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Sunday Morning Book Thread - 06-12-2022 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]
(ht: Diogenes via CBD)
guilty pleasure we feel like reading (now with more bacon!). Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material, even if it's nothing more than the tweets of a failed reporter like Felicia Somnez. As always, pants are required, especially if you are wearing these pants... So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, pluck the turkey, chicken, Cornish hen, duck, and quail for your Turbacon Epic and crack open a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?
PIC NOTE
Today's picture comes via a roundabout method. Diogenes sent the pic to CBD, who then forwarded it to me. Any 29+ year-olds around here remember the wooden card catalogs that used to be one of the most distinguishing features of your local branch or school library? Those were basically analog search engines. Sometimes you might have to go back and forth between drawers looking for the right source. Each card contained a wealth of data and metadata, allowing researchers to efficiently find books and other resources. There's a lot of skill required for properly indexing content. HERE is an explanation of the information presented on a library catalog card. Last week we had some discussion in the comments about Roger Zelazny's classic fantasy tale, The Chronicles of Amber.HERE is the library catalog card for the first book in the series, Nine Princes in Amber. IT PAYS TO INCREASE YOUR WORD POWER A few weeks ago, Moron fd send me the following email:
Comment: What I love about this word is that when you sound it out, it does seem to be a perfect description of a certain "President" of the United States. It's also something he might "stutter" while trying to pronounce an unfamiliar or complicated word on his TelePrompter, though it might come out as "fumblefanny." Moron author Dr_No (see the Books by Morons below) likes the word "tricknology." There does not appear to be a standardized definition of this word as of yet, but it does show up in Urban Dictionary and other sources. Lexico defines the word as follows:
I was reading about Norse Mythology and learned a new old word. "Fimbulfambi". It means "Mighty Fool" in Icelandic. Kind of fits a certain President don't you think? https://www.wordsense.eu/fimbulfambi/ If you look up this word you might find some mention of it in relation to The Hobbit. - fd
Comment: If Dr_No is lurking about this morning, perhaps he can shed some light on his own interpretation of the term "tricknology." This word is interesting because it's still somewhat evolving into a normal part of language. Only time will tell if it makes a permanent impact.
Tricknology (n.)
- US Derogatory The techniques of deception and manipulation employed by a dominant group (especially a white majority) to disempower a weaker one (especially a black minority).
- Innovative techniques or technology, especially for recording or performing music
(ht: OrangeEnt)
BOOKS BY MORONS Along with today's pic, CBD forwarded me an email from Moron author "Dr_No" with a new book he's written. Honestly, after taking a look at it, words fail me. It's...unusual, to say the least. It's very weird and creative.
Comment: I don't want to step on CBD's toes, because he does such a fantastic job with the Art Threads, but we should do a Book Thread with books as art one of these days. There are a lot of gorgeous books out there that are works of art in their own right, regardless of the content. One of the great things about books is that you are only limited by your own imagination when creating a book. You should definitely take a sneak peak using the Look Inside feature at the Amazon link above.
Waiting For The Parade: A Tricknological Collexion of Stories from the Unconscious Mind I invite you to take a quick look at it using A'zon's 'Look Inside' feature. It's not your 'average' book, but it is - imho - a somewhat entertaining read. This volume is also Black & White on the inside pages, which is a big change from the All-Color Format of the first volume. As a result, I can offer this one for a much lower purchase price, which is always good in this economy. From cover to cover, the project is 100% mine - artwork, typesetting, formatting, etc etc, so any mistakes also fall squarely on my shoulders ... and so should any credit. I hope you enjoy the preview. Richard (Dr_No)
Comment: If you ever have the opportunity to talk to someone about their life behind the Iron Curtain, plant yourself. You will hear incredible stories about what it was really like to live in that environment. A lot of brave people risked everything, abandoned everything, to come to the West. Their stories deserve to be told. Douglas and I have been corresponding a bit and he has some more information from Inna that he plans on including in a revised, updated edition of this book. He also has a rough Google Translation of an interrogation session with Inna's father, Vladimir.
Sgt. Mom, who writes for Chicago Boyz, formatted a book for publication by IngramSpark for me entitled Inna, Between Two Worlds. She suggested I message you as the literati at AoSHQ might find it a worthwhile read. The book was written by my Mother-in-Law, Inna Grinfeldt Zimmermann, who had the dubious honor of living under both Hitler and Stalin. She was born in 1922 and grew up near Poltava. When she was 10, her father was arrested and later died in the Gulag. The Germans later overran the town she was living in. She met and later married a German soldier while working at their version of the USO. Her husband, Wolfram Zimmermann, had been navigator aboard a Ju-88, but was injured in a crash landing. After recovering, he served as a singer in an entertainment unit until it was overrun by the Red Army in Rumania. Inna was in Germany at the time and bore her first child there during an American air raid. Wolfram found some peasant clothing and managed to survive for two years behind the iron curtain before finally making his way to the Austrian/German border where he met Inna, and they walked across on a mountain path. Inna originally wrote her story in Russian, and a lady in Slovakia recently finished translating it for us. I see that it is currently available at Amazon, Walmart, etc. Regards, Douglas Drake
Comment: "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually--from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint--it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly...timey-wimey...stuff" - The Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who, "Blink" he Timey-Wimey Ball is what happens when time-travel stories get complicated and weird. This story sounds like a prime example of the timey-wimey ball in action. It can be a lot of fun trying to unravel it so that it makes coherent narrative sense. Stephen King is one of the few authors who can probably pull off an exceptionally complicated time-travel story and do it well. He also wrote The Dark Tower series, which involves a number of complex multiversal concepts. Just to give you an example, here's a flowchart of the Stephen King universe (11/22/63 is at the bottom right in the chart). The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland is another excellent, convoluted time-travel story that goes nuts with the timey-wimey ball. It's also an example of creative story-telling as the entire story is presented as emails, memos, chat logs, and other miscellaneous business documents showing the interactions between employees of the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O), a shadowy government organization studying time-travel.
Morning to all you book types! I'm rereading (for the 3rd time) Stephen King's 11/22/63. I know he's not well thought of here, but politics aside, he is a superb storyteller at his best. This novel is one of his tops: time travel with an interesting catch. Every time you go into the past, it's a reset -- anything you did on the previous trip, you have to do again, or it won't happen. And each time you step through on the same day in 1958 -- you can't jump forward in time. It's a grand adventure, a love story, a suspense tale with a built-in ticking clock, and a wonderful evocation of the late Fifties and early Sixties in America. Highly recommended. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 05, 2022 09:14 AM (c6xtn)
Comment: Graphic novels are a somewhat underappreciated genre, in my opinion. There are some really excellent stories out there that are only found in graphic novel format. James O'Barr's The Crow and the Star Wars: Dark Empire series are two of my own personal favorites (though to be honest the artwork in Dark Empire is a bit hit or miss).
I read a graphic novel, The Electric State and I recommend it. It's a weird story about an alternate 1990s world. There was an invention, the neurocaster, that took everyone by storm. The book makes it unclear what the neurocaster actually did--did it project fantasy images into their heads or did it just project pleasure impulses? The book strongly suggests the latter. With the hinted idea that the connected minds are combining into some kind of super-intelligence...which seems to lack any intelligence other than furthering itself. And then there was a world war, fought entirely by remote machines, which lasted for seven years, and then--stopped somehow. The text story is of a young woman trying to cross the country to reconnect with her lost brother. And the text bits are the weakest part of the book, because what really resonates are the incredible images. Seriously, the graphics in this book are outstanding. More than worth the price of the thing. And yeah, the text stuff gets into our female protagonist's early Lesbian leanings and such. Not enough to grate, but enough where you're "I'm glad I bought this for the images and not the text." Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 05, 2022 09:52 AM (m0zqP)
Comment: I enjoyed Outward Frontier quite a bit. It's a pretty decent story about aliens clashing with humans when the Mo Tian start rampaging across the human colony worlds. Unlike a lot of science fiction interstellar empires, there is no unified Earth, which makes for interesting political dynamics as each Earth nation-state tries to protect their extrasolar territory.
This week I finished the second installment in Secret Squirrel's Outward Frontier series, ALAMO. Great story, I'm looking forward to the third one. Posted by: DIY Daddio at June 05, 2022 09:54 AM (RJscS)
More Moron-recommended reading material can be found HERE! (208 Moron-recommended books so far!)
So, this would be more appropriate to the book thread, but I never make it. So, I just finished reading Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, and I was struck by the love story that just ends up falling flat. It's a long mystery story about a woman who marries out of obligation a supposed nobleman who is all sorts of shady. She has a true love, her drawing teacher, and they do the proper British thing and separate until the mystery ends up drawing them back together. Anyway, this girl, Laura, ends up being barely a character. She's passive, meek, and largely uninteresting. However, her sister, Marian, is fierce, intelligent, and strong. The drawing master, towards the end of the book, has to interact with her a lot to finish out the mystery, and I swore that he was going to realize that Marian was actually the woman to marry, not passive, little Laura, but nope. He just marries the little woman of no particular interest because true love, or something. Whatever. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at June 06, 2022 02:37 PM (LvTSG)
- The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan -- Book 8 in The Wheel of Time. Also part of the infamous "slog" of the series. It's interesting to see some of the events now that I know how they will ultimately play out. Jordan is an absolute grand master of foreshadowing.
- Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) edited by Susan D. Blum -- This is for my day job. We're hosting a summer book reading program with several of our faculty. We will be discussing this book, which looks at alternative forms of assessing students instead of assigning them a grade.
As regular readers over the past couple of months know, I've acquired a fair number of books from the campus library in which I work (but don't work for). Well, I went to the public library book sale on Friday and I did not leave empty handed: Public Library Book Sale Haul That's about all I have for this week. Thank you for all of your kind words regarding my Sunday Morning Book Thread. This is a very special place. You are very special people (in all the best ways!). The kindness, generosity, and wisdom of the Moron Horde knows no bounds. Let's keep reading! If you have any suggestions for improvement, reading recommendations, or writing projects that you'd like to see on the Sunday Morning Book Thread, you can send them to perfessor dot squirrel at-sign gmail dot com. Your feedback is always appreciated! You can also take a virtual tour of OUR library at libib.com/u/perfessorsquirrel. Since I added sections for AoSHQ, I now consider it OUR library, rather than my own personal fiefdom... PREVIOUS SUNDAY MORNING BOOK THREAD - 06-05-22 (hat tip: vmom stabby stabby stabamillion) (NOTE: Do NOT comment on old threads!)
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No reading this week. Just not interested!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 12, 2022 09:00 AM (yrol0)
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Tolle Lege
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 09:00 AM (2JoB8)
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May not have read the content
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at June 12, 2022 09:00 AM (b+v9B)
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Good morning everyone. Thank you Professor!
Posted by: Tonypete at June 12, 2022 09:01 AM (Msys3)
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Just sitting here typing crappy writing.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 12, 2022 09:01 AM (7bRMQ)
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Slowly getting through Richard Pipes Russian Revolution, to the part the Revolutionaries overthrow the Czar and get a Dictatorship with more power and evil any Czar ever thought about.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 09:02 AM (2JoB8)
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Just started reading Nightfall, and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov. Amazing that he wrote the title story when he was only 21.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2022 09:04 AM (PiwSw)
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Reading Elizabeth Gaskell's "Cranford". Just finished "Silas Marner". Taking a short tour of 19th century English women writers...
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at June 12, 2022 09:05 AM (j5ceG)
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1 No reading this week. Just not interested!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 12, 2022 09:00 AM (yrol0)
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Reading only says nice things about you.
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 12, 2022 09:00 AM (yrol0)
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Reading only says nice things about you.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:05 AM (Dc2NZ)
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On the Kindle I read Among Wolves by R. A. Hakok. This is the first book in The Children of the Mountain series. It's a YA post-apocalyptic thriller that adults can enjoy. Fast paced, lots of action with interesting characters in a believable story. I parted with $3.99 to read book two in the series, The Devil You Know.
Posted by: Zoltan at June 12, 2022 09:06 AM (8ap/U)
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The Woman in White was also adapted into a 2004 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. IMO, one of his worst scores.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:06 AM (2JVJo)
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I just started reading Weird West author Joe R. Lansdale's short novel "Zeppelins West", about Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show on its world tour via their airship named "Old Paint". The historical figures are familiar, if steampuncked: f'rinstance Cody's still-living head is preserved in a jar of whiskey and placed atop a Steam Man body for mobility(see: https://tinyurl.com/4kz2zuwd ).
The book is illustrated. Why aren't more books illustrated these days?
The book is illustrated. Why aren't more books illustrated these days?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:06 AM (Dc2NZ)
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Speaking of library sales (I've flogged this site before), I have found this very useful:
https://booksalefinder.com/index.html
https://booksalefinder.com/index.html
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2022 09:06 AM (PiwSw)
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The book is illustrated. Why aren't more books illustrated these days?
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Aren't comic books illustrated?
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Aren't comic books illustrated?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 12, 2022 09:07 AM (xxfnZ)
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Here is twitter tread how Russia used books to promote Stalinism and prepare population to aggression against neighbors.
tinyurl.com/2p8rkx37
tinyurl.com/2p8rkx37
Posted by: redmonkey at June 12, 2022 09:07 AM (0+Ppk)
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Someone brought up a book on Russian events starting at the Decemberists in 1825, looked it up but my book searches on Kindle don't save them.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 09:07 AM (2JoB8)
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Howdy SMH! Very well, thanks.
I hope you can make it to the TexMoMee, but yeah there are a lot of weird factors coming into play, not the least of which is gas prices. Who knows what can happen between now and October. Aliens?
I hope you can make it to the TexMoMee, but yeah there are a lot of weird factors coming into play, not the least of which is gas prices. Who knows what can happen between now and October. Aliens?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (Dc2NZ)
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In old Icelandic, "Fimbul" means great. The three year Winter before Ragnarok is called the "Fimbulwinter".
I think "President Fimbulfambi" is a great description and in the the future you may see me uses it a good bit more.
I think "President Fimbulfambi" is a great description and in the the future you may see me uses it a good bit more.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (vrz2I)
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If you ever have the opportunity to talk to someone about their life behind the Iron Curtain . . .
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We're living behind the Bullshit Curtain.
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We're living behind the Bullshit Curtain.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (FVME7)
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Currently reading David Yallop's In God's Name, an investigation into the mysterious death of Pope John Paul I (spoiler: he thinks it was a murder).
Ruined my morning by opening the local rag and seeing a breathless, orgasming Bloomberg columnist popping a boner over the J6 show trials.
Ruined my morning by opening the local rag and seeing a breathless, orgasming Bloomberg columnist popping a boner over the J6 show trials.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (2JVJo)
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Well firsr keremsky the menshevik was put in charge and he botched the job blocking kornilov from getti g eid of the bolsheviks
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (i0Lci)
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Here is twitter tread how Russia used books to promote Stalinism and prepare population to aggression against neighbors.
