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Sunday Morning Book Thread 02-25-2018

Library of f6f - 525.jpgLibrary of Moron Lurker 'f6f'



Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes. Welcome once again to the stately, prestigious, internationally acclaimed and high-class Sunday Morning Book Thread, a weekly compendium of reviews, observations, and a continuing conversation on books, reading, and publishing by people who follow words with their fingers and whose lips move as they read. Unlike other AoSHQ comment threads, the Sunday Morning Book Thread is so hoity-toity, pants are required. Even if it's these pants, which were probably designed and submitted to a fashion show by a master-class troll. I feel sorry for the guy who's modelling them, and hope he's well-paid.


Pic Note

If you click on the library photo for the full version of the entire bookcase and browse around, you will see:

1. A couple of interesting-looking timepieces
2. Several of what I believe are engines for model airplanes
3. A bottle of hot sauce.
4. Books

Yeah, that's a Moron library, alright.


It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®

OXYPHONIA is a sharp or shrill way of speaking.

Usage: After her long-anticipated retirement, Hllary Clinton moved to a luxury villa in Oxyphonia where she spent the remainder of her years thinking about what might have been.

The Wynderfyl Wyrld of Wymyn

Last week, I put up a tweet from a pinched-face scoldy prude posting from the Penguin Books account lamenting women reading books from dead white males. She (I assume it was a 'she') linked to an article entitled Danielle Lazarin Recommends 6 Must-Reads By Women, For Women, and even though I have never heard of Danielle Lazarin, I thought it might be fun to look at her recommendations:

Up first is All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg which is described as

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, childfree woman who defies convention as she seeks connection.​

This description sounds like every woman in the book publishing business, i.e. middle-aged, neurotic, and lonely. So the insistence that she "defies convention" makes me giggle like a schoolboy who has just hidden a frog in the desk of the girl next to me. If this woman really "defied convention", she'd be a husband-loving, church-going housewife with 3 children.

Next up is On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Bliss:

Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear-fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child's air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunize your child, or yourself, from the world.

In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conception of immunity and its implications for the individual and the social body.

Do women actually enjoy reading this sort of stuff? To me, this is like listening to someone ask one of those 'If you were a flower, what kind of flower would you be?' type questions and then run her mouth for 200 pages. I simply don't have any patience for it, but then again, I'm not the author's target audience.

And naturally any list of "must reads for women" has got to do some cheerleading for abortion. This role is filled by The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan. Lazarin comments:

It’s a thrill to read about women literally taking power away from men who had exploited other women, and to witness the change their work created, even as their work was meant to be invisible.

Of course, the questions you're not supposed to ask are, what kind of medical training did abortionists have, and how many pregnant women did they seriously injure or even kill? Also elided are the ethics behind justifying "taking power away from men" by killing another human being.

One Amazon reviewer has a different take on it than Lazarin's "yay for wymyn!" angle:

Though clearly romanticized and seen through the rose-colored glasses of hindsight, The Story of Jane tells a tale of women running a criminal abortion syndicate for ideological rather than financial motives. The author's treatment of Harvey Karman (whom she identifies as "Jordan Bennett") overlooks the less savory aspects of his career, such as his conviction in the death of a woman in a motel-room abortion in Los Angeles, and leaves this reader wondering what else she chooses to gloss over.

I was going to do the other three books on the list, but this has left a bad taste in my mouth. Lazarin is recommending this book for all women, but what about the women who think abortion is wrong, and who think that even though they may have been horribly abused by men, killing an unborn child is worse? The feminists' claim that they speak in the name of "women" is infuriating, because clearly they don't. They say they want to hear women's voices, but apparently not all women's voices, because, the voices of the six books Lazarin is recommending are all marching in rigid ideological lockstep, just like those scripted Parkland kids CNN showed in their 'townhall' meeting. Apparently, only some voices are worth listening to.


Call For Submissions

Lurker Oren tells me he's accepting stories for an uncoming anthology:

[T]his anthology’s theme is “Ye Olde Magick Shoppe.” We’re looking for stories of between 3500-7000 words. To qualify, stories must contain, as a significant plot element, the sale of a magical good or service by someone for whom this is their profession. Naturally, the whole collection will have a bit of a free-market slant to it, but individual stories can go in whatever direction the author prefers. Full details and instructions are here.


Books On the Radio

Lurker Dwight tells me:

The other day I was changing the channel on SiriusXM and wound up on station 143 by accident. It's BYU Radio. I had no idea this even existed. What caught my ear was they were talking about Moby Dick, Day of the Locust, Lolita, and many other books and topics regarding books. It was an extremely well done and I enjoyed it.

I found out the program was called "This'll Take a While" and can be found online at https://www.byuradio.org/show/1f0520e7-c091-448f-a781-c3fa97098ad8/this-ll-take-a-while

While the program covers all sorts of cultural topics, books seem to figure quite a bit on the list of programs. I've only heard a couple of the programs, both were engaging and I plan to check out more.

Dwight discusses the book episodes a bit further on his blog. Most of them look very interesting.


Good To Know:

passive voice test.jpg

So, for example, 'I totaled my car' uses the active voice, but 'My car was totaled' is passive because the sentence 'My car was totaled by zombies' still makes sense.


Moron Recommendations

A lurking moron e-mailed to recommend In the House of Wolves by Michael David Anderson, which he calls a "hellacious spin on the haunted house genre."

It's a different story than MDA's past two novels (Teddy & Wake), but still manages to connect elements of all his work into this new haunted house tale. Like all of Anderson's other work, he has a certain point in this book where he tries to stomp your brain flat. I found this "twist" a little bit thin compared to his other novels, but he still doesn't disappoint.

The ending of the book is like a good season finale for a TV show. You're left going "OH COME ON" because you're going to want more.

According to Amazon, right now the book's on sale for $2.99 for the Kindle edition.

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Books By Morons

Test of Valor is right wing yankee's just-released novella:

Alain de Kerauille wants to be a knight more than anything in the world, to win as many jousting tournaments as he can, become wealthy and famous, and gain the hand of the fair lady Emma. As a squire in a noble household, he’s well on his way to success, and when he’s chosen to joust in a celebratory tournament, all of his dreams seem within his grasp. Until his rivalry with a fellow squire reaches the boiling point, threatening to destroy everything Alain has worked for and send his future crashing down around him.

It's young adult friendly though not specifically geared toward that age group, and is available as an ebook on Amazon for $1.99.

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Don't forget the AoSHQ reading group on Goodreads. It's meant to support horde writers and to talk about the great books that come up on the book thread. It's called AoSHQ Moron Horde and the link to it is here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/175335-aoshq-moron-horde.

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So that's all for this week. As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to OregonMuse, Proprietor, AoSHQ Book Thread, at the book thread e-mail address: aoshqbookthread, followed by the 'at' sign, and then 'G' mail, and then dot cee oh emm.

What have you all been reading this week? Hopefully something good, because, as you all know, life is too short to be reading lousy books.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 09:00 AM




Comments

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1 Hello Book People!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 08:56 AM (qJtVm)

2 Tolle lege
Still working on Patrick O'Brien's Surgeon's Mate from the Aubrey/ Maturin series. I have to find more time to read.

Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 08:58 AM (aC6Sd)

3 I am currently on a W.E.B. Griffin kick. Did the marine series this past week. I stopped at the last book in the WWII era because the Korea part was disappointing. I am on the army series now.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 25, 2018 08:59 AM (mpXpK)

4 Hiya !

Posted by: JT at February 25, 2018 09:00 AM (DMET3)

5 Good Sunday morning, horde!

Husband and I have spent two of the last three weekends taking pre-service classes to be foster parents.

The instructor is as good an example of oxyphonia as is the FAB. That, combined with the liberal bias, was almost enough to make us give up.

Posted by: April at February 25, 2018 09:00 AM (e8PP1)

6 Nice library f6f! I like the Boy Mechanic series. What's the date on that?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:00 AM (qJtVm)

7 Billy Mays here to tell you about the amazing power of new OxyPhonia!

Posted by: Billy Mays at February 25, 2018 09:00 AM (NWiLs)

8 I read It's Your Move by Larry Rothman. This is the second book in the Lawrence Case series. Case is a LAPD homicide detective. I didn't like this as much as his debut novel, Never Hurt Me, but it still is a good read as Case tries to slove a string of murders of drug dealers while being the prime suspect in the murder of a fellow officer. The ending made me want to read the next in the series, Case Can't Win.

Posted by: Zoltan at February 25, 2018 09:02 AM (T8WeQ)

9 Note to bookworms, if getting new shelves for books look for 5/4" thick shelves. Guess nobody's bookshelf is collapsing but it will make a better case.

Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 09:02 AM (aC6Sd)

10 Heard a former Marine and a former Army guy discuss the importance of the slender volume “The Soldier’s Load and the Mobility of a Nation”, which is apparently on the required reading list. I found an old copy and learned much from the comfort of my couch:

Since the bulk of recruits are no longer found from the sturdy draft horses of farming communities, but rather the guttersnipes and street arabs of the cities*, they simply aren’t conditioned for long hauls with packs on their backs.

“The machine has made warfare more ponderous but has also given it greater velocity. In the other direction there has been no change at all. For it is conspicuous that what the machine has failed to do right up to the present moment is decrease by a single pound the weight the individual has to carry in war. He is still as heavily burdened as the soldier of 1000 years B.C.”

I’d say maybe moreso:

https://mwi.usma.edu/the-overweight-infantryman/

“On the field of battle, man is not only a thinking animal, he is a beast of burden… But unlike the mule, the jeep, or any other carrier, his chief function in war does not begin until the time he delivers the burden to the appointed ground…. his superiors must respect not only his intelligence but also the delicate organization of his nervous system. When they do not do so, they violate the basic principle o war, which is conservation of force.”

*Not his wording

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:03 AM (qJtVm)

11 Danielle Lazarin sounds like a typical leftwing feminasty. Her "bio" says she's raising her daughters but makes no mention of their father. Seems he's a cipher to her

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 09:03 AM (5gaNQ)

12 Alain de Kerauille wants to be a knight more than anything in the world, to win as many jousting tournaments as he can, become wealthy and famous, and gain the hand of the fair lady Emma. As a squire in a noble household, he's well on his way to success, and when he's chosen to joust in a celebratory tournament, all of his dreams seem within his grasp. Until his rivalry with a fellow squire reaches the boiling point, threatening to destroy everything Alain has worked for and send his future crashing down around him.

So, A Knight's Tale then.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:04 AM (NWiLs)

13 Firehorse suggested I post about this book. I read it some time ago, but in cleaning up piles of books found it again:


Take your life Back-How to Stop letting the past and other people control you-Good sections on recovering from trauma

https://tinyurl.com/y7cezync

And yes, the people who wrote it are Christians-and they have a radio ministry "New Life Live" and workshops, but the Christianity is not heavy handed and they have both done years with people getting stuck because of prior abuse and shame.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2018 09:04 AM (8+Ozj)

14 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a wonderful week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 09:06 AM (V+03K)

15 Note to bookworms, if getting new shelves for books look for 5/4" thick shelves

So, inch and a quarter ?

Posted by: JT at February 25, 2018 09:08 AM (DMET3)

16
If you can't find 5/4" shelving, 1 1/4" will work, too.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM (2FqvZ)

17 16
If you can't find 5/4" shelving, 1 1/4" will work, too.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM (2FqvZ)

1.25" will also do in a pinch.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM (NWiLs)

18 14: I certainly have, the suggestion of "How the West Won" was a great one. I also purchased a used copy of "Downfall: the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire", which is next.

Lazarin's book is not on the list. She seems a pretty unpleasant person and I've never been able to separate a person from the artist, but don't consider lefty chicklit art anyway.

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 09:10 AM (5gaNQ)

19 About a month ago, I posted here that I had finished Volume 1 of Shelby Foote's "Civil War". I enjoyed it so much that I bought the full 3-volume series, which runs over 3000 pages. I've finished the series, and can only say that if you like history, do yourself a favor and invest the time and effort to read it. Even after 3k pages, it was bittersweet to come to the end. It was almost like losing a friend. If a new volume was available, I would start it immediately. The writing is superb, and a perfect blend of facts and human interest. (unlike the Olympics, these stories are both interesting and consequential, with people involved in hugely important events). There aren't many books, much less series of books, that maintain this level of quality. Kudos to the late Mr. Foote for what was clearly a labor of love and the labor of a lifetime.

Posted by: pep at February 25, 2018 09:11 AM (LAe3v)

20 Thanks for the plug, OM!

Posted by: right wing yankee at February 25, 2018 09:11 AM (obZ4W)

21 I picked up a bunch of Agatha Christie novels at a book sale. I've read them all before, but that was back in high school, which was barely 6 years ago. So i figured I'd have some fun with them.

I'm on The Murder of Hazelmoor.

