I am reading "How to stay on-topic on a college football message board" by Judge Smails.
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Anal? I wouldn't call him that. Most of the time, if a thread got wildly off-track, he would remind folks of the Subject, and try to steer them back to it.
There were other times, if a thread repeatedly got off-track, or he had already posted a reminder to bring it back to the Subject, where he would show some frustration and put down those that were causing problems.
I started reading Connelly’s Bosch books in order. I just started The Narrows. I had to read The Poet first (not a Bosch book) because The Narrows is a sequel.
Connelly is outstanding.
I caught Copenhagen on Amazon Prime the other week, about Heisenberg's visit to Bohr in 1941, and went back to this book. (Aside: it is still unclear to me exactly what was discussed in this meeting, in part because it wasn't until 2007 that Bohr's family released some unsent letters Bohr wrote to Heisenberg. It's clear, though, that if Rhodes' telling of the meeting is accurate, Heisenberg would have been shot if the Nazis had found out about this.) This is an awesome read, very highly recommend. Do yourself a favor.
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Can any parents relate?
One down, thirteen more to go. It's surprisingly violent, but at least it has dragons.
One down, thirteen more to go. It's surprisingly violent, but at least it has dragons.
"The Innocents Abroad", by Mark Twain.
Now in retirement, I have the time to read this classic just one or two short chapters at a time to fully appreciate the wit and imagery. Hard to believe it was written over 150 years ago.
Now in retirement, I have the time to read this classic just one or two short chapters at a time to fully appreciate the wit and imagery. Hard to believe it was written over 150 years ago.
@Tom McAndrew You might appreciate this: I just recently finished Uncertainity, a biography of Heisenberg, and the release in 2007 of additional papers of Bohr’s dated this book significantly. I made the mistake of not checking to see if the very capable author of this book, David C Cassidy, had put out a revised edition incorporating these letters. He had. Damnit.I caught Copenhagen on Amazon Prime the other week, about Heisenberg's visit to Bohr in 1941, and went back to this book. (Aside: it is still unclear to me exactly what was discussed in this meeting, in part because it wasn't until 2007 that Bohr's family released some unsent letters Bohr wrote to Heisenberg. It's clear, though, that if Rhodes' telling of the meeting is accurate, Heisenberg would have been shot if the Nazis had found out about this.) This is an awesome read, very highly recommend. Do yourself a favor.
Also, Rhodes writes of Hans Bethe saying “that Heisenberg passed to Bohr a drawing of the experimental heavy water reactor he (Heisenberg) was working to build.” (It is possible that he was passing this drawing cynically and with Nazi approval. I don’t buy this.) Apparently this information came out late and postdates the first edition as well.
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Captain's Letters to Joe. Seems like every time I pick it and read a bit someone's cutting onions nearby.
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As my suggestions on where this can be purchased?
I bet this site still carries it.
Captain's Letters To Joe Book Now Available - Penn State Athletics
Aug. 25, 2011UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; - At the 2010 State College Quarterback Club banquet, which traditionally honors the seniors from the football team, a special
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I just started 'Bourdain' an oral biography edited by his long time personal assistant, Laurie Woolever. I always enjoyed his show in spite of him. I'm hoping to get a better insight on the guy.
Helpful Hint: If anyone is ever looking for an out of print book try bookfinder.com. I've been using it for years and love it.
An Ugly Truth, Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination. Facebook is the devil’s tool and Zuckerberg is the devil.
Haven’t read this but I might have to. I deleted Facebook years ago. It was not good for my emotional health. I’m one of the few women I know not on Facebook or instagram. I do miss out on certain things going on because of it but if it was really important I would know about it anyway through real life communication. I have considered joining under a fake name just so I can join my neighborhood group and maybe some of the Facebook marketplace
Groups but I just don’t want to go down that rabbit hole (the neighborhood ring app
Comments provide a years worth of entertainment in one week). I also do not want to see constant ads and requests to join many of the “MLM” businesses targeted towards women. Instead you are all stuck with me on here
As usual the stuff I want is all expensive. Anyone ever read the theatrical novel from John carpenter's The Thing? Paperback from 1981 really hard to find now.
I recently read the original Who Goes There? Well actually the new version with extra chapters. That and the book with all the recent short stories based in The Thing universe. Going down Thing holes is fun.
I recently read the original Who Goes There? Well actually the new version with extra chapters. That and the book with all the recent short stories based in The Thing universe. Going down Thing holes is fun.
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I read this book review just now and thought to share. Apologies if you can’t get past the paywall. The book is “Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution,” by H.W. Brands.
I read this book review just now and thought to share. Apologies if you can’t get past the paywall. The book is “Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution,” by H.W. Brands.
6 volume history of England by Peter Ackroyd. Almost they with volume 1….fantastic writing!Just finished:
I read it again after twenty years and was extremely impressed by how it holds up. Weiner is a great voice for scientists; he did a fantastic job with the earlier The Beak of the Finch.
Now reading, another re-read. I'm really digging this.
That’s something I could get into. My dad had a set of Churchill’s History of the English Speaking Peoples and I regret not reading it.
My dad had a good library and I actually read quite a bit of it. He and his brothers, and my mother and her own siblings, were very literary inclined. Growing up, I read a lot of good lit and poetry.
Just finished:
I read it again after twenty years and was extremely impressed by how it holds up. Weiner is a great voice for scientists; he did a fantastic job with the earlier The Beak of the Finch.
Now reading, another re-read. I'm really digging this.
I recently finished Roger Penrose's "Road to Reality" - 1149 pages of particle physics to cosmology, and everything in between, with much higher mathematics and heavily footnoted:
Road to Reality
I am now reading Matthew Stewart's "The Courtier and The Heretic; ; Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World":
The Courtier and the Heretic
I am not sure which hurts my head more, 21st Century physics or 17th Century philosophy; string theory or monads? Time for a stiff drink.
LSHF father and I really got after the college hoops in my youth. He gave me this book a few weeks ago. It’s AWESOME, partly cause I remember watching these cats with father.
On completion of this book, I find myself disappointed. I see that it's still in the NYT top ten and the only explanation is people are buying it as a Christmas gift.
I finished the last book of Baldacci's Atlee Pine series, Mercy, and recommend this 4-book collection.
Presently reading The Light of Days which is the true story of Jewish women resistance fighters during the era of the Holocaust. I find it difficult to read due to the Nazi killings and hostility. This is a book where the saying "Truth Hurts" applies. Spielberg has bought the motion picture option.
I'll have to see if I can find it (the review) elsewhere. WaPo links never work for me, since I don't have a subscription.
I've seen Brands give two online presentations about this book. I wasn't all that enthralled from them, as he was making a big deal about things most devotees of the American Revolution would know in their sleep. That said, I'll probably get to it at some point in the next X number of years.
Much appreciated.
Read that a while ago (excellent too)…this one is focused just on England.
Who has time to read a book?Just finished:
I read it again after twenty years and was extremely impressed by how it holds up. Weiner is a great voice for scientists; he did a fantastic job with the earlier The Beak of the Finch.
Now reading, another re-read. I'm really digging this.
Retired people, evidently. Also, I often wake up for an hour at around 3 am and read myself back to sleep.
Among my favorite American writers. About twenty years ago I re-read Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer ... there was a smile on every page.
Huge fan of Murakami. Wind Up Bird Chronicles and Hard Boiled Detective Story are two of my favorite books.
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