Sunday Morning Book Thread 05-05-2019

Château - Domaine de Chantilly Reading Room

Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes, wine moms, frat bros, sans culottes morons and everybody who's holding your beer. Welcome once again to the stately, prestigious, internationally acclaimed and high-class Sunday Morning Book Thread, a weekly compendium of reviews, observations, snark, and a continuing conversation on books, reading, writing, and publishing by escaped oafs 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 add an entirely new dimension to the phrase 'light in the loafers.'

Pic Note

The library/reading room houses quite a book collection:

Of the 60,000 volumes contained in the Chantilly collection, almost 19,000 volumes are exhibited in the Reading Room, including 1,500 manuscripts and 17,500 printed documents on the subjects of universal knowledge. The manuscripts, the oldest of which dates from the 11th century, include 200 medieval manuscripts of which many are illuminated. The printed documents include approximately 300 incunables (pre-1501) and 2,500 books printed in the 16th century.

You can read more about the Château de Chantilly on its wikipedia page.

Call For Submissions

Fritzworth is looking for a few good authors for an SF/F/Horror alt-history anthology that he's editing:

The Secret Lunar Wars is an anthology of alternate history short stories that explains what was really going on during the period of time from the first suborbital rocket launches in 1956 to the fall of Skylab from orbit in 1979. Your story will explain what was actually going on during (or at some key point[s]) of that time period, with two requirements: the public perception of events remains that of the actual historical record (hence, “secret”, and the fate of humanity has to somehow be at stake. The genre can be science fiction, fantasy, horror, or some combination thereof. Tone can range from tongue-in-cheek humor to stark Lovecraftian despair. In any case, explanation must be given as to why the true events occurred and the grave threat to humanity remained secret.

Nazis on the moon, perhaps? Nah, that's been done.

All of the pertinent details can be read here.

It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®

The SCUNTHORPE PROBLEM is the unintentional blocking of websites or email addresses because their names happen to contain a string of obscene characters. The term was coined in 1996, when a spam filter was found to be prohibiting people in Scunthorpe from registering with AOL.

Usage: Sites that might get scunthorped might be http://penisland.net or http://speedofart.com. Also http://masterbaitonline.com and http://morsex.com, which, despite what you might be tempted to think, are not porn sites.

(Note: I've actually purchased items from http://morsex.com.)

"As A Bishop, It Is My Duty To Warn The West"

Not everyone in the upper Catholic hierarchy is a clueless commie boneheads, like the current Pope or most American bishops. Certainly not the French Guinean prelate Robert Cardinal Sarah, who absolutely does not pull any punches:

I want to suggest to Western people that the real cause of this refusal to claim their inheritance and this refusal of fatherhood is the rejection of God. From Him we receive our nature as man and woman. This is intolerable to modern minds. Gender ideology is a Luciferian refusal to receive a sexual nature from God. Thus some rebel against God and pointlessly mutilate themselves in order to change their sex. But in reality they do not fundamentally change anything of their structure as man or woman. The West refuses to receive, and will accept only what it constructs for itself. Transhumanism is the ultimate avatar of this movement. Because it is a gift from God, human nature itself becomes unbearable for western man.

And he's just getting warmed up.

The entire interview will be published as a book, The Day is Now Far Spent.

Reading excerpts from this interview is infuriating. It seems to me that the spiritual decay that has overtaken the West and satanic attacks on God's created order of males and females are precisely the sorts of things the Pope should be addressing. But he never does.

More interviews of Cardinal Sarah are in his 2015 book, God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith.

PS - He's not a big fan of unlimited mass migration, either:

Moron Recommendations

452 I just finished reading a great book by a new author Scott Anderson. It's calledWestern Terminus. It's about an rookie FBI agent in the modern west who uncovers a mystery and a government conspiracy and discovers he can't trust his own agency so he teams up with a country sheriff.

It's available for preorder on Kindle. (It's coming out on the 30th)The dead tree version is already available.

Posted by: SineWaveII at April 28, 2019 12:51 PM (tBNBA)

From the Amazon blurb:

Rookie FBI Special Agent Elias Tucker is the son of Liberian immigrants and he's living his American Dream...His work involves the cross-border drug trade, missing persons, and tracking foreign nationals who have entered the country illegally.

A string of mysterious disappearances among migrant communities has shocked the locals, but the brass seem unconcerned.

A never-ending wave of Central American caravans. Disappearing politicians. A mystery epidemic. A wonder drug. And a green FBI agent named Elias Tucker who won't take no for an answer. Can he solve the mystery before time runs out? And will the truth die with him?

Western Terminus: An Eli Tucker Thriller has now been published and is available on Kindle for $2.99.

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I also highly recommend my "travel companion": Volume 2 of Charles Moore's bio of Margaret Thostaer. That is one hell of a read. If you have NOT read either volume, do yourself a favor and do it, especially if you have the remotest interest in either British politics or the events of the 1980s.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at April 28, 2019 03:33 PM (MAKpd)

This is the authorized biography of Margaret Thostaer. I remember when she was PM. The spittle-flecked rage against her from the British cognoscenti was non-stop, and, from what I could tell, laced with a stiff dose of old-fashioned class snobbery (she came from humble beginnings). She wasn't one of them. This is something that I think she rather enjoyed. She cared not one whit what they thought of her. She would've gotten along well with Donald Trump. The same sorts of progressives who hated Thostaer hate Trump just as violently. In fact, it would be a good debate as to which form of TDS is the most virulent.

From the blurb, it sounds like Charles Moore is not letting TDS cloud his mind and is at least tryin to be fair:

Moore has had unique access to all of Thostaer’s private and governmental papers, and interviewed her and her family extensively for this book. Many of her former colleagues and intimates have also shared previously unseen papers, diaries, and letters, and spoken frankly to him, knowing that what they revealed would not be published until after her death. The book immediately supersedes all other biographies and sheds much new light on the whole spectrum of British political life from Thostaer’s entry into Parliament in 1959 to what was arguably the zenith of her power—victory in the Falklands in 1982.

1959? Wow. I wasn't aware that Mrs. Thostaer's political career started that early. That was only 3 years after I was born.

So this is a multi-volume biography that is not yet complete:

Volume 1, Margaret Thostaer: From Grantham to the Falklands

Volume 2, Everything She Wants is odd because I can't find an ebook version of it on Amazon.

Volume 3, Herself Alone, is due out in October.

Then there's At Her Zenith: In London, Washington, and Moscow which doesn't say where in the sequence it fits. I'm thinking prolly somewhere between Vols. 2 and 3.

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241 Reminds me of how Ty Cobb was dragged down by the author he hired who just made shit up to make him look bad, because the author was an alcoholic and had a grudge against Ty Cobb. You might not like the man and he could be an ass but to make crap up when he's dead and can't defend himself. Terrible Beauty Ty Cobb sets the record straight.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 28, 2019 11:04 AM (dKiJG)

There are two kinds of historical revisionism. The first kind is shoehorning history into some progressive narrative, i.e making it about 'oppressor vs. oppressee' or 'moar diversity' or 'wimmins are teh strong' or 'hooray for gays', etc. Which is essentially a rewrite to make progressives comfortable so they can continue to pretend they're not living in tiny little boxes and that they only thing that's progressing is their own ignorance.

And then there's the other kind of revisionism when somebody suspects that previous historians got something wrong and it needs to be fixed. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen is more of the latter:

Cobb was also one of the game’s most controversial characters. He got in a lot of fights, on and off the field, and was often accused of being overly aggressive. Even his supporters acknowledged that he was a fierce competitor, but he was also widely admired. After his death in 1961, however, his reputation morphed into that of a virulent racist who also hated children and women, and was in turn hated by his peers.

How did this happen? Who is the real Ty Cobb? Setting the record straight, Charles Leerhsen pushed aside the myths, traveled to Georgia and Detroit, and re-traced Cobb’s journey from the shy son of a professor and state senator who was progressive on race for his time to America’s first true sports celebrity.

And another one for my TBR pile, when the Kindle price, now at $12.99, comes down a bit.

Books By Morons

'Ette author right wing yankee recently released the third book in her Hartington series of space operas, following the adventures of three siblings as they try to solve the mystery of their father's death and the family's fall from grace. This one is called 'Lyddie Hartington: Galaxy Sleuth':

Facing poverty after a childhood among the wealthy and powerful, Lyddie Hartington decamps to Ceres, a newly colonized planet on the edges of the galaxy. Armed only with a change of clothes, a letter of introduction to the directors of the Andromeda Company, and a blaster, she is determined to make her fortune.

But Ceres is nothing like Orion-14, and before she knows it, Lyddie is witness to a murder- a murder that goes to the heart of the Andromeda Company and puts her life in danger. With the help of her new friend, an entirely too handsome captain of the Galaxy Watch, she must discover the murderer and solve the mystery of her family’s downfall.

If she can survive long enough to do it.

The Kindle edition of Lyddie Hartington: Galaxy Sleuth is $2.99. The first two books in the series are The Hartington Inheritance and Hartington Abroad

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Heard from moron author J.T. Thompson, who has just published a short story, which explores

...[w]hat happens when a warning is read to be an invitation? When an entire civilization's shouts of 'danger' are received to be an enthusiastic exclamation of 'welcome?' J.T. Thompson's short story takes a Leibowitzian look at the challenges of communicating over deep time, and how as always, the road to hell is paved with the best of intentions.

I'ne never heard the word 'Leibowitzian' before, but I'm sure we can figure out pretty much what it means.

Anyway, you can pick up A Gift of the Ancients on Kindle for 99 cents.

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'Ette author Celia Hayes e-mails:

I am working now on Luna City #8, but in response to a lot of readers asking for it - I have put up the first six Luna City volumes in a pair of compendium volumes as ebooks. By the end of the year, I will have them in print versions, for the holiday market - but my books sell heavily as ebooks, so I thought I'd make them available now...The second collection is books 3-6. When I have finished two more in the Luna City saga, I will do another compendium. Three of them together top out at about 600 pages, which is ... a good, hefty read.

1st collection: The Luna City Compendium #1
2nd collection: The Luna City Compendium #2

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If you like, you can follow me on Twitter, where I make the occasional snarky comment.

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So that's all for this week. As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, insults, threats, ugly pants pics and moron library submissions 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 08:50 AM

Comments

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1 *dons pants*

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 08:51 AM (kQs4Y)

2 got the new Dorsey Serge Storm book for a buck 99 on kindle!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 08:56 AM (JFO2v)

3 I thought I'd repost this, from the ONT, just because it's so cool:
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174 wow, check this out: (from the 1st page of Hardy's The Return of the Native

"The face of the heath by its mere complexion added half an hour to evening; it could in like manner retard the dawn, sadden noon, anticipate the frowning of storms scarcely generated, and intensify the opacity of a moonless midnight to a cause of shaking and dread."

Posted by: booknlass at May 04, 2019 11:32 PM (xIKXj)

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 08:57 AM (kQs4Y)

4 Oh, I like the light in that library.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 08:58 AM (lwiT4)

5 I love Hardy, even though his novels make you want to stick your head in an oven afterward.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 08:58 AM (kQs4Y)

6 *snicker*...speedofart...lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2019 08:59 AM (9Om/r)

7 "Because it is a gift from God, human nature itself becomes unbearable for western man."

How beautifully and sadly put.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 08:59 AM (lwiT4)

8 Now that's what I call a Lieberry.

The Monsignor is a straight shooter. Telling the truth nowadays is a dangerous act.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2019 09:00 AM (Z+IKu)

9 Jumping books to movies but felt bad yesterday and watched On Her Majesties Secret Service. There were two other movie titles mentioned The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day. As this was released in 1969, quite interesting.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:01 AM (JFO2v)

10 Currently reading Sackets vol I, a compendium of LL early Sackette tales

Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2019 09:02 AM (mpXpK)

11 I would define Liebowitzian as "We are too stupid to stop blowing up the world."

Posted by: JAS at May 05, 2019 09:04 AM (KOCKb)

12 Another Israeli killed in rocket attack

Will Netanyahu act now?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2019 09:04 AM (Y+V3r)

13
g'mornin', bookettes & bookers

Posted by: AltonJackson (click here for MiMoMe details) at May 05, 2019 09:04 AM (KCxzN)

14 A question for any Moron authors who formerly published on Create Space.... since KDP took over CS have you been paid all the royalties you earned from Create Space?

We haven't, and if the comments at the KDP community site are any indication, a lot of other authors have the same issue. We still have not been paid royalties earned in October, November and the first week of December before CS shut down. We should have gotten those payments by now because KDP operates on a 60-day delay. In our case the "missing" royalties are about $120 but there are some authors out there missing thousands of dollars, or pounds or euros, in unpaid royalties. When they complain KDP keeps telling them they are "looking into the issue" or "working on it" but this has been going on for months now. Is anyone here having that problem?

Posted by: Secret Square at May 05, 2019 09:05 AM (9WuX0)

15 Scrunththorpe is very interesting. I often wonder if people looking for REAL information on a issues or problem are being redirected by their Digital Masters to what the Big Govt wants the people to see.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:05 AM (JFO2v)

16 I’ve been very lazy as regards reading, but I’ve been idly leafing through Suetonius. I feel he’s really just a few steps above The Star (“Emperors Without Makeup!”

. It’s fun, but it’s gossip.

Suetonius writes, on the future Emperor Claudius:

“Claudius’ mother, Antonia, often called him ‘a monster: a man whom Nature had not finished but had merely begun’; and, if she ever accused anyone of stupidity, would exclaim: ‘He is a bigger fool even than my son Claudius!’”

“…when he took his usual after-dinner nap, the company would pelt him with olives and date stones. Some jokers exercised their wit by putting slippers on his hands as he lay snoring, and then gave him a sudden blow of a whip or cane to wake him, so that he rubbed his face with them.”

“It was seldom that Claudius left a dining hall except gorged and sodden; he would then go to bed and sleep supine with his mouth wide open – thus allowing a feather to be put down his throat, which would bring up the superfluous food and drink as vomit.”

Suetonius does say that Claudius was tall, well-built, and handsome, with a thick head of grey hair, and was impressive if standing or seated; but when walking he had a crooked shambling gait owing to bad knees; and he had uncontrollable facial tics and often drooled.

You know you're top tier when you have a servant tasked specifically to induce vomiting while the master is unconscious.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (kQs4Y)

17 *dons pants*
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 08:51 AM

This represents considerable improvement in Book Thread comportment compliance in just a few short weeks. Congratulations!!!

Next up, donning pants *before* entering the Book Thread?

;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (DMUuz)

18 I am currently reading Tana French's "In the Woods", an Edgar Award winner. I'm only 50 pages in and it's by sheer determination that I am going forward. I brought three of this series home from the library, in hopes that I would discover an author I like. So far the jury is out on this one.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (lwiT4)

19 Sounds like a very good collection of the thoughts of Cardinal Sarah. I don't think he would be likely to be elected Pope because there are so many very liberal Cardinals, but who knows what God has in store.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (FSPNP)

20 Next up, donning pants *before* entering the Book Thread?

;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (DMUuz)

still in my fav ex officio boxers here!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:07 AM (JFO2v)

21 Greetings and salutations, O Book Thread! May there be good books and cats on laps everywhere.
Currently reading Black Chamber by S.M. Stirling, which ought to be my jam because I loved Peshawar Lancers and In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, and alternate WWI sounded really spiffy. Unfortunately there is a lot of overly-wrought writing and infodumps (a heinous sin in writing circles...) It could have been so wonderful...but it was not to be. Sniffle. Good thing I got it from the library so all I'm out is my time.
Looking forward to the upcoming PNW MoMee where I might get to meet some of you reprobates!

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at May 05, 2019 09:07 AM (iwoyh)

22 Kiss the money goodbye. If KDP was smart, they did not accept the liabilities of CS when they "took over."

Posted by: JAS at May 05, 2019 09:07 AM (KOCKb)

23 Next up, donning pants *before* entering the Book Thread?

;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (DMUuz)
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Baby steps! That's why OM put in a pants foyer before you enter the Book Thread.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:09 AM (kQs4Y)

24 Sooper intellectual David Brooks has a new book out on his "journey to faith".

This was triggered off by his divorce in 2013, after 27 years of marriage (he refuses to discuss the circumstances of his divorce).

But there's a happy ending - in a plot twist that no one saw coming, he marries his research assistant, who is 23 years younger them him.

So, he manages to dump his old wife, acquire a new, much younger wife, gets a book out of it, and gets to preen about how spiritual he is now.

Classic Brooks.

There is another twist - his first wife converted to Judaism, but Brooks has converted to Roman Catholicism for his second wife. I guess he had less bargaining leverage this time around.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 05, 2019 09:10 AM (I2/tG)

25 Why can't he current pope also "retire" and Sarah take over. The last pope set the precedent ....
It might save the church...

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:10 AM (UUBmN)

26 Pants?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2019 09:10 AM (Y+V3r)

27 ex officio
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They make great underwear, pricey, but great.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:12 AM (UUBmN)

28 Back to movie oh yeah Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) has some nice B+ cups back in they day!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:13 AM (JFO2v)

29 25 Why can't he current pope also "retire" and Sarah take over. The last pope set the precedent ....
It might save the church...
Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:10 AM (UUBmN)
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It would be fun to play the Diversity card just to install a more conservative man into the position.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:13 AM (kQs4Y)

30 27 ex officio
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They make great underwear, pricey, but great.
Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:12 AM (UUBmN)

bought my wife a pair to try now that is all she will wear

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:14 AM (JFO2v)

31 It would be fun to play the Diversity card just to install a more conservative man into the position.
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris
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Bold move....but could probably work...