Posted by: grammie winger - at February 25, 2018 09:11 AM (lwiT4)

22 My book shelves are 3/4" but there is a frontage strip about 1/4 inch thick along the the shelf that makes them more rigid. I have had no problems with sag. I have a cheaper set of book cases that I bought years ago that are only 1/2 inch. I used to keep vinyl albums in them and they do sag.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 25, 2018 09:11 AM (mpXpK)

23 I finished LOTR including the appendices. As I've bored you all with, I took my time and savored Tolkien's words and pacing as well as enjoying the story. It really added to my enjoyment of the book even as it added to the time it took to finish it.

Re-read number 53 coming up next autumn.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 09:11 AM (V+03K)

24 I'm currently reading "The Late Show"
by Michael Connelly


about the midnight shift in a Hollywood precinct.

it's pretty good so far

Posted by: JT at February 25, 2018 09:12 AM (DMET3)

25 Just found "Mud, Blood and Poppycock" by Gordon Corrigan at the used book store in my AO.

Just started it but the author states he will set the record straight on how WW1 was not a "lost" generation and how many of those who had participated actually enjoyed their service and were proud of their part in the war before the marxists got hold of the historical record.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 25, 2018 09:12 AM (EoRCO)

26 I guess I shouldn't be surprised that someone called "f6f" should have so many books about airplanes.

I have "Mr. Piper and his Cubs". I found it at a used book sale. I haven't read it, alas. I need to avoid used book sales until I read some on the ones I've accumulated.

Posted by: rickl at February 25, 2018 09:12 AM (sdi6R)

27 So, A Knight's Tale then.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:04 AM (NWiLs)
Believe it or not, I've never seen that movie. Not even clips from it.

Posted by: right wing yankee at February 25, 2018 09:13 AM (obZ4W)

28 21: I made a similar find at an auction a year ago. I read a couple of the Poirot books, at first to see how much they differed from the Suchet series, but then because they were fun to read.

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 09:13 AM (5gaNQ)

29 If you can't find 5/4" shelving, 1 1/4" will work, too.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM (2FqvZ)
________

1.25" will also do in a pinch.

Posted by: Insomniac
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Or a board an actual inch thick.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 09:14 AM (y+SdL)

30
Freezing my butt off at a dog show. Rain, wind and a dirt arena make a bad combination for keeping a dog clean.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (VLuVK)

31 Also got my weekly haul from the library (all praise the library system!).

Heroes and Villains: A Photographic Odyssey into the Fantastic World of Cosplay. Favorites: Hello Kitty/Deadpool mashup, Winnie the Pool (guess), and Trailer Trash Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Oh, and Boba Fetish.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (qJtVm)

32 Finally finished listening to the unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo which I downloaded onto a flash drive from LibriVox.

My favorite novel of all time, the reader, David Clarke, did a fantastic job and now I have moved on to Mr. Clarke's other LibriVox effort:

Every single Sherlock Holmes story by Sir A. Conan Doyle. Absolutely wonderful readings.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (GckyN)

33 Y'all have fun. I am off to Church and to pick up some fresh caught bluefin tuna from my cousin. It's gonna be a good day.

Posted by: no good deed at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (eIQHF)

34 So 1/2 inch particle board is right out then, and 'tis true. Fully loaded shelves have a noticeable sag, but it was the little plastic pins that broke.

Replace with steel pins from
http://www.widgetco.com/shelf-pins

Thanks to another Moron who told me about them.
I have extra in case you only need fifty or so.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (roQNm)

35 Read 'The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the Asiatic Fleet' by Edwin P. Hoyt.

An outstanding history of the U.S. Navy's Asiatic Fleet from it's beginning during the 1850s through the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, Phillippine Insurrection, the Yangtze River Patrol, the China troubles during the 20s and 30s between the Nationalists, Commies, Warloads, and the Japanese. Finally it's death in March 1942.

From the book's ending; As Admiral King put it, theirs is the story of a 'magnificent display of human courage under impossible conditions.' Let that be the fleet's requiem.

Some head music.

The Grease Arrestor-Come Together
https://youtu.be/fIQac1nTSHI

Ravel-Bolero: London Symphony Orchestra
https://youtu.be/dZDiaRZy0Ak

Social Distortion-Bad Luck
https://youtu.be/RPaulRvn6xM

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (+ufX6)

36
If I were a flower, I would like to be a-

Venus Flytrap!


Cuz who doesn't like a nice crunchy fly every once in a while.

Posted by: naturalfake Renfield at February 25, 2018 09:16 AM (9q7Dl)

37 P-47 top right ?

Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 09:16 AM (EcEWt)

38 Pants Guy should be playing an accordion.

Posted by: rickl at February 25, 2018 09:16 AM (sdi6R)

39 Freezing my butt off at a dog show. Rain, wind and a dirt arena make a bad combination for keeping a dog clean.


Posted by: Hadrian


Hadrian: Happy Anniversary to you and Mrs. H

Posted by: JT at February 25, 2018 09:17 AM (DMET3)

40 I know this is cheating, but I've been known to position tall, little-used hardcovers in the middle of shelves to brace the shelves above them.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 09:17 AM (y+SdL)

41 "As Admiral King put it..."

I read that as "Admiral Kang".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:18 AM (qJtVm)

42
Yeah, some way to spend your anniversary. But thanks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 25, 2018 09:18 AM (VLuVK)

43 While poking around a local Goodwill store this week, I found the book, "Jack Daniel's Spirit of Tennessee Cookbook" by Lynne Tolley & Pat Mitchamore, for 99 cents. It looked to be brand new, although the publishing data shows it was originally written in the early 1980's.

Interspersed with the recipes are old photos, and stories about the south generally and Tennessee in particular, as regards the growing, harvesting, cooking and eating of food.

As they say, the past is a foreign country. But in the early 1980's the early part of the 20th century was closer to us than the early part of the 21st century is to us now.

Posted by: Boots at February 25, 2018 09:18 AM (EBwPV)

44 39
Freezing my butt off at a dog show. Rain, wind and a dirt arena make a bad combination for keeping a dog clean.


Serves ya right for making me come to this poncy dog show. My butt is nice and warm, though, because I can lick it. Sucks to be you.

Posted by: Hadrian's dog at February 25, 2018 09:18 AM (LAe3v)

45 19 ... pep,

I totally agree with your assessment of The Civil War. I' re-read it a couple of times and splurged on the hardcover edition. Also, I've given some copies as gifts over the years.

There are a bunch of Youtube videos of Shelby Foote doing interviews and such. He was an interesting, opinionated (fine by me) and gracious man. And that deep drawl is wonderful.

Years ago, the magazine "The Paris Review" did a long interview with Foote. I'm sure the piece is available online.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 09:19 AM (V+03K)

46
Ouch.

One of the Dads who lost a daughter in school shooting is with Chris Wallace and called the guard who didn't go into the school a coward. Named and shamed him.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:19 AM (2FqvZ)

47 Good morning, Horde of the book.

I finished "Vintage Beer: A Taster's Guide to Brews That Improve Over Time" by Patrick Dawson, a very readable explanation of why you should put aside certain types of beers, but not other types which have to be drinken fresh, to have flavors develop. It's as good of a reference on this as I can imagine and it will be consulted often in the future.

As a fortuitous coincidence, two lesbian dog walking friends will be relocating elsewhere shortly and one of them, a tall muscular Amazon, gave me about a case of assorted craft brews as she cleared out her beer fridge. Included in the stash was a nine year old Belgian style dark ale from The Bruery in California. I have no idea what it tasted like fresh but it was great now. As much as I enjoyed it, Teddy will miss their dogs and I'll miss them.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 09:19 AM (y7DUB)

48 Finally finished listening to the unabridged version
of The Count of Monte Cristo which I downloaded onto a flash drive from
LibriVox.



My favorite novel of all time, the reader, David Clarke, did a
fantastic job and now I have moved on to Mr. Clarke's other LibriVox
effort:



Every single Sherlock Holmes story by Sir A. Conan Doyle. Absolutely wonderful readings.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (GckyN)

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my all-time favorite books. I've never tried listening to it, though. Maybe now that I know the story pretty well, I'll give it a go- my usual reason for not listening to books is that it takes so long that by the time I get to the end, I forget what happened at the beginning.

Posted by: right wing yankee at February 25, 2018 09:19 AM (obZ4W)

49 Back when I was a poor ex-student, I built my own bookshelves. I drilled 3 holes across the back, and put shelf pins in them. Voila, no sag.

Posted by: pep at February 25, 2018 09:20 AM (LAe3v)

50 P-47 top right ?
Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 09:16 AM (EcEWt)

I think it's a Hellcat.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 25, 2018 09:20 AM (EoRCO)

51 We use glass and chrome shelving for our books. We have a two-tier on each end, with two three-tiers in between. No sagging. They are reasonable on Amazon. About $30 for the two-tier. It gives a nice clean look.

Posted by: grammie winger - at February 25, 2018 09:20 AM (lwiT4)

52 46: Good! The adults need to take charge of this situation and focus attention on what really went wrong, not on the left wing fantasy version

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 09:21 AM (5gaNQ)

53 f6f,

You have some neat reads, and hot sauce too!

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 25, 2018 09:22 AM (+ufX6)

54 f6f (or should we call you hellcat?),

Thanks for sharing library pic.
Obviously the model is designed to fly as prop looks functional vs. scale. (& of course motors are huge clue)

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at February 25, 2018 09:23 AM (vFHFh)

55
I think it's a Hellcat.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 25, 2018 09:20 AM (EoRCO)

F6F shoulda been a clue ha

Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 09:24 AM (EcEWt)

56 re: the 'by zombies' test for passive voice, here's an exception:

As I entered the cemetery I quickly walked by zombies.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2018 09:25 AM (wPiJc)

57 46
Ouch.

One of the Dads who lost a daughter in school shooting is with Chris Wallace and called the guard who didn't go into the school a coward. Named and shamed him.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:19 AM (2FqvZ)

As well he should. Also, Sheriff's Deputy, not a guard. I'm saying this not out of pedantry but because some people have expressed the mistaken notion he was a security guard/rent-a-cop. He was not, and it makes a huge difference.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

58 Take your life Back-How to Stop letting the past and other people control you-Good sections on recovering from trauma

https://tinyurl.com/y7cezync

And yes, the people who wrote it are Christians-and they have a radio ministry "New Life Live" and workshops, but the Christianity is not heavy handed and they have both done years with people getting stuck because of prior abuse and shame.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
________

Just read the reviews -- looks like a good one. Thanks for the tip!

One of my (perhaps related) favorites is "How to Stop Worrying" by Dale Carnegie.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 09:25 AM (y+SdL)

59 55
I think it's a Hellcat.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 25, 2018 09:20 AM (EoRCO)

F6F shoulda been a clue ha
Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 09:24 AM (EcEWt)


It's a flying model, from the looks of the propellor.

Posted by: rickl at February 25, 2018 09:27 AM (sdi6R)

60 As a fortuitous coincidence, two lesbian dog walking friends

So even dogs are lesbians now? Geez.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:27 AM (NWiLs)

61 This week I finished The Kremlin's Candidate by Jason Matthews, which was just released. Some other horde members have mentioned this series in the book thread, so I thought there was some general interest and that I would share my review:

The Kremlin's Candidate is the third and reportedly final installment in the Red Sparrow trilogy. I thought the first book, Red Sparrow, was one of the best espionage thrillers written since the end of the Cold War. The second book was a big disappointment, with all of the elements that had seemed fresh and new in the first book regurgitated in a formulaic manner. So I wasn't sure if it was worth reading the third book. As it turned out, it was.

The third book's scheduled publication date was pushed back by more than a year from what was originally announced. This is slightly informed speculation on my part, but based on teaser information about the release, which changed over time, I believe the author effectively finished writing this book before the 2016 Presidential election, believing he could count on Hillary winning the election and writing President Hillary into the plot. Oops!

Now, more than a year after the election, the book has finally been published with a plot that involves a naive, liberal President who is hostile to the CIA, particularly the Directorate of Operations. This is an important plot point without which the entire story line would have had to been rewritten almost from scratch. This fictional President is male and in year five of his term in office, following reelection. All other time references are fully up to date, including Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, Obama's sixth year in office. Although all modern Presidents through Bush 43 are referenced by name, the fictional incumbent President is not, but he certainly sounds like a lot like Obama.

I have to agree that no amount of rewriting was going to be able to plausibly transform the Trump administration into what a Hillary administration would have looked like. Faced with the conflict between this impossibility and the daunting alternative of a near total rewrite, the author and/or publishers seem to have compromised on a more modest rewrite with a nameless, time-shifted Obama clone standing in for Hillary, who will never be President (this never gets old).

