The author went to a great pain to elaborate why we get fat, not from eating too many calories and/or exercising too little – calories in and calories out theory – but from eat carbohydrates causing a spike in insulin which in turn shut down the burning of fat. The science was explained and it was convincing.

The bottom line is to avoid carbohydrates or reduce its consumption down to 20 grams a day or less and eat fat the rest the way until you feel full. That’s it. Simple as that. The strange thing is that this method has been known since the 1950’s and yet the health organizations continue to debunk what has proven to work – probably due to the pressure from the food and health industries.

This is a good easy read and well worth the time if controlling/reducing the weight is your goal.

This is an hilarious account of Tiny Fey’s rise to fame from an unknown Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” writer/actor leading to the producer of the 30 Rock show. Of course, the imitation of Sarah Palin was the opportunity that brought her the fame in the national TV. The sketch scripts for the imitation of Sarah Palin was extremely funny and brilliant.

In the book, there were funny stories about her honeymoon cruise that ended in an evacuation from the ship due to an engine fire, climbing the old rag mountain with no preparation to accompany/please a “potential” boyfriend who ended up bruised in a slip, male comedy writers who pee in jars, her experiment starting the 30 Rock with Alec Baldwin, and her Greek upbringing and growing up with a scar.

The audiobooks is narrated by Tiny Fey herself – very funny. Well worth listening to.

Tony Blair really poured out his guts in this book about his political life. There were interesting stories about Lady Diana, the facing down of terrorists after 911, the Kosvo war, the Iraq war. There were more mundane descriptions of the political life and his “New Labor” initiatives. He sounded very genuine and enthusiastic about

He didn’t have a lot of nice things to say about Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, who succeeded him or forced him out. I thought he wined too much about Gordon. Tony should’ve got rid of him despite of all, in my opinion. Surprisingly, he had a lot of nice things (like integrity) to say about George Bush.

Many people including myself thought that Tony Blair was an US puppet, claiming to be shoulder-to-shoulder with US. But I sensed that he really believed that the it’s in UK’s best interest to be aligned with the US interest.

I got to learn a lot about Britain’s political systems, the parties (Tory vs. Labor), the precarious relationship between the prime minister and the Royal family. I thought the role of the Chancellor is a bit strange and counter-productive. In addition, the PMQ (Prime Minister Questions) with the House of Commons is interesting; it’s like a weekly session of putting the prime minister’s butt against fire.

Tony Blair held the office for a good 10 years – an awful long time in today’s democracy system. I think at the end people just got sick of having him in power, not because his policies were wrong and detrimental to the Brits.

This is an interesting book for someone who wants to learn about being a good leader, the politics, and Britain’s political system – all for the price of one book. I listened to the audiobook recorded by Tony Blair himself – very personal and believable.