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:15 AM (UUBmN)

32 Two weeks in a row I've been on an actual live Book Thread. The cold that prevented me from going to church last week, turned out to be pneumonia instead, so I get to stay home today, as well. I have my pen and paper ready to write down any recommendations.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:15 AM (lwiT4)

33 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading since our last meeting.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 09:15 AM (bmdz3)

34 Outstanding interview with Cardinal Sarah! Very much worth a read. I'm going to get his books. (And I say that as a life-long protestant, whose ancestors left France shortly after the St. Bart's Day Massacres.)

Posted by: RS at May 05, 2019 09:15 AM (Hy1fg)

35 I love that pic of the little library lion, but I have to ask: has anybody ever had a cat willing to wear a collar?

I would draw back a stump if I tried that with my previous cat.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:16 AM (kQs4Y)

36 32 Two weeks in a row I've been on an actual live Book Thread. The cold that prevented me from going to church last week, turned out to be pneumonia instead, so I get to stay home today, as well. I have my pen and paper ready to write down any recommendations.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:15 AM (lwiT4)

do not mess around with pneu! It will kill you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:16 AM (JFO2v)

37 Holy crap, I forgot the pants pic. It's now added.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:17 AM (EiZIA)

38 do not mess around with pneu! It will kill you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:16 AM (JFO2v)

My hopes are dim. My doctor is an actual idiot.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:18 AM (lwiT4)

39 The flaws in Stump's actual "autobiography" of Cobb are overstated. It gets conflated with his article "Ty Cobb Nears the End", which is the real source of the BS. The actual book (My Life in Baseball: The True Story) was published in Cobb's lifetime, and didn't go so far. It's actually damned interesting. And if you compare the writing with that of the article, a lot of what is good must have come from Cobb himself. One difference between the two is the way Ruth is treated, for instance.

It's particularly interesting to read Cobb's ideas of hitting side-by-side with Williams's in My Turn At Bat. They are completely different, of course, but it should be remembered that hitting was the one thing that neither man's detractors could assail them on.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:19 AM (VaN/j)

40 Funny, my dad was a very non-observant Catholic when I was growing up but he did say something about the next pope being from Africa or Asia...
Sarah seems a great candidate but then I'm not Catholic so have no skin in that game. In any case, he is a faithful and wise man of God.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:19 AM (UUBmN)

41 37 Holy crap, I forgot the pants pic. It's now added.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:17 AM (EiZIA)
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Are these the "ex officio" briefs everyone here is wearing?

My, my.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:19 AM (kQs4Y)

42 Say a prayer for the passing of someone I have never heard of but was touted by the New York Times and who identified herself as a "progressive Christian" who supported Hillary Clitnon.

Rachel Held Evans passed away yesterday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Held_Evans

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:19 AM (0S5sS)

43 Hum? All these starving people in Columbia from Venezuela look a tad pudgy?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2019 09:20 AM (Y+V3r)

44 Uh Eris, you still got the dreaded "sock-cling"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:20 AM (0S5sS)

45 Grammie,
Feel better soon!!! You have had a tough go of it this last year.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (UUBmN)

46 A canticle for leibowitz. Is the reference for leibowitsian. Is my guess.

Posted by: Simplemind at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (ZuGkg)

47 Oh no, Anna, this is my new groovy persona!

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (kQs4Y)

48 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (PJB0O)

49 Rachel Held Evans passed away yesterday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Held_Evans

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:19 AM (0S5sS)

Yes, I've heard of her. Seems a nice enough young woman, and has a three year old and one year old. Questionable theology IMO, but that does not take away the sadness of her passing.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (lwiT4)

50 Pants?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2019 09:10 AM

Oregon Muse doesn't post the pants picture and accompanying admonishment *one time* and look what happens.

This is why we can't have nice things around here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:22 AM (DMUuz)

51 Hey! Where's the intro? Where's the welcome to the world famous book thread?

WHERE'S THE LINK TO UGLY PANTS?

This place used to have standards.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 09:22 AM (fuK7c)

52 Grammie,

Feel better soon!!! You have had a tough go of it this last year.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (UUBmN)

Thanks lin-duh. This has not been my best health-year, I'll give you that.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:22 AM (lwiT4)

53 You know you're top tier when you have a servant tasked specifically to induce vomiting while the master is unconscious.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (kQs4Y)

Damn straight, deplorable!

HUMA!!!!

Posted by: Hillary at May 05, 2019 09:23 AM (Ki5SV)

54 I thought is was Fran Leibowitz!

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:23 AM (kQs4Y)

55 Wait, where's the pants?

Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 09:24 AM (LuPts)

56 Both Bleu and Poppy wear collars...with bells. They are indoors only but I like to hear them sneaking around...

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (UUBmN)

57 42 Say a prayer for the passing of someone I have never heard of but was touted by the New York Times and who identified herself as a "progressive Christian" who supported Hillary Clitnon.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:19 AM (0S5sS)

And Obama, too. Not sure there was any article in the progressive canon she disagreed with. I had never heard of her, either, until she was suddenly 'trending' on Twitter all day yesterday.

Sometimes I think the that these 'trending' things are just the people running Twitter boosting things that they like, i.e. items on the SJW menu.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (EiZIA)

58 Reload those pants, people. The link is there now.

You cannot unsee them. It's like something you'd wear to Caligula's barbecue.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (kQs4Y)

59 25 Why can't he current pope also "retire" and Sarah take over. The last pope set the precedent ....
It might save the church...
Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:10 AM (UUBmN)
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Sarah was the one most of us conservative Catholics were rooting for when we got Liberius II (aka Francis). At least, most of us were.

The one knock on him now is his age, 74. But it would be sweet seeing the libs' reaction. He'd get the same treatment Maggie got, "He's not REALLY African." (It was in reference to Thatcher I first heard the "not really a woman" line.)

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:26 AM (VaN/j)

60 Lin-duh, you've belled the tigers! I'm impressed.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:26 AM (kQs4Y)

61 55 Wait, where's the pants?

Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 09:24 AM (LuPts)

Look again.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:26 AM (EiZIA)

62 Those are NOT the ex officio briefs!

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:27 AM (UUBmN)

63 Yes, I've heard of her. Seems a nice enough young woman, and has a three year old and one year old. Questionable theology IMO, but that does not take away the sadness of her passing.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (lwiT4)

She was only 37. What a tragedy for her family.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:28 AM (EiZIA)

64 That's the Pink Pantser!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:29 AM (mvenn)

65 -palestinians-in-gaza-cheer-and-chant-allahu-akbar-as-they-shoot-rockets-at-israeli-citizens/

Weasel zippers

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2019 09:29 AM (Y+V3r)

66 Tolle Lege
Finished Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard Fall, as wrote it was a early read in my high school days and was a infuse in my life of reading. Wonder if that book is still in the school library.

Started Omaha Beach by Joseph Balkoski, a historical account of only Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 09:30 AM (BbGew)

67 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Haven't been reading anything too taxing; just a collection of original Star Trek episodes as adapted by James Blish. If you remember, they originally came out as a series of Bantam paperbacks in the 1970s.

My takeaway? They're really bad. I'm not an SF reader and have no interest in the genre other than ST, but the writing is leaden and the main characters little more than cardboard cutouts - Kirk is tone-deaf, uses "mark and move" as his signature phrase and is pretty much a stiff. Spock's an emotional "Vulcanian" whom nobody likes and McCoy shouts a lot.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 09:30 AM (Ki5SV)

68 Here is another writing contest that just opened on May 1st.

Amazon Kindle Storyteller 2019.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=12414787031

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:30 AM (0S5sS)

69 Reload those pants, people. The link is there now.

You cannot unsee them. It's like something you'd wear to Caligula's barbecue.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (kQs4Y)

You have to wonder what stops the model from going home and eating a gun barrel after wearing shit like that. Eh, never mind, they probably like it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2019 09:30 AM (9Om/r)

70 Ok, gotta get ready for church now. Hubby has been there since 6:45. He's on A/V duty today. Catch y'all later.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 05, 2019 09:30 AM (UUBmN)

71 Grammie, I've really liked most of Tana French's books. In the Woods is not my favorite. I like Faithful Place and The Likeness best. The Trespasser was good, and seems like I liked Broken Harbor. I liked the Secret Place, but if teenage girls annoy you, I'd avoid that one.

I like how minor characters from one book will be the major character in another.

I do not recommend her latest, The Witch Elm. Didn't care for the characters, nor the premise. It tried waaay too hard to be intricate, but was a little predictable instead.

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 09:31 AM (OX9vb)

72 Egads! Those pants want to make be chug-a-lug a bottle of Tequila and change my name to Alice.

Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 09:31 AM (LuPts)

73 No human being would stack books like that

Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at May 05, 2019 09:31 AM (Izzlo)

74 MPPP, I read those as a kid and thought they kinda stunk even then. But, you know, it was Trek in a then Trek-less world.

That's why I was so surprised at how much I liked some of Blish's actual SF.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (kQs4Y)

75 I could make that stack of books on the young woman's head easily.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (BbGew)

76 Reload those pants, people. The link is there now.

Reloading pants...
[ ▣▣▣▣▣ □□□ ]

You cannot unsee them. It's like something you'd wear to Caligula's barbecue.
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (kQs4Y)

You're just saying that because of the open-toe sandal boots.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (t+qrx)

77
I always knew that Hillary! was a real Scunthorpe.

Mooch too!

Yes, this is a word that I never knew I needed in my life.

Vocabulary built!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (CRRq9)

78 I'm hoping someone could give me a recommendation as to
books I might bring on vacation. Specifically: mysteries, which I
always find to be a good beach read.

I've
read PD James, Martha Grimes, Louise Penney, the Flavia de Luce series,
Daniel Silva, John Davenport, Christie - things like that. I don't care for James Patterson. Am looking
for a good who-dun-it, or thriller. I don't like sci-fi or fantasy. Any tips? Thanks!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (lwiT4)

79 MPPPP, when Trek was originally translated into Japanese it became far more militaristic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:33 AM (0S5sS)

80 That 'pants' outfit is nowhere as horrifying as the Hillary one posted a few weeks ago.

OTOH, I would challenge anyone to wear that to a MoMe with a straight face.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:33 AM (DMUuz)

81 Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 09:31 AM (OX9vb)

Thanks April. I shall slog along, and hope the book becomes more of a joy and less of a chore.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:34 AM (lwiT4)

82 The term was coined in 1996, when a spam filter was found to be prohibiting people in Scunthorpe from registering with AOL.

I ran into that with early AOL. I told my profile that I enjoy saltwater flyfishing and it said I could not use the letters T W A T in that order.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 09:34 AM (fuK7c)

83
Rumor is-

That's Oregon Muse who's sporting those pants at his first Cinco de Mayo party.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 09:35 AM (CRRq9)

84 37 Holy crap, I forgot the pants pic. It's now added.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:17 AM (EiZIA)

link goes nowhere!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 09:35 AM (JFO2v)

85 Re: Scunthorpe

There's a libertarian leaning health care blog I look at occaasionally called We Stand FIRM. (FIRM is for Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine. It's an okay site.

Their url is westandfirm.org which to me always reads like West and firm.

Cowboy oriented adult content I suppose.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM (mvenn)

86 grammie, two of my favorite mystery writers are Ngaio Marsh and Margery Allingham. They, like Agatha Christie, are from the "golden age" of British mysteries.

Also Dorothy Sayers, but she is a much more ponderous read and I don't know about hauling her along on a vacation.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM (aXucN)

87 That poor fella....having to walk out in front of everyone wearing that get up. He must be paid very well.

It's to laugh.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM (Z+IKu)

88 The secret lives of the COBs.

Well, OM, if ya got it, flaunt it!

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM (kQs4Y)

89 Cowboy oriented adult content I suppose.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM

They probably don't go there for the hunting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (DMUuz)

90 I just purchased The Brave and the Bold by Hans G. Schantz, the third book in his Hidden Truth series. Loved the first two and ready to dive into number three!

Posted by: DIY Daddio at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (RJscS)

91 I didn't do as much book reading as usual this week. I spent a lot of time on magazine articles and online sites about reoading tools and techniques.

I did come across an iteresting book: "An Universal Dictionary of the Marine" by William Falconer. He was both a poet and an experienced sailor in the Royal Navy of the 1700s. This is another compendium of terms written for the time that also helps with all those O'Brian and other books. It's a fun read and the older terminology and writing style is delightful.

It's available as a 99 cent Kindle book and I think for free from the Gutenburg Project.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (bmdz3)

92 Thanks bluebell - I had forgotten about Allingham. I think I might do a search for the golden age of British mysteries, I know I came across a site once. Thanks!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (lwiT4)

93 Bottom book drill through 3/4 of it, nut and fender washer ran through, glue bottom 1/4 together and glue to other part of book, start drilling through books and run onto all thread. Anchor sex bolt into ceiling and run all thread into that.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (BbGew)

94 The secret lives of the COBs.

Well, OM, if ya got it, flaunt it!
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM (kQs4Y)
-------

I heard he's wearing it to the PNWMoMe. Pass it on.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 09:38 AM (aXucN)

95 Y'unz are so fixated on his pants that no one has commented on his European messenger bag. It may not be a cob, but actual...

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 09:38 AM (fuK7c)

96 So to mark the Battle of the Coral Sea, anyone reading Blue Skies and Blood and/or Queen of the Flattops today?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:38 AM (0S5sS)

97 Their url is westandfirm.org which to me always reads like West and firm.

Cowboy oriented adult content I suppose.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM (mvenn)

It starts with the assless chaps and it's downhill from there

Posted by: josephistan at May 05, 2019 09:38 AM (Izzlo)

98 Has anyone ever used that Paperwhite device? Does it really work outside in the bright sun?

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:39 AM (lwiT4)

99 If you find that site, grammie, let me know! I can always use more of those writiers. For some reason, I enjoy reading mysteries right before bedtime. You'd think with all the violence I'd get all riled up and unable to sleep, but I don't and I can.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 09:39 AM (aXucN)

100 78 I'm hoping someone could give me a recommendation as to
books I might bring on vacation. Specifically: mysteries, which I
always find to be a good beach read.

I've
read PD James, Martha Grimes, Louise Penney, the Flavia de Luce series,
Daniel Silva, John Davenport, Christie - things like that. I don't care for James Patterson. Am looking
for a good who-dun-it, or thriller. I don't like sci-fi or fantasy. Any tips? Thanks!
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (lwiT4)
_______

My tastes tend to be older ones. If you like the pure puzzle, you cannot beat John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson). And there's always Nero Wolf. (Stout was a near commie, but still fun; Carr was a conservative.) I have mixed feelings about Sayers, but The Nine Tailors is magnificent.

The most "modern" one I read a lot is Michael Gilbert. Try End Game (The Final Throw) or The Long Journey Home. More suspense than mystery.

I've been going back to Judge Dee lately.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:39 AM (VaN/j)

101 "You cannot unsee them. It's like something you'd wear to Caligula's barbecue.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (kQs4Y) "

Well said ! Perfectly sums up the whole atrocity ! So much wrong in that picture, very wrong, but the pink caligae almost overshadow the lace up speedo.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 05, 2019 09:40 AM (isI7q)

102 Has anyone read any of the Daemon series by Daniel Suarez? It's been on my mind a bit. I read it when it came out and liked it, but uncharacteristically, I haven't read it since. The concept is brilliant and it's plausible "week after next" science fiction, but I remember the writing being a little teeth-grinding. I'm wondering if I should just leave it as I remember it or risk another go at it.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 09:40 AM (t+qrx)

103 Anchor sex bolt into ceiling and run all thread into that.
Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM

The ONT so soon?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:40 AM (DMUuz)

104 Can the sex bolt be found in the hardware aisle or in a pillow book? Or both?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:41 AM (0S5sS)

105 Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:39 AM (VaN/j)

Thank you Eeyore. I've not read Carr - I shall give him a try!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:42 AM (lwiT4)

106 Cowboy oriented adult content I suppose.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM

They probably don't go there for the hunting.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (DMUuz)

The cowboy poetry festival, likely.

Posted by: Harry Reid at May 05, 2019 09:42 AM (t+qrx)

107 Has anyone ever used that Paperwhite device? Does it really work outside in the bright sun?

Yes, love the Paperwhite. It reads like reading a book on paper and doesn't give you that I've been staring at a monitor feeling.

Of course, in my case it's triggering. I bought mine in order to play with the HQ Book Club, when ace said that if we'd all read a stupid, stupid book of stupidness he'd read it too and then we could all laugh and talk about it and gambol in the moors. But the nasty little furball lied. He lied and he laughed about it.

I hope he gets Lyme disease.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 09:42 AM (fuK7c)

108 I won't be hanging around for much longer. I've got a character sheet for my new book that I really must work on today. It's going to be a difficult one.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 09:42 AM (Ki5SV)

109 >>>The secret lives of the COBs.
<<<

This is something that could spawn a major serial.

Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (LuPts)

110 I was always amazed that my workplace didn't block morsex.com.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez asks,who is painting these concentric circles on my back all the time ? at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (isI7q)

111 Notice that, in the pic, the girl is holding her book so you cannot tell how SHE is stacked?

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (VaN/j)

112 In a moment of clarity when I couldn't stand one more BS dictate coming from congress I made two good decisions.

1 - Caught up with the Daily Stoic readings. They really help.

2 - I enjoyed a couple of my Calvin and Hobbes collections. They may be the best comic strips ever.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (bmdz3)

113
It starts with the assless chaps and it's downhill from there

**********

GOTTA BREAK SOME EGGS TO MAKE AN OMELET - a limerick

There was a ghey man named Contreras
A cowboy from south of Los Cueros
While bull riding's nice
Please heed my advice
Watch out for your huevos, rancheros!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (mvenn)

114 Yes, love the Paperwhite. It reads like reading a book on paper and
doesn't give you that I've been staring at a monitor feeling.

I might order one. It seems a lot easier than lugging 6 books to Cancun.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (lwiT4)

115 Eldest Kidlet meant to get a Corriea book (one of the Monster Hunter series I assume) and instead grabbed the first book of The Expanse by Corey (sp?) that was next to it. So far she seem pretty happy with her purchase.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 05, 2019 09:44 AM (uquGJ)

116 Writing progresses. and research never ends. just found a very useful History of the Corps of Engineers. Now, why it took me 2 years to think of it.... don't ask.