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Exactly what Twitter and the MSM does.
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Exactly what Twitter and the MSM does.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 12, 2022 09:09 AM (xxfnZ)
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Finally, gunfire in "The Guns of Avalon." But it's treated as almost an afterthought. And a new threat has appeared. Glad I have all these books now; waiting for the next one would have been a strain. But other books await before I return to Amber.
I'm diving into more old-school Marvel comics, this time two collections from Roy Thomas' run on the Avengers. (Some of these stories I own as back issues.) I can tell already that I will enjoy -- but mentally rewrite -- the dialogue, and I'll snicker at some of the situations. I mean, here's "a house in the suburbs" -- and across the street is a 10-story office tower!
But, oh, such beautiful art.
To Christopher R. Taylor: I'm glad you enjoyed the first two Matt Helm books. Try to get the third one, "The Removers." It has one action scene that I don't think any movie could capture adequately.
Finally, gunfire in "The Guns of Avalon." But it's treated as almost an afterthought. And a new threat has appeared. Glad I have all these books now; waiting for the next one would have been a strain. But other books await before I return to Amber.
I'm diving into more old-school Marvel comics, this time two collections from Roy Thomas' run on the Avengers. (Some of these stories I own as back issues.) I can tell already that I will enjoy -- but mentally rewrite -- the dialogue, and I'll snicker at some of the situations. I mean, here's "a house in the suburbs" -- and across the street is a 10-story office tower!
But, oh, such beautiful art.
To Christopher R. Taylor: I'm glad you enjoyed the first two Matt Helm books. Try to get the third one, "The Removers." It has one action scene that I don't think any movie could capture adequately.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 09:09 AM (Om/di)
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Booken morgen horden!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 09:09 AM (kf6Ak)
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The book is illustrated. Why aren't more books illustrated these days?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:06 AM (Dc2NZ)
Lousy artists these days?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:06 AM (Dc2NZ)
Lousy artists these days?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 12, 2022 09:10 AM (7bRMQ)
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A.H. Lloyd, I left a response for you about Spanish Mausers at the end of the last thread
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 09:10 AM (xhaym)
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I recently finished Peter Schweizer's new book Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win. I thought it was excellent and recommend it to the horde.
The focus of the book is China's very successful decades-long strategy of "elite capture" as a means of overtaking the US. Even if you had a general idea that this kind of stuff was going on, it is quite another thing to see it spelled out in so much detail.
The focus of the book is China's very successful decades-long strategy of "elite capture" as a means of overtaking the US. Even if you had a general idea that this kind of stuff was going on, it is quite another thing to see it spelled out in so much detail.
Posted by: cool breeze at June 12, 2022 09:13 AM (UGKMd)
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Graphic novels, people. Graphic novels.
I liked the GN version of Amity Shlaes's "The Forgotten Man" (Chuck Dixon!).
And Ric Geary's historical comix are superb, like the one on the assassination of Garfield, "The Fatal Bullet".
I liked the GN version of Amity Shlaes's "The Forgotten Man" (Chuck Dixon!).
And Ric Geary's historical comix are superb, like the one on the assassination of Garfield, "The Fatal Bullet".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:13 AM (Dc2NZ)
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And Ric Geary's historical comix are superb, like the one on the assassination of Garfield, "The Fatal Bullet".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:13 AM (Dc2NZ)
Spoiler alert, Odie did it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:13 AM (Dc2NZ)
Spoiler alert, Odie did it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 12, 2022 09:15 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:15 AM (Dc2NZ)
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Spoiler alert, Odie did it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 12, 2022 09:15 AM (7bRMQ)
*steeples paws, purrs*
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 12, 2022 09:15 AM (7bRMQ)
*steeples paws, purrs*
Posted by: Nermal at June 12, 2022 09:16 AM (PiwSw)
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Although Frank Herbert is best known for his Dune books, there are 2 others that I'd recommend "Whipping Star" and "The Dosadi Experiment" are two novels about his Bureau of Sabotage.
Herbert was a huge critic of government and government over reach. Wonder what he would say today if he were still alive.
-SLV
Herbert was a huge critic of government and government over reach. Wonder what he would say today if he were still alive.
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at June 12, 2022 09:16 AM (SEa82)
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The only thing I've read all week is "How to Catch Anything." It's a children's book written in rhyme. I give it three stars. The plot was okay but the meter was off. And I really think it's wrong about mermaids.
Posted by: creeper at June 12, 2022 09:16 AM (cTCuP)
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I also read Icarus Fallen: The Search For Meaning in An Uncertain World by Chantal Delsol. Delsol is a French philosopher and political historian. For me, this was not an easy read, but an interesting one. Delsol likens contemporary Western man to Icarus who fell back to earth after trying to reach the sun.
Modern Western man has been burned by flying too closely to the sun of utopian ideology. His ideas of inevitable progress, the possibility of limited social and self-transformation have failed and are no longer believable; and he has long ago rejected religious tradition as an anchor.
Modern Western man has been burned by flying too closely to the sun of utopian ideology. His ideas of inevitable progress, the possibility of limited social and self-transformation have failed and are no longer believable; and he has long ago rejected religious tradition as an anchor.
Posted by: Zoltan at June 12, 2022 09:17 AM (8ap/U)
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I can still smell the card catalogs at the various libraries that I haunted. For job-related reasons I know more about indexing that a lot of people and it really is an underappreciated skill/art.
I'm reading "The White Ship" which is about English history from William the Conqueror (or Bastard, depending on your PoV) to The Anarchy. It's a period of English history that I don't know much about and I am enjoying the book, although I don't think it lives up to the effusive blurbs it got.
I'm reading "The White Ship" which is about English history from William the Conqueror (or Bastard, depending on your PoV) to The Anarchy. It's a period of English history that I don't know much about and I am enjoying the book, although I don't think it lives up to the effusive blurbs it got.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 12, 2022 09:17 AM (fTtFy)
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I'm still reading Pliny's Natural History. I'm up to
"CHAP. 92.—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN TOTALLY CHANGED INTO SEAS.
The sea has totally carried off certain lands, and first of all, if we are to believe Plato, for an immense space where the Atlantic ocean is now extended. "
I guess climate change was a problem back then too.
"CHAP. 92.—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN TOTALLY CHANGED INTO SEAS.
The sea has totally carried off certain lands, and first of all, if we are to believe Plato, for an immense space where the Atlantic ocean is now extended. "
I guess climate change was a problem back then too.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2022 09:18 AM (vrz2I)
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There's only one thing involving AoSHQ better than seeing my name on the Top 10 Commenters on Sunday night. That's being quoted in the Book Thread. Morning, all! The new kitten ("Marlin," maybe, or "Stirling") and I are here on the couch. I will run out to the grocery in a bit, but I will hang out while I can.
Reading: Cat's Paw, a 1931 classical-style mystery by "Roger Scarlett," pen name for 2 ladies ("life partners" in today-speak) who wrote in the S.S. Van Dine-Ellery Queen style in the early Depression. So far it's not bad, but not immediately gripping. We have a multi-millionaire in Boston, his nieces and nephews, a beautiful floor plan in the front showing the suspects' and the victim's bedrooms, and -- unfortunately -- a lot of telling rather than showing. The murder has not happened yet. I hope it will be intriguingly bizarre a la EQ, but not many authors could handle that kind of plotting and clue-planting. We'll see.
Reading: Cat's Paw, a 1931 classical-style mystery by "Roger Scarlett," pen name for 2 ladies ("life partners" in today-speak) who wrote in the S.S. Van Dine-Ellery Queen style in the early Depression. So far it's not bad, but not immediately gripping. We have a multi-millionaire in Boston, his nieces and nephews, a beautiful floor plan in the front showing the suspects' and the victim's bedrooms, and -- unfortunately -- a lot of telling rather than showing. The murder has not happened yet. I hope it will be intriguingly bizarre a la EQ, but not many authors could handle that kind of plotting and clue-planting. We'll see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 12, 2022 09:19 AM (c6xtn)
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I'm reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, contained within a Harvard Classics volume. He's an entertaining writer, if perhaps too detailed for my taste.
For instance, I can't say I care that he bought three large, puffy rolls at a bakery in Philadelphia.
Engaging writer nonetheless.
For instance, I can't say I care that he bought three large, puffy rolls at a bakery in Philadelphia.
Engaging writer nonetheless.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 09:19 AM (eGTCV)
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*steeples paws, purrs*
Posted by: Nermal at June 12, 2022 09:16 AM (PiwSw)
So I was just your catspaw?!
Posted by: Nermal at June 12, 2022 09:16 AM (PiwSw)
So I was just your catspaw?!
Posted by: Odie at June 12, 2022 09:20 AM (7bRMQ)
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And Ric Geary's historical comix are superb, like the one on the assassination of Garfield, "The Fatal Bullet".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:13 AM (Dc2NZ)
I love his books. He also did one featuring silent star Louise Brooks, but in a totally fictional setting:
https://tinyurl.com/yckmzt85
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:13 AM (Dc2NZ)
I love his books. He also did one featuring silent star Louise Brooks, but in a totally fictional setting:
https://tinyurl.com/yckmzt85
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:20 AM (2JVJo)
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Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of treading.
I also hope everyone who could make yesterday's MoMe had a wonderful time. I'm sure they did. Wish I could have been there.
I also hope everyone who could make yesterday's MoMe had a wonderful time. I'm sure they did. Wish I could have been there.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 09:22 AM (7EjX1)
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A.H. Lloyd, I left a response for you about Spanish Mausers at the end of the last thread
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 09:10 AM (xhaym)
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Yes, I saw that. Hopefully I can dig into the topic further on the gun thread tonight.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 09:10 AM (xhaym)
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Yes, I saw that. Hopefully I can dig into the topic further on the gun thread tonight.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:23 AM (llXky)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 12, 2022 09:23 AM (xxfnZ)
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For instance, I can't say I care that he bought three large, puffy rolls at a bakery in Philadelphia.
Engaging writer nonetheless.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 09:19 AM (eGTCV)
Metaphor. Wink, wink.
Engaging writer nonetheless.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 09:19 AM (eGTCV)
Metaphor. Wink, wink.
Posted by: Ben at June 12, 2022 09:24 AM (7bRMQ)
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"CHAP. 92.—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN TOTALLY CHANGED INTO SEAS.
The sea has totally carried off certain lands, and first of all, if we are to believe Plato, for an immense space where the Atlantic ocean is now extended. "
I guess climate change was a problem back then too.
Posted by: fd
Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be
The sea has totally carried off certain lands, and first of all, if we are to believe Plato, for an immense space where the Atlantic ocean is now extended. "
I guess climate change was a problem back then too.
Posted by: fd
Way down below the ocean
Where I wanna be, she may be
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:24 AM (FVME7)
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I liked the comics that Ric Geary did for National Lampoon, but I've never read a collection of his work.
*makes note*
*makes note*
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 09:25 AM (Om/di)
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I hope everyone had a great week of treading.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 09:22 AM
Too early for treading. Grapevines are barely flowering yet.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 09:22 AM
Too early for treading. Grapevines are barely flowering yet.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 12, 2022 09:26 AM (7VJPl)
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I'm also listening to Ketocontinuum by Dr Annette Bosworth. In my opinion she is the most informative around on the ketogenic diet, with lots of deep information.
But I continue to procrastinate about doing anything about.
But I continue to procrastinate about doing anything about.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 09:27 AM (eGTCV)
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Fun fact about the cartoon. It was on a paywall.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 12, 2022 09:27 AM (7bRMQ)
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I finally finished From Emperor to Citizen, the memoirs of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, China's last emperor.
The first part of the book is the best, and I really enjoyed the pace at which it moves and the conversational writing style. It's like you're sitting there having a chat with the guy. He's telling the story as it unfolds, but digresses to explain this thing or that thing and then moves on.
After he is captured by the Communists, the style of writing shifts as the heavy hand of censorship and propaganda takes over. The last third in particular was a dull slog as Pu Yi explains how he learned everything he did was terrible and Communism made him a New Man who was better in every way.
There's also a bunch of stories about how he's seeing nothing but healthy, happy children, everyone has plenty to eat, industry is thriving, etc. Note that the years he's describing were those of the Great Leap Forward and incredible suffering in China.
Particularly amusing were the accounts of the freed Japanese prisoners who finally got to go home in the 1950s only to write back about how the evil Americans are driving their tanks all over Japan, ruining it. (con't)
The first part of the book is the best, and I really enjoyed the pace at which it moves and the conversational writing style. It's like you're sitting there having a chat with the guy. He's telling the story as it unfolds, but digresses to explain this thing or that thing and then moves on.
After he is captured by the Communists, the style of writing shifts as the heavy hand of censorship and propaganda takes over. The last third in particular was a dull slog as Pu Yi explains how he learned everything he did was terrible and Communism made him a New Man who was better in every way.
There's also a bunch of stories about how he's seeing nothing but healthy, happy children, everyone has plenty to eat, industry is thriving, etc. Note that the years he's describing were those of the Great Leap Forward and incredible suffering in China.
Particularly amusing were the accounts of the freed Japanese prisoners who finally got to go home in the 1950s only to write back about how the evil Americans are driving their tanks all over Japan, ruining it. (con't)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:28 AM (llXky)
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Grapevines are barely flowering yet.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
My daughter has a job she loves. She's a waitress at an old farm converted into a French restaurant. In addition to waitressing, she works the vineyard on the farm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
My daughter has a job she loves. She's a waitress at an old farm converted into a French restaurant. In addition to waitressing, she works the vineyard on the farm.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:29 AM (FVME7)
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don't remember if i saw it here or not, but i read "The Keeper Chronicles" (one KU book) by JA Andrews. And then found the "Keeper Origins" (three KU books). Highly recommended. Also about 3/4 finished w/Dreher's Benedict Option, which can be summed up as: "there's not much left to conserve, it's time to rebuild. oh, and if you're a Christian, they hate you". I don't remember what "Making of a Counter Culture" said, but (alternate summary) Dreher says you've got a counter culture. it's time to make it more real and more robust.
Posted by: yara at June 12, 2022 09:30 AM (hBsVD)
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Book related. It's a grey, rainy day, on the cool side, with a chance of more storms later. In my opinion this is perfect reading weather. Fortunately, my supplies of Community Coffee, good pipe tobacco, and bourbon are ample and the pile of books to choose from is towering.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 09:31 AM (7EjX1)
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Their sons are gangsters and their daughters are whores to the US G.I.s and all of the traditional ways are gone!
By the way, there is no small amount of tension between Pu Yi talking about tradition and then whipsawing about how bad it was. Obviously this is still a problem in China today.