With that caveat, the book itself is quite fresh and up to date. The author's writing of modern tradecraft is his signature and continues to be best in class. There are not as many good plot twists or as masterful writing as in John le Carre or Len Deighton, but there is plenty of action and the pace moves along briskly. The author already has a major movie deal for book 1 in the series and this installment seems to be written with hopes for another one. Expect Jason Bourne, not George Smiley.

The formulaic excesses of book 2 (most infamously, the hairbrush) have thankfully been greatly reduced. In a touch evoking Len Deighton, food continues to feature prominently and a recipe accompanies each chapter. Unfortunately, the recipes are incomplete, since they do not include quantities or cooking times or temperatures. I suppose they hope to sell us a forthcoming Red Sparrow cookbook. I think it was a missed opportunity not to give us at least a few complete recipes.

The characters are generally well written, although still occasionally over the top (Dominika's synesthesia). The scenes are generally well crafted, although there are a few implausible moments, such as multiple undetected hushed conversations while the conspirators are under audio surveillance or even direct observation by multiple people in the same room.

All in all, this is a good read for those who liked the first books in the series or for fans of the espionage genre generally, particularly those interested in a 2018 setting and as much information on modern tradecraft as you are likely to get without a security clearance.

Posted by: cool breeze at February 25, 2018 09:28 AM (UGKMd)

62 *Not his wording

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:03 AM (qJtVm)

Who's words is they, and what's meant by street arabs?

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 25, 2018 09:29 AM (+ufX6)

63
One of the Dads who lost a daughter in school shooting is with Chris Wallace and called the guard who didn't go into the school a coward. Named and shamed him.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises

He should announce right now that he's running for sherriff

Posted by: Jean at February 25, 2018 09:29 AM (U+JRS)

64 Legalized abortion is the rake's greatest achievement. Or perhaps it is convincing women that they were "taking power away from men" by using it.

One of those two.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 25, 2018 09:29 AM (yQpMk)

65 Picked up Victor Davis Hanson's *The Second World Wars* early in the week.

It is fascinating. Can't put it down. Terrific analysis of production capabilities of the combatants, geographical and historical considerations of the various battlespaces, and political miscalculations and much, much more.

Highly recommended.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2018 09:30 AM (tr2D7)

66 Who's words is they, and what's meant by street arabs?
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 25, 2018 09:29 AM (+ufX6)
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Them's my words

Street Arabs, or street urchins, are vagrant, idle and vicious children of licentious and vagabond propensities.

*adjusts monacle*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:33 AM (qJtVm)

67 I lost what was left of my oxyphonia when I called the flyover rubes deplorables. *sigh* *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at February 25, 2018 09:34 AM (Tyii7)

68 Tom Bombadil from LOTR is one of my favorite characters even if, or because, Tolkien left him a mystery. I know there is a ton of speculation about Bombadil online.

I think there could be an interesting book about him if someone with the skill could write it. What is he? Who is he? What powers does he have? What transpired as he watched the world develop and change over eons? how much did he interact with new species, if he did, and what was the result? (Bombadil and Ents would make an interesting combination.) Why does he remain within his current, self-imposed boundaries?

I feel the same way about Beorn and his kin from The Hobbit. (The magnificent book, not the mummble-mummble movie.)

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 09:35 AM (V+03K)

69 Street Arabs, or street urchins, are vagrant, idle and vicious children of licentious and vagabond propensities.

*adjusts monacle*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:33 AM (qJtVm)

And should be thrashed with a silver-tipped cane whenever they are seen.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:35 AM (NWiLs)

70 I also checked out Star Trek: The Book of Lists and am by turns pleased and appalled by how much I know of The Canon.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:35 AM (qJtVm)

71 And should be thrashed with a silver-tipped cane whenever they are seen.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:35 AM (NWiLs)

They'll thank you for it later when they're productive workers in the textile mills!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:37 AM (qJtVm)

72 Street Arabs, or street urchins, are vagrant, idle and vicious children of licentious and vagabond propensities.


*adjusts monacle*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage


Alright, who admitted the riff-raff.

**adjusts pince-nez**

Posted by: pep at February 25, 2018 09:37 AM (LAe3v)

73 I also checked out Star Trek: The Book of Lists and am by turns pleased and appalled by how much I know of The Canon.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage
________

I know what you mean, sir.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 09:37 AM (y+SdL)

74 I'll give it a go- my usual reason for not listening to books is that it takes so long that by the time I get to the end, I forget what happened at the beginning.
Posted by: right wing yankee.

You must!!!

The reader of this version (number 3 I think of the LibriVox) versions, David Clarke, is a Brit so right there the accent of his reading is excellent. Then he does a perfect job with all the various and sundry Italian and French names and speaks each character in the correct accent. His pacing is perfect.

I downloaded it and listened to it as I drove to and from work each day and pretty much every time I had to drive for work or pleasure. Mr. Clarke's reading of the novel was just as much a work of art as the novel itself.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 09:39 AM (GckyN)

75 Nice library, f6f! I have some of those books myself, and see some that I'd like to get.

Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2018 09:39 AM (ANIFC)

76 Still working on Connie Willis' "All Clear" - about a third into it.
Also working on finishing the next Luna City installment, which should be out by May, or so. I'm also scheduled to be an exhibitor with my books at the Texas State Historical Commission's San Jacinto Symposium, April 14th at the Studio Movie Grill in CityCentre, Houston. (I'll be the one in Victorian dress.)
Yesterday, my daughter and I were at the Pearl Market, in San Antonio - just walking around, looking at the farmer's market booths and some of the shops on the ground floor. It's a lovely area, developed over the last ten years on the grounds of the old Pearl Brewery ... but absolutely the greatest concentration of yuppie a**holery to be found anywhere short of Austin. I gave a thought to once more trying an event at the one local independent bookstore (which used to be a great venue for local authors in it's original location, but trust me, I had an unfortunate history with them) but one walk through the place discouraged me. It was piled with books like the feminist stuff described in today's post, as well as Margaret Atwood entire oeuvre ... nope, nope, nope. Maybe I should give the local Books a Million a shot, instead...

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at February 25, 2018 09:39 AM (xnmPy)

77 I like the idea that Tom Bombadil is Aule, who's gone native and is just hanging out on Arda because he likes it. And being so old and having been through so much, he's at the "hey I'm retired!" stage and doesn't let anything going on with the mortal creatures bother him anymore. Although he's amused when the small ones wander across his lawn.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 09:40 AM (V2Yro)

78 73 I also checked out Star Trek: The Book of Lists and am by turns pleased and appalled by how much I know of The Canon.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage
________
I know what you mean, sir.

Anytime my wife or I leave some bottled drink in the fridge with just a sip or two left, the other will always feel obligated to sing "Bitter Dregs."

It's like shave and a haircut. Can't help ourselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 09:43 AM (V2Yro)

79 I'm going to be dusting off my bookcases & adding recent additions into the stacks, so I'd like to send photos of my library soon.

Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2018 09:44 AM (ANIFC)

80 17 16
If you can't find 5/4" shelving, 1 1/4" will work, too.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM (2FqvZ)
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1.25" will also do in a pinch.
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So, 3 cm?

Posted by: Morton at February 25, 2018 09:44 AM (S+W8j)

81 Prussian NCO's in the Napoleonic age still had canes but beating soldiers at that time was going out, finishing painting a battalion and my figure NCO doesn't have one but should.

Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 09:44 AM (aC6Sd)

82 I'm continuing to read about fly tying and fishing, both modern and historical. It is calming and interesting. Also, outdoors recreation in general. And it isn't only the how-to aspects. Going back to Onnie Smith, Kephart and Nessmuk to Bill Tapply and other modern authors, the writing itself is usually superb and a pleasure to read.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 09:44 AM (V+03K)

83 one thing I just noted on the expanded version of F6F's library is the vintage tin container with the battleship on it. Very nice, I was wondering if that was an early Arizona commemorative.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 09:45 AM (V2Yro)

84 If you like Star Trek, you'll likely dig this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v4YOqxOc

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 09:46 AM (y+SdL)

85 Holy crap, Iggy Pop was in Deep Space 9?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:48 AM (qJtVm)

86 I'm a woman and I would not dream of reading the three books you mentioned (probably not the other three on the list either). They sound excruciating.

Posted by: Dr Alice at February 25, 2018 09:49 AM (LaT54)

87 For those who might be interested, the Horde goodreads group's latest group read is The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout, which was featured in the Sunday Morning Book Thread two weeks ago.

Posted by: cool breeze at February 25, 2018 09:49 AM (UGKMd)

88 Just finished Rex Stout's "The Doorbell Rang."

No foul language, sex implied rather than described..a gem of a book.

Yeah, I'm getting old.

Too many books, in my opinion, are being ruined through including unnecessary sex scenes.

Yes, sex happens, but if it's not germane to the plot, why include it?

Anyway, thanks to whomever recommended "The Doorbell Rang."

Posted by: Blake at February 25, 2018 09:52 AM (WEBkv)

89 I could only find 10/8 " boards - should I go ahead?

Posted by: Parker at February 25, 2018 09:52 AM (MFwf8)

90 Street Arabs, or street urchins, are vagrant, idle and vicious children of licentious and vagabond propensities.

*adjusts monacle*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 09:33 AM (qJtVm)

Heh. My first thought was, oh you mean hippies.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 25, 2018 09:55 AM (+ufX6)

91 sharkman,

Is there a procedure to put the Librivox Monte Cristo on a thumb drive? Or do you have to do it one chapter at a time?

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 09:56 AM (V+03K)

92 Sam Sisavath has released a new book, so therefore I'm re-reading his entire "Purge of Babylon" series. Currently on book four. And because it's winter, I'm also re-visiting one of my favorite creepy books, "The Lurker At The Threshold" by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. Some stuff just reads better at certain seasons of the year. Nothing like wandering the haunted hill country of Dunwich past Arkham on a stormy day...

Posted by: tankascribe at February 25, 2018 09:56 AM (CIkpt)

93 BOOK him Danno

Posted by: saf at February 25, 2018 09:58 AM (cS/ge)

94 I'm reading a short, easy book, Another River, Another Town by John Irwin. It is a memoir of the author's time as a gunner in a M4 Sherman. It is similar to the movie Fury in that he enters combat in late March 1945 with only six weeks of the war in Europe to go. He is an 18 year old virgin naive to the ways of the world thrown into the death throes of Nazi Germany. I find it very believable with a you-are-there feel.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:01 AM (+y/Ru)

95 5/4" is pretty close to 4 barleycorns.

Posted by: Morton at February 25, 2018 10:01 AM (S+W8j)

96 86 I'm a woman and I would not dream of reading the three books you mentioned (probably not the other three on the list either). They sound excruciating.
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 25, 2018 09:49 AM (LaT54)

That's just your internalized misogyny talking.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:02 AM (D9v9b)

97 Is there a procedure to put the Librivox Monte Cristo on a thumb drive? Or do you have to do it one chapter at a time?

Posted by: JTB

You can download the entire 117 chapter book as one file (well over 2 GB I seem to recall) that is compressed. Once you open that file and save to the flash it is a good idea to go through amd resave/rename each chapter starting from 1 and ending at 117, in strict order, so thr chapters follow rach other properly (something about the time/date of last save keeps them from being heard out of order). This procedure is a pain in the butt that takes about 15 minutes but it is worth it.

I also just downloaded Wat and Peace. Which I will listen to after the Holmes collection.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:02 AM (GckyN)

98 War* and Peace

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:05 AM (GckyN)

99 I'm going to be dusting off my bookcases & adding recent additions into the stacks, so I'd like to send photos of my library soon.
Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2018 09:44 AM (ANIFC)
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Dust them? Are you trying to make the rest of us feel bad?

Posted by: bluebell at February 25, 2018 10:07 AM (YSMj9)

100 1. A couple of interesting-looking timepieces
2. Several of what I believe are engines for model airplanes
3. A bottle of hot sauce.
4. Books

5. Pewter Mug
6. Bag o Weed

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 25, 2018 10:08 AM (Eu5eZ)

101 Bluebell! Did you ever find the right liquid lipstick?

(Yeah, I'm derailing the shelving thread)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 10:08 AM (qJtVm)

102 Thank goodness the Broward County Sheriff's Dept.was able to spare six armed deputies to guard "retired" school deputy Scot Peterson's house this week.

No effort to protect school children with weapons is made but by God the cops make sure they and their pensions are well-guarded.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:08 AM (GckyN)

103 Pants Guy should be playing an accordion.

Posted by: rickl at February 25, 2018 09:16 AM (sdi6R)

Scary thought for the day: What if those pants are tight-fitting?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2018 10:09 AM (Dbv1R)

104 Pants Guy should be playing an accordion.
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Give him some horns and hooves and he's cosplaying Asian Mr. Tumnus.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 10:11 AM (qJtVm)

105 "Also elided are the ethics behind justifying "taking power away from men" by killing another human being."

