thomas Duff, aka "Duffbert", is a long-time member of the Lotus community. He's primarily focused on the development side of the Notes/Domino environment, currently working for a large insurance company in the Pacific Northwest. He's an avid reader and book reviewer, blogger, writer, and speaker (but only when security is light … more

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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't
Nate Silver is the current rock star of statistics and predictions based on the overwhelming accuracy of his forecasts in the 2012 election results. His book The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions …
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
I've always been amused by people who are health fanatics following some particular trend or fad that promises to fix every issue known to medical science. A. J. Jacobs decided to follow all the health …
What I've Learned... So Far Part III: Banjos, Boats & Butt Dialing
I was recently offered the book What I've Learned... So Far Part III: Banjos, Boats & Butt Dialing by Mike Ball for reading and reviewing. I know I end up turning down most of the offers I get …
Learning to Play With a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa
This book had me in tears, both by laughter and emotional impact... Learning to Play With a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa by Melissa Haynes. The title was enough to …
Judaism For Dummies (For Dummies (Religion & Spirituality))
This was a book that I had put on my library "to be read" list, but decided that getting it via Amazon Vine was faster and better... Judaism For Dummies by Rabbi Ted Falcon PhD and David Blatner. …
Tell No Lies by Julie Compton is the first of a series (two so far) of novels centered around District Attorney Jack Hilliard and his fellow lawyer and one-time lover Jenny Dodson. That's "one-time" …
How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care by Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides, Julie Steele, and Colin Hill is not a large book... in fact, it's only 26 pages. But it's a solid 26 pages that …
Tornados... powerful, fearful, unpredictable... and a source of controversy over the years as people tried to figure out what they are (or if they even existed). Lee Sandlin tells the story of those who …
reviewed Six Years. April 23
Six Years
I picked up Harlan Coben's latest novel Six Years from the library a week or so ago. I enjoy his books, and I was looking forward to a few days of leisurely enjoyment. What I got instead was a book …
Yay... another J. D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) novel... Calculated In Death. This time, Dallas is tagged on a woman's death that looks to be a mugging gone bad. Her body is found on the street at the …
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November 04, 2010
Congrats on earning the November 2010 New York Times Best Sellers Badge in the Cafe Libri Reading Community here on Lunch, Thomas! :)
 
September 27, 2010
Congrats on earning the new Samurai Cat Badge!
 
August 10, 2010
Hi Tom, happy to have you on Lunch! I'm really enjoying your reviews so far and looking to reading more soon. Based on your interests I thought you might also be interested in checking out the Blogger community and this review on Blogger Template Creator. Great blog, by the way. I just had a chance to check it out! Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help!
 
August 07, 2010
hey Tom!! Great to see you on Lunch! I hope you enjoy it here and we are all ears on any feedback... don't be bashful about using the feedback tab on the right hand side if you have any questions. thanks again!
 
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