All in all, I highly recommend it. The shortcomings of the conclusion don't take away from the fascinating portrait of life in the Forbidden City. Pu Yi himself is a tragic figure, even pathetic. He's proud, arrogant, cruel and cowardly - in large part because that was how he was raised. The window into Imperial government is fascinating. I picked up my copy used, but if you can track one down and are interested in the topic, get it.
By the way, there is no small amount of tension between Pu Yi talking about tradition and then whipsawing about how bad it was. Obviously this is still a problem in China today.
All in all, I highly recommend it. The shortcomings of the conclusion don't take away from the fascinating portrait of life in the Forbidden City. Pu Yi himself is a tragic figure, even pathetic. He's proud, arrogant, cruel and cowardly - in large part because that was how he was raised. The window into Imperial government is fascinating. I picked up my copy used, but if you can track one down and are interested in the topic, get it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:31 AM (llXky)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:31 AM (FVME7)
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Nice Kard Katalogue! Looks like a Stasi records office.
Those pants.....who needs a diaper when you can wear those?
Squirrel's Pimp Hand is strong.
Those pants.....who needs a diaper when you can wear those?
Squirrel's Pimp Hand is strong.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2022 09:32 AM (R/m4+)
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Fortunately, my supplies of Community Coffee, good pipe tobacco, and bourbon are ample and the pile of books to choose from is towering.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022
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CC coffee and pipe tobacco! Civilization at its finest!
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022
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CC coffee and pipe tobacco! Civilization at its finest!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 12, 2022 09:33 AM (c6xtn)
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Ok, I'll ask. How much does it cost to buy three large puffy rolls?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 09:33 AM (PlZ6z)
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I finished three books this last couple of weeks, These Happy Golden Days, the final book int the Laura Ingalls Wilder series;
the Discovery of the Amazon by Jose Torbio Medina, about the voyage of Francisco de Orellana's travel from Peru to the Pacific as part of the ill-fated expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to find Cinnamon in the east slope of the Andes, and;
Grow or Die, the good guide to survival gardening by David the Good
the Discovery of the Amazon by Jose Torbio Medina, about the voyage of Francisco de Orellana's travel from Peru to the Pacific as part of the ill-fated expedition of Gonzalo Pizarro to find Cinnamon in the east slope of the Andes, and;
Grow or Die, the good guide to survival gardening by David the Good
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 09:34 AM (xhaym)
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Writing news: still plugging away, now covering the Nationalists unification in 1928. I'm thinking Chiang Kai-shek gets a bum rap. The guy was completely beleaguered, enemies on every side.
He didn't fail so much as exceed what he had any right to achieve. Trying to fight warlords, the Japanese, the Communists and people in his own party is a pretty heavy lift. The amazing thing is that he held things together as long as he did.
Oh, and Taiwan didn't turn out half bad, either.
He didn't fail so much as exceed what he had any right to achieve. Trying to fight warlords, the Japanese, the Communists and people in his own party is a pretty heavy lift. The amazing thing is that he held things together as long as he did.
Oh, and Taiwan didn't turn out half bad, either.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:34 AM (llXky)
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"He's proud, arrogant, cruel and cowardly - in large part because that was how he was raised."
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Sounds like Brandon.
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Sounds like Brandon.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 12, 2022 09:35 AM (xxfnZ)
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Finally, to get it all out, I'm reading Until We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. I read this years ago but just but a new copy.
Just to explain the Lewis book is on paper, the Franklin book is in Kindle and the Ketogenic book is on Audible.
Just to explain the Lewis book is on paper, the Franklin book is in Kindle and the Ketogenic book is on Audible.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 09:35 AM (eGTCV)
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I've been reading Shakespeare's Sonnets, not just for the imagery but for the word choice and sound when read aloud. It's been a delightful experience.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 09:35 AM (7EjX1)
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Frank Herbert -- Eons since I read him, but as I recall DESTINATION: VOID was pretty good, and my favorite by him wasn't even sf; if you get a chance, check out SOUL CATCHER.
Have been trying to catch up with some more of Ramsey Campbell's stuff, and (I know I'm jinxing it here) I'm about a third of the way into WAR AND PEACE. Am finding the Tolstoy slow going, which wasn't the case when I revisited 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' a few months ago. Between the ages of 12 and 25 I read almost nothing for pleasure but sf and mystery, and I'm thinking that can do weird things to your attention span.
Have been trying to catch up with some more of Ramsey Campbell's stuff, and (I know I'm jinxing it here) I'm about a third of the way into WAR AND PEACE. Am finding the Tolstoy slow going, which wasn't the case when I revisited 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' a few months ago. Between the ages of 12 and 25 I read almost nothing for pleasure but sf and mystery, and I'm thinking that can do weird things to your attention span.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 09:35 AM (JzDjf)
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I finished reading the final book of Laura Ingalls Wilders Little House series, These Happy Golden Days, the final book int the Laura Ingalls Wilder series covers how Laura, at 15 years old, gets a temporary certificate to teach a small school twelve miles from her home and has to board with an unhappy family, returns to school, is asked to stay with another family since the wife of the family is not comfortable on her claim alone, is courted by Alonzo Wilder and wind up getting married in a rush, to avoid Alonzo's sister coming west to manage the big wedding they can't afford.
The whole series is a wonder to read, very well written and very engaging.
Laura Wilder was supposedly helped in editing her memoirs by her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, who had been a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin and an accomplished writer herself.
Rose Lane is considered one of the first American Libertarians, if that is interesting to you, she was initially a Communist until she visited the Soviet Union as a writer.
The whole series is a wonder to read, very well written and very engaging.
Laura Wilder was supposedly helped in editing her memoirs by her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, who had been a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin and an accomplished writer herself.
Rose Lane is considered one of the first American Libertarians, if that is interesting to you, she was initially a Communist until she visited the Soviet Union as a writer.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 09:35 AM (xhaym)
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I'll tread lightly here.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 09:36 AM (PlZ6z)
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I agree he was fighting a two front war against the communists and the japanese occupying arny was there corruption probably
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:36 AM (i0Lci)
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Warlordiam may be xis legacy.
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:37 AM (i0Lci)
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My daughter has a job she loves. She's a waitress at an old farm converted into a French restaurant. In addition to waitressing, she works the vineyard on the farm.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:29 AM
Niiice.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:29 AM
Niiice.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 12, 2022 09:37 AM (7VJPl)
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I'll tread lightly here.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 09:36 AM (PlZ6z)
Twenty pounds, same as in London.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 09:36 AM (PlZ6z)
Twenty pounds, same as in London.
Posted by: "Bakery" Owner at June 12, 2022 09:38 AM (7bRMQ)
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Arab Oil Ministers who control the world price for oil/gasoline say the price is going to continue to go up
These were tge same people 2 years ago thst Trump asked to cut production to raise the price up enough so that American oil producers could be profitable
It didn't work out well did it?
These were tge same people 2 years ago thst Trump asked to cut production to raise the price up enough so that American oil producers could be profitable
It didn't work out well did it?
Posted by: Steve at June 12, 2022 09:39 AM (aLjUY)
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Picked up 3 books at a used bookstore the other day. The authors are Jack London (Michael-Brother of Jerry), Alexander Dumas (20 Years Later) and Howard Fast (Thomas Paine, Patriot). I've read all of the authors, but none of these 3 books.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 12, 2022 09:40 AM (l14X/)
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Top of the 'morning , good people.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
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I think Geary might be my favorite comic artist after the incomparable Mort Drucker. And I didn't know until just now that he did Spider Man comics!
https://tinyurl.com/48rf8y6x
I love how adaptable and inclusive is the screwy Spiderverse.
https://tinyurl.com/48rf8y6x
I love how adaptable and inclusive is the screwy Spiderverse.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:41 AM (Dc2NZ)
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Ok, I'll ask. How much does it cost to buy three large puffy rolls?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 09:33 AM
20 pinetree shillings. Same as in town.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 09:33 AM
20 pinetree shillings. Same as in town.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 12, 2022 09:41 AM (7VJPl)
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Top of the 'morning , good people.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
Oh, we don't even rate a "hello!"
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
Oh, we don't even rate a "hello!"
Posted by: Bad People Reading Book Thread at June 12, 2022 09:42 AM (7bRMQ)
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The old jack london polenic the iron heel is curiously relevant told from the peesoective of the future its supposed to be a story of resistance against q new tyranny hence the name they consider it an evolution of the trusts corporationz applied to the sicial sphere.
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:43 AM (i0Lci)
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No writing news on this end. Have a few thoughts, but haven't had the energy to sketch them out into scenes.
I guess I'm still not mentally adjusted to working again.
I guess I'm still not mentally adjusted to working again.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:43 AM (2JVJo)
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I'm about a third of the way into WAR AND PEACE.
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One theory of War and Peace is that the point of the entire book is the lead up to the Decemberists in 1825 as mentioned in 17 above.
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One theory of War and Peace is that the point of the entire book is the lead up to the Decemberists in 1825 as mentioned in 17 above.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:44 AM (FVME7)
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Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 12, 2022 09:04 AM (PiwSw)
Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer each wrote their first story at about that age as well.
Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer each wrote their first story at about that age as well.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2022 09:44 AM (nC+QA)
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Alexander Dumas (20 Years Later)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 12, 2022 09:40 AM (l14X/)
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What I like about Dumas is that his story of the Three Musketeers has a beginning, middle and end. I liked superhero stuff as a kid, but I can't get into as an adult because there's zero character development.
Oh, there are versions where Batman gets old, etc., but none of it is permanent, because then a new version is released. It's like a treadmill.
Dumas actually goes through the who span of their lives and in The Man in the Iron Mask, you see them reach the end of the journey. Good stuff!
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 12, 2022 09:40 AM (l14X/)
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What I like about Dumas is that his story of the Three Musketeers has a beginning, middle and end. I liked superhero stuff as a kid, but I can't get into as an adult because there's zero character development.
Oh, there are versions where Batman gets old, etc., but none of it is permanent, because then a new version is released. It's like a treadmill.
Dumas actually goes through the who span of their lives and in The Man in the Iron Mask, you see them reach the end of the journey. Good stuff!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:44 AM (llXky)
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Greetings:
Library Memories:
1). Shushhhh.
2) No running in the library.
3) Next time you come to the library bring your parents.
Library Memories:
1). Shushhhh.
2) No running in the library.
3) Next time you come to the library bring your parents.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2022 09:45 AM (uuklp)
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Reading the Franklin autobiography has me wondering when American and British English diverged, at least as spoken.
What would Franklin and his contemporaries sounded like?
What would Franklin and his contemporaries sounded like?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 09:45 AM (eGTCV)
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As I recall from Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies, the top China people in FDR's State Department didn't like Chiang Kai-shek, so they deliberately undermined him and backed Mao instead.
Posted by: cool breeze at June 12, 2022 09:46 AM (UGKMd)
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 09:46 AM (V13WU)
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> The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland is another excellent, convoluted time-travel story that goes nuts with the timey-wimey ball.
I enjoyed the first one, although it wasn't nearly as erudite (read: nerdery-intensive) as I've come to expect from Stephenson.
The second book in the series, Master of the Revels, by Galland alone, gets too overtly "woke" for my taste, and it's also glaringly obvious that Galland doesn't have the technical chops that Stephenson does. Not recommended.
I enjoyed the first one, although it wasn't nearly as erudite (read: nerdery-intensive) as I've come to expect from Stephenson.
The second book in the series, Master of the Revels, by Galland alone, gets too overtly "woke" for my taste, and it's also glaringly obvious that Galland doesn't have the technical chops that Stephenson does. Not recommended.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 09:46 AM (bW8dp)
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Off to take a walk. Gotta enjoy this early summer weather before the Surface of Mercury temps hit.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 12, 2022 09:47 AM (Dc2NZ)
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I dug out my Eric Sloane books: "A Reverence For Wood", "Diary of an Early American Boy", and several others. They are a combination of informative, historical, and nostalgic, with just a hint of the curmudgeon. This last quality becomes increasingly attractive as I get older. (I amply qualify.)
As an added feature, his line drawings, used throughout the books, are worthy of study. The techniques are basic but the effects are excellent.
As an added feature, his line drawings, used throughout the books, are worthy of study. The techniques are basic but the effects are excellent.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 09:47 AM (7EjX1)
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I've been reading Shakespeare's Sonnets, not just for the imagery but for the word choice and sound when read aloud. It's been a delightful experience.
Posted by: JTB
Eh, not as funny as Muldoon.
Posted by: JTB
Eh, not as funny as Muldoon.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:47 AM (FVME7)
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I won a book by a Moron author yesterday at th a NoVaMoMe, and he autographed it! I'm looking forward to reading it. "For Love of Dora"
Posted by: GWB at June 12, 2022 09:47 AM (h4O8r)
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The second book in the series, Master of the Revels, by Galland alone, gets too overtly "woke" for my taste, and it's also glaringly obvious that Galland doesn't have the technical chops that Stephenson does. Not recommended.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 09:46 AM (bW8dp)
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I was not aware there was a second in the series. Based on your comment, I think I'll skip it. The first was was pretty well self-contained.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 09:46 AM (bW8dp)
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I was not aware there was a second in the series. Based on your comment, I think I'll skip it. The first was was pretty well self-contained.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 09:48 AM (K5n5d)
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No writing news on this end. Have a few thoughts, but haven't had the energy to sketch them out into scenes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:43 AM (2JVJo)
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I am looking forward to the freedom fiction gives. When I get this monstrosity behind me, I just want to write something short, stupid and fun.
Word count is north of 58,000, which is well behind where I wanted to be at this time. Looks like completion in July, release in August is my best case now.
At least I'm finally getting the map thing figured out. That really worried me for a long time. I think I've got a solution.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:43 AM (2JVJo)
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I am looking forward to the freedom fiction gives. When I get this monstrosity behind me, I just want to write something short, stupid and fun.
Word count is north of 58,000, which is well behind where I wanted to be at this time. Looks like completion in July, release in August is my best case now.
At least I'm finally getting the map thing figured out. That really worried me for a long time. I think I've got a solution.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:48 AM (llXky)
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I won a book by a Moron author yesterday at th a NoVaMoMe, and he autographed it! I'm looking forward to reading it. "For Love of Dora"
Posted by: GWB at June 12, 2022 09:47 AM (h4O8r)
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Congrats! I have quite a few signed books by Morons ready to go for the TXMOME. Maybe you can win another one!
Posted by: GWB at June 12, 2022 09:47 AM (h4O8r)
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Congrats! I have quite a few signed books by Morons ready to go for the TXMOME. Maybe you can win another one!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 09:48 AM (K5n5d)
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Welp, I need to go put some words together my own bad-self. Later y'all!
Posted by: Weasel at June 12, 2022 09:49 AM (0IeYL)
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Chiamg is dissed bevause he enlisted the green gamg to fight his battles but big fingered tu as partt of the narcotics board but thats not crazier tham the current setup
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:50 AM (i0Lci)
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Arab Oil Ministers who control the world price for oil/gasoline say the price is going to continue to go up
These were tge same people 2 years ago thst Trump asked to cut production to raise the price up enough so that American oil producers could be profitable
It didn't work out well did it?