It's always puzzling to me that feminists think that getting an abortion is taking power away from men. What it does is give irresponsible men the freedom to behave like cads (a great Victorian term) . The guys who are all about pumping and dumping are the most enthusiastic pro-aborts I've known.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at February 25, 2018 10:12 AM (P8951)

106 97, Thanks for the process, Sharkman. I've never listened to a Dumas story, just read them. But after enjoying "Travels With Charley" on audio, read by Gary Sinise, I want to try some other audio versions where I've already read the books.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 10:12 AM (V+03K)

107 Hi Eris! Nope, haven't been to Sephora yet. Still not sure it would work for this 29-and-1-week year-old, but next time I'm near one I'll go in.

I'm a little lazy.

Posted by: bluebell at February 25, 2018 10:13 AM (YSMj9)

108 57

As well he should. Also, Sheriff's Deputy, not a guard. I'm saying this not out of pedantry but because some people have expressed the mistaken notion he was a security guard/rent-a-cop. He was not, and it makes a huge difference.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:25 AM (NWiLs)

What I wondered at was what Deputy-mister-85,000-a-year's claiming to be not a guard but a "monitor."

Posted by: SarahW at February 25, 2018 10:14 AM (Sp1NT)

109 Last time i moved from one state to another i sacrificed my many boxes of books . i wish id tossed couches instead

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:14 AM (wA1aM)

110 Well if you do go, try Kat von D's color "Lovecraft". I wore it and it's a nice dusty rose, nothing wild. Granted, I'm only 29.00001....

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 10:15 AM (qJtVm)

111 102 Thank goodness the Broward County Sheriff's Dept.was able to spare six armed deputies to guard "retired" school deputy Scot Peterson's house this week.

No effort to protect school children with weapons is made but by God the cops make sure they and their pensions are well-guarded.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:08 AM (GckyN)

No doubt they would respond quickly and definitively should there be any threat to him. *spit*

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:15 AM (D9v9b)

112 I read a haunting passage in Wallace Breem's Eagle In the Snow. The book was published in 1970 and is about the final days of the Western Roman Empire. The hero is leading his legion to take up up its station on the Rhine trying to keep the barbarians to the east of the river. He marches through formerly prosperous territory now allowed to crumble to ruin. He meets a barbarian immigrant who is disappointed. He had heard that the empire was rich yet he finds he still must work. The Roman asks him why, then, doesn't he return to Germania. He replies he just have to work there, too.

Although this was published in 1970 and is about the early fifth century, it has a very today feel.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:16 AM (+y/Ru)

113 Okay, I'm down the Star Trek wormhole. Rainy days are perfect for trash reading.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 10:17 AM (qJtVm)

114 TheJamesMadison talked about the movie Hugo yesterday, and it reminded me of something.

Scorsese appeared in a commercial where he gets his prints from his nephew's birthday.

https://youtu.be/VkorEW_eIXg

Of course the director makes a cameo in Hugo as a photographer.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 25, 2018 10:17 AM (rnAwa)

115 What I wondered at was what Deputy-mister-85,000-a-year's claiming to be not a guard but a "monitor."

Posted by: SarahW at February 25, 2018 10:14 AM (Sp1NT)

Weaselly bullshit intended to further distance himself from any notion of actual responsibility.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:17 AM (D9v9b)

116 It's always puzzling to me that feminists think that getting an abortion is taking power away from men. What it does is give irresponsible men the freedom to behave like cads (a great Victorian term) . The guys who are all about pumping and dumping are the most enthusiastic pro-aborts I've known.

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Any similarity to Bill Clinton is purely coincidental.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:19 AM (+y/Ru)

117 Finished listening to "The Beekeeper's Apprentice'' by Laurie King. The book was published some years ago so I'm guessing that Morons of the Sherlockian bent have already read it. Fine narrator. Interesting addition to the expanded Holmes world. Any thoughts on whether the rest of the series is as good as the first?

Posted by: Tuna at February 25, 2018 10:19 AM (jm1YL)

118 I have a book about book shelves, the jacket of which is strong enough and adjusts to lay flat and function as a shelf for bookcases up to 42 inches wide!

Posted by: Cosmo K at February 25, 2018 10:20 AM (lVAv7)

119 116 It's always puzzling to me that feminists think that getting an abortion is taking power away from men. What it does is give irresponsible men the freedom to behave like cads (a great Victorian term) . The guys who are all about pumping and dumping are the most enthusiastic pro-aborts I've known.

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Any similarity to Bill Clinton is purely coincidental.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:19 AM (+y/Ru)

Can't get pregnant from a blowjob.

Posted by: Nina Burleigh at February 25, 2018 10:20 AM (D9v9b)

120 I believe i read the cop had restrictions re conservative treehouse post. Where they disallowed arrests of teens just trying to find themselves. Still no excuse for the non response of the other police hanging out in the parking lot

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:22 AM (wA1aM)

121 120 I believe i read the cop had restrictions re conservative treehouse post. Where they disallowed arrests of teens just trying to find themselves. Still no excuse for the non response of the other police hanging out in the parking lot
Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:22 AM (wA1aM)

They were doing it deliberately to make their crime stats look low so they could get federal money. It was nothing less than fraud.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:23 AM (D9v9b)

122 War* and Peace
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:05 AM (GckyN)


First time read or listen? Prepare to be impressed.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:25 AM (y7DUB)

123 I find it ironic they want to take away citizens rights to self defense using this very apparent failure of police defending children

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:25 AM (wA1aM)

124 Hillaryphonia - a FAB who uses phonetically altered dialect to pander to a subliterate crowd during a public speaking event.

Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at February 25, 2018 10:25 AM (rdl6o)

125 Encore presentation - video of the Broward Sherrif's Deputy during the shooting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWjxRwHTZiw

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 10:26 AM (V2Yro)

126 Craig Jonson, author of the Longmire series, just recommended "Hard Twisted" in a FB post. It looks right interesting: "In May of 1934, outside of Hugo, Oklahoma, a homeless man and his thirteen-year-old daughter are befriended by a charismatic drifter, newly released from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The drifter, Clint Palmer, lures father and daughter to Texas, where the father, Dillard Garrett, mysteriously disappears, and where his daughter Lucile begins a one-year ordeal as Palmer's captive on a crime spree-culminating in the notorious Greenville, Texas "skeleton murder" trial of 1935."

Posted by: John the Baptist at February 25, 2018 10:27 AM (MPH+3)

127 Looks like Commiefornia is abandoning Diane Feinkenstein on an ice floe.

The Hill
@thehill
JUST IN: Feinstein's Dem challenger blocks her from getting state party's coveted endorsement

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:27 AM (+y/Ru)

128 As an addendum, this is what happens when you corrupt law enforcement further by incentivizing either arrests or not making arrests. See also the asset forfeiture laws, which give law enforcement direct monetary incentive to fabricate reasons to take away your shit, whether you've committed a crime or not. The whole system is corrupt as fuck and needs to be burned to the ground.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:27 AM (D9v9b)

129
I believe i read the cop had restrictions re conservative treehouse
post. Where they disallowed arrests of teens just trying to find
themselves. Still no excuse for the non response of the other police
hanging out in the parking lot

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:22 AM (wA1aM)

What's the point of providing the jerk with a sidearm, if he is not expected to use it, should the need arise?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2018 10:27 AM (Dbv1R)

130 Damn!

Hillaryphonia - a phonetically altered dialect a FAB uses to pander to a subliterate crowd during a public speaking event.

Where's my coffee? Where's the barrel? Where are my pants?

Posted by: Concerned People's Front Splitter Chapter at February 25, 2018 10:28 AM (rdl6o)

131 Insomniac. Agree. Also the school rating which help secure its own taxed slush funds. For the children. As we know already

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:29 AM (wA1aM)

132 War* and Peace
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:05 AM (GckyN)

First time read or listen? Prepare to be impressed.

Posted by: Captain Hate

Yes. Very much looking forward to it.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:29 AM (GckyN)

133 122 War* and Peace
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:05 AM (GckyN)

First time read or listen? Prepare to be impressed.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:25 AM (y7DUB)

I can't wait for his review in three years, which is how long it will take to finish reading the whole thing.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:29 AM (D9v9b)

134 133 122 War* and Peace
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:05 AM (GckyN)

First time read or listen? Prepare to be impressed.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:25 AM (y7DUB)

I can't wait for his review in three years, which is how long it will take to finish reading the whole thing.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:29 AM (D9v9b)

Hold my Guinness

Posted by: James Joyce, writing "Finnegans Wake" at February 25, 2018 10:31 AM (ANIFC)

135 I like the idea that Tom Bombadil is Aule, who's gone native and is just hanging out on Arda because he likes it. And being so old and having been through so much, he's at the "hey I'm retired!" stage and doesn't let anything going on with the mortal creatures bother him anymore. Although he's amused when the small ones wander across his lawn.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 09:40 AM (V2Yro)


He would have to belong to a more powerful order than Sauron that the ring have no power over him. Of course this means that he could have taken the ring and pranced his merry ass to the volcano and back, whether or not the Nazgul and a legion of oliphants stood in his way. Thanks for nothing, ass.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 25, 2018 10:32 AM (rnAwa)

136 I'm eating my vegetables and plodding through "State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair." Tyler Kent was the cipher clerk in the American embassy in London just before Churchill switched from Sea Lord to prime minister. He took home 1200 pages of cable traffic between Washington and London and was passing them on to anti-war elements there and planning to get them into the hands of isolationists at home. Author Byron Clough gives various versions of the story he calls "spin" before--ta da!--his own total truth.

Posted by: Jerry Carroll at February 25, 2018 10:32 AM (SYCeT)

137 Peon. Because it presumes that they are there to protect..serve. I have realized its all political.. Depends on who was elected for what purpose and their advocacy of what ideology. Who is the boss. It all stteams from that..sad.

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:32 AM (wA1aM)

138 Why didn't the Vegas shooting draw the collective outrage that Parkland did? Why is the focus on making schools safe from shooters, when we have over 100 opioid ODs every day, many HS kids ? We have more kids dying in Baltimore each month, now that BLM worked it's magic to get the Baltimore PD to stand down. Why isn't that a public policy issue?

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2018 10:33 AM (pV/54)

139 Hold my Guinness
Posted by: James Joyce, writing "Finnegans Wake" at February 25, 2018 10:31 AM (ANIFC)


You might wipe it down before holding it. Just FYI.

Posted by: Nora Barnacle at February 25, 2018 10:34 AM (y87Qq)

140 I believe i mentioned my friend the guard at the maximum sevurity prison. Everyone walking the floors became unarmef for fairness to serve lovingly those sweet prisoners that just happened to fall into that system unfairly

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:36 AM (wA1aM)

141 @Cool Breeze, thanks for the review!

I really enjoyed "Red Sparrow" and "Palace of Treason" and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the conclusion

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at February 25, 2018 10:36 AM (MYaTj)

142 Mrs. JTB obviously loves me. She reminded me that a local library was having a book sale yesterday. She did so knowing we are in negative territory for books and shelves. Like I said: love.

Picked up a couple of books by Cornwell, Dave Barry, other fiction, and several history books: Washington's Crossing by Fischer, 1759 by McLynn.

Speaking of Bernard Cornwell, I have several of the Sharpe's series but haven't read any yet. I saw a couple episodes of the PBS Sharpe's Rifles series and they looked good.

Reading all of Cornwell's books, like reading all of the O'Brian Aubrey books, should be looked at as a life long hobby or career.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 10:37 AM (V+03K)

143 Egads. Self-loathing, penis envy and feminism are an explosive combination.

Posted by: Fritz at February 25, 2018 10:37 AM (bJ0w+)

144 ACTIVE Usage: After her long-anticipated retirement, Hllary Clinton moved to a luxury villa in Oxyphonia where she spent the remainder of her years thinking about what might have been.

PASSIVE Usage: Hllary Clinton moved to a luxury villa in Oxyphonia where she spent the remainder of her years thinking about what might have been, after her long-anticipated retirement by zombies.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2018 10:38 AM (BiLU+)

145 ''Any similarity to Bill Clinton is purely coincidental. ''

Speaking of Bubba, I see he's coauthoring a book with James Patterson. Saw it in the upcoming releases on Amazon. ''The President is Missing" or some such stupid titl

Posted by: Tuna at February 25, 2018 10:39 AM (jm1YL)

146 It's always puzzling to me that feminists think that getting an abortion is taking power away from men.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V
________

Killing is the ultimate demonstration of power.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 10:39 AM (y+SdL)

147 From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, childfree woman who defies convention as she seeks connection.


Defy convention and save the planet. Do not think beyond the extent of your sterile existence, except when it comes to mother gaia.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 25, 2018 10:41 AM (/qEW2)

148 Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself.
In all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions.

