Author Archives: Berto
About Berto
Hi! This is my blog!TV Review: Friday Night Lights
I’m not a TV guy, but Friday Night Lights has sucked me in. This action/drama show starring football-addicted small-town Texas has been stealing my Tuesday nights. Since it’s filmed right here in Austin, I have taken extra interest in this rapidly-degrading series.
The pilot of Friday Night Lights was incredible and had me within minutes. It was edgy, had lots of football action, and a good storyline. However, it was also predictable right from the … Read the rest →
Sales Training’s Over, Time to Get Back Into Shape
The 6 weeks of engineering sales training are over! My final presentation was quite a success and I’m excited to get out to LA!
Unfortunately, since the start of this glorious football season, I’ve exercised about 5 times, and am now in some of the worst shape of my life. I’m still just under 200lbs, but I’ve simply turned all of my muscle into fat.
I feel like garbage and it’s time to turn this … Read the rest →
Forgive Me Buckeyes, For I Have Sinned
… or more realistically, my parents have sinned.
A few weeks ago, my mom was rummaging through some old stuff, where she happened upon an article from the News Herald. It was an article about volunteering, with my picture alongside childhood best friend Jason and our buddy Andy.
And there it is. Fifth grader Mike Roberto, wearing a MICHIGAN shirt!
I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw this! How could I wear such … Read the rest →
Book Review: The Broker, by John Grisham
Prior to this story, Joel Backman was a high rolling lawyer until he tried to broker a deal to sell software to the world’s most powerful satellite surveillance system. He got caught and put in prison and the software was hidden. However, the U.S. government wants his death or that information. After six years in solitary, the CIA director gets the lame duck President to pardon Backman, making him available with a nice target on … Read the rest →
Book Review – A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Every now and then, a book comes by, rocks your world, and completely shakes your foundations by changing the way you think.
A Confederacy of Dunces is not one of those books – but it’s close.
John Kennedy Toole simply fascinated me with this book. The dialogue, vocabulary, humor, and character development are simply unequaled. You have to read it to believe it.
However, just because it’s such an amazing read doesn’t mean that you’ll … Read the rest →
My First Book Review: Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
I’ll be first to admit that I have no clue how to write a book review, and this contains “spoilers”, if there is such a thing in a non-fiction book. You’ve been warned.
Freakonomics claims to have no unifying theme, but I actually have found the unifying theme, and I’ll get to that at the end.
But first, let’s get started with the content:
Content Review (spoilers)
“A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of … Read the rest →