Posted by: Steve
Is this some alternate history timey wimey post?
These were tge same people 2 years ago thst Trump asked to cut production to raise the price up enough so that American oil producers could be profitable
It didn't work out well did it?
Posted by: Steve
Is this some alternate history timey wimey post?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:50 AM (FVME7)
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Hit a school pom team garage sale yesterday, picking up one book for 25 cents and passing on two others.
Brought home "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face," a memoir by Edna Buchanan about her time as a crime reporter in the '80s for the Miami Herald. She was acknowledged then as one of the best, back when that meant something.
Left for somebody else were a collection of P.J. O'Rourke essays and a battered copy of "Bambi," the novel that was the source for the Disney film. I have read that this book promoted socialism, and therefore might be of historical interest, but I didn't think I would ever get around to it.
Brought home "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face," a memoir by Edna Buchanan about her time as a crime reporter in the '80s for the Miami Herald. She was acknowledged then as one of the best, back when that meant something.
Left for somebody else were a collection of P.J. O'Rourke essays and a battered copy of "Bambi," the novel that was the source for the Disney film. I have read that this book promoted socialism, and therefore might be of historical interest, but I didn't think I would ever get around to it.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 09:51 AM (Om/di)
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I went to the library when I was a kid because it was air conditioned.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 12, 2022 09:51 AM (EZebt)
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@73: "Alexander Dumas (20 Years Later)" ah, the second of the Musketeers saga. I read them all and had to get the last one (Louise de la Valliere), though wikipedia says there's only two sequels, the last of which is "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" and is sometimes broken up into several novels, which is how i found them.
Posted by: yara at June 12, 2022 09:52 AM (hBsVD)
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Today's reading from the EZ Dog Journals, now one week after the liberation of Rome in 1944, with a surprise appearance by the time-traveling Ghost of Endor.
June 11
Today we were officially relieved from the line. Six months and 17 days from the time we entered. We have a bivouac area for the battalions in a beautiful pine forest near Maccarese. Taylor flew me down over the area late this evening. He let me fly most of the way back.
“Ace” got his Captaincy today. We staged a presentation for him. Sang “The eyes of Texas are upon you” and very formally pinned his bars on crosswise to be sure.
Maccarese is due west of Vatican City, near the Mediterranean coast.Dad always dreamed of being a pilot.
June 11
Today we were officially relieved from the line. Six months and 17 days from the time we entered. We have a bivouac area for the battalions in a beautiful pine forest near Maccarese. Taylor flew me down over the area late this evening. He let me fly most of the way back.
“Ace” got his Captaincy today. We staged a presentation for him. Sang “The eyes of Texas are upon you” and very formally pinned his bars on crosswise to be sure.
Maccarese is due west of Vatican City, near the Mediterranean coast.Dad always dreamed of being a pilot.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 09:52 AM (kXYt5)
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I don't thin the pants guy owns a weedwhacker (if you catch my drift)
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2022 09:53 AM (arJlL)
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Last week someone recommended Helen MacInnes, whose books I've seen in paperback sections all my life, but had never read.
I checked out one of her late novels, "Prelude to Terror," from my public library. It was a surprisingly low-key spy novel, as much intelligence procedural as suspense. As a Cold War, thriller, our side was on the right side, unlike our contemporary Woke narratives, where the bad guys are really the good guys, or so our narrators insist.
It was an excellent entertainment, and I'll be reading more of her.
I checked out one of her late novels, "Prelude to Terror," from my public library. It was a surprisingly low-key spy novel, as much intelligence procedural as suspense. As a Cold War, thriller, our side was on the right side, unlike our contemporary Woke narratives, where the bad guys are really the good guys, or so our narrators insist.
It was an excellent entertainment, and I'll be reading more of her.
Posted by: Brett at June 12, 2022 09:53 AM (NwNPz)
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Chiamg is dissed bevause he enlisted the green gamg to fight his battles but big fingered tu as partt of the narcotics board but thats not crazier tham the current setup
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:50 AM (i0Lci)
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The Nationalists did not have the military strength to unify China without making strategic alliances. Chiang reasoned that once the major players were off the board, he could then consolidate his hold on power. He had the Communists on the ropes and then the Japanese invaded. The perfect storm.
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:50 AM (i0Lci)
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The Nationalists did not have the military strength to unify China without making strategic alliances. Chiang reasoned that once the major players were off the board, he could then consolidate his hold on power. He had the Communists on the ropes and then the Japanese invaded. The perfect storm.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:54 AM (llXky)
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> Based on your comment, I think I'll skip it.
Amazon reviews are mixed. Might be worth getting the free Kindle sample and checking it out.
IMO it had far too much "people in Elizabethan England/the late Roman Empire have exactly the same worldview as a heavily tattooed 19-year-old Portland barista in 2022".
Also, Galland just doesn't have the talent for writing 500 mph, wildly-discursive prose that Stephenson does. Few other authors do, but this book is best avoided if that's what you're after.
Amazon reviews are mixed. Might be worth getting the free Kindle sample and checking it out.
IMO it had far too much "people in Elizabethan England/the late Roman Empire have exactly the same worldview as a heavily tattooed 19-year-old Portland barista in 2022".
Also, Galland just doesn't have the talent for writing 500 mph, wildly-discursive prose that Stephenson does. Few other authors do, but this book is best avoided if that's what you're after.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 09:54 AM (bW8dp)
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Greetings:
Library Memories:
Rainy days in the library because that's were the girls to be annoyed were.
Library Memories:
Rainy days in the library because that's were the girls to be annoyed were.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2022 09:55 AM (uuklp)
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I guess I'll make another cup of tea and sit on the porch for a while. It's a sunny day, so I need to make the most of it.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:55 AM (2JVJo)
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Hiya
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2022 09:57 AM (arJlL)
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Is this some alternate history timey wimey post?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:50 AM (FVME7)
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Yeah, the one where Robert E. Lee gets AK-47s, the South wins the Civil War and then Joan Collins dies in a tragic car accident and Spock grows a beard.
Compelling, I tell you!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:50 AM (FVME7)
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Yeah, the one where Robert E. Lee gets AK-47s, the South wins the Civil War and then Joan Collins dies in a tragic car accident and Spock grows a beard.
Compelling, I tell you!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:57 AM (llXky)
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Bacon-stuffed French Toast with God's own condiment, maple syrup. See sock link.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 09:57 AM (yikp0)
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No writing news on this end. Have a few thoughts, but haven't had the energy to sketch them out into scenes.
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I have an idea for a political thriller. It's about a president who has lied his entire life and when the country declines and his poll numbers collapse, he responds by telling more and bigger lies until nobody, anywhere believes him. Boy, I'm glad that could never happen in real life!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
I have an idea for a political thriller. It's about a president who has lied his entire life and when the country declines and his poll numbers collapse, he responds by telling more and bigger lies until nobody, anywhere believes him. Boy, I'm glad that could never happen in real life!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:57 AM (FVME7)
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I read Dave Grohl's "Story teller" book 3 times, back to back. Never a big Nirvana fan but as a musician I thought it was a great book.
Hope to make the TXMoMe this year. We went last year but left after 4 hours. Barely spoke to anyone. Pat was just lovely and I felt bad for leaving early. Thing is I barely communicate with anyone outside of work. Been that way for 2 years.
Hope to make the TXMoMe this year. We went last year but left after 4 hours. Barely spoke to anyone. Pat was just lovely and I felt bad for leaving early. Thing is I barely communicate with anyone outside of work. Been that way for 2 years.
Posted by: 22LR at June 12, 2022 09:58 AM (KBggt)
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I spent several.nights the past week staying up late finishing books. This is !y equivalent of late night partying so I feel quite decadent
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 09:58 AM (kf6Ak)
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I went to the library when I was a kid because it was air conditioned.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 12, 2022 09:51 AM (EZebt)
Reading when you're miserably hot is not enjoyable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 12, 2022 09:51 AM (EZebt)
Reading when you're miserably hot is not enjoyable.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at June 12, 2022 09:58 AM (y7DUB)
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Also, Galland just doesn't have the talent for writing 500 mph, wildly-discursive prose that Stephenson does. Few other authors do, but this book is best avoided if that's what you're after.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 09:54 AM (bW8dp)
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The first one worked because it is *not* 500 pages of "wildly discursive prose." It uses a very creative framing device that breaks up the story, keeps it from getting boring, yet tells a cohesive narrative.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 09:54 AM (bW8dp)
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The first one worked because it is *not* 500 pages of "wildly discursive prose." It uses a very creative framing device that breaks up the story, keeps it from getting boring, yet tells a cohesive narrative.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 09:58 AM (K5n5d)
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Yes the whole rewick series is very good
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:59 AM (i0Lci)
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Renwick the bond type operative
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 09:59 AM (i0Lci)
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Today's reading from the EZ Dog Journals, now one week after the liberation of Rome in 1944, with a surprise appearance by the time-traveling Ghost of Endor.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 09:52 AM (kXYt5)
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Brought to you by 12 Ewoks?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 09:52 AM (kXYt5)
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Brought to you by 12 Ewoks?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:00 AM (llXky)
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> Howard Fast (Thomas Paine, Patriot)
Grandfather of current red diaper baby/media idiot Molly Jong-Fast
Old Howie carried a lot of propaganda water for Stalin for a lot of years, finally breaking with the CPSU when Khrushchev got in, apparently because Nikita wasn't murderous enough for Fast's tastes.
Grandfather of current red diaper baby/media idiot Molly Jong-Fast
Old Howie carried a lot of propaganda water for Stalin for a lot of years, finally breaking with the CPSU when Khrushchev got in, apparently because Nikita wasn't murderous enough for Fast's tastes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:00 AM (bW8dp)
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Those pants? Something, something, elephant in my pajamas...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 10:00 AM (PlZ6z)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 12, 2022 10:00 AM (aaGzp)
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There's a robin singing in the backyard and the dog is asking me to hold her paw.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (eGTCV)
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Public Library Book Sale Haul
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*Notes Star Wars books
About that, I discovered that over the last 20 years, a lot of material - novels , animated series, games, formed an expanded, "canonical', SW Universe. Now making its way into "live action". So while Disney killed theatrical , big screen SW , it lives on. Albeit with help of Disney, and Disney+.
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*Notes Star Wars books
About that, I discovered that over the last 20 years, a lot of material - novels , animated series, games, formed an expanded, "canonical', SW Universe. Now making its way into "live action". So while Disney killed theatrical , big screen SW , it lives on. Albeit with help of Disney, and Disney+.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (V13WU)
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I've long meant to read Charles Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, and finally got around to it. It was written in the 1850s, and covers examples of the stupidity of man, which admittedly is a broad topic. He covers the Mississippi and South Sea scams, tulip bulbs, alchemy, witches and the burning thereof, the Crusades, and some more minor topics like seances and relics.
I think the book could have used a bit more discussion and a summary, since it just ends without a conclusion, but Mackay makes it clear that he thinks most people are idjits; a sentiment with which I concur. It's an interesting book as far as it goes and worth a read, but probably not a reread.
I think the book could have used a bit more discussion and a summary, since it just ends without a conclusion, but Mackay makes it clear that he thinks most people are idjits; a sentiment with which I concur. It's an interesting book as far as it goes and worth a read, but probably not a reread.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:02 AM (/NCI4)
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I have an idea for a political thriller.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:57 AM (FVME7)
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If the War on Disney escalates into repealing the extravagant copyright protections, I could theoretically re-write the Man of Destiny series as the actual Star Wars prequels.
But then if I did that, it wouldn't really be mine, anymore, would it?
I have an idea for a political thriller.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 09:57 AM (FVME7)
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If the War on Disney escalates into repealing the extravagant copyright protections, I could theoretically re-write the Man of Destiny series as the actual Star Wars prequels.
But then if I did that, it wouldn't really be mine, anymore, would it?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:03 AM (llXky)
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I loved the card catalog at the library when I was a kid. It was like a treasure hunt where one clue or reference led to another. The piece itself was a huge square of oak that glowed with a century of dusting and polishing. The drawers were dovetail construction with brass pulls and holders for labels. I'm sure it was a bitch to keep updated but it was so impressive. Plus, you knew you were growing up as you needed the step stool less and less to get to the top drawers.
I would love to have the thing now. The only problems would be: where to put it, what to use it for, and where would I recruit the work force to move the massive piece. Reality can be a bummer sometimes.
I would love to have the thing now. The only problems would be: where to put it, what to use it for, and where would I recruit the work force to move the massive piece. Reality can be a bummer sometimes.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:03 AM (7EjX1)
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Library memories:
Going to the library and talking with the librarian, who was one of Grandma's sisters. Focusing on her bad teeth.
Later library memories:
Picking up my first M*A*S*H book from the giveaway cabinet. Flipping through the potboilers in said cabinet, looking for sex scenes.
Going to the library and talking with the librarian, who was one of Grandma's sisters. Focusing on her bad teeth.
Later library memories:
Picking up my first M*A*S*H book from the giveaway cabinet. Flipping through the potboilers in said cabinet, looking for sex scenes.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 10:03 AM (Om/di)
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I loved the card catalog at the library when I was a kid. It was like a treasure hunt where one clue or reference led to another. The piece itself was a huge square of oak that glowed with a century of dusting and polishing. The drawers were dovetail construction with brass pulls and holders for labels.
This guy gets it.
This guy gets it.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:04 AM (/NCI4)
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Those card catalogs bring back fond memories of one of my more interesting summer jobs when I was a college student. Learning to file those cards in OSU's main library gave me a super duper understanding of the Library of Congress filing system. Paid dividends every time I researched a paper or project.
Posted by: Tuna at June 12, 2022 10:04 AM (gLRfa)
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There's a robin singing in the backyard and the dog is asking me to hold her paw.
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That's beautiful.
We've got robins around my house too and a bunny in the backyard hedge.
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That's beautiful.
We've got robins around my house too and a bunny in the backyard hedge.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 10:05 AM (yikp0)
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Michael Z Williamson's A Long Time Until Now -
you know it's a good book when even on the re-read you stay up light to finish it. In my defense it had been around 4 years and I'd forgotten most of it
Next night was my date with the sequel That Was Now, This is Then. If you like travel-timey books, these are great
you know it's a good book when even on the re-read you stay up light to finish it. In my defense it had been around 4 years and I'd forgotten most of it
Next night was my date with the sequel That Was Now, This is Then. If you like travel-timey books, these are great
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 10:06 AM (kf6Ak)
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About that, I discovered that over the last 20 years, a lot of material - novels , animated series, games, formed an expanded, "canonical', SW Universe. Now making its way into "live action". So while Disney killed theatrical , big screen SW , it lives on. Albeit with help of Disney, and Disney+.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (V13WU)
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I think part of the problem is that the final trilogy wrecked the "current" version and so people are looking back at the older material as being truer to the original trilogy.