Law enforcement is no exception.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:41 AM (D9v9b)

149 Speaking of Bubba, I see he's coauthoring a book with James Patterson. Saw it in the upcoming releases on Amazon. ''The President is Missing" or some such stupid titl
Posted by: Tuna at February 25, 2018 10:39 AM (jm1YL)


What could that pervert have to say that would provide insight into anything except maybe what the mind of De Sade was like? His intellect has been as overrated by the MFM as the "atrocities" in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:43 AM (y7DUB)

150 Finnegan's Wake started as a comic Irish bar hall song about Tim Finnegan, a laborer who's thought to be dead after he cracks his skull in a fall. At his rowdy wake, whisky ("water of life") gets splashed in his face and he wakes.

Joyce loved the song and its resurrection theme.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (pV/54)

151 We already know this. But elections matter.from as iron grampa states. Dogcatcher on up

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (wA1aM)

152 I have read W&P twice, once into it I think you will find it fascinating to keep going.

Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (aC6Sd)

153 What I wondered at was what Deputy-mister-85,000-a-year's claiming to be not a guard but a "monitor."


Posted by: SarahW at February 25, 2018 10:14 AM (Sp1NT)

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He's not a security guard, he's a security monitor. He only notifies people if there is a shooting. There was a shooting.

Posted by: Javems at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (luPrW)

154 "Why isn't that a public policy issue?"

Because the left wasn't ready for the Vegas shooting. This time, they obviously had a full blown campaign worked up ahead of time, and launched it immediately, using all the useful media assets that they knew were on board with them.

That's why it is aimed at the NRA, even though the NRA had absolutely nothing at all to do with the events in Florida. The NRA was the pre-designated target of the campaign, no matter what actually happened.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (V2Yro)

155 "Killing is the ultimate demonstration of power."

Killing your own child is the ultimate delayed action suicide.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2018 10:46 AM (V2Yro)

156 The President is Missing, on a plane to a secret Caribbean island, on his own will

Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 10:46 AM (aC6Sd)

157 Active: Hillary entered the black van.
Passive: Hillary was tossed on the floor like a sack of potatoes, by zombies.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 25, 2018 10:46 AM (/qEW2)

158 What could that pervert have to say that would provide insight into anything except maybe what the mind of De Sade was like?

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Maybe how easy it'd be to grab a prez as he sneaks out of the White House to bang a bimbo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:47 AM (+y/Ru)

159 152 I have read W&P twice, once into it I think you will find it fascinating to keep going.
Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (aC6Sd)

I have read it once. The first 100 or so pages are a tough read but it picks up after that. W&P and Les Miserables are 2 books I have always intended to re-read but haven't done so yet.

Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 10:47 AM (EcEWt)

160 Oh boy! Now you've done it: mentioned "War and Peace". I've been meaning to read that for over 50 years and never got around to it. Is it worth the time and is there a particular translation I should look for?

Or should I just go with the Cliff Notes version and fake it?

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 10:47 AM (V+03K)

161 115 - There is a commercial where customers hit the floor during a bank robbery and the guy in the uniform says "I'm not a security guard, I'm a security monitor" who alerts them that a bank robbery is in process an does nothing.

Second career for that POS sheriff.

Posted by: vivi at February 25, 2018 10:48 AM (11H2y)

162 I still don't know how to send a book thread tip to the blog, so here it goes.

The following fantastic book store is located in German Village, a small enclave in Columbus Ohio. People say they have actually been there for a full day. A couple got engaged there, LOL. With the number of independent book stores out of business due to Amazon and what not, I find this place to be a gem. 32 rooms of books. Their facebook page has lots of photos.

http://site.booksite.com/4631/nl/?list=CNL1&group=EB37&preview=1

Posted by: Jen the original at February 25, 2018 10:49 AM (3WpEh)

163 I have read W&P twice, once into it I think you will find it fascinating to keep going.
Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (aC6Sd)


Yeah I agree with this; Tolstoy, or at least the translations of his works, wrote in a naturally flowing way that is very readable imo.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:49 AM (y7DUB)

164 OMG I forgot the exact chapter title, but the naming chapter is important but slow reading, keep a few notes if you have trouble remembering lots of names.

Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 10:51 AM (aC6Sd)

165 George Takei takes time out of his busy schedule of drugging and raping male mkdels to . . . Oh, hell, I don't know.

George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
In Star Fleet we did not allow students and teachers to carry phasers into class. Some radical Earthlings argued we would be safer if everyone was armed, but the Vulcans pointed out that this was plainly illogical. Besides, the Klingons tried that, and it didn't work out so well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:51 AM (+y/Ru)

166 Donna where i find taking responsibility for my actions learning growing is stregth building. If one instead tries to blame another.in this case a totally innocent victim..what does that say about feminism? Refuse to take and accept a responsible for your action woman?
Thats not anything that speaks to me and personal growth.

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:51 AM (wA1aM)

167 Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2018 10:33 AM (pV/54)

You forgot about the Texas church shooting that killed 26 that happened after Vegas. They were oddly silent about that one too.

Seems their propaganda agenda is only set up for school shootings.

Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 10:52 AM (2DOZq)

168 I'm stealing that "by zombies," by the way.

Posted by: Texican(ette) at February 25, 2018 10:52 AM (CjE8v)

169 ''The following fantastic book store is located in German Village, a small enclave in Columbus Ohio. People say they have actually been there for a full day. A couple got engaged there, LOL. With the number of independent book stores out of business due to Amazon and what not, I find this place to be a gem. 32 rooms of books. Their facebook page has lots of photos. ''

I know it well.

Posted by: Tuna at February 25, 2018 10:52 AM (jm1YL)

170 I have read W&P twice, once into it I think you will find it fascinating to keep going.
Posted by: Skip at February 25, 2018 10:44 AM (aC6Sd)

I have read it once. The first 100 or so pages are a tough read but it picks up after that. W&P and Les Miserables are 2 books I have always intended to re-read but haven't done so yet.
Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 10:47 AM (EcEWt)


You know, I really ought to give W & P a try. I never hear it except as a punch line, so it's never in a serious context, but I'll read the hell out of Tolkien or Anathem or Great Expectations without thinking twice about it. Doesn't hurt that it's in the public domain. OK, it's on the list.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 25, 2018 10:53 AM (y87Qq)

171 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:51 AM (+y/Ru)

80 year old talking like an 8 year old.

Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 10:53 AM (2DOZq)

172 Coward Brounty Sheriff thinks he has been awesome

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycr4wap9

Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 10:53 AM (EcEWt)

173 Btw that goes for men also

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 10:54 AM (wA1aM)

174 Yeah I agree with this; Tolstoy, or at least the translations of his works, wrote in a naturally flowing way that is very readable imo.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:49 AM (y7DUB)

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Agreed. Finally read "Anna Karenina" recently and enjoyed it (despite characters' cheeks "blushing" every few pages); thinking about tackling "War and Peace" soon.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2018 10:54 AM (BiLU+)

175 Second career for that POS sheriff.

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He's continuing to make friends.

http://bit.ly/2sVAGD4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:55 AM (+y/Ru)

176 Sheriff Israel was interviewed by Tapper today. Asked if the shooting could have been prevented if his department had done a better job he said:

"If ifs and butts were candy and nuts OJ Simpson would still be in the record books."

In addition to quite possibly being the dumbest thing any carbon-based lifeform has ever said . . .

OJ Simpson is, in fact, still in the record books.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:55 AM (GckyN)

177 Finishing up Art of War and moving on to The Federalist Papers. After that the collection of Machiavelli. I got all three books from Barnes &Noble on their $5 table.

Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 10:56 AM (2DOZq)

178 Paul Johnson is a good historian.

The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815 - 1830 is a very good book, but a bit of a slog. Learning a lot. His take on the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent is very interesting. His thumbnail descriptions of Beethoven and the Congress of Vienna were eye opening. And he just passes off the loose morals of many of the elite. The more things change ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 10:56 AM (hyuyC)

179 155: And practically a sacrament in the NYC feminist community

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 10:56 AM (5gaNQ)

180 172 Coward Brounty Sheriff thinks he has been awesome

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycr4wap9
Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 10:53 AM (EcEWt)

Of course he does. He has amazingly high unearned self-regard.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 10:56 AM (NWiLs)

181 I got all three books from Barnes &Noble on their $5 table.
Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 10:56 AM (2DOZq)
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Barnes & Noble sells books?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 10:57 AM (qJtVm)

182 165 George Takei takes time out of his busy schedule of drugging and raping male mkdels to . . . Oh, hell, I don't know.

George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
In Star Fleet we did not allow students and teachers to carry phasers into class. Some radical Earthlings argued we would be safer if everyone was armed, but the Vulcans pointed out that this was plainly illogical. Besides, the Klingons tried that, and it didn't work out so well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:51 AM (+y/Ru)

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Ugh. "Computer, please diagnose."

Computer: "Syphilitic brain rot."

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2018 10:57 AM (BiLU+)

183 JTB, the Sharpe's series is very good. You should know that Cornwell wrote and published the books out of chronological story order so, if you do read the series, you may want to look at the Wiki for the list of books in order.

I'm currently reading "1356" which is the 4th book in his 3-book Grail Quest series (not a typo).

Posted by: Top.Man. at February 25, 2018 10:57 AM (88slR)

184 The Hill
@thehill
JUST IN: Feinstein's Dem challenger blocks her from getting state party's coveted endorsement
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:27 AM (+y/Ru)

===

And this is how it ends for the housewife from Pacific Heights.

She will no longer appear on Lenin's Mausoleum with the other members of the Politburo.

How far will she fall?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2018 10:58 AM (EZebt)

185 Seems their propaganda agenda is only set up for school shootings.
Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 10:52 AM (2DOZq)


The Public Indoctrination and Extended Daycare Centers Providing Employment to Those Frightened of the Private Sector are holy shrines to the progs.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 10:58 AM (y7DUB)

186 George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
In Star Fleet we did not allow students and teachers to carry phasers into class. Some radical Earthlings argued we would be safer if everyone was armed, but the Vulcans pointed out that this was plainly illogical. Besides, the Klingons tried that, and it didn't work out so well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
________

One would think that a captain in Starfleet would know how to spell Starfleet.

Just saying.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 10:58 AM (y+SdL)

187 Vegas? Texas? CW music and Christians? So unappealing to the left. Kids are simpler to exploit and very photogenic

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 10:59 AM (5gaNQ)

188 165 George Takei takes time out of his busy schedule of drugging and raping male mkdels to . . . Oh, hell, I don't know.

George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
In Star Fleet we did not allow students and teachers to carry phasers into class. Some radical Earthlings argued we would be safer if everyone was armed, but the Vulcans pointed out that this was plainly illogical. Besides, the Klingons tried that, and it didn't work out so well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 10:51 AM (+y/Ru)

Yes, but in Harry Potter world, students & teachers carry their magic wands with them at all times in Hogwarts. So there!

Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2018 10:59 AM (ANIFC)

189 You know, I really ought to give W & P a try. I never hear it except as a punch line, so it's never in a serious context, but I'll read the hell out of Tolkien or Anathem or Great Expectations without thinking twice about it. Doesn't hurt that it's in the public domain. OK, it's on the list.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 25, 2018 10:53 AM (y87Qq)

Skip's suggestion of keeping notes in the naming chapter is a great idea until they're locked in your head. I do remember having to turn back a few pages every once in a while to seal some of those into my memory.

Posted by: jsg at February 25, 2018 10:59 AM (EcEWt)

190 56 re: the 'by zombies' test for passive voice, here's an exception:

As I entered the cemetery I quickly walked by zombies.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2018 09:25 AM (wPiJc)


"I...walked" is active, not passive, I think.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (lYlRK)

191 When I read War and Peace I expected a romantic novel of daring do which it is not. It is an intimate look at how fallible human being err.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (+y/Ru)

192 Nice library f6f! I like the old time fire extinguisher...way cool! You seem to into airplanes and cars.

Posted by: Zogger at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (SKahJ)

193 Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2018 10:59 AM (ANIFC)

Good one and I hope someone tweets that to him.

Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (2DOZq)

194 180 Insomniac

Coward Brounty Sheriff make Dunning - Kruger look optimistic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (hyuyC)

195 Takei is a dirtbag. Libs probably believe he IS Sulu

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (5gaNQ)

196 I love _Count of Monte Cristo_, but I have a serious beef with every film version of it ever made. They give away the secret! In the book it's a big important reveal when we find out who the Count is (naturally, we already kind of know, but there's still the satisfaction of seeing suspicions confirmed). Movies always use the same actor and some age makeup -- how about using a young hunk for Dantes and then a grizzled older fellow for the Count, so that it really is a surprise?

I have the same problem with films of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Finding out they're the same guy comes at the END OF THE BOOK, and so should also be at the end of the movie. (Given how famous the title is, a movie version should also change the character names now.)