Any other author morons.... is 1-2 pages a day reasonable? i seem to self-distract a lot, chasing minutiae, for HOURS on end.....

Posted by: goatexchange at May 05, 2019 09:44 AM (1Yxnu)

117 Has anyone ever used that Paperwhite device? Does it really work outside in the bright sun?

It actually does. It's drawback is that it has a tendency to suffer from "pixel burn", or at least older models did. Mine's a couple of years old and there are several pixels at the bottom of the screen that have failed. Thought it was just a lemon until I saw a bunch of reviewers bemoaning the same thing. Maybe it's been remedied by now.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2019 09:44 AM (EgshT)

118 "You cannot unsee them. It's like something you'd wear to Caligula's barbecue.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (kQs4Y

That pants and outfit appear character appropriate for this newish translation of "The Satyricon" in modernish slang that I'm starting.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 09:45 AM (CRRq9)

119 I'm hoping someone could give me a recommendation as to
books I might bring on vacation. Specifically: mysteries, which I
always find to be a good beach read.

I've
read PD James, Martha Grimes, Louise Penney, the Flavia de Luce series,
Daniel Silva, John Davenport, Christie - things like that. I don't care for James Patterson. Am looking
for a good who-dun-it, or thriller. I don't like sci-fi or fantasy. Any tips? Thanks!
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (lwiT4)

It's not a mystery novel, Grammie, but an overview of the genre - Lucy Worsley's A Very British Murder: The Story of a National Obsession:

https://tinyurl.com/yxrtmzrm

I liked it a lot.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 09:45 AM (Ki5SV)

120 I went to a church rummage sale on Fri. They said they had books, among other things.

I get there, and its a Russian Church .

Okay, no prob, BUT -

All of the books were written in RUSSIAN !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 09:45 AM (PJB0O)

121 Halfway through "Texas Ranger", by John Boessenecker. Frank Hamer's life would make a hell of a miniseries, even without Bonnie and Clyde. They don't make 'em like that any more.

Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at May 05, 2019 09:45 AM (wZ9cV)

122 Thank you Mary Poppins - I shall check it out! I hope your day of writing goes well.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:46 AM (lwiT4)

123 One to two pages a day is about 700 to 800 words.

Eehh. I hope you have an outline for this to keep you on track.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:46 AM (0S5sS)

124 All of the books were written in RUSSIAN !
Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 09:45 AM

You were correct to pass them up. They're much better in the original Klingon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:46 AM (DMUuz)

125 Where do the wine moms meet up? And are male guests admitted?

Posted by: Patchy at May 05, 2019 09:47 AM (xBhsQ)

126 OM, Thanks for the photo and information about the reading room. Even the French can get it right when they have a few centuries to work on it.

Snarky comments aside, that is a magnificent building and collection.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 09:47 AM (bmdz3)

127 Cowpoke, duh!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:47 AM (mvenn)

128 105 Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:39 AM (VaN/j)

Thank you Eeyore. I've not read Carr - I shall give him a try!
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:42 AM (lwiT4)
_______

They are almost all "impossible" crimes; he was the master of the locked room. The two most highly regarded are The Hollow Man (The Three Coffins)* and the Crooked Hinge. The ones he wrote as Carter Dixon (I mistyped it - easy to do) are funnier, and postwar the conservatism comes out.

One thing I find happens a lot with mysteries is the two title thing; one for here, one for England.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 09:47 AM (VaN/j)

129 Elder Scrolls Online has the Scunthorpe Problem in its profanity filter. It doesn't recognize spaces between words so it will "see" (and blank out) profanity that isn't there. They kicked it up a notch by including Spanish slurs which makes figuring out what the filter *thought* I said particularly interesting.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 05, 2019 09:49 AM (uquGJ)

130 Good luck with your writing MPPPP.

Pondering taking another crack at the San Francisco story to enter for the Kindle Storyteller contest, think got about 80,000 words written. Dunno if this will work for a title - The Cat Girl of Golden Gate Park]/i].

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:49 AM (0S5sS)

131 They are almost all "impossible" crimes; he was the master of the locked room.

Sounds exactly what I'm looking for in a beach read - Thank you so much!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:50 AM (lwiT4)

132 100+ comments in on this thread, and no one has commented on the young lady's footwear?

It's like I don't even know you people anymore.

Posted by: Quentin T. at May 05, 2019 09:50 AM (DMUuz)

133 My book group just began I, Claudius which was a rare choice of someone else's in the book group that I was eagerly looking forward to, particularly because we'll move right into Claudius the God immediately afterward. Usually I just roll my eyes at others's choices and hope I'll be pleasantly surprised which, to give full credit, has happened a reasonable number of times. I've only read a few pages and can already tell I'll enjoy this a lot.

The discussion of Serena was pretty good; I don't think anyone liked it as much as I did but nobody hated it either. On my own, I finished Ron Rash's Above the Waterfall which I considered a better work, mainly because it didn't feature a larger than life character such as the title character of Serena; rather it dealt with good but not unflawed characters trying to make sense of some shitty situations in which they're immersed. The movie of Serena got roundly slattered at Rotten Tomatoes for whatever reason. Casting Jennifer Lawrence as Serena strikes me as terrible; she would've been much better as the girl Pembleton knocked up and showing the gutsy pluck of Ree Dolly in Winter's Bone.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 09:50 AM (y7DUB)

134 My dear brother, who is studying to become a Catholic Deacon, yesterday sent me the following quote from Alexander Solzhenitsyn:

Since then I have spent well-nigh fifty years working on the history of our Revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some sixty million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.

I really must pick up the Gulag Archipelago again.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2019 09:50 AM (Y4EXg)

135 I read Elmore Leonard's Unknown Man #89 last week.

I'd read it a coupla times before, but its a good story by a good author with a lot of interesting characters and dialogue.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 09:51 AM (PJB0O)

136 There is a true-crime locked room murder mystery out there.

Apartment fire. Find guy dead in bedroom. All the doors and everything locked. Police find bits of fiberglass insulation on the body.

Turns out the attic for the apartment complex was open and the killer used that and a hatch in the bedroom closet to gain entry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:53 AM (0S5sS)

137 Grammie, have you tried the Hangman's Daughter series, by Oliver Poetzsch? Several of us here have read and enjoyed these. I've read the first two, and will read more of them.

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 09:53 AM (OX9vb)

138 But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main
cause of the ruinous Revolution that swallowed up some sixty million of
our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat: Men have
forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.

Yes. When one sees oneself as the owner rather than the tenant; the creator rather than the created - things go out of alignment rather quickly, and the State steps in as savior.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:54 AM (lwiT4)

139 Good luck with your writing MPPPP.

Pondering taking another crack at the San Francisco story to enter for the Kindle Storyteller contest, think got about 80,000 words written. Dunno if this will work for a title - The Cat Girl of Golden Gate Park]/i].
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:49 AM (0S5sS)

I'd like to enter that myself. One of my ideas for a later Theda Bara novel was the suicide of Peg Entwistle, the woman who threw herself off the "Hollywood" sign. If I could brainstorm a quick Chinatown-like plot, I would try to dash off a quick story for it.

I think you should go for it. Hit me up if you want any thoughts or second-pair-of-eyes on it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 09:54 AM (Ki5SV)

140 Turns out the attic for the apartment complex was open and the killer used that and a hatch in the bedroom closet to gain entry.

Slippery bostard !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 09:54 AM (PJB0O)

141 Grammie, have you tried the Hangman's Daughter
series, by Oliver Poetzsch? Several of us here have read and enjoyed
these. I've read the first two, and will read more of them.

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 09:53 AM (OX9vb)

I have not. Another one scribbled on the list.... Thanks!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:55 AM (lwiT4)

142 Am looking
for a good who-dun-it, or thriller. I don't like sci-fi or fantasy. Any tips? Thanks!
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM (lwiT4)

That knocks out Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy series.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 05, 2019 09:55 AM (MwFQu)

143 If you like Sherlock Holmes, give August Derleth's "Solar Pons" mysteries a try. A young August wrote to Arthur Conan Doyle, asking for permission to continue the Sherlock Holmes stories. When Doyle declined, he decided to write his own anyway, with minor changes to the names & places i.e., Sherlock Holmes became Solar Pons, 221B Baker Street became 7B Praed Street., etc. Derleth wound up writing more Pons stories than Doyle did Holmes stories.

Posted by: josephistan at May 05, 2019 09:56 AM (Izzlo)

144 Re Diana Rigg at #28, B-cups are nice, but she has legs up to there, which are on lovely display in "The Hospital" with G C Scott. An excellent movie if I do say so. Since there was no movie thread last night, I feel justified mentioning movies on the sacrosanct book thread.

Posted by: Semilitterate at May 05, 2019 09:56 AM (BCxw3)

145 There is a true-crime locked room murder mystery out there.

Apartment fire. Find guy dead in bedroom. All the doors and everything locked. Police find bits of fiberglass insulation on the body.

Turns out the attic for the apartment complex was open and the killer used that and a hatch in the bedroom closet to gain entry.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 09:53 AM (0S5sS)

That reminds me of a real-life murder in LA in the 1920s - I'm paraphrasing because I am upstairs and my crime books are in the bedroom - a man was murdered while the house was locked from the inside and the wife away at work.

Turns out the wife had a lover whom she hid in the attic for years; he came out one day, was caught by the husband and killed him, then crawled back into the attic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 09:57 AM (Ki5SV)

146 Sherlock Holmes became Solar Pons, 221B Baker Street
became 7B Praed Street., etc. Derleth wound up writing more Pons
stories than Doyle did Holmes stories.

Posted by: josephistan at May 05, 2019 09:56 AM (Izzlo)

Interesting - I do like Holmes. This could be good. Thanks!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:57 AM (lwiT4)

147 Am looking for a good ... thriller.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:32 AM

Abandoning the Cubs?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:58 AM (DMUuz)

148 106 Cowboy oriented adult content I suppose.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:36 AM

They probably don't go there for the hunting.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:37 AM (DMUuz)

The cowboy poetry festival, likely.
Posted by: Harry Reid at May 05, 2019 09:42 AM (t+qrx)

And eating pudding.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:58 AM (EiZIA)

149 I was quoted on the Ace Of Spades HQ, so it's all downhill from here isn't.

Anyone try reading NAME OF THE WIND by PATRICK ROTHFUSS?

It gets such High praise from everyone and it really doesn't go anywhere. It starts off well then nothing really happens. The main Character is an asshole and can do no wrong and his love interest has him in the FriendZone. It's more of a book about a Kid going thru University and complaining about being poor and he has himself to blame for it. And the writer is like GRRM because it takes him years to write the next book.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 09:58 AM (dKiJG)

150 Abandoning the Cubs?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 09:58 AM (DMUuz)

As if.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:59 AM (lwiT4)

151
I really must pick up the Gulag Archipelago again.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2019 09:50 AM (Y4EXg)

I got my copy signed by Alexander's son, the pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, after a concert a few years ago.

Posted by: josephistan at May 05, 2019 09:59 AM (Izzlo)

152 Grammie, have you tried the Hangman's Daughter
series, by Oliver Poetzsch? Several of us here have read and enjoyed
these. I've read the first two, and will read more of them.

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 09:53 AM (OX9vb)

I have not. Another one scribbled on the list.... Thanks!
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:55 AM (lwiT4)

I can't recommend The Hangman's Daughter series enough!

An excellent choice by April. Even The Goat would approve.

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 05, 2019 09:59 AM (GwY6O)

153 I love Hardy, even though his novels make you want to stick your head in an oven afterward.
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 08:58 AM (kQs4Y)

Hardy's the man. My book group got me to read Tess of the D'Urbervilles, in which I quickly got caught up in everything and enjoyed immensely. I subsequently demanded that we read Jude the Obscure which was likewise good. I think that some readers fixate so much on what a bitter fuck he can be that they ignore the beauty of his prose.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 10:00 AM (y7DUB)

154 You would think she would tell her lover to lay low whilst she was away.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 10:01 AM (0S5sS)

155 109 >>>The secret lives of the COBs.
<<<

This is something that could spawn a major serial.
Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (LuPts)

No! For the love of all that's holy, just no!

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 10:01 AM (EiZIA)

156 Hiya Grammie !

Stuart Woods first novel Chiefs, is one of the best books I've ever read.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 10:02 AM (PJB0O)

157 Our local library doesn't have even one book by Robert Cardinal Sarah. (Why am I not surprised?)

I am going to splurge on some of his books. I don't bother with political books anymore but his works sound like a desperately needed and powerful defense of western culture. That's not politics, that's survival.

Thanks for bringing him to my attention.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 10:02 AM (bmdz3)

158 Hiya JT! Thanks for the recommend. Writing it down ....

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 10:02 AM (lwiT4)

159 Grammie, have you read the Sue Grafton Alphabet series? Fun, sometimes snarky, fast read with the same main character. PI mystery novels. She got thru to the letter Y before she died. (Last year, i think)

Posted by: My life is insanity at May 05, 2019 10:03 AM (Z/jzm)

160 Grammie, have you read the Sue Grafton Alphabet series

I read a coupla those, they're pretty good.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 10:04 AM (PJB0O)

161 And Obama, too. Not sure there was any article in the progressive canon she disagreed with. I had never heard of her, either, until she was suddenly 'trending' on Twitter all day yesterday.

Sometimes I think the that these 'trending' things are just the people running Twitter boosting things that they like, i.e. items on the SJW menu.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (EiZIA)

If she was a Hilldawg and Obongo supporter, the world is better place without her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2019 10:04 AM (7njPr)

162 Grammie, have you read the Sue Grafton Alphabet
series? Fun, sometimes snarky, fast read with the same main character.
PI mystery novels. She got thru to the letter Y before she died. (Last
year, i think)

Posted by: My life is insanity at May 05, 2019 10:03 AM (Z/jzm)

Yes - those were enjoyable reads. So sad that she died.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 10:05 AM (lwiT4)

163 In the spirit of Wednesdays Mid-Morning Open Thread and the feature of Caspar David Friedrich and the depiction of the tomb of Arminian; I am reading a recommending The Battle That Stopped Rome by Peter S. Wells. A very readable narrative of the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest in 9AD. Tying together archeology and classical sources the author builds a picture of the Rome, Roman outposts, the Legions and the Germanic tribes that humanizes the stratified events of two millennia ago. So far a great read!

Posted by: Dread0 at May 05, 2019 10:05 AM (Bptbo)

164 "Sans culottes?"

Not sure about that. My guess is that many of the Moron Horde would be on the side of the less revolutionary (and less bloody)...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 10:06 AM (wYseH)

165 >>The secret lives of the COBs.

Muse is secretly a girl.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:06 AM (2+NQv)

166 Nazi's on the Moon.....The movie was fun, made in Sweden or outside of the US, I think. I believe there was a sequel, but I havn't seen it anywhere, maybe on Amazon. Actually well done, with all the silliness you would expect from the title.

Posted by: Colin at May 05, 2019 10:07 AM (3ct1l)

167 OK, it's past 10. Need to make a cup of tea and get writing. Work schedule this week is absolutely crazy, so I don't know if I'll be on the HQ much.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 10:07 AM (Ki5SV)

168 "... the pink caligae almost overshadow the lace up speedo."
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Just want to point out that this was said on the venerable Book Thread.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 10:07 AM (kQs4Y)

169 *contemplates pants pic*

Words fail.

That stuff wouldn't make the first cut in "Project: Runway."

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at May 05, 2019 10:07 AM (WEBkv)

170 "we have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies."

roderick thorp

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 05, 2019 10:08 AM (Pg+x7)

171 Muse is secretly a girl.

AtC secretly plays in the WNBA

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 10:10 AM (PJB0O)

172 ...who?

roderick thorp is the author of "nothing lasts forever".

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 05, 2019 10:11 AM (Pg+x7)

173 *ponders*

What the Chicken Saw at the Barr Hearings

Would it be a comedy or a tragedy?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 10:11 AM (0S5sS)

174 Muse is secretly a girl.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:06 AM (2+NQv)

I think Mrs. Muse might be surprised by that news!

[How's Mr. garrett doing?]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 10:11 AM (wYseH)

175 Good morning, Grammie.

Sorry you're ill.

Nice to see you 'round these parts, as always.

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at May 05, 2019 10:11 AM (WEBkv)

176 ... what?

"nothing lasts forever" is the novel that "die hard" was based on.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 05, 2019 10:12 AM (Pg+x7)

177 A never-ending wave of Central American caravans. Disappearing politicians. A mystery epidemic. A wonder drug. And a green FBI agent named Elias Tucker who won't take no for an answer. Can he solve the mystery before time runs out? And will the truth die with him?"

I'll bet that would be even better if the Sheriff's name was Thomas Jefferson Geronimo, and it was called Even Finaller Justice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2019 10:12 AM (V2Yro)

178 "Sans culottes?"

Used to be a quirky but awesome restaurant in NYC. I looked it up, gone now, but this is from the obituary:

"Les Sans Culottes East, the musty French mainstay on Second Avenue near 57th, must have one of the oddest culinary greetings in town. They don't just bring you bread soon after sitting down, or bruscetta, or an amuse bouche. They crowd your table with a huge basket of raw fruits and vegetables (everything from cantaloupe to radishes to whole celery stalks) and what I can only describe as a sausage tree: a wire stand draped with links of variously thick and thin tubular meats. There is also bread, a bowl of a house dressing and a dish of some kind of pate."