I never read the Timothy Zahn books but I'm told they were much better than the crap Disney cranked out.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (V13WU)
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I think part of the problem is that the final trilogy wrecked the "current" version and so people are looking back at the older material as being truer to the original trilogy.
I never read the Timothy Zahn books but I'm told they were much better than the crap Disney cranked out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:06 AM (llXky)
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Well, off to the airport for the return to NC. Farewell, Cape Cod.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 12, 2022 10:06 AM (l14X/)
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I've long meant to read Charles Mackay's Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, and finally got around to it. It was written in the 1850s
Correction: it was first published in 1841.
Correction: it was first published in 1841.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:06 AM (/NCI4)
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makes it clear that he thinks most people are idjits; a sentiment with which I concur.
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Progressive: Thinks most people are idiots.
Conservative: Thinks most people are idiots, including himself.
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Progressive: Thinks most people are idiots.
Conservative: Thinks most people are idiots, including himself.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:07 AM (kXYt5)
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Hidden target is also good
Posted by: No 6 at June 12, 2022 10:07 AM (i0Lci)
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CBD and 'Perfessor': Thanks so much to both of you for your kind words and review of my book 'Waiting for the Parade'. (I was going to spell it 'Po'Raid', but it's too 'inside baseball' for general use).
My understanding and use of the term 'Tricknology' is in the second (musical) sense of the word. When I played on Bourbon Street in the clubs, it was 'just another word' that meant a particular musician was outstanding. He was outstanding 'cos he was 'tricknological' in his technique. He was different, and he was damned good at what he did. It was never a negative ('negatory') or put-down term. If you were 'tricknological' (or 'tricky'), you were good. That word is also used by the Late Great Dr John (a/k/a 'Mac' Rebennack) in his writings.
I hope this clarifies and un-hexes the mystical majickal mojo-ism what define and refine that mos' scoscious term, 'Tricknology'. Please enjoy my book and its journey down Life's Bayou.
My understanding and use of the term 'Tricknology' is in the second (musical) sense of the word. When I played on Bourbon Street in the clubs, it was 'just another word' that meant a particular musician was outstanding. He was outstanding 'cos he was 'tricknological' in his technique. He was different, and he was damned good at what he did. It was never a negative ('negatory') or put-down term. If you were 'tricknological' (or 'tricky'), you were good. That word is also used by the Late Great Dr John (a/k/a 'Mac' Rebennack) in his writings.
I hope this clarifies and un-hexes the mystical majickal mojo-ism what define and refine that mos' scoscious term, 'Tricknology'. Please enjoy my book and its journey down Life's Bayou.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 12, 2022 10:07 AM (mu5GU)
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Enough lurking fun. We're getting our camp at the lake in Maine ready for visitors. Two daughters this week, a niece and her family the next and then a SIL & BIL after that.
Got to mow grass and trim today. Mrs. Cosda getting rooms ready.
Got to mow grass and trim today. Mrs. Cosda getting rooms ready.
Posted by: Cosda at June 12, 2022 10:07 AM (T6gmh)
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There are usually a bunch of the old wooden card catalog cabinets on eBay.
They aren't cheap, though, and I'd imagine shipping is going to be a bear.
They aren't cheap, though, and I'd imagine shipping is going to be a bear.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:08 AM (bW8dp)
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In high school I was able to get out of study hall by working in the elementary school library (it was a private school) and it turned out to be a formative experience.
Yes, I feel the same way about the card catalog. It was sort of a treasure hunt with clues and rewards.
Yes, I feel the same way about the card catalog. It was sort of a treasure hunt with clues and rewards.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 10:08 AM (PlZ6z)
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About that, I discovered that over the last 20 years, a lot of material - novels , animated series, games, formed an expanded, "canonical', SW Universe. Now making its way into "live action". So while Disney killed theatrical , big screen SW , it lives on. Albeit with help of Disney, and Disney+.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (V13WU)
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The original Star Wars Expanded Universe was quite a mixed bag, but generally decent quality overall. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the Disney EU. They butchered most of the lore, throwing it all away then trying to import some of the more popular aspects of the SW Legends EU (e.g., Thrawn). Disney is churning out so much crap these days (and it is crap), there's no way it can be good. Their Kenobi series, which should have been great, is a dumpster fire.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (V13WU)
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The original Star Wars Expanded Universe was quite a mixed bag, but generally decent quality overall. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the Disney EU. They butchered most of the lore, throwing it all away then trying to import some of the more popular aspects of the SW Legends EU (e.g., Thrawn). Disney is churning out so much crap these days (and it is crap), there's no way it can be good. Their Kenobi series, which should have been great, is a dumpster fire.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:08 AM (K5n5d)
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I've been reading the first book of the Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 12, 2022 10:09 AM (LJSpF)
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I hope this clarifies and un-hexes the mystical majickal mojo-ism what define and refine that mos' scoscious term, 'Tricknology'. Please enjoy my book and its journey down Life's Bayou.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 12, 2022 10:07 AM (mu5GU)
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Thanks for the explanation! It seems like this is yet another word that started out with positive connotations, but has been twisted by the Left to mean the opposite of its original meaning...
Posted by: Dr_No at June 12, 2022 10:07 AM (mu5GU)
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Thanks for the explanation! It seems like this is yet another word that started out with positive connotations, but has been twisted by the Left to mean the opposite of its original meaning...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:10 AM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 10:10 AM (Om/di)
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I read a book from my latest used-bookstore raid -- called _Green Mansions_, written in 1904 by a guy named William Hudson. It's very . . . 1904, if you know what I mean.
The story's okay: dude goes into the interior of Venezuela, lives with Indians, meets what he thinks is a supernatural forest spirit but turns out to be just a really hot chick. Falls in love with her, then she dies.
The weirdest thing about the book is that I got a fancy illustrated edition, with line drawings (woodcuts?) at the chapter heads and some inserted color plates of paintings like your aunt makes in the painting class at the Senior Center. However: some person decided to cut out about half the pictures, which kind of makes a hash of the beginning of each chapter, since you lose what was printed on the top half of the second page.
The baffling part is why? The surviving illos are frankly crap and I can't believe the missing ones were much better. My hypothesis: they had tits in them.
The story's okay: dude goes into the interior of Venezuela, lives with Indians, meets what he thinks is a supernatural forest spirit but turns out to be just a really hot chick. Falls in love with her, then she dies.
The weirdest thing about the book is that I got a fancy illustrated edition, with line drawings (woodcuts?) at the chapter heads and some inserted color plates of paintings like your aunt makes in the painting class at the Senior Center. However: some person decided to cut out about half the pictures, which kind of makes a hash of the beginning of each chapter, since you lose what was printed on the top half of the second page.
The baffling part is why? The surviving illos are frankly crap and I can't believe the missing ones were much better. My hypothesis: they had tits in them.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:10 AM (QZxDR)
Posted by: garrett at June 12, 2022 10:11 AM (OnsG4)
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Speaking of card catalogs, one of the odd benefits of one of my software testing jobs was learning ALLLL about the deep, dark secrets of library classification and MARC records. They are card catalog files on steroids, recording things like the *city* of publication, binding, editor, version, and on and on. You can even list things like Inca quipu, recordings, carvings, anything that conveys information. An OCD garden of delights. Testing it was a pain, though. Oh, and I also learned how librarians in Japan and Korea and West Taiwan organize things. It was a fun job, really.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at June 12, 2022 10:12 AM (Vj+j5)
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For an interesting take on Benjamin Franklin, first read his autobiography, then read a biography by any one of a number of authors.
Compare and contrast.
Compare and contrast.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 12, 2022 10:12 AM (jTmQV)
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Conservative: Thinks Knows most people are idiots, including himself.
FIFY
Posted by: Weak Geek
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I figured some of the folks here might be able to come up with a better construct of what I was going for.
FIFY
Posted by: Weak Geek
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I figured some of the folks here might be able to come up with a better construct of what I was going for.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:14 AM (kXYt5)
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Still working my way through Agatha Christie's Poirot series. I'm up to Three Act Tragedy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 12, 2022 10:15 AM (wZUnB)
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Another way to say it:
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
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There's a robin singing in the backyard and the dog is asking me to hold her paw.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (eGTCV)
I really miss robins. They don't seem to get this far south. Miss the meadow larks that were *everywhere* in CO. We do get the redheaded finches and, sometimes, chickadees though.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 10:01 AM (eGTCV)
I really miss robins. They don't seem to get this far south. Miss the meadow larks that were *everywhere* in CO. We do get the redheaded finches and, sometimes, chickadees though.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (nC+QA)
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Robin singing = rain is coming. It is calling the young to the nest/safety.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:18 AM (V13WU)
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>>There's a robin singing in the backyard and the dog is asking me to hold her paw.
Look at all the healthy creatures,
dancing on the lawn.
Look at all the healthy creatures,
dancing on the lawn.
Posted by: John Fogerty at June 12, 2022 10:18 AM (OnsG4)
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>>> 151 Another way to say it:
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
It's not arrogant if it's true!
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
It's not arrogant if it's true!
Posted by: Felicia Somnez at June 12, 2022 10:18 AM (llON8)
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"What the Hell Is Going On?" - Top Democrats Question Future of Party With Biden as President
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It ain't compercated. Social collapse and the rise of the Antichrist. Call it Tribulations.
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It ain't compercated. Social collapse and the rise of the Antichrist. Call it Tribulations.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:19 AM (FVME7)
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If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Well, I like puns, so that obviously puts me in the 1%.
Well, I like puns, so that obviously puts me in the 1%.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:19 AM (/NCI4)
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151. I'd say that 100% of people are idiotic about some things, and that does not mean ignorant or uneducated. Just unwilling to let go of stupid ideas.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:19 AM (ONvIw)
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"When I played on Bourbon Street in the clubs, it was 'just another word' that meant a particular musician was outstanding. He was outstanding 'cos he was 'tricknological' in his technique. "
Sometimes when working on a car or some other mechanical device the phrase "trick it" is used to describe an unusual solution to a difficult problem. As in "I had to trick that broken bolt in that water pump housing to come out by employing the reverse framluger method".
The phrase "tricked out" is used to describe something like a car or bike with lots of bling or unusual features.
Sometimes when working on a car or some other mechanical device the phrase "trick it" is used to describe an unusual solution to a difficult problem. As in "I had to trick that broken bolt in that water pump housing to come out by employing the reverse framluger method".
The phrase "tricked out" is used to describe something like a car or bike with lots of bling or unusual features.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2022 10:19 AM (vrz2I)
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>>If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Not at all.
Not at all.
Posted by: The 99th Percentile at June 12, 2022 10:20 AM (OnsG4)
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If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon
this is how i know i'm the idiot.
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon
this is how i know i'm the idiot.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 12, 2022 10:20 AM (UgAdJ)
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It's pleasant to just sit outdoors on a nice day and listen to all the birds. They’re a yackety bunch.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 10:21 AM (Om/di)
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BTW, Mackay is very clear that there are many people in the upper echelons of society who fall for obvious ruses. Many of the people investing in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles were part of the aristocracy.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:22 AM (/NCI4)
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...then she dies.
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Spoiler alert, dude!
Sometime during the first season of Mr. Selfridge, Buffalo's PBS station ran a documentary about the man including the fact his wife died in IIRC 1918 -- something that wouldn't happen until the second season of the TV series!
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Spoiler alert, dude!
Sometime during the first season of Mr. Selfridge, Buffalo's PBS station ran a documentary about the man including the fact his wife died in IIRC 1918 -- something that wouldn't happen until the second season of the TV series!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 10:22 AM (yikp0)
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Another book from my bookstore raid: Before Columbus, by Cyrus Gordon. This is a great example of what one might call highbrow crackpottery. Gordon was a respected prof of Near Eastern languages and history at Brandeis, so was definitely a real scholar. Unfortunately (see the discussion of idiots, above) he looked at some Mesoamerican art and said "Aha! That kinda sorta looks like some Near Eastern stuff! The Phoenicians must have transmitted Egyptian and Sumerian civilization to the New World!" And then writes a book full of blurry photos to prove it. I can only imagine how hilarious the actual Mesoamerican scholars must have found it.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:22 AM (QZxDR)
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163. And they still do today.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:23 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:23 AM (FVME7)
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Is tripindicular related to tricknology?
Tripindicular was an 80's term and a slightly shortened version of a 70's "wow that's crazy man". There were a few 80's terms that would take a smaller word like trip or tripping and then add redundant nonsense suffixes to the end to make them new.
Tripindicular was an 80's term and a slightly shortened version of a 70's "wow that's crazy man". There were a few 80's terms that would take a smaller word like trip or tripping and then add redundant nonsense suffixes to the end to make them new.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 10:23 AM (t/4Zp)
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Apparently Isaac Newton saw through the South Sea Bubble right away . . . but wound up putting money into it anyhow. He _knew_ it was a scam, but he was hoping to get out while the prices were still rising.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (QZxDR)
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Bif, how are you feeling? I suffered a sciatic nerve problem some years ago, and it was agony. Needed a few weeks (months?) of physical therapy to get over it.
Been thinking about you.
Been thinking about you.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (Om/di)
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Is there a link to get Inna, Between Two Worlds?
Posted by: Bill Anderson at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (pp7+4)
Posted by: Bitcoin at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (/NCI4)
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I would love to have the thing now. The only problems would be: where to put it, what to use it for, and where would I recruit the work force to move the massive piece. Reality can be a bummer sometimes.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:03 AM (7EjX1)
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Garage, storage for tools, odds and ends, etc. Or, if your wife is into crafts, craft storage.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:03 AM (7EjX1)
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Garage, storage for tools, odds and ends, etc. Or, if your wife is into crafts, craft storage.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (5pTK/)
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When using libraries both as student/patron and later as a librarian myself, I used the card catalog of course but found it a bit more useful (for my own browsing purposes) to get familiar with the Dewey Decimal System. Don't know if it's still being taught, but it ought to be.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (JzDjf)
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I am reading In Harms Way. It is about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Pretty awful stuff.
Posted by: Jmel at June 12, 2022 10:26 AM (bVhJi)
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anyway, actually started some reading, "Zero World" by Jason Hough.
The book was in a free bin, and, well, book, and, free, couldn't resist. So far, the book has been worth every penny I paid for it.
The book was in a free bin, and, well, book, and, free, couldn't resist. So far, the book has been worth every penny I paid for it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 12, 2022 10:26 AM (5pTK/)
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You could use a card catalog cabinet to organize screws and washers.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:26 AM (QZxDR)
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Or:
Smart people know better than to get a subluxated acromioclavicular joint from patting themselves on the back too much.