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 25, 2018 11:01 AM (+aYzf)

197 176 Sheriff Israel was interviewed by Tapper today. Asked if the shooting could have been prevented if his department had done a better job he said:

"If ifs and butts were candy and nuts OJ Simpson would still be in the record books."

In addition to quite possibly being the dumbest thing any carbon-based lifeform has ever said . . .

OJ Simpson is, in fact, still in the record books.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:55 AM (GckyN)

I had to go see this for myself. I thought you had to be kidding. I was wrong, and I apologize.

Sheriff Israel should go home and eat his gun.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:01 AM (NWiLs)

198 I would say to sheriff dumb ass.quit as sheriff .you cannot even advocate for what is supposed to be actual policy. If we cant count on you to protect our defenseless while simultaneously. Shreiking at an advocate of self defense.hou have openly stated the child or citizen is only there for your deranged ideas

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 11:01 AM (wA1aM)

199 >>>Computer: "Syphilitic brain rot."

Posted by: ShainS<<<

Sterilize.

Posted by: Nomad at February 25, 2018 11:02 AM (bJ0w+)

200 "The President is Missing".

Reminds me of the little known but outstanding movie "Big Game" with Samuel L. Jackson as a very whimpy president who is rescued by a 12 year old Finnish kid who is out on his traditional "I am now a man" hunt.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 11:02 AM (GckyN)

201 195 Takei is a dirtbag. Libs probably believe he IS Sulu
Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (5gaNQ)

He probably believes he is Sulu. Too bad he couldn't identify with the commie killing ARVN soldier in "The Green Berets"

Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2018 11:02 AM (ANIFC)

202 Mona Charen can eat a bag of dicks.
That is all.

Posted by: JoeF. at February 25, 2018 11:04 AM (7uYFy)

203 Israel's comment is just another version of Hillary's "What difference does it make?".

Both disgusting , narcissistic Lefty word vomit.

Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 11:04 AM (2DOZq)

204 Oh boy! Now you've done it: mentioned "War and Peace". I've been meaning to read that for over 50 years and never got around to it. Is it worth the time and is there a particular translation I should look for?

Or should I just go with the Cliff Notes version and fake it?

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 10:47 AM (V+03K)


I recommend the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation. War and Peace is well worth reading, but Anna Karenina is better. The two epilogues to War and Peace are a serious disappointment, "conceivably the most deadly dull and deflating ending to a vast and magnificently readable book, ever written"

For those who think Tolstoy is too long and daunting - these works were serialized when originally published. The chapters are all relatively short and easy to finish, like like watching episodes of a series on Netflix.

My favorite War and Peace quote: "'Ah, how good! How nice!' he said to himself, when he remembered that his wife and the French were no more."

Posted by: cool breeze at February 25, 2018 11:04 AM (UGKMd)

205 Fsew trhing go type on phone is tiring.going to give up.i dont really have anyting to add that othets haven't. So have a great day

Posted by: Willow at February 25, 2018 11:05 AM (wA1aM)

206 If they purged the NFL record books every time a player or former player committed a crime . . . it would be a very fluid book.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 11:06 AM (GckyN)

207 The two epilogues to War and Peace are a serious disappointment, "conceivably the most deadly dull and deflating ending to a vast and magnificently readable book, ever written"

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I thought the one about the nature of history was interesting although the ideas are today not nearly so radical as they were when written.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 11:08 AM (+y/Ru)

208 I did not hear what Mona Charen said, but I saw Bill Kristol say he liked it, so yeah I know what I need to know to think she is awful.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at February 25, 2018 11:08 AM (Vqe4u)

209 183 ... Top.Man., Thanks for the tip about checking the Sharpe's books order. It will save me some aggravation. I can look up that Wiki list this afternoon while listening to the Nationals spring training game and hit the used book store for copies I don't have.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 11:08 AM (V+03K)

210 If they purged the NFL record books every time a player or former player committed a crime . . . it would be a very fluid book.

Posted by: Sharkman
________

You mean, I really could be elite?

Posted by: Joe Flacco at February 25, 2018 11:09 AM (y+SdL)

211 "The President is Missing".

Reminds me of the little known but outstanding movie "Big Game" with Samuel L. Jackson as a very whimpy president who is rescued by a 12 year old Finnish kid who is out on his traditional "I am now a man" hunt.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 11:02 AM (GckyN)


That was a good movie. Tough kid.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:10 AM (aMlLZ)

212 Late to the fray, but Good Morning, Horde! What am I reading? "War before Civilization" by Lawrence H. Keeley, "Man Corn" by Turner and Turner (It's a Cookbook! sorta) and re-reading Pournelle's "Janissaries" . The first two are slow going right now as they are serious studies and the first parts are laying the ground work. "Janissaries" is mind candy

McGyver, out

Posted by: Mcgyver at February 25, 2018 11:11 AM (5HYYq)

213 Hi Horde! I'm curious if anyone has read or seen AU books about a couple different topics: The Mexican federalists win independence from the Centralist government around the same time as Texas, and this new country still exists now. Some change in the Russian succession - either the Otsu assassin does kill Nikolai II, or the attempts on Alexander II all fail entirely.

Posted by: Helena Handbotsket at February 25, 2018 11:11 AM (0ReGO)

214 Hey all. Reading How the west Won. Suggested here. Its groovy.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:12 AM (70cRb)

215 I did not hear what Mona Charen said, but I saw Bill Kristol say he liked it, so yeah I know what I need to know to think she is awful.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at February 25, 2018 11:08 AM (Vqe4u)


They can both eat a bag of dicks, or maybe pull a lady and the tramp thing and nibble the same dick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:12 AM (aMlLZ)

216 Friday night hit the members-only sale at the annual Library Book Sale.

Picked up less than last year. The SF picking were very slim. But picked up an eclectic grouping of more books. I guess at some point you need a bigger house if you keep adding books. I've done this four times.

I did get REAMDE by Neal Stephenson. The Pillars of the Earth was a hard cover replacement for my paperback book. To counterbalance these tomes, I got a hardcover collection of Snoopy cartoons and a Reader's Digest compilation of Humor in Uniform.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:13 AM (hyuyC)

217 The BC Sheriff has officially deposed the FBI as LE Ass Hat of the Year.

Still early 2018 though.......

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 25, 2018 11:14 AM (EoRCO)

218 101 Bluebell! Did you ever find the right liquid lipstick?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 10:08 AM (qJtVm)


( *takes out yellow flag* )

( *waves it menacingly at AHE *)

( *puts away yellow flag *)

( *glares at AHE* )

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:15 AM (lYlRK)

219 "His thumbnail descriptions of Beethoven and the Congress of Vienna were eye opening"

Johnson's thumbnail descriptions of just about anybody are great.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at February 25, 2018 11:16 AM (P8951)

220
Pants Guy should be playing an accordion.

Posted by: rickl at February 25, 2018 09:16 AM



Pants guy is wearing the accordion.

Posted by: Hands at February 25, 2018 11:16 AM (EzdLW)

221 This Ann Coulter column about the history of gun control and the NRA is well worth reading.

http://bit.ly/29CZJ3K

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 11:16 AM (+y/Ru)

222 The Boston Globe has a sickening article defending the Broward SRO. Behold the new American definition of manliness.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 25, 2018 11:18 AM (skuoa)

223 Anybody hear from Anna? Still locked away in the in laws basement.? For comic relief we ae watching 3rd Rock from the Sun. Mindless funny, very clever entertainment.

Last night Dick meets Mays's cazy parents. Thought of Anna.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:18 AM (70cRb)

224 ( *takes out yellow flag* )

( *waves it menacingly at AHE *)

( *puts away yellow flag *)

( *glares at AHE* )


Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker


Ummmmmm.... wasn't Bluebell gonna write her
memoirs in lipstick ?

Posted by: JT at February 25, 2018 11:19 AM (DMET3)

225 Mary. Damn.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:19 AM (70cRb)

226 195 Takei is a dirtbag. Libs probably believe he IS Sulu

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:00 AM (5gaNQ)


Somebody quipped that takei is the Michael Sam of science fiction. A mediocre player milking his mediocre career way past its sell-by date.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:19 AM (lYlRK)

227 222 The Boston Globe has a sickening article defending the Broward SRO. Behold the new American definition of manliness.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 25, 2018 11:18 AM (skuoa)

I refuse to give them the traffic. There is no defense for him. Cowering outside while a gunman slaughtered students inside is indefensible. There is only one way he can restore his honor.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:19 AM (NWiLs)

228 A mediocre player milking his mediocre career way past its sell-by date.

Phrasing!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:20 AM (NWiLs)

229 Killing is the ultimate demonstration of power.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 25, 2018 10:39 AM (y+SdL)


Someone should write a book.

Posted by: Euripides at February 25, 2018 11:21 AM (sXefu)

230 214: Loved it!

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:22 AM (5gaNQ)

231 @GeorgeTakei
In Star Fleet we did not allow students and teachers to carry phasers into class. Some radical Earthlings argued we would be safer if everyone was armed, but the Vulcans pointed out that this was plainly illogical. Besides, the Klingons tried that, and it didn't work out so well.

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Twitter once again excels in its function of exposing persons who are lightly regarded in a positive light by the general public to be stupid idiots.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2018 11:23 AM (9SkN+)

232 If you'll a-gaze into Eula Biss, then Eula Biss also gazes into you.

Posted by: Zombie Friedrich Neitzsche - not immune to syphilis at February 25, 2018 11:23 AM (EzdLW)

233 204 ... cool breeze, I appreciate the Pevear and Vol.. suggestion. Apparently they did a translation of Anna Karenina as well. I wll look for both.

When I started doing some research about Jules Verne books, I learned the value of good trnaslations and scholarship. It makes a huge difference. That carries over to classic works like Tolstoy's.

Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2018 11:23 AM (V+03K)

234 217: Director Wray, "hold my beer"

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:24 AM (5gaNQ)

235 After her long-anticipated retirement, Hllary Clinton moved to a luxury villa in Oxyphonia

Nancy Pelosi is our Senator here in Oxyphonia.

Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2018 11:24 AM (dzxr0)

236 If my kid had been injured or killed at that school in Florida, I'm not sure that I'd be very civil to that Sheriff or his posse of cowards. That guy is cruising for a bruising.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 25, 2018 11:24 AM (YYYb4)

237 Late thanks for whoever mentioned "A Treasury of Southern Folklore" a while ago. It's fascinating, and my hometown (Natchez) gets a few unsavory mentions. Then there's the chapter "Moonshining in the Ozarks," which has pretty detailed instructions on making your own. Still not sure if the part about making whiskey in a pumpkin is serious or a joke, though.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at February 25, 2018 11:24 AM (dj96+)

238 I got a part time library job to feed the piggy bank until I land the Real Jerb. I spend a lot of time in the children's section. Discovered an author who spoofs the noir classics. The one title: The Possum Always Rings Twice.

Posted by: kallisto at February 25, 2018 11:25 AM (6bMel)

239 They can both eat a bag of dicks, or maybe pull a lady and the tramp thing and nibble the same dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:12 AM (aMlLZ)
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You paint beautiful word pictures with your ax.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:25 AM (qJtVm)

240 The male models were drugged and raped by zombies..and George Takei.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 25, 2018 11:26 AM (skuoa)

241 On the subject of books, thats a nice collection of Auotomobile books in that photo, and i need a new used car, an SUV, my mechanic said Honda. Anyone have a CRV or a Pilot?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:26 AM (70cRb)

242 "Do women actually enjoy reading this sort of stuff? To me, this is like listening to someone ask one of those 'If you were a flower, what kind of flower would you be?' type questions and then run her mouth for 200 pages. I simply don't have any patience for it, but then again, I'm not the author's target audience."

No. In fact, the "feminist" books I had to read in college (all two of them) were published by the university press where the writer or editor was employed. And the newer stuff is by small presses that cater to that content.

I was rather outraged at having to buy an entire anthology in order to read the introduction by Gloria Anzaldúa a lesbian poet Chicana white-hater. Seriously, the woman admitted that she told her white students that women of color shouldn't have to explain anything to them "after 400 years of slavery" and left them in tears. She also coined a term that correcting anyone's English or Spanish was "linguistic terrorism".

I told MY professor that an instructor who refused to teach white students or male students or whatever wasn't fit to teach. She encouraged me to write a letter to Ms. Anzaldúa, which I did. My classmates thought it was good. Then again, my classmates were decent people with majors other than lesbian poetry or Chicano studies.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at February 25, 2018 11:26 AM (G8B7r)

243 If the Dow scares you, buy zombies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at February 25, 2018 11:26 AM (+y/Ru)

244 Twitter once again excels in its function of exposing persons who are lightly regarded in a positive light by the general public to be stupid idiots.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2018 11:23 AM (9SkN+)


Lightly regarded...damn I think I need more coffee. I read that as slightly retarded.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:27 AM (aMlLZ)

245
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan



The Story of all the Babies Jane Killed, by no one.