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 10:12 AM (fuK7c)

179 Questionable theology IMO, but that does not take away the sadness of her passing.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (lwiT4)

There's no room for this kind of adult thought around here....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 10:13 AM (wYseH)

180 Finished 4 books by Moron author A.H. Lloyd's Man of Destiny series:

A Man of Destiny (Volume 1)
Rise of the Alliance (Volume 2)
Fall of the Commonwealth (Volume 3)
The Imperial Rebellion (Volume 4)

This is the Star Wars prequels (Volumes 1-3) and The original 3 Star Wars movies (Volume 4) with just enough changes to avoid our loosely enforced copyright laws. Except better.

The plot of the first three novels is known. No surprises here. But a better explanation of actions and motivations is seen.

It is set in an Asimovian universe with only humans and robots. And a much more believable military and Jedi Knight group. There are Heinlein touches, like refreshers. The boot camp sequence in Volume 2 is humorous and true at the same time. Sad that the human species has not evolved more culturally for all of being set in the far future.

The books read fast, and there is not a great deal of world-building. Dialog and characterizations are better than the movies, but spare. It's all about the strategic action.

Volume 4 changes to new stories within a known plot, and is very satisfying. Even has happy endings.

Overall, a fun read.
Volume 1 sets the scene.
Volume 2 crackles with energy, as the fight can go either way.
Volume 3 is the rise of the Emperor. A bit downbeat.
Volume 4 wraps it all up in a pleasant departure from the movie plots.

Recommended for SF fans willing to accept something outside the Star Wars canon.

Also read The Quantum Supremacy: An Entertainment by David Goldman (AKA Spengler).

Lots of exposition in service to a strong plot. Yet the exposition is home truths well delivered. The protagonist appeals. And I think the internecine ways of the DC Intel community is well told. Basically this is a parable on loyalty, trade-craft, and cryptology.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2019 10:14 AM (u82oZ)

181 "...a man was murdered while the house was locked from the inside and the wife away at work.

Turns out the wife had a lover whom she hid in the attic for years; he came out one day, was caught by the husband and killed him, then crawled back into the attic."
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My life is so boring.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 10:15 AM (kQs4Y)

182 I finished The Talisman by Walter Scott, its pretty good but not as good as Ivanhoe. Some of it was hilarious, but it dragged a bit: he took about 100 pages too long to tell a pretty simple story.

I have not read Derleth's Pons books, but I did like his Lovecraft stories. They weren't as hopeless and bleak as Lovecraft's but still things just don't work out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:16 AM (39g3+)

183 Charlie Brown's Dildo is secretly a Butt Plug.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:16 AM (2+NQv)

184 Turns out the wife had a lover whom she hid in the attic for years; he
came out one day, was caught by the husband and killed him, then crawled
back into the attic."

This too is the story of Captain Cuckrageous and the Paolo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 10:19 AM (0S5sS)

185 Charlie Brown's Dildo is secretly a Butt Plug.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:16 AM (2+NQv)

Are you talking about our future President!

Posted by: Colin at May 05, 2019 10:19 AM (3ct1l)

186 A question for those who use e-readers:

I am undeniably a person who prefers to hold real books while I read them, but I'm noticing more and more that books in my library that I'd like to borrow are mostly in e-book form. This has caused me to consider buying an e-reader solely for that purpose, which would also come in handy for vacations, etc.

So, which one would you recommend for someone who only wants to use it occasionally (read: doesn't want to spend a lot of money)? I will look at that Paperwhite that grammie talks about upthread, but if you all have suggestions I'd love to hear them. Thanks!

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:19 AM (aXucN)

187 I am a fan of the Kindle Paperwhite, bluebell.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:20 AM (2+NQv)

188 So, which one would you recommend for someone who only wants to use it occasionally (read: doesn't want to spend a lot of money)? I will look at that Paperwhite that grammie talks about upthread, but if you all have suggestions I'd love to hear them.

I just bought the lowest end Kindle on Amazon, the cheap model. It doesn't have any fancy features, and works fine for me. I can even do crossword puzzles and stuff like that on it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:21 AM (39g3+)

189 ... the los angeles times called "nothing lasts forever" in its original review, "a ferocious, bloody, raging book so single-mindedly brilliant in concept and execution it should be read at a single sitting."

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 05, 2019 10:21 AM (Pg+x7)

190 Bluebell, I have the cheapest Kindle they make, and it suffices for bedtime reading. It is black and white and will allow for illustrations, but it is bare bones.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 10:21 AM (kQs4Y)

191 I can even do crossword puzzles and stuff like that on it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:21 AM (39g3+)

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That's very cool! I honestly didn't know you could do things like that on an e-reader. No one in my family has one.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:22 AM (aXucN)

192 At the recommendation of Microdot Eris, I'm reading "Mornings on Horseback". I'm quite liking it. Not that far into it, Teddy is ten and the family is on the Grand Tour.

I've started a couple of other McCullough books and not got very far. I'm not sure if this is better or I was just in a mood the other times or if I'm such a TR fanboi that this is what it takes.

Astonishing levels of detail. He puts it right in your face that people wrote letters and kept them, so he can reconstruct day to day chronologies. What will historians do with our age when all the e-mail melts?

Posted by: Old School Blotter Acid Bander at May 05, 2019 10:22 AM (fuK7c)

193 >>That's very cool! I honestly didn't know you could do things like that on an e-reader.

In a pinch, you can even read the HQ on one!

...though, it is cumbersome to do.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:23 AM (2+NQv)

194 That pants outfit looks like what male strippers wear in the Jetsons universe.

Posted by: Trimegistus at May 05, 2019 10:23 AM (qmbcD)

195 In a pinch, you can even read the HQ on one!

...though, it is cumbersome to do.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:23 AM (2+NQv)
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Let's not get carried away here.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:24 AM (aXucN)

196 78 ... "I'm hoping someone could give me a recommendation as to
books I might bring on vacation. Specifically: mysteries, which I
always find to be a good beach read."

grammie, I have always enjoyed the Martha's Vineyard mystery series by Philp Craig. They are light reading, well written and have enjoyable chararcters. And they are not easy for the readers to solve. I've read the series several times.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 10:25 AM (bmdz3)

197 Anyone have the Kindle "Oasis"?

I like the idea of it. Especially. for travel.

Just not sure that the premium is justified.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 10:26 AM (9X624)

198 What will historians do with our age when all the e-mail melts?
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I have wondered this myself. Not only is letter writing more permanent, but it forces one to thoughtfully compose a sentence before committing it to paper.

And as to official e-mail correspondence, can't that be faked/amended?

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 10:26 AM (kQs4Y)

199 everyone in the upper Catholic hierarchy is a clueless commie boneheads, like the current Pope or most American bishops.

-
What we have here, is failure to excommunicate.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 10:27 AM (+y/Ru)

200 Astonishing levels of detail. He puts it right in your face that people wrote letters and kept them, so he can reconstruct day to day chronologies. What will historians do with our age when all the e-mail melts?
Posted by: Old School Blotter Acid Bander at May 05, 2019 10:22 AM (fuK7c)

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Supposedly, when President Harry Truman caught his wife burning their letters, Truman said, "Think of the history," Bess replied, "I am."

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at May 05, 2019 10:27 AM (WEBkv)

201 Okay, so I can easily identify the Paperwhite. But CRT and Eris - when you say you have the lowest-level Kindle are you speaking of the "All-new Kindle" or the Fire (of which there seems to be many iterations)?

Sorry for all the questions, but I've never looked seriously at these before and yes, I'm a Red Sox fan.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:27 AM (aXucN)

202 Reminds me of how Ty Cobb was dragged down by the author he hired who just made shit up to make him look bad, because the author was an alcoholic and had a grudge against Ty Cobb. You might not like the man and he could be an ass but to make crap up when he's dead and can't defend himself. Terrible Beauty Ty Cobb sets the record straight.

Yeah Ty Cobb was a jerk but he wasn't the racist monster that his enemies portrayed him as. The movie with Tommy Lee Jones was good but not very accurate. And he was one of the best baseball players that has ever lived.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:27 AM (39g3+)

203 Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:23 AM (2+NQv)

The vast majority of my HQ lurking, and a large amount of my commenting, is done via my Kindle Fire any more. Like this comment here, actually.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 05, 2019 10:28 AM (uquGJ)

204 grammie, I have always enjoyed the Martha's Vineyard
mystery series by Philp Craig. They are light reading, well written and
have enjoyable chararcters. And they are not easy for the readers to
solve. I've read the series several times.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 10:25 AM (bmdz3)

Thank you, JTB. I've not read those before. See? I knew I could count on youse crazy no pants people!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 10:28 AM (lwiT4)

205 ... and "die hard" kept pretty close to the book, including dialogue and scenes such as mcclane crawling through elevator shafts, jumping off an exploding roof with a fire hose tied around him to smash through a window, and taping a gun to his back in the climax. his daughter was changed to his wife and the klaxon oil co. tower christmas party was changed to nakatomi corp. where he fought terrorists who were thieves.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 05, 2019 10:28 AM (Pg+x7)

206 I have a Kindle e-reader and an older Nook. I do like the Nook because the battery lasts and lasts. Can't play games or anything else on it, but you can download books...is it still sold? The Kindle is nice also, and has more internet features.
My problem is I can't always sort out what is where, maybe the hazard of having two readers. Not like looking at a book shelf and instantly knowing what you have read or have to read.

Posted by: Colin at May 05, 2019 10:29 AM (3ct1l)

207 But CRT and Eris - when you say you have the lowest-level Kindle are you speaking of the "All-new Kindle" or the Fire (of which there seems to be many iterations)?

I have an older Fire, it has internet connectivity (which I rarely use, just to download books and get stuff like the crossword game for free) but mostly its just a book reader. You can download audio books and listen to them as well. The only thing I don't like about it is that it puts an ad on the screen FIRST THING when it turns on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:30 AM (39g3+)

208 Best plug this book again.

For us stalwart and patient fans of the writings of P. C. Hodgell, May 7th will see the release of her latest Jame of the Kencyrath series.

By Demons Possessed sees Jame returning to Tai-Tastigon which when last seen in the first novel God Stalk was riven by untempled gods and a war within the Thieves Guild.

Book will be available through Amazon or direct from Baen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 10:30 AM (0S5sS)

209 Bluebell, I have the Kindle model D01100. It's a previous generation. I think the Paperwhite is the new model.

I would go a step up from basic. maybe even color.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 10:30 AM (kQs4Y)

210 The Kindle's big problem is that unless it's a Paperwhite.

It's hard to read in the sun, if you're beside a pool or on the beach.

Suposedly, the new lower end carries a front light that makes reading in sunlight possible (I think).

I have an older Fire HD. It's a bit heavy but does everything (reading, videos, inter webs) well.

Except in sunlight.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 10:32 AM (9X624)

211 Thanks, CRT. An ad, seriously? Even if you're not connected to the internet? Seems to me if you buy the device, you should be entitled to no ads.

Of course, I remember the olden days back in the last century when people got cable TV because there were no ads on the cable channels.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:32 AM (aXucN)

212 Mystery Novels

Lindsey Davis's Falco novels set during the time of Rome, really enjoy these books has some wit. He a private Investigator or Private Imformer.

Larry Millet's does some Sherlock Holmes novels I enjoy them, The Red Demon and the Ice Palace murders.

The Flaco books are the best and has a lot of Humor and I can't remember the name but someone else has some Mystery Books during Rome.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 10:32 AM (dKiJG)

213 Charlie Brown's Dildo is secretly a Butt Plug.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:16 AM (2+NQv)

One of my old socks is "Lucy's Butt Plug."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 10:34 AM (wYseH)

214 Fire is in color. Regular Kindle is B&W.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 10:34 AM (9X624)

215 Is there a minimum number of gigs I should be looking for? I'm thinking I won't need too much if I'm just downloading books from the library and not amassing a collection of my own, but I have no idea how many gigs it uses for an average book. I'd like to be able to have several on there at a time if I could.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:35 AM (aXucN)

216 The Paperwhite works as advertised. It is small and light. But it's black and white only (if that matters) and doesn't have the touch screen to enlarge the page. You can increase character size, of course. It is my primary e-reader mostly because it really works in bright sunlight.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 10:36 AM (bmdz3)

217 Questionable theology IMO, but that does not take away the sadness of her passing.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 09:21 AM (lwiT4)

There's no room for this kind of adult thought around here....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

********

Okay, I'll bite.

What is it about the death of a total stranger, whom most or all of us here had never heard of or had any real life connection to, that triggers a feeling of sadness? In a world of 7+ billion people, where people die tragically, or too young, or leaving family bereft many many times every day, it seems to me that the emotional price paid by mourning such a case is outweighs any apparent benefit. This is after all the human condition.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 10:37 AM (mvenn)

218 Thanks, CRT. An ad, seriously? Even if you're not connected to the internet? Seems to me if you buy the device, you should be entitled to no ads.

Of course, I remember the olden days back in the last century when people got cable TV because there were no ads on the cable channels.
Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:32 AM (aXucN)

My Fire HD when I got it was sans ads for which I paid a small premium.

Bu-u-u-u-u-ut, sure enough ads started appearing at the open about 1.5 years ago or so.

I think I got "upgraded" with one of their infrequent OS changes.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2019 10:37 AM (9X624)

219 booken morgen horden!

book report:
I read Circe by Madeile Miller and thought it was quite good. The author seems to love mythology, and the characters did not have modern sensibilities at all.

Will read her earlier book next "Song of Achilles" , with some trepidation, as the story of Patroclus is so vulnerable to SJW-twisting

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 10:37 AM (dm05u)

220 Grammie, I thought Sayer's Busman's Holiday was a very nice Lord Peter Whimsey book. A wedding, a new house, and a dead body in the cellar.

Also, if you have not read them and can find them, the Continental Op short stories by Dashiel Hammet, and The short stories by Ramond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder, are very nice.

On the other hand if you want to read something fun, delightful and full of spies and cold blooded murder, Manning Coles writes some lovely spy novels that run from WWI to the Cold War.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2019 10:38 AM (TN7xY)

221 I have no idea how many gigs it uses for an average book. I'd like to be able to have several on there at a time if I could.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:35 AM (aXucN)

An SD card (the mini one) has enough gigs to store huge numbers of books. But most don't need much as each book doesn't take very much memory. Not like your storing videos and things like that. Most readers have enough internal memory, and the SD card is just a backup.

Posted by: Colin at May 05, 2019 10:38 AM (3ct1l)

222 The King's Gambit SPQR by John Maddox, I haven't read it yet, and I do enjoy Ancient Rome stories.

Which reminds me I need to start on the Falco series again.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 10:38 AM (dKiJG)

223 Chantilly laced with Scunthorpe yobs...nice place to read porn, I should know.

Posted by: saf at May 05, 2019 10:39 AM (5IHGB)

224 My only experience with the Kindle Fire was somewhat farcical. I volunteered with Decision Desk to canvass a polling station in New Hampshire in 2016.

Brandon had got hold of a bunch of Fires to conduct surveys on. It seemed like it was trying to be a tablet but couldn't quite get there. It was in color and it had that I'm looking at a computer monitor feel to it.

(Love love love my Paperwhite that doesn't).

Fortunately, the minute we got outside in New Hampshire in February the Fires all froze and we used paper questionnaires, which were much more friendly.

Rest of the event was farcical as well.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 10:39 AM (fuK7c)

225 You want as much storage as possible for the books you want. The biggest advantage of an e-reader is that you can stuff thousands of books in there if you have the space. Entire collections from authors, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:39 AM (39g3+)

226 Thank you, Colin.

Thanks to all of you who have offered me e-reader advice. Looks like it's time for me to do a little homework and then start dropping massive hints (read: links) to my kids about Mother's Day.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:40 AM (aXucN)

227
Is there a minimum number of gigs I should be looking for? I'm thinking
I won't need too much if I'm just downloading books from the library
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Kids bought me a Kindle Fire for Christmas. They installed a micro SD card and now I play games on it. Nifty feature is the no blue mode which really works for getting ready to sleep. Have a techie type make sure that anything you download goes on the SD card to keep the processing power open.

Only drawback is the spying, but that is true for all ereaders.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 05, 2019 10:41 AM (MIKMs)

228 I have add the adventures of Solar Pons. I have always loved Sherlock Holmes books.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 10:41 AM (dKiJG)

229 OK, I had to check. The case I was thinking of is from 1922. A woman named Walburga "Dolly" Oesterreich took a man named Otto Sanhuber as a lover. The husband found out, refused a divorce and threatened to kill Sanhuber if he ever saw him again.

Dolly hid Sanhuber in their attic, and continued to hide him as the couple moved to several different houses!. This went on from around 1911 to 1922, when Mr Oesterreich was killed by what his wife described as an intruder.

In 1930, Otto was finally brought to trial - he had left Dolly, married and had a job as caretaker of an apartment house - and was convicted of manslaughter. Dolly was also brought to trial, which resulted in a hung jury, and the DA dropped the case.

It's in the 1947 book, Los Angeles Murders, edited by Craig Rice, with names changed, as both Otto and Dolly were still alive.

And here:

https://tinyurl.com/y5f7qqmc

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 05, 2019 10:41 AM (Ki5SV)

230 The King's Gambit SPQR by John Maddox, I haven't read it yet, and I do enjoy Ancient Rome stories.

I like the SPQR series more than the Falco series. Its just great and packed with info on Ancient Rome, in an entertaining and often hilarious manner. The only fault with it is that you run out of books in the series after a while

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:42 AM (39g3+)

231 217: I guess it made some of the news outlets as she is a pro-Hillary Christian writer. It's always sad when babies lose their mommy, but beyond that, I doubt most here will get wrapped up in grief. I only heard of her at all as she stated she was pro-life, but encouraged voting for Hillary and other pro-aborts. Also she was pro-Muslim immigration, because Bible.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 10:43 AM (U7k5w)

232 Several houses?

Otto must have had some schwarnstucker...

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 10:44 AM (0S5sS)

233 The Roman mysteries I know are the SQPR series by John Maddox Roberts. I didn't much like the first, but have liked the others.