(*dislocated shoulder)
Smart people know better than to get a subluxated acromioclavicular joint from patting themselves on the back too much.
(*dislocated shoulder)
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:26 AM (kXYt5)
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172 This is why the mea culpas of Naomi Wolf are so great to read. No, not vitamin, but the 2A, once she escaped the echo chamber.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (ONvIw)
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Paris Hilton Gives Joe Biden Cold Shoulder in Favor of Hanging with Britney Spears
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I don't want to say she's a genius but at least she's not an idiot.
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I don't want to say she's a genius but at least she's not an idiot.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (FVME7)
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I hear tulip bulbs from Holland are The Next Big Thing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (PlZ6z)
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Is there a link to get Inna, Between Two Worlds?
Posted by: Bill Anderson at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (pp7+4)
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It's available on Amazon. Or you can go there, get the ISBN and search for alternate vendors...
Posted by: Bill Anderson at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (pp7+4)
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It's available on Amazon. Or you can go there, get the ISBN and search for alternate vendors...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (K5n5d)
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The book is illustrated. Why aren't more books illustrated these days?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Putin stole all of the brushes !
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Putin stole all of the brushes !
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (arJlL)
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I am looking at some shorter pieces by Thomas Wolfe these days. I don't think he has any fans here, but I'm mentioning it as it's the book thread.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:28 AM (ONvIw)
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When we went to Colorado last month we returned to find a robin had built a nest above one of our downspouts. The eggs have hatched, and going out on the back porch for mowing, weed-eating, filling bird feeders, anydamnthing at all, is inviting a scene from Hitchcock.
Freakin' birds...
Freakin' birds...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 10:29 AM (JzDjf)
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Screws And Washers was a heavy metal band for about five minutes back in the late 80s.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 12, 2022 10:29 AM (PlZ6z)
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New Liberal Talking Point: Biden's Gaffes Show His Authenticity
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Yeah, he's an authentic idiot.
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Yeah, he's an authentic idiot.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:30 AM (FVME7)
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I also just read Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders by Anna Salter, on the rec of a Moron here. I thought I'd be ready,having read Gavin deBecker's The Gift of Fear a while ago.
But I still kept having to put it down for a few minutes because it is so upsetting. Good book, highly recommend.
But I still kept having to put it down for a few minutes because it is so upsetting. Good book, highly recommend.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 10:31 AM (kf6Ak)
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Just finished Robert Jordan's The Path of Daggers. Definitely one of the weaker entries in the series, but it does set up and foreshadow some key events much later in the series.
Now back to Peter F. Hamilton's The Evolutionary Void, the third and final volume in The Void Trilogy
Now back to Peter F. Hamilton's The Evolutionary Void, the third and final volume in The Void Trilogy
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:31 AM (K5n5d)
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The time of the Great Illustrator is no more...
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:31 AM (V13WU)
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I loved the card catalog at the library when I was a kid.
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Dewey ever!
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Dewey ever!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 10:32 AM (yikp0)
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Old Howie carried a lot of propaganda water for Stalin for a lot of years, finally breaking with the CPSU when Khrushchev got in, apparently because Nikita wasn't murderous enough for Fast's tastes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:00 AM (bW8dp)
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Oh, I think he wrote some whiny thing decrying how the ideals of communism were betrayed. As though any idealists wouldn't have been the first ones shot when the Revolution consolidated itself.
Old Howie carried a lot of propaganda water for Stalin for a lot of years, finally breaking with the CPSU when Khrushchev got in, apparently because Nikita wasn't murderous enough for Fast's tastes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:00 AM (bW8dp)
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Oh, I think he wrote some whiny thing decrying how the ideals of communism were betrayed. As though any idealists wouldn't have been the first ones shot when the Revolution consolidated itself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 10:32 AM (/U27+)
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When we went to Colorado last month we returned to find a robin had built a nest above one of our downspouts. The eggs have hatched, and going out on the back porch for mowing, weed-eating, filling bird feeders, anydamnthing at all, is inviting a scene from Hitchcock.
Freakin' birds...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 10:29 AM (JzDjf)
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That happened to me one year. It was the same year a robin had laid eggs in a nest inside of a wreath on the front of my house. It was neat watching the chicks grow up and eventually leave the nests.
Freakin' birds...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 10:29 AM (JzDjf)
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That happened to me one year. It was the same year a robin had laid eggs in a nest inside of a wreath on the front of my house. It was neat watching the chicks grow up and eventually leave the nests.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:32 AM (K5n5d)
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Smart people know better than to get a subluxated acromioclavicular joint from patting themselves on the back too much.
Who micturated in your cornflakes this morning?
Who micturated in your cornflakes this morning?
Posted by: Bitcoin at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (kXYt5)
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I would love to have the thing now. The only problems would be: where to put it, what to use it for, and where would I recruit the work force to move the massive piece. Reality can be a bummer sometimes.
Posted by: JTB
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Some people use them as planters.
Library staff will cut each other to get card catalog cabinets when they're surplused.
I think all the cabinets are now gone from my current library. The last holdouts were in my dept. office until a year or so ago. I think they contained part of the gov docs shelflist. I've never had to maintain card catalogs in my library career, thank goodness, but I've heard tales of electric erasers and other horrifying implements. My cataloging instructor from library school created an online museum of cataloging artifacts, but it's no longer available.
Posted by: JTB
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Some people use them as planters.
Library staff will cut each other to get card catalog cabinets when they're surplused.
I think all the cabinets are now gone from my current library. The last holdouts were in my dept. office until a year or so ago. I think they contained part of the gov docs shelflist. I've never had to maintain card catalogs in my library career, thank goodness, but I've heard tales of electric erasers and other horrifying implements. My cataloging instructor from library school created an online museum of cataloging artifacts, but it's no longer available.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (pkAcY)
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New Liberal Talking Point: Biden's Gaffes Show His Authenticity
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Yeah, he's an authentic idiot.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:30 AM (FVME7)
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Yet, gaffes by GW indicated he was a complete moron, according to liberals. Funny how that works.
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Yeah, he's an authentic idiot.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:30 AM (FVME7)
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Yet, gaffes by GW indicated he was a complete moron, according to liberals. Funny how that works.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (5pTK/)
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I just finished reading Shadows Reel, a Joe Pickett novel by C.J. Box. I like those books.
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (arJlL)
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>>Just finished Robert Jordan's The Path of Daggers. Definitely one of the weaker entries in the series, but it does set up and foreshadow some key events much later in the series.
*Tugs Braid*
*Tugs Braid*
Posted by: Nynaeve al'Meara at June 12, 2022 10:34 AM (OnsG4)
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...cross reference your enemies' list.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (kXYt5)
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In that case, I'll take 4 card catalogs, please.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:33 AM (kXYt5)
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In that case, I'll take 4 card catalogs, please.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 12, 2022 10:34 AM (5pTK/)
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Knew a girl named Betty,
She like to carry a machete.
Lipstick curls and a whorle of her machete.
You are now a plate of spaghetti.
She like to carry a machete.
Lipstick curls and a whorle of her machete.
You are now a plate of spaghetti.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 12, 2022 10:35 AM (4HXAG)
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My cataloging instructor from library school created an online museum of cataloging artifacts, but it's no longer available.
Posted by: screaming in digital
Putin again !
Hiya Screamie !
Posted by: screaming in digital
Putin again !
Hiya Screamie !
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2022 10:35 AM (arJlL)
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195. My husband has a small one he uses for small tools, nuts and bolts. He found it on the street.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:36 AM (ONvIw)
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Another way to say it:
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
It's not arrogant if it's true!
Posted by: Felicia Somnez
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I've always thought it's my arrogance that keeps me in the believer camp. Whoever built this place is way smarter than me, only other option is an all powerful God.
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
It's not arrogant if it's true!
Posted by: Felicia Somnez
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I've always thought it's my arrogance that keeps me in the believer camp. Whoever built this place is way smarter than me, only other option is an all powerful God.
Posted by: From about that time at June 12, 2022 10:36 AM (4780s)
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thought I'd be ready,having read Gavin deBecker's The Gift of Fear a while ago.
But I still kept having to put it down for a few minutes because it is so upsetting. Good book, highly recommend.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 10:31 AM (kf6Ak)
I agree about The Gift of Fear.
But I still kept having to put it down for a few minutes because it is so upsetting. Good book, highly recommend.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 10:31 AM (kf6Ak)
I agree about The Gift of Fear.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of thchickens at June 12, 2022 10:37 AM (eGTCV)
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>>> Another way to say it:
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
Everyone is stupid in mass and collectivized. You get most anyone separated from the herd and start whittling away at their communal nonsense and you again see glimpses of the beauty of man's intellect. I think a good bit of the left is just the use of psychological grooming techniques to amplify our herd or pack instincts to the detriment of individual volition and to the benefit of our earthly master's design. In their version of progress, we are de-evolving individual intellect.
There was a bit in pixy's morning post about a google engineer thinking one of their AIs had become sentient. Looking at the dialog it looked like two leftists interacting. One of the participants, of course, was just a chat-bot finding rough algorithmically derived semantic correlation with programmed input. The other was just a leftist. But they were almost indistinguishable. If there was a turing test just for the subset of humanity that is collectivized leftists I think current generation AI would already pass.
If 99% of the people you encounter are idiots,, how arrogant is it to assume you are part of the 1%?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:16 AM (kXYt5)
Everyone is stupid in mass and collectivized. You get most anyone separated from the herd and start whittling away at their communal nonsense and you again see glimpses of the beauty of man's intellect. I think a good bit of the left is just the use of psychological grooming techniques to amplify our herd or pack instincts to the detriment of individual volition and to the benefit of our earthly master's design. In their version of progress, we are de-evolving individual intellect.
There was a bit in pixy's morning post about a google engineer thinking one of their AIs had become sentient. Looking at the dialog it looked like two leftists interacting. One of the participants, of course, was just a chat-bot finding rough algorithmically derived semantic correlation with programmed input. The other was just a leftist. But they were almost indistinguishable. If there was a turing test just for the subset of humanity that is collectivized leftists I think current generation AI would already pass.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 10:37 AM (t/4Zp)
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"Screws And Washers was a heavy metal band for about five minutes back in the late 80s."
Their music had a thread but they were out of pitch and really they were just a bunch of nuts anyway.
Their music had a thread but they were out of pitch and really they were just a bunch of nuts anyway.
Posted by: fd at June 12, 2022 10:37 AM (vrz2I)
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I am looking at some shorter pieces by Thomas Wolfe these days. I don't think he has any fans here, but I'm mentioning it as it's the book thread.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:28 AM (ONvIw)
I'm pretty sure some here are Wolfe fans; not me but others...
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:28 AM (ONvIw)
I'm pretty sure some here are Wolfe fans; not me but others...
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at June 12, 2022 10:38 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Paolo at June 12, 2022 10:38 AM (OnsG4)
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Everyone is stupid in mass and collectivized. You get most anyone separated from the herd and start whittling away at their communal nonsense and you again see glimpses of the beauty of man's intellect. I think a good bit of the left is just the use of psychological grooming techniques to amplify our herd or pack instincts to the detriment of individual volition and to the benefit of our earthly master's design. In their version of progress, we are de-evolving individual intellect.
Yup, that was Mackay's point. That's why it's the madness of crowds, not of individuals.
Yup, that was Mackay's point. That's why it's the madness of crowds, not of individuals.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:39 AM (/NCI4)
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Probably time for another purge of my own shelves, as I'm running out of room. But it's getting harder and harder to part with any books. I want to preserve them, hide them from the censors and book-burners.
Anybody know any good sources about how to preserve physical books for long periods buried in a crate?
Anybody know any good sources about how to preserve physical books for long periods buried in a crate?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:39 AM (QZxDR)
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If there was a turing test just for the subset of humanity that is collectivized leftists I think current generation AI would already pass.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 10:37 AM (t/4Zp)
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Somehow that says quite a bit about the current state of intellectual development of humanity. Computers can fake out humans now (Twitter bots). Whee! Let the end times roll!
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 10:37 AM (t/4Zp)
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Somehow that says quite a bit about the current state of intellectual development of humanity. Computers can fake out humans now (Twitter bots). Whee! Let the end times roll!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:40 AM (K5n5d)
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> Their music had a thread but they were out of pitch and really they were just a bunch of nuts anyway.
They were fastenerating nonetheless.
They were fastenerating nonetheless.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:40 AM (bW8dp)
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I am looking at some shorter pieces by Thomas Wolfe these days. I don't think he has any fans here, but I'm mentioning it as it's the book thread.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:28 AM (ONvIw)
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Look Homeward, Angel is a great book. Of Time and the River, not so much.
I am looking at some shorter pieces by Thomas Wolfe these days. I don't think he has any fans here, but I'm mentioning it as it's the book thread.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:28 AM (ONvIw)
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Look Homeward, Angel is a great book. Of Time and the River, not so much.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 10:41 AM (/U27+)
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In our first years in this house, robins built a nest on a rafter of the back porch. I used a mirror to see that, yes, there were eggs. Most brilliant blue I've ever seen.
The parents never returned, and I finally had to remove the nest. Damn thing was full of ants!
The parents never returned, and I finally had to remove the nest. Damn thing was full of ants!
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 10:41 AM (Om/di)
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Probably time for another purge of my own shelves, as I'm running out of room.
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Get a bigger house.
Probably time for another purge of my own shelves, as I'm running out of room.
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Get a bigger house.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 10:42 AM (/U27+)
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Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders by Anna Salter
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Her name came up quite often back when I was a sex offense prosecutor. I found it amusing that her name sounds like An Assaulter. (OK, "assaulter" isn't a real word, it should be "assailant", but work with me people!)
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Her name came up quite often back when I was a sex offense prosecutor. I found it amusing that her name sounds like An Assaulter. (OK, "assaulter" isn't a real word, it should be "assailant", but work with me people!)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:42 AM (FVME7)
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Back from our early constitutional.
It's supposed to be 105* here today, so it early it was.
Hot and humid already though.
It's supposed to be 105* here today, so it early it was.
Hot and humid already though.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 12, 2022 10:43 AM (5NkmN)
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The time of the Great Illustrator is no more...
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N.C. Wyeth's depictions of action didn't get the recognition he deserved helping authors describe what they wrote, imho.
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N.C. Wyeth's depictions of action didn't get the recognition he deserved helping authors describe what they wrote, imho.
Posted by: dartist at June 12, 2022 10:43 AM (+ya+t)
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Between man, Angels and God, many various creatures exist.
It is a huge planet and it won't fit in my skull.
It is a huge planet and it won't fit in my skull.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 12, 2022 10:43 AM (4HXAG)
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Anybody know any good sources about how to preserve physical books for long periods buried in a crate?
Step 1: Find an unused Egyptian pyramid...
Step 1: Find an unused Egyptian pyramid...