0 pages
Published: are you kidding?
Reviews: REDACTED

Posted by: fetal demise at February 25, 2018 11:27 AM (EzdLW)

246 Lightly regarded...damn I think I need more coffee. I read that as slightly retarded.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:27 AM (aMlLZ)

Me to.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:28 AM (70cRb)

247 ( *glares at AHE* )

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker
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*falls*
*grabs foot and rolls around on the futball field in fake agony*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:28 AM (qJtVm)

248 @245 -- that's actually a great idea for a book.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 25, 2018 11:28 AM (skuoa)

249 Been reading Camille Paglia' s last book Free Women Free Men. It's a collection of writings and speeches she's done from the early 90' s to the present.

It's amazing how things she wrote in 1992 could be republished today with almost no changes and be applied to the crazy neo feminists and PC culture.

Posted by: Holier than Thou Asshole Bot at February 25, 2018 11:28 AM (SkuXa)

250 Anne Cleeland's Murder in Misdirection now available on Amazon. (Acton & Doyle #7)

Posted by: artemis at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (AwPyG)

251 >>>The Boston Globe has a sickening article defending the Broward SRO. Behold the new American definition of manliness.


"Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet."

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (/qEW2)

252 Cannibal Bob

My CRV has been very reliable. It's a workhorse. Just clip a corner of your man-card.

I knew a helo pilot who got a Pilot. He said it was like giving up. He had three kids at that point, so a two-seat convertible was out of the question. He told me his wife wanted utilitarian vice macho virtue signaling. Then he sighed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (hyuyC)

253 Then again, my classmates were decent people with majors other than lesbian poetry or Chicano studies.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at February 25, 2018 11:26 AM (G8B7r)
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That's a horrible thing she said, but I laffed because one of the go-to fake useless degrees I claim I have is in Lesbian and Chicana Studies. Another is Queer Cinema.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (qJtVm)

254 If my kid had been injured or killed at that school in Florida, I'm not sure that I'd be very civil to that Sheriff or his posse of cowards.

That department deserves derision forever. By zombies, too.

Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2018 11:31 AM (K1sgG)

255 162 I still don't know how to send a book thread tip to the blog...

I post this every week, at the end of the book thread:

As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to OregonMuse, Proprietor, AoSHQ Book Thread, at the book thread e-mail address: aoshqbookthread, followed by the 'at' sign, and then 'G' mail, and then dot cee oh emm.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:32 AM (lYlRK)

256 I knew a helo pilot who got a Pilot. He said it was like giving up. He had three kids at that point, so a two-seat convertible was out of the question. He told me his wife wanted utilitarian vice macho virtue signaling. Then he sighed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (hyuyC)

Eh, it's not that bad as long as you have one from before the body redesign. Now it just looks like a minivan with four doors.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)

257 255 162 I still don't know how to send a book thread tip to the blog...

I post this every week, at the end of the book thread:

As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to OregonMuse, Proprietor, AoSHQ Book Thread, at the book thread e-mail address: aoshqbookthread, followed by the 'at' sign, and then 'G' mail, and then dot cee oh emm.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:32 AM (lYlRK)

I don't have any book thread tips, but I might be able to muster an insult or two.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:37 AM (NWiLs)

258 I've discovered and am reading some late 1800s early 1900s detective stories which were being published along side Sherlock Holmes in magazines such as the Strand. There's some junk out there but some real gems I recommend.

The first is Ghosts: being the experiences of Flaxman Low, which is a sort of sherlock holmes supernatural detective, dealing with ghosts and ghoulies in an intellectual way.

Another is Max Carrados, who is blind but a brilliant detective.

Its fun to find these lost stories, and I'd like to see them get more notice these days.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:38 AM (39g3+)

259
176 Sheriff Israel was interviewed by Tapper today. Asked if the shooting could have been prevented if his department had done a better job he said:

"If ifs and butts were candy and nuts OJ Simpson would still be in the record books."

In addition to quite possibly being the dumbest thing any carbon-based lifeform has ever said . . .

OJ Simpson is, in fact, still in the record books.
Posted by: Sharkman at February 25, 2018 10:55 AM (GckyN)

I had to go see this for myself. I thought you had to be kidding. I was wrong, and I apologize.

Sheriff Israel should go home and eat his gun.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:01 AM (NWiLs)

This makes "At this point, what difference does it make?" seem warm and empathetic.

I didn't think I could be shocked by any public official at this point. I was wrong.

Posted by: Gem at February 25, 2018 11:38 AM (XoAz8)

260 We really are just serfs to these people.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:40 AM (NWiLs)

261 More O/T: Ye Old Magick Shoppe sounds like something I would like to read. I hope some morons and ettes give it a go!

Posted by: Gem at February 25, 2018 11:40 AM (XoAz8)

262 Sheriff Israel should go home and eat his gun.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:01 AM (NWiLs)

Honestly I thought uncle Palp was going a little overboard with his suggestions for their route to atonement but I've come around.

Posted by: Holier than Thou Asshole Bot at February 25, 2018 11:41 AM (SkuXa)

263 Another is Queer Cinema.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM

If I said Queer Cinema, I'd be throwing my life to the winds. I have some friends who would gladly take me to various auditoriums and college classrooms where student films are debuted to much virtue-signaling applause. Don't start me on the plays.

One of the delights of moving to this area is that ladies' activities are things like fundraising dinners with raffles for salon certificates, make-up bags, etc. - NOT she-women man-haters clubs.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at February 25, 2018 11:41 AM (G8B7r)

264 This makes "At this point, what difference does it make?" seem warm and empathetic.

Posted by: Gem at February 25, 2018 11:38 AM (XoAz


* rolls eyes *

Dude, that was like two years ago

Posted by: Tommy! at February 25, 2018 11:41 AM (y87Qq)

265 re: the 'by zombies' test for passive voice, here's an exception:

As I entered the cemetery I quickly walked by zombies.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2018 09:25 AM (wPiJc)


Here's another:

I considered getting guard dogs to patrol my property, to keep it safe from hippies, but instead decided, because they are cheaper to feed, to by zombies.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2018 11:42 AM (Pz4pT)

266 I'm not sure I understand wymnynz. Your power is in your vagyna? Is that the big secret no one has figured out in 2.5 million years, and now that you've discovered it you're going to enjoy it and you're going to use your vagyna to make men do what you want?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Blacks and Hispanics are beating up LGBTs in record numbers and it's Trumps fault!!!! at February 25, 2018 11:42 AM (ks6bw)

267 Good Morning Horde.
Am sitting here looking at my library and deciding if it is Horde worthy. Probably not, but as it also serves as my partial liquor cabinet, then likely acceptable.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2018 11:42 AM (0tfLf)

268 I finished off Mr Midshipman Easy, it was slow going. The book wasn't what I had hoped or expected, and it was a form of British humor I really don't care for, so it wasn't very fun or entertaining. Still I can see why its a bit of a classic in the genre and I'm glad I finished it so I can refer to it or understand references.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:43 AM (39g3+)

269 Its fun to find these lost stories, and I'd like to see them get more notice these days.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:38 AM (39g3+)


Given that these stories are no doubt in the public domain, why don't you collect them and re-publish them yourself? You can provide a nice intro, author bios, background info, etc. and I'd bet it would sell.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:44 AM (lYlRK)

270 As I entered the cemetery I quickly walked by zombies.

Yes but with out the "by zombies" its grammatically mangled: "As I entered the cemetery I quickly walked." So its not passive voice, its just bad grammar, unless its poetry in which case grammar goes out the window and passive voice is irrelevant.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:44 AM (39g3+)

271 If Star fleet were as politically correct as the army under Obama, they'd probably have a few Nidal Hassans walking around muttering about how evil the Federation is, and no one would be able to stop them.

So yes, it would actually be logical for the instructors to be carrying phasers.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at February 25, 2018 11:44 AM (/qEW2)

272 Do it, Diogenes! We love seeing Horde libraries/wet bars.

Biblioteca comes from the root Bibir, "to drink", right?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:45 AM (qJtVm)

273 Given that these stories are no doubt in the public domain, why don't you collect them and re-publish them yourself?

I picked up copies for 99 and 00 cents each off Amazon, someone already had the idea

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:46 AM (39g3+)

274 Biblioteca comes from the root Bibir, "to drink", right?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:45 AM



Works for me!
"sips"

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2018 11:47 AM (0tfLf)

275
If you can't find 5/4" shelving, 1 1/4" will work, too.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM (2FqvZ)

1.25" will also do in a pinch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 09:09 AM



Defer to Ace's judgement on shelving.

Posted by: Hands at February 25, 2018 11:47 AM (EzdLW)

276 Any woman who finds "power" in killing her child, would kill anything. Sociopathy does not only involve cruelty to animals. If your convenience, your embarrassment, your lack of stretch marks is more important than another's life, you have crossed into sociopathy. In Miss Lazarin's Manhattan, preventing a move from Manhattan to Brooklyn has been deemed a reason to kill your own child for a while now among the nasty women.

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:49 AM (5gaNQ)

277 Hey, where'd everybody go? I am kicking ass!

Posted by: Lost Skier at February 25, 2018 11:49 AM (OnpLR)

278 I'm not sure I understand wymnynz. Your power is in your vagyna? Is that the big secret no one has figured out in 2.5 million years, and now that you've discovered it you're going to enjoy it and you're going to use your vagyna to make men do what you want?


Posted by: Moron Robbie - Blacks and Hispanics are beating up LGBTs in record numbers and it's Trumps fault!!!! at February 25, 2018 11:42 AM (ks6bw)


It only works on pajama boys. The dudes with neutronium man cards will always find one of their sisters eager to give that shit away.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:50 AM (aMlLZ)

279 I picked up copies for 99 and 00 cents each off Amazon, someone already had the idea
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:46 AM (39g3+)


Oh. Dang it. I thought maybe you were perusing through back issues of The Strand on microfiche at some library.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at February 25, 2018 11:51 AM (lYlRK)

280 256 I knew a helo pilot who got a Pilot. He said it was like giving up. He had three kids at that point, so a two-seat convertible was out of the question. He told me his wife wanted utilitarian vice macho virtue signaling. Then he sighed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (hyuyC)

Eh, it's not that bad as long as you have one from before the body redesign. Now it just looks like a minivan with four doors.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)

OK. I knew the man card would come up. I wouldn't have respected you fuckers if it hadn't. I just don't need a truck but some backroad stuff is in the cards. I hate the new styles and the bells and whistles I won't use. I don't want teh damn thing to drive for me. Thats why i have a 16 year old suv, but i need a break from replacing everything around the engine which is strong except for an oil leak.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:52 AM (70cRb)

281 It only works on pajama boys. The dudes with neutronium man cards will always find one of their sisters eager to give that shit away.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:50 AM (aMlLZ)

*looks at man card*

Card stock with plastic laminate. Dammit!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:52 AM (NWiLs)

282 Any woman who finds "power" in killing her child, would kill anything. Sociopathy does not only involve cruelty to animals.

Generally speaking, sociopathic women do not express their insanity by killing adults. There are exceptions of course, but they usually kill children. And this does give the truly bloodthirsty another way to express that love of murder, which probably wouldn't have an outlet any other way.

Usually evil or insane women destroy the soul rather than the body: they ruin a man's reputation, self-worth, hope, dreams, future, esteem among peers, career, etc. Evil Men rape and break and kill the body, usually.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:53 AM (39g3+)

283 I knew a helo pilot who got a Pilot. He said it was like giving up. He had three kids at that point, so a two-seat convertible was out of the question. He told me his wife wanted utilitarian vice macho virtue signaling. Then he sighed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (hyuyC)

Eh, it's not that bad as long as you have one from before the body redesign. Now it just looks like a minivan with four doors.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)


Same with the CRV. Before they feminized it, and made it look like all the other crappy "crossovers," it was a fantastic little machine, with flexibility and space.

The thing is, on balance, Honda still does pretty much across the board with different types of machines, better than pretty much every other car maker.

The Ridgeline is, on balance, pound for pound, as good as any pickup out there. The Accord is, again, pound for pound, better than other mid-size sedans, and the Civic has no equal in the small car market. There's literally nothing else that comes close.

In other words, whatever you need, you really can't go wrong with a Honda.*


*No, I do not work for Honda, why do you ask?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2018 11:53 AM (Pz4pT)

284 Umbrellas on stun, Mr. Chekov!

Posted by: Lulu at February 25, 2018 11:54 AM (Tyii7)

285 Witness how eaaily OM loses control over the content of the Book Thread.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:54 AM (qJtVm)

286 Thats why i have a 16 year old suv, but i need a break from replacing everything around the engine which is strong except for an oil leak.