I keep meaning to try Caedfel, but never have.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 10:44 AM (VaN/j)

234 19 ---Sounds like a very good collection of the thoughts of Cardinal Sarah. I don't think he would be likely to be elected Pope because there are so many very liberal Cardinals, but who knows what God has in store.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2019 09:06 AM (FSPNP)
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God seems to raise up prophets --- (by which I mean those who speak for Him, who REALLY speak Truth to Power) --- from places the world least expects.
But only rarely does he place them in positions of institutional power.

We can only hope and pray.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 05, 2019 10:45 AM (Rxduq)

235 Missed the book headed gal in the corner of the library...seems like she is BOOKED UP TILL next Friday.... I can wait.

but can she...???? can she leaf me alone or take me a page at a time and drag her finger across my words and understand some of them and belattedly pay the fine...readers on the plain this is no place for olde memes....

Posted by: saf at May 05, 2019 10:46 AM (5IHGB)

236 Marie Bartiromo is on fire this morning.

Posted by: RTW at May 05, 2019 10:46 AM (jJlJu)

237 I think Steven Saylor has a Roman mystery series as well.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 05, 2019 10:46 AM (MIKMs)

238 What is it about the death of a total stranger, whom
most or all of us here had never heard of or had any real life
connection to, that triggers a feeling of sadness?

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 10:37 AM (mvenn)

Without casting aspersions on the compassion of the commenters here, at least some of the public pronouncements after the deaths of well-known people is the desire for some connection to them, however maudlin and odd.

It is jock-sniffing at a funeral...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 10:47 AM (wYseH)

239 234: I plan on getting his new book and have it on pre-order. I'm not Catholic, but the rush toward secularism and cultural relativism has not proven healthy.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 10:47 AM (U7k5w)

240 Marie Bartiromo is on fire this morning.
Posted by: RTW at May 05, 2019 10:46 AM (jJlJu)

I like her but she could stand to lose a few pounds

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2019 10:47 AM (Y+V3r)

241 Supposedly, when President Harry Truman caught his wife burning their letters, Truman said, "Think of the history," Bess replied, "I am."
Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at May 05, 2019 10:27 AM (WEBkv)

Bess was pretty nutty and hated DC. She'd probably been a lot happier if Henry Wallace hadn't been too commie even for Saint Delano and he hadn't had to be replaced by a machine pol from Missouri. Of course marrying someone connected with Pendergast wasn't a way to potentially avoid the spotlight.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 10:47 AM (y7DUB)

242 I stumbled across a book I had forgotten about: "The War Against Cliche, Essays and Reviews 1971-2000" by martin Amis*. He eviscerates GamGam in his review of "It Takes a Village." His opening paragraph, because it's too good not to type out: "Newt Gingrich called her a bitch. Rush Limbaugh called her a feminazi. One New York weekly called her a scumbag. William Safire in the New York Times called her a congenital liar. And the President himself is rumored to call her the First Liability. Rumor goes on HRC is a communist and a carpetbagger, a wowser and a fraud, a floozie and a dyke. It has been repeatedly suggested that she had an affair with her financial conspirator Vince Foster, who died, mysteriously in 1993. At this stage, we don't want to know whether Hillary slept with Vincent Foster. We want to know how she killed him."
And this: " As parents, Bill and Hillary could be said to have fallen at the first hurdle: they called their child Chelsea."
This guy wrote so well, it really seems like reading from the last century, except he comments on current affairs. I remember now why I used to love reading (real) reviews. He's genuine, witty, and by our current standards courageous.
*aka, the last honest liberal.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 05, 2019 10:48 AM (ty7RM)

243 I like her but she could stand to lose a few pounds
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I think most middleaged women have to choose their faces or their bodies. In her business, the face is more important.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 05, 2019 10:50 AM (MIKMs)

244 Reading "Where the Crawdads Sing" now and enjoying it.

Marsh rat girl, white trash, no schooling, grows up alone and hidden in a shack way back in the coastal marsh down near the outer banks of NC, circa late 1950s, story continuing into the 60s.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 05, 2019 10:50 AM (+fPHo)

245 grammie, I hope you feel better soon!
pneumonia is exhausting, or so I've heard

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 10:51 AM (dm05u)

246 Re KDP and Create Space -- they were both Amazon divisions/subsidiaries and their merger was announced several months in advance with all kinds of repeated assurances that CS authors who switched over to KDP would not get screwed. I don't see how KDP could have refused to assume the liabilities of CS when they are both divisions of the SAME company that ultimately assumes all their liabilities anyway. I think they are just trying to see how long they can get away with dragging out the payment process for whatever reason...

Posted by: Secret Square at May 05, 2019 10:51 AM (9WuX0)

247 I think most middleaged women have to choose their faces or their bodies. In her business, the face is more important.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 05, 2019 10:50 AM (MIKMs)
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Ah, the Catherine Deneuve conundrum.

I prefer to think of it as insurance against prolonged illness. I'm in no danger of withering away.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:52 AM (aXucN)

248 We had a couple of Marsh Rat girls in HS. They were fun.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 05, 2019 10:52 AM (vV/gB)

249 161 And Obama, too. Not sure there was any article in the progressive canon she disagreed with. I had never heard of her, either, until she was suddenly 'trending' on Twitter all day yesterday.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 09:25 AM (EiZIA)

If she was a Hilldawg and Obongo supporter, the world is better place without her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2019 10:04 AM (7njPr)

I don't know, her grieving husband and 2 young children might disagree with you there.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 10:52 AM (EiZIA)

250 Ah, the Catherine Deneuve conundrum.
=====================
I heard she hit from both sides of the plate. Kind of hot, if true.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 05, 2019 10:53 AM (ty7RM)

251 The nice thing about being retired is you get to choose how you spend your time. Today I shall either ponder the universe or clip my toenails. It's too close to call just yet.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 10:53 AM (mvenn)

252 Gulag Archipelago was another high school read I could read again

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 10:54 AM (BbGew)

253 Marie Bartiromo is on fire this morning.

She's also pretty jiggly.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 10:55 AM (g+63N)

254 Re KDP and Create Space -- they were both Amazon divisions/subsidiaries and their merger was announced several months in advance with all kinds of repeated assurances that CS authors who switched over to KDP would not get screwed.

All my CreateSpace books just shifted over under the Kindle umbrella, no changes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 10:56 AM (39g3+)

255 Started Omaha Beach by Joseph Balkoski, a historical account of only Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Balkoski also has a book on Utah Beach, and a series starting with Beyond the Beach, continuing with From Beachhead to Brittany and From Brittany to the Reich.
Back in the 70's, I knew of him as a game designer for Avalon Hill.

Posted by: Pete the POM Inspector at May 05, 2019 10:56 AM (mb9J+)

256 249: Yep, I feel for the family as I do when anything bad happens that I read about. I only read (and immediately dismissed) a couple of her blog pieces, but I am sad for the children.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 10:56 AM (U7k5w)

257 I like her but she could stand to lose a few pounds
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I think most middleaged women have to choose their faces or their bodies. In her business, the face is more important.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 05, 2019 10:50 AM (MIKMs)

Since I've skewered The Beast and Mega McCain for this, I'm forced to hold MB to the same standard: when you're in a high exposure position and hauling down the type of jack they are, there's no excuse to not have people available to keep you looking in tip top shape.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 10:56 AM (y7DUB)

258 >>She's also pretty jiggly.

She's on the backside of the parabola...but, those lips are still all blow jobby.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 10:56 AM (2+NQv)

259 250 Ah, the Catherine Deneuve conundrum.
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I heard she hit from both sides of the plate. Kind of hot, if true.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 05, 2019 10:53 AM (ty7RM)
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Supposedly Hedy Lamarr did too.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 10:58 AM (VaN/j)

260 What is it about the death of a total stranger, whom most or all of us here had never heard of or had any real life connection to, that triggers a feeling of sadness? In a world of 7+ billion people, where people die tragically, or too young, or leaving family bereft many many times every day, it seems to me that the emotional price paid by mourning such a case is outweighs any apparent benefit. This is after all the human condition.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 10:37 AM (mvenn)

It is because that person is a part of our world in some way. We mourn that, we grieve at the reminder of our own mortality.
It is what spurs us to try to leave our own mark on the world, our memories in the heart of another.
We fear oblivion.

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 10:58 AM (dm05u)

261 Two comments I had below that fit here
After the race yesterday saw on Book TV was Tank Abrams interviewing Valerie Jarrett and here new book How to take over the world without really trying or some such garbage
And mentioned Dennis Prager who studied Russia and Communism says he never could have imagined a free press running exactly as Pravda did yet that's what we have become.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 10:58 AM (BbGew)

262 113---There was a ghey man named Contreras......

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 09:43 AM (mvenn)
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Speaking of Contreras --- a non-gay one (I hope!) --- the recent brief interview of Venezuelan Cubs' catcher Willson Contreras is worth a read.
He is effusive in his praise of Trump's diplomacy and public statements. He decries, not just Maduro's vague tyranny, but socialism itself.

His reaction to those who have criticized him for saying good things about Trump is.... Pffft.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 05, 2019 10:59 AM (Rxduq)

263 One of my old socks is "Lucy's Butt Plug."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 10:34 AM (wYseH)

That was you?? I thought it was some other moron trolling you.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 10:59 AM (EiZIA)

264 186 So, which one would you recommend for someone who
only wants to use it occasionally (read: doesn't want to spend a lot of
money)? I will look at that Paperwhite that grammie talks about
upthread, but if you all have suggestions I'd love to hear them.
Thanks!

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:19 AM (aXucN)

The standard no frills Kindle is good for that and a lot cheaper than the paper white.

Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2019 11:00 AM (mpXpK)

265 I can see my house from the Gulag Archipelago...that place stinks and the otter has left the building.

Posted by: saf at May 05, 2019 11:00 AM (5IHGB)

266 BT EXPRESS:

DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl_s_L1kb8o

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:01 AM (2+NQv)

267 Supposedly, when President Harry Truman caught his wife burning their letters, Truman said, "Think of the history," Bess replied, "I am."
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We had a fantastic DC vacation in summer of '17. Trump was settling in, people sang "god Bless America" at the fireworks, which we watched at the foot of the Washington memorial, looking over the reflecting pool towards the Lincoln memorial. Anyway, our hotel was an old DC landmark, and they had pics of H.S. Truman engaged in his poker/booze binge, (apparently a several times a week thing) held secretly in a room at the hotel. Now it makes sense why he wanted out of the house so often.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 05, 2019 11:01 AM (ty7RM)

268 I will have to bump up the SPQR series and give it a go.

I am slogging through PATRICK ROTHFUSS's second book THE WISE MAN'S FEAR and it's a slog. It's going nowhere and I wasted a Audible credit.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 11:01 AM (dKiJG)

269 >>I am slogging through PATRICK ROTHFUSS's second book THE WISE MAN'S FEAR and it's a slog.

Slog? Not in the least.

The slog has been waiting for Book 3!

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:03 AM (2+NQv)

270 grammie, Another suggestion is the Chet and Bernie series of mysteries by Spencer Quinn. Chet is the canine companion of PI Bernie and the stories are told from Chet's point of view. They are good mysteries and using Chet as the narrator is really well done. They are a lot of fun. Heck, the titles alone are worth the price.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 11:03 AM (bmdz3)

271 He eviscerates GamGam in his review of "It Takes a Village."

That mincing tree killer was begging to be eviscerated and any purported male who didn't deserves to be roundly humiliated and kicked in his tiny balls repeatedly. That said, the excerpt was well done.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 11:04 AM (y7DUB)

272 Morning Horde.
No way in hell are those pants.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2019 11:04 AM (TGayj)

273 Those aren't pants. They're totally ghey, that's for certain, but they ain't pants.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 05, 2019 11:05 AM (NWiLs)

274 260 What is it about the death of a total stranger, whom most or all of us here had never heard of or had any real life connection to, that triggers a feeling of sadness? In a world of 7+ billion people, where people die tragically, or too young, or leaving family bereft many many times every day, it seems to me that the emotional price paid by mourning such a case is outweighs any apparent benefit. This is after all the human condition.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 10:37 AM (mvenn)

It is because that person is a part of our world in some way. We mourn that, we grieve at the reminder of our own mortality.
It is what spurs us to try to leave our own mark on the world, our memories in the heart of another.
We fear oblivion.
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 10:58 AM (dm05u)
________

I believe John Donne wrote on the subject.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (VaN/j)

275 273: No, they're bikini bottom retreads from the 60s

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (U7k5w)

276 *blinks at this headline*

"Topless 81yr old woman sprays wine at police."

Yoko?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (0S5sS)

277 What pants / not pants are you people on about?

I see a library, a cardinal, a bitch reading and a cat?

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (2+NQv)

278 I prefer to think of it as insurance against prolonged illness. I'm in no danger of withering away.
Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 10:52 AM (aXucN)

there are several studies that show that slightly overweight seniors outlive other body types of seniors

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (dm05u)

279 Yep, I feel for the family as I do when anything bad happens that I read about. I only read (and immediately dismissed) a couple of her blog pieces, but I am sad for the children.

********

So 'empathy'. Which evokes a feeling of sadness, but not the sadness of a personal loss. But what keeps us from drowning in that empathetic sadness given the neverending supply of tragic events, deaths and OPL. (other people's losses)?

In my working years I saw many untimely deaths, ssome of which I was intimately involved with on a professional. I have even had deaths occur as a direct result of a clinical decision I made or professional action I took. I spent a lot of empathy on those deaths. Collectively I still feel a sense of loss, but it has to be allocated to an extent. I would describe it as almost a 'collective' sense of loss. Otherwise the empathy would turn to sadness, sadness would turn to grief and grief would have overwhelmed me.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (mvenn)

280 Heartbreak!

Ticket prices plunge for Bill and Hillary speaking tour...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (+y/Ru)

281 Uncle Palp used to sing the praises of Cardinal Sarah. Now I know why.

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (PFcQG)

282 Slog? Not in the least.

The slog has been waiting for Book 3!
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:03 AM (2+NQv)

I found Wise Man's Fear interesting enough, except for the pages and pages and pages of faeirie porn. I could have done without that entirely.

I did like The Slow Regard of Silent Things, though I understand why Rothfuss' fans did not. It was like poetry, and, where most found it boring and plotless, I found it fascinating (though plotless) and a thing of beauty.

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (OX9vb)

283 >>I did like The Slow Regard of Silent Things, though I understand why Rothfuss' fans did not. It was like poetry, and, where most found it boring and plotless, I found it fascinating (though plotless) and a thing of beauty.

Couldn't agree more. Slow Regard... is fantastic.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:08 AM (2+NQv)

284 >>> What pants / not pants are you people on about?

It's a link. Don't click it.

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2019 11:09 AM (dCRRg)

285 Cardinal Sarah would make a great Pope, in a class with Blessed John Paul the Great.

Posted by: Still Another Zap Rowsdower at May 05, 2019 11:09 AM (1Ja6u)

286 Uncle Palp used to sing the praises of Cardinal Sarah. Now I know why.
Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (PFcQG)
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I thought of Uncle Palp while reading about Cardinal Sarah, too. I hope Palp is okay and healing.

As Eeyore (I think) stated above, many of us Catholics were hoping that Cardinal Sarah would be the new pope when Benedict XVI stepped down. Alas.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:10 AM (aXucN)

287 280. their recent appearance in PHL - 90 per cent of seats unoccupied.

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 11:10 AM (PFcQG)

288 there are several studies that show that slightly overweight seniors outlive other body types of seniors
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (dm05u)

Good thing neither you nor bluebell has to worry about any of that, right?

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:10 AM (t+qrx)

289 That was you?? I thought it was some other moron trolling you.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 10:59 AM

A Moron trolling another Moron, much less a CoB?

Aside from bluebell's often rough treatment of CBD, that actually happens?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 11:11 AM (qco33)

290 Aw hog, you're very sweet.

(your check is in the mail.)

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:11 AM (aXucN)

291 280 Heartbreak!
Ticket prices plunge for Bill and Hillary speaking tour...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (+y/Ru)

Are they still doing appearances at Costco stores?

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:11 AM (EiZIA)

292 Are they still doing appearances at Costco stores?
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:11 AM (EiZIA)

DMV grand re-openings.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:13 AM (t+qrx)

293 A Moron trolling another Moron, much less a CoB?
Aside from bluebell's often rough treatment of CBD, that actually happens?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 11:11 AM (qco33)

Socking a CoB is strictly verboten, as is socking any other regular moron commenter. Trolling, though, now we're getting into a gray area...

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:13 AM (EiZIA)

294 We mourn that, we grieve at the reminder of our own mortality...We fear oblivion.
Posted by: vmom

********

Interesting point. This sounds almost like the opposite of empathy. Taken to an extreme it could be seen as the sadness we feel stems from a sort of guilt that it didn't happen to us, and that we are thankful it wasn't our own death. Maybe the opposite of schadenfreude.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:13 AM (mvenn)

295 DMV grand re-openings.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:13 AM (t+qrx)

"By Grabthar's Hammer, what savings."

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:14 AM (EiZIA)

296 Aside from bluebell's often rough treatment of CBD, that actually happens?
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A little bit o' the ol' slap 'n' tickle!

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:14 AM (kQs4Y)

297 279: I agree. For me these tragic events are, of course, not personal loss, but I empathize with the fam. I have a couple kids about the same age as this woman, so I can also say "this could be my family" and feel additional empathy, a "what would I do if my grandchildren lost their mommy or daddy?" feeling.

I worked in mental health for many years in an ICU setting. Some of the patients did complete suicides after discharge and I felt a sense of loss in these cases. There is no CT or MRI or lab test that can diagnose depression and prove that someone is not quite honest about their intentions, so I never felt "responsible" or sad in that way.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:15 AM (U7k5w)

298 Aside from bluebell's often rough treatment of CBD, that actually happens?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2019 11:11 AM (qco33)

Note: Bluebell's often rough treatment of CBD is to be applauded.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:15 AM (EiZIA)

299 Note: Bluebell's often rough treatment of CBD is to be applauded.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:15 AM (EiZIA)
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I have always liked you, OMuse.