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:44 AM (/NCI4)
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This is why the mea culpas of Naomi Wolf are so great to read. No, not vitamin, but the 2A, once she escaped the echo chamber.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (ONvIw)
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Yes, and she uses the language of the leftist professoriate to describe it, which is wonderful.
I particularly enjoyed her talk of how hunting provides an ethical source of food that supports the environment and reduces reliance on cruel factory farms.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:27 AM (ONvIw)
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Yes, and she uses the language of the leftist professoriate to describe it, which is wonderful.
I particularly enjoyed her talk of how hunting provides an ethical source of food that supports the environment and reduces reliance on cruel factory farms.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (llXky)
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Between man, Angels and God, many various creatures exist.
It is a huge planet and it won't fit in my skull.
Posted by: humphreyrobot
If it did, you could forget about buying a hat.
It is a huge planet and it won't fit in my skull.
Posted by: humphreyrobot
If it did, you could forget about buying a hat.
Posted by: JT at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
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LC > Dewey
Fight me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
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LC is the metric system of cataloging.
LC > Dewey
Fight me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
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LC is the metric system of cataloging.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 10:46 AM (/U27+)
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BTW, I also think it speaks volumes that the woman who presumed to tell Algore how to be an alpha ended up marrying her security guard.
Who taught her to shoot guns.
Who taught her to shoot guns.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:46 AM (llXky)
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LC > Dewey
Fight me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
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*tries to picture a couple of old farts fighting*
*starts laughing uncontrollably at the image*
Fight me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
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*tries to picture a couple of old farts fighting*
*starts laughing uncontrollably at the image*
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 12, 2022 10:46 AM (5pTK/)
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I loved those old card catalogs. I feel like kids today, mine included, really don't know how to research anything. It feels like cheating just looking things up online.
I read The Woman in White last year and having checked it out from the library on my Kindle, had no idea how long it was. I kept reading and reading and it kept getting grimmer and grimmer and I wondered how long this could possibly go on. But then things finally started looking up.
I don't know if I would have put Marian with the drawing master but I was hoping for better for her.
I read The Woman in White last year and having checked it out from the library on my Kindle, had no idea how long it was. I kept reading and reading and it kept getting grimmer and grimmer and I wondered how long this could possibly go on. But then things finally started looking up.
I don't know if I would have put Marian with the drawing master but I was hoping for better for her.
Posted by: bluebell at June 12, 2022 10:47 AM (aeePL)
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> LC is the metric system of cataloging.
Dewey is okay for an elementary school library.
LC is what you want for a grownup's library.
Dewey is okay for an elementary school library.
LC is what you want for a grownup's library.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:47 AM (bW8dp)
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Ruined my morning by opening the local rag and seeing a breathless, orgasming Bloomberg columnist popping a boner over the J6 show trials.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (2JVJo)
Bet he can hardly wait for the next episode.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (2JVJo)
Bet he can hardly wait for the next episode.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2022 10:47 AM (AwYPR)
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Her name came up quite often back when I was a sex offense prosecutor.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
That must have been a harrowing job
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
That must have been a harrowing job
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 10:48 AM (kf6Ak)
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222. I suppose marrying a security expert changed her ideas a bit
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:48 AM (ONvIw)
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Yup, that was Mackay's point. That's why it's the madness of crowds, not of individuals.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:39 AM (/NCI4)
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Evelyn Waugh's "smart set" books do a great job of showing how the faddish elites come up with terrible ideas that ruin their lives.
"But everyone is doing it!"
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 10:39 AM (/NCI4)
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Evelyn Waugh's "smart set" books do a great job of showing how the faddish elites come up with terrible ideas that ruin their lives.
"But everyone is doing it!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:48 AM (llXky)
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On the other hand, Melvil Dewey always had quite the harem of nubile female librarians hanging around him.
Of course he's getting canceled for it today.
Of course he's getting canceled for it today.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:49 AM (bW8dp)
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214. Can't argue with that.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:50 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 10:50 AM (/U27+)
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Been thinking about you.
Posted by: Weak Geek
i took some damnitall (tramodol) and basically slept for three days. it had released by the time i was up and atom, and left me with a sore leg from the nerves having the muscles all drawn up tight. kinda got lucky this time. last experience had me hobbling around on a cane for about six weeks.
thank you for asking, i appreciate it.
Been thinking about you.
Posted by: Weak Geek
i took some damnitall (tramodol) and basically slept for three days. it had released by the time i was up and atom, and left me with a sore leg from the nerves having the muscles all drawn up tight. kinda got lucky this time. last experience had me hobbling around on a cane for about six weeks.
thank you for asking, i appreciate it.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 12, 2022 10:50 AM (UgAdJ)
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LC > Dewey
Fight me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
Be right w/ya...lemme finish these stewed prunes first.
Fight me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
Be right w/ya...lemme finish these stewed prunes first.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2022 10:50 AM (AwYPR)
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OT: Sarah Palin is leading in early results in Alaska's special primary.
I'm impressed that the AP-related chyron used "former Alaska Gov." to describe her as I can't recall any news story about her using her honorific.
I'm impressed that the AP-related chyron used "former Alaska Gov." to describe her as I can't recall any news story about her using her honorific.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 10:50 AM (yikp0)
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I mentioned last month that I was partway through The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and although it came from the library with all sorts of glowing reviews, not sure I was going to bother finishing it. Well, I did, and I will just say that I was willing to make it an even 8 by the end.
The ending was weird and disappointing and the whole thing was confusing and annoying. I have no idea how it garnered so much praise from the critics, but from the Amazon reviews you can definitely see it is one of those books where people either love love love it or hate hate hate it. Put me in the hate camp.
The ending was weird and disappointing and the whole thing was confusing and annoying. I have no idea how it garnered so much praise from the critics, but from the Amazon reviews you can definitely see it is one of those books where people either love love love it or hate hate hate it. Put me in the hate camp.
Posted by: bluebell at June 12, 2022 10:51 AM (aeePL)
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I suppose marrying a security expert changed her ideas a bit
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:48 AM (ONvIw)
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A lot of liberal women are fascinated when they meet actual conservatives. The dating pool around here was pretty biased in that direction and since liberalism is my first language, I could easily pass as one, but sometimes I'd let things slip out and the response was always a mixture of horror and intense curiosity.
"Wait, you own...guns???"
"Yes, would you like to try one."
*bites lip*
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:48 AM (ONvIw)
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A lot of liberal women are fascinated when they meet actual conservatives. The dating pool around here was pretty biased in that direction and since liberalism is my first language, I could easily pass as one, but sometimes I'd let things slip out and the response was always a mixture of horror and intense curiosity.
"Wait, you own...guns???"
"Yes, would you like to try one."
*bites lip*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 10:52 AM (llXky)
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He had the Communists on the ropes and then the Japanese invaded. The perfect storm.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:54 AM (llXky)
Yup....It was Japan's action in China that pushed the US to consider Japan as a "threat" then the oil embargo which led up to Pearl and our entry into WW2. Then in the aftermath we let China slip into the red camp while we dithered and did nothing to prevent it after pouring all that aid and supplies into China during the war. Korea then Vietnam followed in short order.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 09:54 AM (llXky)
Yup....It was Japan's action in China that pushed the US to consider Japan as a "threat" then the oil embargo which led up to Pearl and our entry into WW2. Then in the aftermath we let China slip into the red camp while we dithered and did nothing to prevent it after pouring all that aid and supplies into China during the war. Korea then Vietnam followed in short order.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2022 10:52 AM (R/m4+)
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I know a thing or two about being a former governor...
Posted by: Stacey Abrams at June 12, 2022 10:52 AM (PlZ6z)
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This is just me talkin', but Dewey's okay for elementary, secondary, most publics and a lot of college libraries. When you get to university level and big city public library systems, you'd probably want LC. LC allows a more precise classification, and when you get into BIG collections you'd want that. In the libraries I used and worked, LC would have been overkill for our patrons. YMMV.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 10:53 AM (JzDjf)
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Perfessor- thanks for plugging Outward Frontier! Glad you enjoyed it.
I finished “Now You Understand Me,” a humorous book of first person essays written by my friend. She has dealt with lifelong anxiety and the book points out her foibles, fears and tender moments. Highly recommend for anyone suffering from anxiety or who deals with mental illness.
Speaking of illness, I finally caught the Rona. Mostly feels like a chest cold with the added bonus of muscle and joint pain. I dodged this for two years (yeah I was vaxxed last year). Anyway, commenting will be mostly nil today. Hope you all have a great day.
I finished “Now You Understand Me,” a humorous book of first person essays written by my friend. She has dealt with lifelong anxiety and the book points out her foibles, fears and tender moments. Highly recommend for anyone suffering from anxiety or who deals with mental illness.
Speaking of illness, I finally caught the Rona. Mostly feels like a chest cold with the added bonus of muscle and joint pain. I dodged this for two years (yeah I was vaxxed last year). Anyway, commenting will be mostly nil today. Hope you all have a great day.
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (sqrp2)
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241. How did the JMC locals respond to their participant at the Bilderberg love fest?
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (ONvIw)
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For those enjoying Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, the Townsends channel on YouTube has been doing a streamed reading of it. I think the latest one, near the end, is up to 14. There is a lot of discussion about the importance of some of Franklin's observations and activities. For example, his mention of travel leads to the lack of roads and discomforts of coach travel. He was involved with establishing the first hospital and fire department in Philadelphia. So many things taken for granted these days sprang from Franklin. He also had a wicked sense of humor. It would have been great if he had included the years around the Revolution but it pretty much stops in the 1750s.
I know the period pretty well but learned things. These steams would be especially helpful for younger readers.
I know the period pretty well but learned things. These steams would be especially helpful for younger readers.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
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Then in the aftermath we let China slip into the red camp while we dithered and did nothing to prevent it after pouring all that aid and supplies into China during the war. Korea then Vietnam followed in short order.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2022 10:52 AM (R/m4+)
Might've been the plan.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 12, 2022 10:52 AM (R/m4+)
Might've been the plan.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2022 10:55 AM (AwYPR)
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Anybody ever wonder what Dewey's sock drawer must have looked like?
And whether he got perturbed if he ran across a mismatched pair?
And whether he got perturbed if he ran across a mismatched pair?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 12, 2022 10:55 AM (kXYt5)
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Missed last night's movie thread about Japanese movies. Too bad.
But, I was eating Japanese food at the time, so I get Serendipity Points! However, when reading it over this morning, I read this:
I recommend a rather obscure novel by Ayako Sono, “Watcher from the Shore.”
Posted by: LadyS at June 11, 2022 09:14 PM (5WgUb)
I thought I was the only one in the Western Hemisphere who'd read that novel.
The Japanese title that translates as, "The Dirty Hand of God" is more to the point as the story concerns a Japanese OB?GYN who performs both births and abortions, and discusses his concerns/philosophical problems with a Catholic friend and a priest. So, it's more of a character study than an action story.
This is a great novel. And like a great novel, it rattled around in my head for years. I read it in the late 80-early 90s and over two decades later, it still influenced me in the writing of my comic, picaresque novel, "Wearing the Cat".
My highest recommendation.
But, I was eating Japanese food at the time, so I get Serendipity Points! However, when reading it over this morning, I read this:
I recommend a rather obscure novel by Ayako Sono, “Watcher from the Shore.”
Posted by: LadyS at June 11, 2022 09:14 PM (5WgUb)
I thought I was the only one in the Western Hemisphere who'd read that novel.
The Japanese title that translates as, "The Dirty Hand of God" is more to the point as the story concerns a Japanese OB?GYN who performs both births and abortions, and discusses his concerns/philosophical problems with a Catholic friend and a priest. So, it's more of a character study than an action story.
This is a great novel. And like a great novel, it rattled around in my head for years. I read it in the late 80-early 90s and over two decades later, it still influenced me in the writing of my comic, picaresque novel, "Wearing the Cat".
My highest recommendation.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 12, 2022 10:55 AM (5NkmN)
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Her name came up quite often back when I was a sex offense prosecutor.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
That must have been a harrowing job
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
Sex offenses are like everything else; there are far more of the relatively mild ones, such as indecent exposure, than there are of the truly horrific ones. But, yes, it took an emotional tool on me and I still haven't recovered.
P.S. ID has a two hour People Magazine Investigates episode entitled The Groene Family Massacre currently playing. Do not watch that if you are the least bit squeamish.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
That must have been a harrowing job
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
Sex offenses are like everything else; there are far more of the relatively mild ones, such as indecent exposure, than there are of the truly horrific ones. But, yes, it took an emotional tool on me and I still haven't recovered.
P.S. ID has a two hour People Magazine Investigates episode entitled The Groene Family Massacre currently playing. Do not watch that if you are the least bit squeamish.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 10:56 AM (FVME7)
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Ruined my morning by opening the local rag and seeing a breathless, orgasming Bloomberg columnist popping a boner over the J6 show trials.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (2JVJo)
If you don't own a canary, why get the damned paper?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 12, 2022 09:08 AM (2JVJo)
If you don't own a canary, why get the damned paper?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 10:56 AM (AHkJF)
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LC vs Dewey. Weren't these both devised prior to computerized search engines? Are there current classifications that are specifically devised for computer searches that would impose a bit more order on classification chaos? I know nothing about information sciences, but both LC and Dewey have always seemed sort of arcane to me.
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at June 12, 2022 10:56 AM (mCh4j)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 10:57 AM (JzDjf)
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250 Thanks for the recommendation, I've got a plan for summer reading now.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 10:57 AM (ONvIw)
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You have to respect people who are able to break free and see the light.
Posted by: runner at June 12, 2022 10:58 AM (V13WU)
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> OT: Sarah Palin is leading in early results in Alaska's special primary.
Currently: Palin: 29.77%, Begich (this is Nick Begich, R, not Mark Begich, D): 19.31%, Al Gross (Communist): 12.47%, Mary Peltola (D): 7.45%
Followed by 44 other candidates.
The top four from this jungle primary will moved to a ranked-choice general election round.
This is just the special election to cover Don Young's remaining term (he died recently).
There'll be another round of jungle primary plus ranked-choice general in the fall to cover the next Congressional term.
Currently: Palin: 29.77%, Begich (this is Nick Begich, R, not Mark Begich, D): 19.31%, Al Gross (Communist): 12.47%, Mary Peltola (D): 7.45%
Followed by 44 other candidates.
The top four from this jungle primary will moved to a ranked-choice general election round.
This is just the special election to cover Don Young's remaining term (he died recently).
There'll be another round of jungle primary plus ranked-choice general in the fall to cover the next Congressional term.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 10:58 AM (bW8dp)
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53 don't remember if i saw it here or not, but i read "The Keeper Chronicles" (one KU book) by JA Andrews. And then found the "Keeper Origins" (three KU books). Highly recommended. Also about 3/4 finished w/Dreher's Benedict Option, which can be summed up as: "there's not much left to conserve, it's time to rebuild. oh, and if you're a Christian, they hate you". I don't remember what "Making of a Counter Culture" said, but (alternate summary) Dreher says you've got a counter culture. it's time to make it more real and more robust.
