This year at PJ Lifestyle we’re going to try and increase the number of products that we review. This is version 3 of an ongoing list of the best books and products for self-styled “new media troublemakers.” I’m going to try and publish new versions with more products and photos regularly. I’d say daily but don’t want to over-promise yet. I’ll TRY for daily (Monday-Friday) with more product suggestions and original photos… Have a product you want to see photographed and reviewed in this space? Send me an email: DaveSwindlePJM {@} Gmail.com
Seven Writing and Media Tools I Use Daily
1. Morning reading spot of choice (when Wife hasn’t commandeered it): Sumo Gigantor – reviewed here, and named “The Giant Tribble” for its furry resemblance to a notorious Star Trek villain. It serves as background for many book photos.
2. Tablet of choice: iPad, a tool I use throughout the work day…
3. Tablet case of choice: Snugg – reviewed here. Have a better one I should try?
4. zebra stylus pen – I like having a real pen on one end and a stylus on the other. I need to order ink refills.
5. Moleskine Journal – I strongly recommend writing by hand and this has become my journal of choice over the years.
6. iPhone for taking and uploading photos.
7. Instagram for sharing images quickly.
Two New Books I’m Enjoying Reading Now That I’ll Review More Thoroughly Soon:
8. What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted by Tevi Troy
9. Lisa De Pasquale’s debut book Finding Mr. Righteous
Three Of My Favorite New Books I’m Going to Reread and Write More About Soon:
10. The New School by Glenn Reynolds
11. Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa and Prof. Ronald Rychlak’s Disinformation
12. Robert Spencer’s Did Muhammad Exist?
Twelve Library Books on my Mind of Late:
13. No One Left to Lie To By Christopher Hitchens
14. The Wisdom of Maimonides by Edward Hoffman
15. Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal by William H. Chafe
16. Escape from Evil by Ernest Becker
17. Walt Disney’s Fantasia by John Culhane
18. Walt Disney’s Animated Characters by John Grant
19. The Hebrew Republic by Eric Nelson
20. Break, Blow Burn by Camille Paglia
21. In Search of Bill Clinton by John Gartner
22. Timothy Leary: A Biography by Robert Greenfield
23. Antisemitism and the American Far Left by Stephen H. Norwood
24. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton By Ann Coulter
Where to Get the Best Deals on Books? Library Book Sales. For $20.50 I Got These Ten Last Weekend:
25. Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate by Neil Baldwin
26. The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald
27. George Washington collected writings
28. Thomas Jefferson collected writings
29. Alexander Hamilton collected writings
(I really made off like a bandit with getting these 3 Library of America collections for only $8. Brand new they’re about $75 and even used you’re lucky to get them for under $30 not counting shipping.)
30. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
31. What’s a Dog For? by John Homans
32. Film: An International History of the Medium by Robert Sklar
33. Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography by Roger Shattuck
34. Barry Goldwater’s The Conscience of a Conservative
Six Movie, Music and Talk Radio Recommendations To Have On in the Background While Troublemaking:
35. Walt Disney’s Fantasia on Blu Ray
I’ve gotten in the habit of just having it on in the background some days while working…
36. Oceania by the Smashing Pumpkins, which Chris Queen blogged through track by track last year, is still my favorite go-to album when I need to focus and work.
37. Songza for classical music while working and something more energetic while running the Siberian.
38. Early Morning Talk Radio Recommendation: 6 AM-9 AM PST on Am 870 – The Morning Answer with Ben Shapiro, Elisha Krauss, and Brian Whitman
39. Late Morning Talk Radio Recommendation: 9 AM- Noon, The Dennis Prager Show
40. Late Afternoon Talk Radio Recommendation: 3-6 PM The Ben Shapiro Show on KTTH 770
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