Someone has to take him down a peg occasionally, amirite?

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:16 AM (aXucN)

300 Could anybody who understands what happened at the Kentucky Derby explain it to me? The winner was disqualified for "ducking out".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM (+y/Ru)

301 286. we really need to pray for our Church to be purged of antithetical elements. I had a terrible dream of priests disrespecting the Eucharist. The sex abuse scandal is just the visible sign of the rot. God only knows what abominations are occurring behind the scenes.

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM (PFcQG)

302 Heartbreak!
Ticket prices plunge for Bill and Hillary speaking tour...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (+y/Ru)

Why in God's name are these two grifters still grifting?

Give it a rest already and go away. Someone needs to tell them their schtick is old and stale.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM (Z+IKu)

303 I wish the weather would clear up enough for a trip to the county dog show...grrrr

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM (U7k5w)

304 280
Ticket prices plunge for Bill and Hillary speaking tour...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:07 AM (+y/Ru)
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I read that some are going for $2.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM (Rxduq)

305
Someone has to take him down a peg occasionally, amirite?
Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:16 AM (aXucN)

Word.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:18 AM (EiZIA)

306 And of course there were many successes along the way which help to keep the failures in perspective. Hence my traditional sign off here:

Endeavor to persevere.

Because that also is the nature of the human condition.

And on that note I have decided. Toenails today!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:18 AM (mvenn)

307 We're discussing empathy while Islam is cheering rockets fired at civilians.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:18 AM (+y/Ru)

308 >>Could anybody who understands what happened at the Kentucky Derby explain it to me? The winner was disqualified for "ducking out".

Apparently, there was less payout on the 60 : 1 Horse than on the actual winner.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:19 AM (2+NQv)

309 306: A sound choice, but is it a day long endeavor?

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:19 AM (U7k5w)

310 Why in God's name are these two grifters still grifting?
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM

It's a mystery.

Posted by: The scorpion, drowning at May 05, 2019 11:19 AM (qco33)

311 >>We're discussing empathy while Islam is cheering rockets fired at civilians.

We should be raining fire and brimstone on Iran for tipping this off.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:20 AM (2+NQv)

312 Collectively I still feel a sense of loss, but it
has to be allocated to an extent.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:06 AM (mvenn)

And that speaks to another topic...our current hyper-emotive society that puts on a pedestal those who screech and caw and cry and blubber over the most insignificant things.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:20 AM (wYseH)

313 I read that some are going for $2.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 05, 2019 11:17 AM (Rxduq)

I love it. I absolutely love it.

Hillary used to sell her influence for millions.

Now she has to practically pay people to come and listen to her.

Schadenfreude: catch the fever!

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:20 AM (EiZIA)

314 And those 'pants' - just wow.

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 11:21 AM (PFcQG)

315 307: If it was me instead of Bibi, I'd flatten Gaza

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:21 AM (U7k5w)

316 I honestly had no idea Bill and Hillary are still on tour. Is this still to hawk her book, WTF Happened?

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:21 AM (aXucN)

317 >>...our current hyper-emotive society that puts on a pedestal those who screech and caw and cry and blubber over the most insignificant things.

...like syrup on French Toast.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:21 AM (2+NQv)

318 We should be raining fire and brimstone on Iran for tipping this off.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:20 AM (2+NQv)

Israel just wacked Iran's paymaster in Gaza.

But their response has been mostly pathetic. Blowing up empty buildings will not teach Gaza a lesson.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:21 AM (wYseH)

319 >>Israel just wacked Iran's paymaster in Gaza.

Awesome. Now we should be be Nuking Qom.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:23 AM (2+NQv)

320 Greetings:

I finished Robert D. Kaplan's "The Return of Marco Polo's World" this week. It was more a collection of his previously published essays than an actual book so that was a bit of a disappointment but he is excellent at showing how overlooked geography, sociology, economics, and politics can be integrated to explain the world today. I had previously read his "The Revenge of Geography" which I think substantially better.

At perhaps the other end of the spectrum, I've begun Craig Childs' "Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America". His focus is how the Americas came to be settled by humans. I had previously read his "House of Rain" about settlements in our southwest and northern México which I enjoyed greatly.

Posted by: 11B40 at May 05, 2019 11:23 AM (evgyj)

321 I rarely, if ever, buy coffee table type books but while waiting for spring I got one that could be used as a doorstop.

Plants: Exploring the Botanical World, from Phaidon Press. It's a collection of herbal illustrations, radiographs, art works--anything that features a plant.

I read The Name of the Wind when it first came out; thought the press on it was a bit hyperbolic, but then the second book didn't come out for three or four years, wasn't impressed. The third book still hasn't come out, as far as I know, and the author seems to get quite testy when asked about it.

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 05, 2019 11:23 AM (JK7Jw)

322 A sound choice, but is it a day long endeavor?

*********

I'm sixty two years old, my flexibility is not great, my eyesight is a little iffy, I have baseline hand tremors, and my pinky toes have rather gnarly shape. So the answer is: Quite likely, yes.

Heck, it'll probably take an hour and a half just putting the bandages on afterward!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:24 AM (mvenn)

323 British Uniparty hijinks:

Today, May announced she is negotiating with Corbyn to make Conservative/Labour coalition Brexit deal, which would keep the UK in the customs union and subject to EU single market trade rules, but not as a member state. Just a vassal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2019 11:24 AM (5aX2M)

324 It's a crying shame that Cardinal Sara isn't Pope. He certainly has his head screwed on straight. Oh well, there's always hope that he could be one day. That would really be nice to see and would go a long way to the renewal of Catholicism and Westernity that he speaks of.

Thanks for the links to him and another great Book Thread, complete with Kitty Literate.

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend."

Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

- Groucho Marx

Posted by: BackwardsBoy Says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at May 05, 2019 11:24 AM (HaL55)

325 Bookworm cat looks like Keyboard Cat.

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 11:25 AM (PFcQG)

326 322: Ah, we're the same age. Hope you have a good clipper, makes all the difference.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:25 AM (U7k5w)

327 Heck, it'll probably take an hour and a half just putting the bandages on afterward!
Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:24 AM (mvenn)

♪ Tragedy tomorrow, toenails today! ♫

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:25 AM (t+qrx)

328 302, 316
"Why in God's name are these two grifters still grifting?

"Give it a rest already and go away. Someone needs to tell them their schtick is old and stale."
I have a sneaking hunch she still thinks she can be the Woman on Horseback for 2020.

Posted by: Still Another Zap Rowsdower at May 05, 2019 11:25 AM (1Ja6u)

329 Now we should be be Nuking Qom.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:23 AM (2+NQv)

Prime Minister Dildo's first step would be to dismantle the Al Aqsa Mosque and ship it to whichever Arab country wants it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:26 AM (wYseH)

330 Could anybody who understands what happened at the Kentucky Derby explain it to me? The winner was disqualified for "ducking out".
Apparently, there was less payout on the 60 : 1 Horse than on the actual winner.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:19 AM (2+NQv)

I....I....I think that...that....one of the...the...jockeys fart...fart...farted in ano...anoth...another jockey's...fa..face.

Posted by: Stuttering John at May 05, 2019 11:26 AM (Z+IKu)

331 >>I have a sneaking hunch she still thinks she can be the Woman on Horseback for 2020.

Oh, God...please.

I would LOVE this!

Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at May 05, 2019 11:27 AM (2+NQv)

332 The Sarah link reminds me of one of Waugh's lesser stories. It's set in a future, devastated Britain, in which there is a mission from African Catholics trying to convert the now heathen English.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 11:27 AM (VaN/j)

333 And on that note I have decided. Toenails today!

Toenails today, toenails tomorrow, toenails forever!

Posted by: Bandersnatch Wallace at May 05, 2019 11:28 AM (fuK7c)

334 >>Prime Minister Dildo's first step would be to dismantle the Al Aqsa Mosque and ship it to whichever Arab country wants it.

See, that would be the last thing I did after I turned Iran to glass.

Mostly because I would like to give the Saudis a chance at finding their Luther.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:28 AM (2+NQv)

335 Eric Gregg ruins the KY Derby.

Posted by: Burger Chef at May 05, 2019 11:28 AM (RuIsu)

336 Muldoon, go to a nail spa. They'll soak your feet, trim your hooves, and buff out the corns all while you're listening to soothing music. You can read something while the back massager de-kinks you (set it on HIGH).

I do see the occasional dude in there.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:29 AM (kQs4Y)

337 Why do men of a certain age insist on doing their own toenails? Have you not heard of pedicures? I made Rev do it, against his will, now he swears by them. He still does his own between visits, but even the occasional pedicure will do wonders for you. I mean it. Go.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:29 AM (lwiT4)

338 That derby thing was a travesty. You are racing horses, not cars.

Besides. Rubbin' is Racin', horsefags.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:30 AM (2+NQv)

339 I always just slip the vet a five to do mine too while I'm there.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:31 AM (t+qrx)

340 It's set in a future, devastated Britain, in which there is a mission from African Catholics trying to convert the now heathen English.
Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 11:27 AM (VaN/j)

The African and Asian bishops in the Anglican Church have already tried doing that with that religion's hierarchy to no avail.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 11:32 AM (y7DUB)

341 The race stewards decided after Maximum Security didn't comply with FIA rules during the after race inspection and decided disqualify the car and declare Country House the winner. They could have added time to Maximum Security's lap or if during the race made him go through a drive through penalty.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 11:32 AM (BbGew)

342 Grownups pay people to cut their toenails?

No happy ending or nothing?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (fuK7c)

343 >>The race stewards decided after Maximum Security didn't comply with FIA rules during the after race inspection

His restrictor plate had been modified.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (2+NQv)

344 Why is no one in Media raising the obvious point that Barr would break the law if he responded to Nadler's subpoena? Shouldn't it be quashed>

Love the word "quash"

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (1UZdv)

345 Rancida Tlabia and her father are accusing each other of lying.

https://tinyurl.com/y2mjcqvy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (+y/Ru)

346 Besides. Rubbin' is Racin', horsefags.
^^^^^^^Yep.^^^^^^^^^^
====================
The track "Steward" or whatever, who made the call was...well, clearly an EEOC hire.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (ty7RM)

347 Heck, it'll probably take an hour and a half just putting the bandages on afterward!
Posted by: Muldoon

Surgeon, suture self!

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (8ZmvG)

348 Grownups pay people to cut their toenails?

No happy ending or nothing?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:33 AM (fuK7c)

There is nothing like the shedding of cuticles and dead toe skin.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:34 AM (lwiT4)

349 323 British Uniparty hijinks:

Today, May announced she is negotiating with Corbyn to make Conservative/Labour coalition Brexit deal, which would keep the UK in the customs union and subject to EU single market trade rules, but not as a member state. Just a vassal.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2019 11:24 AM (5aX2M)

I am glad that we don't have a class system like they do but they certainly are trying here.

I think that is one thing that is missing in some Fantasy books is the class system is missing or not really used. I wished the Sharpe or Hornblower where the only reason they were listened to was they were officers and considered Gentleman.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 11:34 AM (dKiJG)

350 Need to bleach my eyeballs after opening "those pants". OTOH I could send the pic to a gay acquaintance of mine who would look at it for a while. Then he'd say to the "pants" wearer; "Is that gun in your shorts or are you just glad to see me?"

Now as for Slick Willie complaining of the Trump Whitehouse, "those fellows don't think the rules apply to them"---or words to that effect. I'm damned glad that the "Clinton Rules" aren't being followed by the Trump Administration. The Trumpkins don't have much use for the Obama Rules either.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at May 05, 2019 11:35 AM (WRSbt)

351 I read The Name of the Wind when it first came out; thought the press on it was a bit hyperbolic, but then the second book didn't come out for three or four years, wasn't impressed. The third book still hasn't come out, as far as I know, and the author seems to get quite testy when asked about it.

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 05, 2019 11:23 AM (JK7Jw)

Muse Daughter absolutely *savaged* The Name of the Wind a few nights ago when we were talking about books. She went on a long rant about how poorly it was written, and read me excerpts. Yes, it sounded pretty bad. And she ridiculed the author for mentioning the title of the book in just about every chapter. She read lines like this:

"And that's when he knew..."

(dramatic pause)

"The Name of the Wind."

Then she laughed maniacally, threw the book down on the table, and pretended to spit on it.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:35 AM (EiZIA)

352 339: I envy my doggeh's "complimentary nail trim".

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (U7k5w)

353 I have to do my own, my toes scared the local vietnamese girls half to death.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (w7KSn)

354 Maximum Security was deplatformed by the race stewards for hateful speech.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (mvenn)

355 So I just pulled the trigger on the Kindle Paperwhite Gen 10 - waterproof edition. It was $40 off today. Tomorrow I get a new toy to play with.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (lwiT4)

356 There is nothing like the shedding of cuticles and dead toe skin.

Have you ever done the one where you wait until your dead toe skin is good and soaked and then the little fishies eat it away?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (fuK7c)

357 Reading "Where the Crawdads Sing" now and enjoying it.

Marsh rat girl, white trash, no schooling, grows up alone and hidden in a shack way back in the coastal marsh down near the outer banks of NC, circa late 1950s, story continuing into the 60s.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 05, 2019 10:50 AM (+fPHo)

I just finished it. I enjoyed it too. I also liked The Gown (sort of a mystery) and The Last Mrs. Parish.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2019 11:37 AM (XROPS)

358 Good thing neither you nor bluebell has to worry about any of that, right?

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:10 AM (t+qrx)

29 forever!
with the classic hourglass figure too

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 11:37 AM (dm05u)

359 I thought is was Maximum Security's legality plank but whichever the reason it was a harsh ruling. Probably going to cost a lot of fine money and wonder if Maximum Security's super license will be taken away.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (BbGew)

360 "It's no good, it's toenails all the way down."

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (EiZIA)

361 To be fair, anybody who deliberately names their site something like "penisland" kind of deserves any crap they get.

Posted by: MW at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (hNTtn)

362 Have you ever done the one where you wait until your dead toe skin is good and soaked and then the little fishies eat it away?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (fuK7c)
---
Real men ask for piranhas.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (kQs4Y)

363 337: I am a woman of a certain age and I do my own, twice a week usually followed by a foot rubdown with Vicks (an family thing, I guess). I have never trusted the salon equipment, though I have contemplated a podiatrist.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (U7k5w)

364 Have you ever done the one where you wait until your dead toe skin is good and soaked and then the little fishies eat it away?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:36 AM (fuK7c)

Yuck. I've seen that in the airport in Cancun. You couldn't pay me enough.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (lwiT4)

365 Ya know, as of March 29, I don't believe any of our deals with the EU technically apply to the UK anymore.

If I were preezy, I'd be sorely tempted to say "If Parliament betrays British deplorables with this deal, I will embargo the UK, and you all can now import American goods from the EU in your beloved customs Union, fuckwads, according to EU rules over which you have no say. Oh, and thanks a million for trying to set me up during the election, you duplicitous limey snakes."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (5aX2M)

366 Robert Cardinal Sarah... saying what we all say, saying what Milo says, saying what Paul Joseph Watson says, but says it in french, and with a quiet dignity.

Think they'll listen?

Nah, if they find out, he'll be censored and banned too.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 11:39 AM (cY3LT)

367 Hey OM- I TRIED to engage in erudite discussion. THEY are the ones who took my toenails and ran with them!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:40 AM (mvenn)

368 Why do men of a certain age insist on doing their own toenails? Have you not heard of pedicures?
Posted by: grammie winger

-----

Had it done once - yes, I lost a bet. But, in truth, I enjoyed it. Even the Vietnamese woman bitching at me:

Yo feet, they ugly!

And her patter - every addon was "Only six dollar mo." I thought that was just urban legend stuff.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2019 11:40 AM (Y4EXg)

369 I am not a horse racing person, but the Derby ruling looks bullshitty to me. It's pretty much the job of the racer behind to find a way around the racer in front, who gets to choose his line.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:40 AM (fuK7c)

370 >>"If Parliament betrays British deplorables with this deal, I will embargo the UK, and you all can now import American goods from the EU in your beloved customs Union, fuckwads, according to EU rules over which you have no say. Oh, and thanks a million for trying to set me up during the election, you duplicitous limey snakes."

I would love this. One of my favorite pasttimes is mocking the Euro Weenies on the Audio Forums when they bitch about the high cost of Import Duties / VAT Taxes / Fees.

"How's that Socialist Paradise gonna work if you don't pay your Fair Share, Comrade?"

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:41 AM (2+NQv)

371 Posted by: Muldoon at May 05, 2019 11:13 AM (mvenn)

it is really a form of Narcissism tbh

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 11:41 AM (dm05u)

372 I love the guy at my nail salon that rubs my legs with lemon oil. There. I've said it.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:41 AM (lwiT4)

373 Do it, Muldoon!

Then you can look all smug and tell people "I treated myself to a little buffing and effleurage this weekend."

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:42 AM (kQs4Y)

374 Muse Daughter absolutely *savaged* The Name of the Wind a few nights ago when we were talking about books.

-
All I know is they call the wind Mariah.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:42 AM (+y/Ru)

375 They Call Me The Breeze.

Posted by: Mariah at May 05, 2019 11:43 AM (2+NQv)

376 Then she laughed maniacally, threw the book down on the table, and pretended to spit on it.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:35 AM (EiZIA)

A chip off the old block!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:43 AM (wYseH)

377 Then she laughed maniacally, threw the book down on the table, and pretended to spit on it.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:35 AM (EiZIA)

Hahaha! She's got a point, there.

Still, I thought they were entertaining reading. He is awfully full of himself, though.

