--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog | Creativity & Favorites (26) description: Creativity & Favorites | This site is solely intended to share my learning in business and engaged philanthropy with like-minded people. Ideally, I will continue to build up my audience through readership and speaking gigs but since I've been writing and speaking for 30 years now, my real intention is just to share my journey. 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Adler](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/mortimer-j.-adler) ** Mar 29, 2021 10:00:53 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/mortimer-j.-adler#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/mortimer-j.-adler) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/8e24297067e30139513a005056a9545d.gif) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/april-laugh) ## [April Laugh](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/april-laugh) ** Mar 29, 2021 9:40:09 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/april-laugh#comments-listing)   [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/april-laugh) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/lidell_wide-98a5553507c36c08af06917aff36f00b9d4fe3d3.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/multiply-by-jamie-lidell) ## [Multiply by Jamie Lidell](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/multiply-by-jamie-lidell) ** Mar 29, 2021 8:23:39 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/multiply-by-jamie-lidell#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/multiply-by-jamie-lidell) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/86875663-e78a-4ed2-8ec7-c64be25a85fa-The_Body.jpeg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-body-a-guide-for-occupants-by-bill-bryson) ## [The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-body-a-guide-for-occupants-by-bill-bryson) ** Mar 29, 2021 8:15:09 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-body-a-guide-for-occupants-by-bill-bryson#comments-listing) Editor’s Comment:  Bryson is well known for his variety of interests, from his ambitious “A Short History of Nearly Everything” to a delightful childhood memoir I read called “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid”.  “The Body” fascinated me with startling details of how our body works.  Chapters are broken into parts: brain, heart, lungs as well as systems: immune, chemistry and skeleton.  Bryson adds a point of view, such as his concerns over the overuse of antibiotics.  (see excerpt)  I’m recommending this book with only two promises, it’s far more readable than your biology textbook and you will understand a lot more about the only body you’ll ever own when you’re done. 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