Get like a 1972 F10, they're so simple the worst problem you face is rust. Bench seats, no bells and whistles, get an upper body workout steering, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:54 AM (39g3+)

287 *looks at man card*

Card stock with plastic laminate. Dammit!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:52 AM (NWiLs)


That works. A card is a card.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:54 AM (aMlLZ)

288 220
Pants guy is wearing the accordion.
Posted by: Hands at February 25, 2018 11:16 AM (EzdLW)


He takes "pleats" to a whole 'nother level.

Posted by: rickl at February 25, 2018 11:55 AM (sdi6R)

289 Card stock with plastic laminate. Dammit!
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You punch it with an awl and hammer, which is even manlier.

Or a bazooka.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:55 AM (qJtVm)

290 287 *looks at man card*

Card stock with plastic laminate. Dammit!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:52 AM (NWiLs)


That works. A card is a card.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:54 AM (aMlLZ)

Still hoping to get an upgrade one of these days.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 25, 2018 11:55 AM (NWiLs)

291 282: Why would they, unless it was sickeningly "legal" to do so. I know few sociopaths who would prefer jail time when there is a penalty free alternative

Posted by: CN at February 25, 2018 11:56 AM (5gaNQ)

292
My CRV has been very reliable. It's a workhorse. Just clip a corner of your man-card.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (hyuyC)

Thanks NaCly. Will it pull a small tent table in the mountains?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:56 AM (70cRb)

293 Same with the CRV. Before they feminized it, and made it look like all the other crappy "crossovers," it was a fantastic little machine, with flexibility and space.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2018 11:53 AM (Pz4pT)


Same with the RAV4.

Face it, the nature of all small SUVs is to eventually become an oversized Renault Le Car. It's their ground state.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 25, 2018 11:56 AM (y87Qq)

294 In other words, whatever you need, you really can't go wrong with a Honda.*


*No, I do not work for Honda, why do you ask?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2018 11:53 AM (Pz4pT)


Really can't argue with that. We're on our 3rd acura, and you just can't kill them. My last one is in my friend's hands, and it got 280K on it and still runs like the day we got it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:57 AM (aMlLZ)

295 Noo tread up

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:57 AM (qJtVm)

296 I prepared a dish from the complete brain cookbook, by zombies.


One could point out that "by zombies" here actually implies "written by zombies". But that just makes the cookbook the object of the zombies action. "written by" is acting on the cookbook, which is not the subject of the sentence. "I" is the subject of the sentence, doing the action, and "I prepared" is active voice.

Or, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Wouldn't be the first time.

Posted by: Hands at February 25, 2018 11:57 AM (EzdLW)

297 sigh, willowed

Posted by: Hands at February 25, 2018 11:58 AM (EzdLW)

298
There is an old copy of "The Boy Mechanic" in that bookcase, noticed because I have one too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 25, 2018 11:58 AM (r+sAi)

299 I have a 4dr Jeep Wrangler that has been my best vehicle so far. It has developed an oil leak though.

Posted by: Sebastion Melmoth at February 25, 2018 11:58 AM (2DOZq)

300 Get like a 1972 F10, they're so simple the worst problem you face is rust. Bench seats, no bells and whistles, get an upper body workout steering, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 11:54 AM (39g3+)

And Heidi can sit next to me in a short shorts!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 11:59 AM (70cRb)

301 Good grief. Some of you people actually enjoy Anna Karenina and War and Peace? I suppose some of you actually enjoy the literary stylings of Dickens or Nathaniel West or Herman Melville.

Sorry, not sorry, just can't do it.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 25, 2018 12:00 PM (MIKMs)

302 My mechanic keeps telling me that all the race cars cylinder Honda engines. I see lots of Pilots with 200+ miles and they say "runs like new".

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at February 25, 2018 12:02 PM (70cRb)

303 I knew a helo pilot who got a Pilot. He said it was like giving up. He had three kids at that point, so a two-seat convertible was out of the question. He told me his wife wanted utilitarian vice macho virtue signaling. Then he sighed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2018 11:30 AM (hyuyC)

Look on the bright side. Plenty of room to bang the babysitter when the opportunity arises, compared to that two seat sports car.

Posted by: Keith at February 25, 2018 12:02 PM (USf3s)

304 Pixy just sent the next thread down the wormhole.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 12:06 PM (qJtVm)

305 They can both eat a bag of dicks, or maybe pull a lady and the tramp thing and nibble the same dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at February 25, 2018 11:12 AM (aMlLZ)
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You paint beautiful word pictures with your ax.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 25, 2018 11:25 AM (qJtVm)


It's the funniest word image I've read in a while.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 12:06 PM (y7DUB)

306 Sorry, not sorry, just can't do it.

Not at this juncture?

Wouldn't be prudent?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 12:09 PM (39g3+)

307 If any minivans were rated to tow 5000 pounds or better I'd buy one in a heartbeat. I'm sure the engines and transmissions are capable enough (see also: Pilot, Hyundai Santa Fe, etc.), but why go through the trouble of testing and certification for something that most buyers won't do or care about?

Their functional as heck and great for carrying to a racetrack or campground. Make a sleeping platform to place over the fold-flat seats and you don't even have to worry about a tent.

Oh well.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Blacks and Hispanics are beating up LGBTs in record numbers and it's Trumps fault!!!! at February 25, 2018 12:10 PM (ks6bw)

308

I walked with a Zombie

Posted by: Roky the walking squirrel at February 25, 2018 12:15 PM (IqV8l)

309 A Bill Clinton co-authored novel? Wonder if its a rip-off of the novel "The President's Plane is Missing"?

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at February 25, 2018 12:20 PM (fuBei)

310 Read a collection of stories by Kim Newman this past week, about paranormal investigators working for the "Diogenes Club" in Sixties England. Fun stuff.

Except . . .

It made me realize just how consumed with petty vindictiveness liberals are. Mr. Newman, in his authorial voice, not just character viewpoint, is still incredibly spiteful toward Margaret Thatcher. She left office twenty-five years ago, and has been dead for five years, but he can't keep himself from putting in nasty little digs at her.

And of course American writers and "comedians" are still doing their best to insult the memory of Ronald Reagan, too. It's disgusting.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 25, 2018 12:21 PM (+aYzf)

311 Late thanks for whoever mentioned "A Treasury of Southern Folklore" a while ago. It's fascinating...

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at February 25, 2018 11:24 AM (dj96+)

I also picked up a copy of B. A. Botkin's "Southern Folklore" after it got mentioned but haven't delved into it very deeply yet. Botkin wrote a number of these folklore books and I also got a copy of his A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore. Funny little story in the back of that book about two Confederate veterans reminiscing about fighting the Yankees. One says something about beating the Yankees and sending them back over the Ohio River. The other says, "No, that isn't what happened," and first veteran complains, "Another good story ruined by an eyewitness."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 25, 2018 12:29 PM (5Yee7)

312 I have the same problem with films of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Finding out they're the same guy comes at the END OF THE BOOK, and so should also be at the end of the movie. (Given how famous the title is, a movie version should also change the character names now.)

Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb?

Posted by: Chuck C at February 25, 2018 12:32 PM (LXzYd)

313 Variant title: "They Call Me MISTER Pibb!"

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 25, 2018 12:33 PM (+aYzf)

314 Wouldn't be prudent?
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That's right. Stroking out with impatience and rage at the tiresome self-absorbed idiots and throwing their books around is dangerous.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 25, 2018 12:45 PM (MIKMs)

315 Have to like f6f. From his library I'd guess he flew in the Pacific and did some time with the aviation industry after, rather like E.A. Murphy, Jr. (yes, *that* Murphy) did after his Army time.

The model is indeed a Grumman F6 -- looks hand-built and probably rubber band driven. (If it has an engine, he did a mighty fine job of hiding the installation.)

My library overlaps his in a few places, mainly the WWII history and aviation R&D stuff, but I'm nowhere near the gearhead f6f seems to be. Keep 'em flyin', Navy.

My current read is A.I. Sholzhenitsyn's *Lenin in Zurich*, which is an enriched series of extracts from his larger work *The Red Wheel*. Takes some time to adjust to Sholzhenitsyn's style, but the book is a revelation for people (like myself) who've never made more than a topical study of Lenin.

Posted by: 230FMJ at February 25, 2018 01:12 PM (jEiEV)

316 *looks at bookcase picture*

Those aircraft books by Wolf, had never heard of before. Huh. Looks at Amazon and winces at the prices, $50 to $70 for each.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 25, 2018 01:17 PM (YU27p)

317 There is a new non-book related thread up now for political stuff now.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 25, 2018 01:17 PM (mpXpK)

318 It made me realize just how consumed with petty vindictiveness liberals are. Mr. Newman, in his authorial voice, not just character viewpoint, is still incredibly spiteful toward Margaret Thatcher. She left office twenty-five years ago, and has been dead for five years, but he can't keep himself from putting in nasty little digs at her.

The Brit socialists are all spiteful limpdicked backstabbers and Thatcher saw through every fucking one of them, which only increases their impotent tantrums.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 25, 2018 01:21 PM (y7DUB)

319 Finally got here and didn't read any comments yet. This week I'm alternating between two e-books: Craven Manor, by Darcy Coates, and How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing With Your House's Dirty Little Secrets."

"Craven" is a haunted house book, and not normally in my wheelhouse at all since I had kids, but the reviews on amazon convinced me to buy it. So far, so good. "How to Manage Your Home" began as the blog of a self-confessed slob, and I do mean slob.

This was another with rave reviews that convinced me to buy. I RARELY buy any "deal of the day" books, but these were worth it. While I'm not a slob per se, the chapter on clutter is worth its weight in gold.

Posted by: SandyCheeks at February 25, 2018 01:21 PM (ihzOe)

320 f6f's rubber band powered F6F Hellcat has an advantage over one series of model kits of Grumman's big brother to the Wildcat. One can see in the wing the barrels for the .50cal machine guns which the Chinese company Hobby Boss managed to omit for their kits. And let us not mention how they made the cockpit so large in their model Hellcats that Michael Moore could sit in the plane if one was full scale.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at February 25, 2018 01:22 PM (YU27p)

321 A lot of those abortionists were getting whore ready to get back to work for their pimps. Empowering.

Posted by: Dang at February 25, 2018 01:25 PM (v49Tn)

322 I considered getting guard dogs to patrol my
property, to keep it safe from hippies, but instead decided, because
they are cheaper to feed, to by zombies.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2018 11:42 AM (Pz4pT)


You should have just gone ahead and split the infinitive there.

personally I think occasional split infinitives are a good jolt to liven up how a paragraph scans, as opposed to dangling prepositions which are the unsalted oatmeal porridge of English writing.

By zombies.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 25, 2018 01:46 PM (2K6fY)

323 My other long term project is a book my mom got me: the Parallel Classic Commentary on the Psalms.

They take each psalm and put side by side the commentary by Charles Spurgeon, John Calvin, and Matthew Henry. Its taking me years to get through, because I read the psalm one day, then one commentary each day, and some are so long it takes more than one day to get through each commentary. I'm about 3/5ths of the way through after years now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2018 01:53 PM (39g3+)

324 Christopher, Midshipman Easy is not so much a comedy as a comedic, and over the top take on the liberal ideas coming out of the enlightenment and leading to the French revolution, and all the pain and suffering adnd misery that creates.

It is also a picaresque novel, of sorts.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 25, 2018 02:04 PM (2K6fY)

325 Thanks for the comments about the library. Very kind comments. The tin is prewar and the battleship is the USS Idaho. The plane is a Guillows balsa kit my father-in-law made for me. The Boy Mechanic Series is dated 1919. Some of the post-war editions are actually more fun.

Posted by: F6F at February 25, 2018 02:20 PM (xD7Ps)

326 88
Just finished Rex Stout's "The Doorbell Rang."

Read it this past week, and got to thinking about my Nero Wolfe collection. Printed out a list of all the books, and was very surprised to find I had, on my very sturdy bookshelves, all but 5. I have remedied that, and have spent the week reading one a day. Still have a ways to go, but they are fun.

Posted by: Bookaday at February 25, 2018 02:23 PM (2qDS0)

327
Augh! You bastards!


Now you got me thinking about tackling "War and Peace".

This is a cruel cruel thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2018 02:32 PM (E3rQ4)

328 Can't kill an Acura? Hah!

Ask the fool who rammed me as I was slowing for a stoplight. Total loss.

It was my wife's first new car, bought when we were dating.

Of course, to her, the accident was my fault, no matter what the police report said.

Posted by: Weak Geek at February 25, 2018 04:01 PM (zT4Y1)

329 Sharkman:

Thanks for the tip. I'm at librivox right now and have found David Clarke's books.

Posted by: microcosme at February 25, 2018 10:41 PM (0jKjd)

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