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 11:43 AM (OX9vb)

378 Speaking of historical revision done right, Carlo D'Este wrote the book "Decision in Normandy," in a fairly straightforward way, and then as he was finishing up his story, made the specific point that his work was an effort to correct what had gotten layered on top of layered on top of layered, about the narrative of Normandy, as primarily written by the British, to prop up Monty and denigrate the Americans.

Puts their own words out there, shows the connections between various members of the "official" records, and the lengths they went to in their effort to create the myths that still exist today.

I would go so far as to say, if you've read any works about the war in Europe, after D-Day, and you haven't read D'Este's accounts, you've probably got a ton of wrong information.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 11:44 AM (cY3LT)

379 The book thread, at some point it derails
To Roman or Civil War travails
But who had a notion
That the wanking hand motion
Would end up on old Muldoon's toenails?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:44 AM (fuK7c)

380 379: (Golf claps)

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:45 AM (U7k5w)

381 Biden's up to his old tricks. Say's Trump want's to go back to "Jim Crow laws".

I can't even...

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2019 11:45 AM (OAlmw)

382 KTY is asking for a pre-Prom pedicure, her incentive being that I get one too
So tempting

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 11:46 AM (dm05u)

383 Long time lurker...

Hi all, I have been reading this thread most weeks since 2015. I live on the West Coast, and by the time I get home from church, it's usually too late to post. But, I have enjoyed a lot of the recs posted here. I decided that if I want to post, I must prepare it the night before, so I can post it in the morning before heading out.

I recently finished the biography of Grant by Ron Chernow. It was recommended here a while back. I came away with a great admiration of President Grant. He had his flaws, but my impression is that he was down to earth (not high falutin'), and the soldiers who served under him as well as those who worked for him regarded him with great respect. He was a good strategist during the Civil War, and he was decisive. He was magnanimous to his enemies. I didn't know much about Reconstruction in the South, and I was horrified at the treatment of both, blacks and those who supported their right to vote, after the Civil War. Parts of the book dragged, and parts were riveting. Overall, I highly recommend it if you are interested in American history.

I also just finished The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah this week. It is a fictional story of a family (mom, dad, and daughter) who move to Alaska. The Dad was a POW during the Vietnam War, and he has mental health problems. It is really interesting to read about what it would be like to live and to survive in Alaska. Some parts were hard to read because of domestic violence, but the story is ultimately redeeming and beautiful.

Posted by: Violet at May 05, 2019 11:47 AM (pxpp+)

384 382: It's an inexpensive splurge, much cheaper than some new gold earrings. I'd do it.

Posted by: CN at May 05, 2019 11:48 AM (U7k5w)

385 "Do you want to work a 9 to 5? No! You don't."

"He's gonna Chain You ALL - to Employment!"

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 05, 2019 11:48 AM (2+NQv)

386 Get a protective cover for your Kindle. Kind of gives you the illusion of holding a book

Posted by: Ken at May 05, 2019 11:48 AM (oTB5N)

387 The Clinton tour is *still*happening?? Any word on attendance/venues?

Just finishing Glantz's "Battle of Kursk". It has a co-author, which might explain why it is readable, unlike many of his other (otherwise fine) books. Robert Citino called it the best book on Kursk so far.

It actually could have been longer, and delved more into Stavka (Soviet high command) decisions and dynamics, a very interesting story - first time Stalin deferred to the judgement of his military advisors on a major question (wait for the Germans to attack, vs. pre-empt them). It touches on these things but not in depth.

For eastern front enthusiasts, I'd say the book is a "must-read".

Next - Marshal Rokossovsky' memoir (in translation - gonna try a Zhukov book in russki soon).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2019 11:49 AM (QDnY+)

388 For you Brit mystery fans, you might give Barbara Cleverly a try.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2019 11:49 AM (qestm)

389 Yuck. I've seen that in the airport in Cancun. You couldn't pay me enough.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (lwiT4)
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I'm with you. I've never seen it (thank goodness) but I've read about it and the whole idea creeps me out. I don't want any fish nibbling on any parts of me, thankyouverymuch.

Of course, I'm the one who thought snorkeling in Hanauma Bay sounded wonderful until I went in with the mask and snorkel and saw all the friggin' fish swirling around my legs. I beat a path back to the beach so fast I looked like Dash from The Incredibles.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:49 AM (aXucN)

390 376 Then she laughed maniacally, threw the book down on the table, and pretended to spit on it.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:35 AM (EiZIA)

A chip off the old block!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:43 AM (wYseH)

You got that right, boyo!

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:50 AM (EiZIA)

391 Of course, I'm the one who thought snorkeling in Hanauma Bay sounded wonderful until I went in with the mask and snorkel and saw all the friggin' fish swirling around my legs. I beat a path back to the beach so fast I looked like Dash from The Incredibles.

You are not allowed on the fishy thread anymore.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:50 AM (fuK7c)

392 I use a mini Dremel to give doggeh his pawdicures. He's ok with the front paws but doesn't care for the back feet yet.

He has dark nails which makes it hard to see the quick; the last time I tried to use a clipper on him I misjudged. Bloody tracks everywhere and I felt like a monster for two days.

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 11:51 AM (dm05u)

393 I like the cut of Cardinal Sarah's jib--he doesn't play around.
He'll never be Pope, but one can hope....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2019 11:51 AM (NFEMn)

394 *grope* *sniff*

Posted by: Smokin' Uncle Joe Biden at May 05, 2019 11:51 AM (EgshT)

395 Yuck. I've seen that in the airport in Cancun. You couldn't pay me enough.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:38 AM (lwiT4)

I'd bet that if you drank a pitcher of Margaritas, you'd be OK with it.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:51 AM (EiZIA)

396 >> *grope* *sniff*

I want someone to ask him why he has NEVER groped or sniffed a Black Woman.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:52 AM (2+NQv)

397 Do NOT get the candiru pedicure.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:52 AM (kQs4Y)

398 Good art from the Bee, Jesus helping Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/yybdhaq3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:53 AM (+y/Ru)

399 397 Do NOT get the candiru pedicure.
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:52 AM (kQs4Y)

Is that anything like a Brazilian?

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:53 AM (EiZIA)

400 You are not allowed on the fishy thread anymore.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:50 AM (fuK7c)
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Wow. And after I gave you that valuable input about lobster fishing yesterday. You just can't please some people.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:54 AM (aXucN)

401 >>You are not allowed on the fishy thread anymore.

I read that, yesterday.

It was lame.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:54 AM (2+NQv)

402 Get a protective cover for your Kindle. Kind of gives you the illusion of holding a book
Posted by: Ken at May 05, 2019 11:48 AM (oTB5N)

This is a good tip. A lot of the third-party ones are nicer than the Amazon-branded ones too. I got a little brown leather one with a pocket for a notepad and a pen, and it's got a magnetic clasp. When it's closed, the Kindle switches off automatically. It's got a more natural feel and I don't have to worry about the screen getting damaged.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 11:54 AM (t+qrx)

403 https://tinyurl.com/yybdhaq3
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Ha!

I love Jesus in a MAGA cap.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:54 AM (kQs4Y)

404 Violet- The book thread does get traffic most of all day Sunday because of cases like yours. I generally try to read it all throughout the day.
So my suggestion is post away whenever you can, lots as you see like suggestions and reviews.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 11:54 AM (BbGew)

405 "Christ Calms the Stormy" -- I'm dying here.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 11:55 AM (kQs4Y)

406 398 Good art from the Bee, Jesus helping Trump.
https://tinyurl.com/yybdhaq3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 11:53 AM (+y/Ru)

OK, those are hilarious. I'm going to have to steal one or more of them for tomorrow's rant.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:55 AM (EiZIA)

407 I read that, yesterday.

It was lame.

Posted by: garrett

Your objection is noted. As was your previous statement that the fish thread is for fags. Glad to have you as a reader.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 11:55 AM (fuK7c)

408 >>Of course, I'm the one who thought snorkeling in Hanauma Bay sounded wonderful until I went in with the mask and snorkel and saw all the friggin' fish swirling around my legs. I beat a path back to the beach so fast I looked like Dash from The Incredibles.

That's kind of the whole point.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 11:56 AM (/tuJf)

409 Biden's up to his old tricks. Say's Trump want's to go back to "Jim Crow laws".

I can't even...
Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2019 11:45 AM (OAlmw)

This retarded monkey has had this type of behavior facilitated by GOPe pansies like Paul Ryan being perplexed at how to deal with it. Time for DJT to MOAB him permanently.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 11:56 AM (y7DUB)

410 I recently finished the biography of Grant by Ron
Chernow.

Posted by: Violet at May 05, 2019 11:47 AM (pxpp+)

I have heard both good and bad about this...

Thanks for the review, and keep commenting!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:56 AM (wYseH)

411 For you Brit mystery fans, you might give Barbara Cleverly a try.

I've only read one of her books, but I enjoyed it a great deal. Great author.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 11:56 AM (39g3+)

412 BurtTC, good info - several of d'Estes books are on my enormous list, but now that one will move higher.

Glantz does some revision of his own - John Erickson's blurb on the jacket cover calls it revisionist - in the Kursk book. But it's fairly easy to see why and how. Two major reasons. First, he had access to Soviet archives, and also is the first western historian to get really, and I mean really, deep into the details of Soviet operations, and to understand how the Red Army performed and evolved from before the war until victory. Second, he bothered to step back from the conventional wisdom, which was mostly just the perspective of the German generals who survived the war to write about it.

As he points out in his excellent conclusions, the same misperceptions about the situation at the time (German offensives could not be stopped by the Soviets, it was only a question of execution and only Hitler's decisions could screw things up) completely colored their post-war analysis.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (QDnY+)

413 It was lame.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:54 AM (2+NQv)

Coming from a man who fishes in pink crocs...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (wYseH)

414 >>Your objection is noted. As was your previous statement that the fish thread is for fags.

I read it to a fag in the ICU who was dying from Ass Cancer.

It was his dying wish.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (2+NQv)

415 >> *grope* *sniff*
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I want someone to ask him why he has NEVER groped or sniffed a Black Woman.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:52 AM (2+NQv)

Good question. I think this should be an essential part of the narrative from here on. For any Democrat politician caught in sexual shenanigans.

Hey Bill, while you were porking fat white trash, why no love for the of color ladies. And why no boys?

Don't you LIVE your political principles?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (cY3LT)

416 That's kind of the whole point.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 11:56 AM (/tuJf)
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I know. I don't know what I was thinking. Well, yes I do. I thought they'd be somewhere vaguely over there - close enough for me to see, but somehow not close enough where they'd be invading my space. I was wrong.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:58 AM (aXucN)

417 A amazing thing in the battle of Kursk was how well the Germans pulled damaged tanks back and repaired them. I figured a tank gets hit it's kablamo and done for. But they were a long way from their base and did what was necessary. Also tanks such as the new Panther were prone to mechanical breakdown not battle damage.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 11:59 AM (BbGew)

418 There are certain brackish lagoons on the Big Island where you can wade in, and if you have open sores, diabetes related or whatnot, the fish will nibble and clean them right up for you.
The locals use them with glee.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at May 05, 2019 11:59 AM (w7KSn)

419

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 05, 2019 11:23 AM (JK7Jw)

Muse Daughter absolutely *savaged* The Name of the Wind a few nights ago when we were talking about books. She went on a long rant about how poorly it was written, and read me excerpts. Yes, it sounded pretty bad. And she ridiculed the author for mentioning the title of the book in just about every chapter. She read lines like this:

"And that's when he knew..."

(dramatic pause)

"The Name of the Wind."

Then she laughed maniacally, threw the book down on the table, and pretended to spit on it.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 11:35 AM (EiZIA)

I am 12 hours into Book 2 and Finally we find out a little more about who the People or Monsters that killed his parents. He really needs to hire a Damn Editor. He could cut the book in half.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 11:59 AM (dKiJG)

420 Mueller is going to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15th.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:00 PM (/tuJf)

421 somehow not close enough where they'd be invading my space. I was wrong.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 11:58 AM (aXucN)

Next time try Ras-Muhamad...the little fishes are actually large sharks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 12:00 PM (wYseH)

422 You can shiv a lobster, you know.

Posted by: Smokin' Uncle Joe Biden at May 05, 2019 12:00 PM (EgshT)

423 >>Coming from a man who fishes in pink crocs...

Only for Steelhead.

I use more subtle Croc Patterns for non-anadromous trout.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:01 PM (2+NQv)

424 Seriously, though...

Lobstermen aren't fisherman.

Lobster trapping is not fishing.

And how do you mention Lobster Trapping and NOT mention California and its gay Lobster Trapping Regs?

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:02 PM (2+NQv)

425 BurtTC, good info - several of d'Estes books are on my enormous list, but now that one will move higher.

Glantz does some revision of his own - John Erickson's blurb on the jacket cover calls it revisionist - in the Kursk book. But it's fairly easy to see why and how. Two major reasons. First, he had access to Soviet archives, and also is the first western historian to get really, and I mean really, deep into the details of Soviet operations, and to understand how the Red Army performed and evolved from before the war until victory. Second, he bothered to step back from the conventional wisdom, which was mostly just the perspective of the German generals who survived the war to write about it.

As he points out in his excellent conclusions, the same misperceptions about the situation at the time (German offensives could not be stopped by the Soviets, it was only a question of execution and only Hitler's decisions could screw things up) completely colored their post-war analysis.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (QDnY+)

Hmmm, I'm curious, there are the two main texts I've read, one on Leningrad (The 900 Days, by Salisbury), and the other on Stalingrad (Beevor's book). What's your view on those works? How much did they get wrong?

900 days is not entirely about the military efforts, but more a focus on the civilian population. It's an astonishing story. I hope it's not mostly wrong.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 12:02 PM (cY3LT)

426 You can shiv a lobster, you know.
Posted by: Smokin' Uncle Joe Biden at May 05, 2019 12:00 PM (EgshT)
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Evidently in the early days they were so plentiful they would just wander up on shore and practically beg to be caught. Having been in the cold waters of NE I can certainly relate.

Posted by: bluebell at May 05, 2019 12:03 PM (aXucN)

427 One of the bigger surprises in Catherine Merridale's Ivan's War was how well the Rooskis did on producing tanks that worked well in large numbers; pretty much an isolated phenomenon in the worker's paradise.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2019 12:03 PM (y7DUB)

428 There are certain brackish lagoons on the Big Island where you can wade in, and if you have open sores, diabetes related or whatnot, the fish will nibble and clean them right up for you.
The locals use them with glee.
Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at May 05, 2019 11:59 AM (w7KSn)

The sign at Waimea Fallls says (paraphrased):
DEADLY FLESH-EATING PARASITES
SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK
FFS DON'T GET WATER IN YOUR MOUTH
LIFEGUARDS WILL FIRE ON THE INFECTED

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 12:03 PM (t+qrx)

429 I saw an interview with Biden, and then a transcription of his answer to the interviewer.
It was impenetrable gobbledygook.
Word salad.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at May 05, 2019 12:04 PM (w7KSn)

430 Mueller is going to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15th.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:00 PM (/tuJf)

Dear God, this shit storm will NEVER end. Is he going to finally end it? Or give Nadler and the media just enough to keep going down the obstruction= impeachment road?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2019 12:04 PM (NFEMn)

431 little fishes are actually large sharks.

-
Speaking of sharks . . .

https://tinyurl.com/y55a78qk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 05, 2019 12:05 PM (+y/Ru)

432 And how do you mention Lobster Trapping and NOT mention California and its gay Lobster Trapping Regs?

I know nothing of California's gay lobster trapping regs. This is why people participate in threads, to add knowledge and share opinions.

Do you think O'Muse knows anything about books? No, it is widely known that he is functionally illiterate. He just opens the pub early so we can talk bookishly.

The strength of threads is the commenters, not the cobs.

Btw, are the regs to protect gay lobsters?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 12:05 PM (fuK7c)

433 >>Btw, are the regs to protect gay lobsters?

Yes. You catch a Lobster with Crocs on or wearing a Messenger Bag and you have to immediately return them to the water with a copy of ABBA's Greatest Hits.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:07 PM (2+NQv)

434 Do you think O'Muse knows anything about books? No, it is widely known that he is functionally illiterate. He just opens the pub early so we can talk bookishly.
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As it is well known that CBD is a foodie dilettante who parrots what he just saw on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 12:08 PM (kQs4Y)

435 >>Mueller is going to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15th.

Maybe we will get lucky and Ihan Omar will attend and self-detonate.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:08 PM (2+NQv)

436 return them to the water with a copy of ABBA's Greatest Hits.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:07 PM (2+NQv)

Uff da.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 12:08 PM (lwiT4)

437 I have removed my AOSHQ pants and now my tackle, after a heavy sigh of despair and relief, want to try to snag a fish in the headwaters of the Missouri River.

Later lacers.

Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 12:09 PM (LuPts)

438 433 >>Btw, are the regs to protect gay lobsters?

Yes. You catch a Lobster with Crocs on or wearing a Messenger Bag and you have to immediately return them to the water with a copy of ABBA's Greatest Hits.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:07 PM (2+NQv)
_______

I thought you had to get them to shit on the street, and register them to vote, first, then throw them back.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 12:09 PM (VaN/j)

439 Uff da.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 12:08 PM (lwiT4)

*hands grammie sharpened sporks*

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 12:09 PM (dm05u)

440 tip of things to com.....Pelosi is foretelling that the coming election fraud needed to defeat Pres. Trump will be so bad that Trump will not accept the results.
Why isn't Pres Trump forcing the clean up of election fraud NOW ?

Posted by: ron n. at May 05, 2019 12:09 PM (XkVhH)

441 California Regs forbid actual Lobster Traps.

They allow you to 'Hoop Net' only.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:10 PM (2+NQv)

442 Thanks vmom.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 12:10 PM (lwiT4)

443 >>Lobstermen aren't fisherman.

We used to go diving for them and catch them by hand. That was fishing of a sort.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:10 PM (/tuJf)

444 We know the Dem's will throw up road blocks at every word but pray a few Republicans can come up with questions of substance.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 12:11 PM (BbGew)

445 >>want to try to snag a fish in the headwaters of the Missouri River.

SNAGGER!

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:11 PM (2+NQv)

446 I want someone to ask him why he has NEVER groped or sniffed a Black Woman.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 11:52 AM (2+NQv)
Good question. I think this should be an essential part of the narrative from here on. For any Democrat politician caught in sexual shenanigans.
Hey Bill, while you were porking fat white trash, why no love for the of color ladies. And why no boys?
Don't you LIVE your political principles?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (cY3LT)

If we had a functioning media, these would be questions thrown at them during live, public debates.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 12:11 PM (EiZIA)

447 Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (QDnY+)

Hmmm, I'm curious, there are the two main texts I've read, one on Leningrad (The 900 Days, by Salisbury), and the other on Stalingrad (Beevor's book). What's your view on those works? How much did they get wrong?

900 days is not entirely about the military efforts, but more a focus on the civilian population. It's an astonishing story. I hope it's not mostly wrong.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 12:02 PM (cY3LT)

Sorry, I should clarify, my question is in regards to Soviet military performance in the war, and what we "know" about that in general, not any specific battles.

You are talking about Kursk, and I am not even sure how much that was discussed in either of the books I mentioned. It probably came up, but obviously not a direct part of the narrative for either.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 12:11 PM (cY3LT)

448
Mueller is going to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15th.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:00 PM

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$5 says he answers questions from Republicans with garbage statements like....I'm sorry but I can't comment on that area due to ongoing investigations within DOJ.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 05, 2019 12:12 PM (JUOKG)

449 >>We used to go diving for them and catch them by hand. That was fishing of a sort.

Sure. If they were, you know? Fish.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:12 PM (2+NQv)

450 Jeebuz. I just looked up California lobster. They're not real lobsters, they don't have claws.

They're like a hard shelled scud or something.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 12:12 PM (fuK7c)

451 >>Mueller is going to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15th.

Isn't he, essentially, under the employ of the DOJ?

He can be barred from testifying, no? I mean, he's under the umbrella of the Executive Branch in ALL actions, no?

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:13 PM (2+NQv)

452 CBD is a foodie dilettante who parrots what he just saw on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 12:08 PM (kQs4Y)

Yup...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2019 12:13 PM (wYseH)

453 >>. I just looked up California lobster. They're not real lobsters, they don't have claws.

Oh, yeah. Barely a fuckin; Lobster at all!

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:14 PM (2+NQv)

454 Jeebuz. I just looked up California lobster. They're not real lobsters, they don't have claws.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 12:12 PM (fuK7c)

Those are the CA-compliant lobsters.

Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the Summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (t+qrx)

455 Lobstermen aren't fisherman.

==

Lobsters are sea insects, so lobstermen are exterminators, right?

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (dm05u)

456 The only question that needs to be asked of Mueller is,
"So, why didn't you charge the President with Obstruction?"

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (NFEMn)

457 >>Isn't he, essentially, under the employ of the DOJ?

>>He can be barred from testifying, no? I mean, he's under the umbrella of the Executive Branch in ALL actions, no?

Barr has told Congress repeatedly he has no objection to Mueller testifying.

I don't think this is going to work out the way Democrats hope it will.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (/tuJf)

458 434 Do you think O'Muse knows anything about books? No, it is widely known that he is functionally illiterate. He just opens the pub early so we can talk bookishly.
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris at May 05, 2019 12:08 PM (kQs4Y)

Most of my time on Sunday morning is spent emptying out the spittoons and ashtrays from the Saturday night ONT and collecting all of the pizza crusts and panties from the floor. I just throw a few books on the bar to class up the joint.

And I don't want to tell you what I have to use to clean the restrooms.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (EiZIA)

459 Jeebuz. I just looked up California lobster. They're not real lobsters, they don't have claws.

They're like a hard shelled scud or something.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 12:12 PM

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We had those in Cuba too. Called them lungusta or something like that. They taste just like lobsters.

Plus you can catch them by hand in the coral reefs. You just have to watch out for the occasional moray eel though.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (JUOKG)

460 Lobsters are sea insects

Real lobstermen call them bugs.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 12:16 PM (fuK7c)

461 Oh, good grief.
The Cubs-Cards game is on ESPN tonight.
Bleeeeecccchhh.
Mute button time.

Maybe we can find a radio broadcast that isn't too out of sync so we can figure out who's batting and what the count is. Y'no, trivia that ESPN mostly ignores.

Of course, ESPN is soooo bad that sometimes they don't even give you a picture of the field. Too busy with dugout interviews or the cameras on the announcers.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 05, 2019 12:16 PM (Rxduq)

462 I don't think this is going to work out the way Democrats hope it will.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (/tuJf)

You've been right, but let me ask you--are the Democrats going to be hostile to him or cooing sweet nothings?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2019 12:17 PM (NFEMn)

463 I am 12 hours into Book 2 and Finally we find out a little more about who the People or Monsters that killed his parents. He really needs to hire a Damn Editor. He could cut the book in half.

There is a very unfortunate trend in fantasy to write "doorstops", books that are so huge you can prop open a door with them. I don't mind a long book that has to be long, but most of these are long because they can be, and because they're not restrained enough by editors.

There's the "creeping size" effect, best exemplified by the Harry Potter books:

Book one: 223 pages
Book four: 636 pages
Book five: 766 pages

Its ridiculous, but it happens to authors all the time. I was enjoying the Sword of Truth books until they became less and less about the sword and the main character, and each one was a good 30% longer than the previous one. I haven't seen it but I expect the latest book in the series to look like the Oxford unabridged dictionary.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 12:18 PM (39g3+)

464 We had those in Cuba too. Called them lungusta or something like that. They taste just like lobsters.

Plus you can catch them by hand in the coral reefs. You just have to watch out for the occasional moray eel though.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 05, 2019 12:15 PM (JUOKG)

caribbean spiny lobster

Panulirus argus

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 12:18 PM (JFO2v)

465 I have removed my AOSHQ pants and now my tackle, after a heavy sigh of despair and relief, want to try to snag a fish in the headwaters of the Missouri River.

Later lacers.
Posted by: Fritz at May 05, 2019 12:09 PM (LuPts)

I'm probably going to be heading up in that general direction later this year, and I have no interest in fishing, but I gotta say, I have long harbored a resentment for the fact that the Mississippi gets all the fame and glory, but a coherent argument could be made that the Missouri is actually this country's greatest river.

It does stuff up there, in that part of the world that are truly amazing. Twisting and turning, becoming lakes, and then back to being a river...

This being a book thread, is there any one definitive text on this river?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 12:18 PM (cY3LT)

466 BTW this is National Children's Book Week

read a book with your kid or gkid

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 12:18 PM (dm05u)

467 Oh, good grief.
The Cubs-Cards game is on ESPN tonight.
Bleeeeecccchhh.
Mute button time.
-------------------------------------------------------

ESPN is a vulture, swooping down and making a meal of the best match-ups.
Every series the Yankees and Red Sox play HAS to include an ESPN Sunday Night game---so it can go on past midnight....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2019 12:19 PM (NFEMn)

468 Here we go. That omarosa lady that Trump fired now claims that the White House destroyed several boxes of "evidence" that she said should have been turned over to meuller.

I wonder why she waited almost three years to drop that bombshell?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 05, 2019 12:19 PM (JUOKG)

469 CBD is a foodie dilettante who parrots what he just saw on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

Throw in some paprika and more cheese and you'll make that bleach blonde idiot scream in ecstasy. The man has no sense of taste, everything he eats is the best food ever.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2019 12:20 PM (39g3+)

470 >>Plus you can catch them by hand in the coral reefs. You just have to watch out for the occasional moray eel though.

Fuck me. You think an eel is a problem in the water?

You should see a 3-4 Footer that you just brought up in a Hoop Net and dumped on the deck!

Evil fucking things, they are. Very hissy and bitey.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2019 12:20 PM (2+NQv)

471 >>You've been right, but let me ask you--are the Democrats going to be hostile to him or cooing sweet nothings?

I imagine that depends on what answers he gives. If I was a Republican I would find creative ways to keep asking him if he found any collusion, coordination, conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. I'd ask it so many times that even the dimmest lefty wouldn't be confused.

Let Democrats have him explain Weismann's creative obstruction theories. Trump isn't going to be impeached for some dumbass made up obstruction charge.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2019 12:20 PM (/tuJf)

472 300

There are "lanes" around a track. Horses can move from one lane to another as long as they do not impede a horse already in that lane. Maximum Security shied away from all the crowd noise coming around the turn for home and moved from the second lane to the third and impeded the #1 horse who faded in the stretch anyway. Had this occurred in a maiden 2- year old race in the middle of the week, MS would have been taken down in five minutes; but because this was the Kentucky Derby and a winner never had been disqualified before, it took 20 minutes. I think the right decision was made.
The amount of money returned to betters is the same, no matter which horse wins. From the pools of money bet to win, place, show and all the exotic bets, the track takes a percentage, the state takes a percentage and the rest is divided by the number of winning tickets. The percentages vary from state to state.

Posted by: Zoltan at May 05, 2019 12:21 PM (Zgezk)

473 Here we go. That omarosa lady that Trump fired now claims that the White House destroyed several boxes of "evidence" that she said should have been turned over to meuller.

I wonder why she waited almost three years to drop that bombshell?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 05, 2019 12:19 PM (JUOKG)

Because she's been out of the spotlight for a while and needs to be in it....

Like she would be in a position to know what was in any box in the White House.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 05, 2019 12:21 PM (NFEMn)

474 Good art from the Bee, Jesus helping Trump.

Oh shit that was funny, especially the "Fake News" one.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy Says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at May 05, 2019 12:22 PM (HaL55)

475 Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 11:57 AM (cY3LT)

If we had a functioning media, these would be questions thrown at them during live, public debates.
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 12:11 PM (EiZIA)

Thankfully we have twatter... oh wait, people get banned for that sort of thing. Well, there's always Youtube... oops!

Say, write a book! Sell it on Amazon!

Oh wait....

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2019 12:22 PM (cY3LT)

476 Grammie Winger, I recommend the website www.stopyourekillingme.com - TONS of good recommendations for every type of mystery.

Ms Hayes, I plan to get the Luna City print compendiums as soon as they are available. I think my mom would enjoy them; I certainly do! Can't wait for #8.

Posted by: Dr Alice at May 05, 2019 12:22 PM (62ivm)

477 Omarosa has been busy doing a reality show in which she flashed a tit:

http://bit.ly/2UYfULT

Nice tit.

Also, there's a Jood

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 05, 2019 12:24 PM (fuK7c)

478 Here we go. That omarosa lady that Trump fired now claims that the White House destroyed several boxes of "evidence" that she said should have been turned over to meuller.

Really?

Prove it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy Says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at May 05, 2019 12:24 PM (HaL55)

479 The Cubs-Cards game is on ESPN tonight.

Come for the baseball, leave because of the virtue signaling.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2019 12:24 PM (EgshT)

480 NOOD

Posted by: DR.WTF at May 05, 2019 12:26 PM (aS1PU)

481 433. not ABBA...Sylvester

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2019 12:28 PM (PFcQG)

482 I love the guy at my nail salon that rubs my legs with lemon oil. There. I've said it.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2019 11:41 AM (lwiT4)

Luxury! The cheaper places just spritz you down with Lemon Pledge.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2019 12:28 PM (TN7xY)

483 Here we go. That omarosa lady that Trump fired now claims that the White House destroyed several boxes of "evidence" that she said should have been turned over to meuller.

Great. Another OrangeManBad attention whore crawls out from under a rock. She can count on getting maximum media attention.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at May 05, 2019 12:35 PM (EiZIA)

484 Today's lesson: Cobb was innocent, the CoBs are guilty.

And Cardinal Sarah da bomb.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 05, 2019 12:36 PM (VaN/j)

485 Panulirus argus

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2019 12:18 PM (JFO2v)

The linnean name is based on the sounds you make when you step on one by accident.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2019 12:39 PM (TN7xY)

486 Does anyone know how to install Linux Mint on a Mac? I waited for an open thread to ask, but I guess we're not getting one today.

Posted by: rickl at May 05, 2019 12:49 PM (sdi6R)

487 Those pants are fine. I would wear them to barbeque in my back yard.

Posted by: Flash Gordon Extra at May 05, 2019 01:04 PM (UdKB7)

488 I've bought stuff from morsex.com, too.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at May 05, 2019 01:11 PM (edlKR)

489 That Morse Express site (moresex) is drool-worthy with those beautifully made morse code keys and paddles. I already own a fantastic set of paddles and a vintage Vibroplex Bug. But some of those straight keys are gorgeous.

Now I just have to re-learn CW.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 01:19 PM (bmdz3)

490 I have tried to read The Name of the Wind before and got totally bogged down.

Captain Hate, I started Above the Waterfall, but then I got completely sidetracked on Texas Ranger by John Boessenecker, which was recommended a few weeks back. It is really good.

Posted by: MMcK at May 05, 2019 01:30 PM (xHxJf)

491 Fucking Tlaib has come through on message.

Of course the MFM will not question her on this.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 05, 2019 02:09 PM (+fPHo)

492 If anyone is still checking this site, can anyone recommend chapter books for a boy-third grade? I know of a kid whose mother relocated. She is a single mom and he only has one friend down there He is very shy boy but enjoys reading. Any recommendations? Apparently he reads anything.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2019 02:09 PM (FSPNP)

493 Mueller will "testify" and not one single Republican House Member will be permitted to question him.

It'll be like Twitter, or some on-campus thing where a conservative tries to speak. Hecklers veto.

They need their message out and they need it to last until October 2020.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 05, 2019 02:12 PM (+fPHo)

494 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2019 02:09 PM (FSPNP)

Has he read Dan Gutman's books - bunch of different "My Weird School" types

http://dangutman.com/dans-books/types

on the same reading kevel are The Magic Treehouse books

if he reads above that level, the Encyclopedia Brown series is classic

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 02:19 PM (dm05u)

495 492...Fenelon,
First things that come to mind are Treasure Island and the Hardy Boys books (preferably older copies that haven't been dumbed down).

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 03:26 PM (bmdz3)

496 492... Does the household have a dictionary? If not, a good one published before the 1980s would be helpful. Any used book store should have them for a couple of bucks. Besides being generally useful, I used to read dictionaries at that age.
Is The Hobbit too advanced for a third grader?

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2019 03:44 PM (bmdz3)

497 He could cut the book in half.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 05, 2019 11:59 AM (dKiJG)

Yeah, and I'm sorry to keep harping on this, but wait til you get to the hundred pages or so of his affair with the faerie. *Eyeroll...yawn...*

Posted by: April at May 05, 2019 03:45 PM (OX9vb)

498 oh, Fenelon, another good series is Edward Eager's Magic Tales, about 5 siblings who find a magical way to travel back in time

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at May 05, 2019 04:29 PM (dm05u)

499 Fenelon, I recommend Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan.

Hello to Skip and CBD! I hope to keep commenting.

Posted by: Violet at May 05, 2019 05:01 PM (pxpp+)

500 Hiya Violet !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 05:15 PM (g+63N)

501 And if you say its in the Mitten Kingdom, I'm gonna scream !
Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 02:26 PM (g+63N)
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It's Michigan, you idiot! Michigan!
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris

LOL !

I think Eris likes me !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 05:21 PM (g+63N)

502 492...Fenelon,
First things that come to mind are Treasure Island and the Hardy Boys books (preferably older copies that haven't been dumbed down).
Posted by: JTB

Good call JTB.

I'll second that.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 05:23 PM (g+63N)

503 Hiya JT!

Posted by: Violet at May 05, 2019 05:32 PM (pxpp+)

504 Got through it all

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2019 05:45 PM (BbGew)

505 Fenelon - my Lone Star Sons and Lone Star Glory books. I wrote them deliberately for boys of that age.
Old-fashioned western adventure, set in the time of the Republic of Texas. My re-imagining of the Lone Ranger.
Only without Johnny Depp with a dead crow on his head.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O2BP0JY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at May 05, 2019 06:05 PM (xnmPy)

506 And if you say its in the Mitten Kingdom, I'm gonna scream !
Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 02:26 PM (g+63N)

And just for the official record, not a girlie scream.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 07:33 PM (g+63N)

507 It's Michigan, you idiot! Michigan!
Posted by: Purple Microdot Flavor Eris

Ya know, I woulda got it eventually if you hadn't told me.

I figured it started with an m.

Hmmmmmm. What starts with an m ?

Monkey ! "Oh the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga"

Eris to Zamboanga ? Nah. Too many vowels.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2019 07:38 PM (g+63N)

508 Many thanks to those of you who took a chance on my craptastic, vodka soaked first "literary" outing.
I plan to pour the proceeds directly back into Valu-Rite, alimony, and bribes for the Ewok.

Posted by: JT Thompson at May 05, 2019 07:45 PM (cyNiM)

509 18
I am currently reading Tana French's "In the Woods", an Edgar Award
winner. I'm only 50 pages in and it's by sheer determination that I am
going forward. I brought three of this series home from the library, in
hopes that I would discover an author I like. So far the jury is out on
this one.

GrammieWinger
I had the same issue with the book and gave up after about 100 pages. Did not get it from the library,but only paid 50 cents at a sale.

Posted by: Charlotte at May 05, 2019 10:42 PM (iDRg8)

510 Thank you for posting a link to my new novel, Western Terminus.

Buy it.

If you want to, read it.

If you do read it and want to, leave a review - good or bad. That helps me so much.

You can email me at sanderson2208@gmail.com and find me as Special Guest Star on Disqus.

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at May 06, 2019 06:20 AM (2YIWJ)

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