Posted by: yara at June 12, 2022 09:30 AM (hBsVD)
You may have been seeing me mention The Keeper Chronicles. I've been slowly chugging away at it, and am on the verge of finishing the last of the three original books. I've been enjoying them. Its refreshing to read a fantasy novel that wraps up the story in a single volume. (and then introduces and wraps up a related story in the second volume).
Posted by: yara at June 12, 2022 09:30 AM (hBsVD)
You may have been seeing me mention The Keeper Chronicles. I've been slowly chugging away at it, and am on the verge of finishing the last of the three original books. I've been enjoying them. Its refreshing to read a fantasy novel that wraps up the story in a single volume. (and then introduces and wraps up a related story in the second volume).
Posted by: Castle Guy at June 12, 2022 11:00 AM (Lhaco)
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> Are there current classifications that are specifically devised for computer searches that would impose a bit more order on classification chaos?
It's not chaos at all. Both systems were carefully designed to put related books close to each other on the shelves.
In addition, the subject fields were designed to allow cross-referencing.
It's not chaos at all. Both systems were carefully designed to put related books close to each other on the shelves.
In addition, the subject fields were designed to allow cross-referencing.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 12, 2022 11:00 AM (bW8dp)
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31 members of Patriot Front 'white supremacist' group arrested in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho near a Pride parade found with a U-Haul containing "riot gear", shinguards [are the Rangers and Lightning next?!] and a "smoke grenade", charged with conspiracy to riot.
"And there were people walking around the event with long-guns, and handguns, and bear spray and all kind of things like that," says Sheriff.
"And there were people walking around the event with long-guns, and handguns, and bear spray and all kind of things like that," says Sheriff.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:00 AM (yikp0)
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257 Yet another octogenarian.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 11:01 AM (ONvIw)
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LC & Dewey.
Dewey was definitely devised well before computerized search engines. LC probably was as well, but it occurs to me I don't know for sure when the feds started setting up the Library of Congress for machine searches. They were both in place before computer search engines were out there for general users and if I had to bet without double-checking the history of the system I'd say LC was too.
Just for giggles, I seem to recall a special technical library in Chicago that was so pressed for space they devised their own classification system based on the size of the book so as not to waste shelf space.
Dewey was definitely devised well before computerized search engines. LC probably was as well, but it occurs to me I don't know for sure when the feds started setting up the Library of Congress for machine searches. They were both in place before computer search engines were out there for general users and if I had to bet without double-checking the history of the system I'd say LC was too.
Just for giggles, I seem to recall a special technical library in Chicago that was so pressed for space they devised their own classification system based on the size of the book so as not to waste shelf space.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 11:04 AM (JzDjf)
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Greetings:
An Anna Salter Weapon, perhaps ???
I don't believe that I have ever read or heard an explanation of how "assault weapon" is a term of art from the infantry and not from the criminal code or why they're not the same.
An unfortunate and no doubt unforeseen bit of that poetry connotation-denotation mumbo-jumbo.
An Anna Salter Weapon, perhaps ???
I don't believe that I have ever read or heard an explanation of how "assault weapon" is a term of art from the infantry and not from the criminal code or why they're not the same.
An unfortunate and no doubt unforeseen bit of that poetry connotation-denotation mumbo-jumbo.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2022 11:04 AM (uuklp)
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Posted by: Steve at June 12, 2022 09:39 AM (aLjUY)
Retarded troll at 72. Probably Average Joe, and you know what he does, by choice.
Retarded troll at 72. Probably Average Joe, and you know what he does, by choice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:04 AM (AHkJF)
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I have warmed a little to the Hobbit movies. They're not great, but there is a lot of good things in them.
Actor of the Day
Jean Reno was in *adjusts glasses* Crimson Rivers 2 with Christopher Lee.
Jean Reno was in Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise, who was in in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.
Actor of the Day
Jean Reno was in *adjusts glasses* Crimson Rivers 2 with Christopher Lee.
Jean Reno was in Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise, who was in in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:06 AM (ybIRR)
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It would have been great if he had included the years around the Revolution but it pretty much stops in the 1750s.
I know the period pretty well but learned things. These steams would be especially helpful for younger readers.
I believe it ends in 1756.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
I know the period pretty well but learned things. These steams would be especially helpful for younger readers.
I believe it ends in 1756.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at June 12, 2022 11:06 AM (eGTCV)
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Morning Hordemates.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2022 11:06 AM (anj39)
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Greetings:
Dewey's Decimals have been purged from the local library branch. Replaced by word tags.
Apparently the purge wasn't implemented in all the county's branches.
Dewey's Decimals have been purged from the local library branch. Replaced by word tags.
Apparently the purge wasn't implemented in all the county's branches.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2022 11:07 AM (uuklp)
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Dr_No supplies us with graphics for AoSHQ posts from time to time. Fun to see his creativity on display in a book.
Posted by: KT at June 12, 2022 11:10 AM (rrtZS)
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I believe it ends in 1756.
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But he doesn't know who won the Seven Years War / French & Indian War!
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But he doesn't know who won the Seven Years War / French & Indian War!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:11 AM (yikp0)
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268 -- Replaced by word tags?
Please tell me they didn't remove or blot out/write over all the books' DDC spine labels to do that. If they did, sounds like they have way too much time on their hands. They just labelled the shelves and aisle signs. Right?
Please tell me they didn't remove or blot out/write over all the books' DDC spine labels to do that. If they did, sounds like they have way too much time on their hands. They just labelled the shelves and aisle signs. Right?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 11:12 AM (JzDjf)
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The last time I was in an actual library was more than 15 years ago. The neat little Carnegie library in Lebanon, OH.
The last time I was in an actual library was more than 15 years ago. The neat little Carnegie library in Lebanon, OH.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 11:12 AM (/U27+)
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Jean Reno was in *adjusts glasses* Crimson Rivers 2 with Christopher Lee.
"Crimson Rivers" was a popular French "mad genius" serial killer novel related in the US years and Years ago.
It was pretty good.
If you'd like to read a Froggy version of "Silence of the Lambs", have at it.
"Crimson Rivers" was a popular French "mad genius" serial killer novel related in the US years and Years ago.
It was pretty good.
If you'd like to read a Froggy version of "Silence of the Lambs", have at it.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 12, 2022 11:13 AM (5NkmN)
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Global warming proved by Phoenix reporting a high of 45.5° C yesterday, tying the record high for that date set back in 2018.
Oops. I mean "set back in 1918."
Oops. I mean "set back in 1918."
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:13 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 12, 2022 11:14 AM (5NkmN)
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I know the period pretty well but learned things. These steams would be especially helpful for younger readers.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
I found the Ken Burns Franklin doc to be pretty informative...and mostly propaganda free.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
I found the Ken Burns Franklin doc to be pretty informative...and mostly propaganda free.
Posted by: BignJames at June 12, 2022 11:14 AM (AwYPR)
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I just ran through the pdf list of inmates held in the Kootenai County jail where those fbi front guys would have processed and held pending a bail hearing and there is not a single person who has been arrested and jailed for "conspiracy to riot". The list says it was last updated at 7 this morning.
I smell a rat. Plus the cops left their masks on after they cuffed them and ran all of the reporters off the scene.
I smell a rat. Plus the cops left their masks on after they cuffed them and ran all of the reporters off the scene.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 12, 2022 11:15 AM (bVYXr)
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You could use a card catalog cabinet to organize screws and washers.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:26 AM (QZxDR)
Yep. I have a few of the tin ones put to that use. Would love to get more.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:26 AM (QZxDR)
Yep. I have a few of the tin ones put to that use. Would love to get more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:16 AM (hYzEX)
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Are there current classifications that are specifically devised for computer searches that would impose a bit more order on classification chaos?
The scientific lit used to be done in Chem Abstracts, which involved very large books and lots of wasted time. Now it's done in World of Science, and you can search by keywords, author, journal, institution, pub date, etc.etc. I see no reason something similar can't be used for general purposes. Perhaps it already is.
The scientific lit used to be done in Chem Abstracts, which involved very large books and lots of wasted time. Now it's done in World of Science, and you can search by keywords, author, journal, institution, pub date, etc.etc. I see no reason something similar can't be used for general purposes. Perhaps it already is.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 11:17 AM (/NCI4)
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Apparently Isaac Newton saw through the South Sea Bubble right away . . . but wound up putting money into it anyhow. He _knew_ it was a scam, but he was hoping to get out while the prices were still rising.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (QZxDR)
Richard Cantillon (one of the first pioneers on economic theory) knew John Law, the manager of the (French) Mississipi fiasco. Cantillon did not have a high opinion of the scheme, but did invest, and became insanely rich by realizing it was a fraud and selling short before the crash, and also by loaning money to people who wanted to invest in it and collecting on those debts after the whole thing went smash
Cantillon was not loved for that.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2022 10:24 AM (QZxDR)
Richard Cantillon (one of the first pioneers on economic theory) knew John Law, the manager of the (French) Mississipi fiasco. Cantillon did not have a high opinion of the scheme, but did invest, and became insanely rich by realizing it was a fraud and selling short before the crash, and also by loaning money to people who wanted to invest in it and collecting on those debts after the whole thing went smash
Cantillon was not loved for that.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 11:22 AM (xhaym)
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I smell a rat. Plus the cops left their masks on after they cuffed them and ran all of the reporters off the scene.
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And the brief video here showing them masked, also showed them all wearing khaki baseball caps like the Glowies during the Youngkin, IIRC, election.
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And the brief video here showing them masked, also showed them all wearing khaki baseball caps like the Glowies during the Youngkin, IIRC, election.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:24 AM (yikp0)
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80 A.W - Read somewhere Tolstoy planned a continuing book on children of War and Peace as a Decembrists but never got to it.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 11:25 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:26 AM (t/4Zp)
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Knew a girl named Betty,
She like to carry a machete.
Lipstick curls and a whorle of her machete.
You are now a plate of spaghetti.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 12, 2022 10:35 AM (4HXAG)
Too many syllables for Haiku
She like to carry a machete.
Lipstick curls and a whorle of her machete.
You are now a plate of spaghetti.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 12, 2022 10:35 AM (4HXAG)
Too many syllables for Haiku
Posted by: Kindltot at June 12, 2022 11:26 AM (xhaym)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:26 AM (ybIRR)
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I no longer bother with books about politics, current events, or (God help us) current culture. Except for the fiction by Horde members, which I've thoroughly enjoyed, most recent novels leave me, at best, uninterested or sick to death of.
Just this morning I got an email from Barnes and Noble about their 'wonderful' selection of LBG...whatever the initials are books on their shelves. I have no idea what percentage of their patrons buy books based on sexual identity but can't believe it is THAT big.
Excuse me while I get out a copy of Jules Verne or the CS Lewis space trilogy.
Just this morning I got an email from Barnes and Noble about their 'wonderful' selection of LBG...whatever the initials are books on their shelves. I have no idea what percentage of their patrons buy books based on sexual identity but can't believe it is THAT big.
Excuse me while I get out a copy of Jules Verne or the CS Lewis space trilogy.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 11:27 AM (7EjX1)
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I don't believe that I have ever read or heard an explanation of how "assault weapon" is a term of art from the infantry and not from the criminal code or why they're not the same.
An unfortunate and no doubt unforeseen bit of that poetry connotation-denotation mumbo-jumbo.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2022 11:04 AM (uuklp)
No, "assault weapon" is a made-up bullshit term invented by the gun grabbers. "Assault rifle" is the military term of art for a rifle that uses ammo intermediate between pistol caliber and full rifle caliber, and which is capable of select fire.
An unfortunate and no doubt unforeseen bit of that poetry connotation-denotation mumbo-jumbo.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 12, 2022 11:04 AM (uuklp)
No, "assault weapon" is a made-up bullshit term invented by the gun grabbers. "Assault rifle" is the military term of art for a rifle that uses ammo intermediate between pistol caliber and full rifle caliber, and which is capable of select fire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:28 AM (UFpJb)
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What happens when the magnet poles flip? Will that be the disaster Y2K was sold to be?
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM (ybIRR)
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Our library uses Dewey Decimal system. It kind of breaks down when it comes to graphic novels as almost all of them are under 741.5nn AuthorInitial
It's confusing because the numbers following.5 are not consistent
I think other libraries have them under some form of
GRAPHIC Author TitleInitial
It's confusing because the numbers following.5 are not consistent
I think other libraries have them under some form of
GRAPHIC Author TitleInitial
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 11:30 AM (kf6Ak)
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Are there current classifications that are specifically devised for computer searches that would impose a bit more order on classification chaos?
Patents have used a number of systems but are now converging on the Cooperative Patent Classification system, which is a non-language, hierarchical means of classifying the main features of a patent disclosure. So:
C: Chemistry
C08: Macromolecular compounds
C08F: Macromolecules from C=C monomers
C08F 2420/00: Metallocene catalysts
C08F 2420/01: Cp or analog bridged to a non-Cp X neutral donor
Are there current classifications that are specifically devised for computer searches that would impose a bit more order on classification chaos?
Patents have used a number of systems but are now converging on the Cooperative Patent Classification system, which is a non-language, hierarchical means of classifying the main features of a patent disclosure. So:
C: Chemistry
C08: Macromolecular compounds
C08F: Macromolecules from C=C monomers
C08F 2420/00: Metallocene catalysts
C08F 2420/01: Cp or analog bridged to a non-Cp X neutral donor
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 11:30 AM (/U27+)
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I know, I know, I'm late but actually read all the comments.
The Way of Kings by Sanderson had terrific illustrations of all the flora and fauna described in his completely unique universe. There were also pictures of the characters which accurately reflected the personas described in the book. And the maps made sense. It was especially interesting as I was reading an ebook so I could expand the visuals.
The Way of Kings by Sanderson had terrific illustrations of all the flora and fauna described in his completely unique universe. There were also pictures of the characters which accurately reflected the personas described in the book. And the maps made sense. It was especially interesting as I was reading an ebook so I could expand the visuals.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:31 AM (Y+l9t)
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Too many syllables for Haiku
Posted by: Kindltot
Not sure what i did.
I need help but many are much worse off than me.
Posted by: Kindltot
Not sure what i did.
I need help but many are much worse off than me.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 12, 2022 11:31 AM (4HXAG)
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The scientific lit used to be done in Chem Abstracts, which involved very large books and lots of wasted time.
I can assure you that Chem Abstracts is very alive and well and works well through STN.
The scientific lit used to be done in Chem Abstracts, which involved very large books and lots of wasted time.
I can assure you that Chem Abstracts is very alive and well and works well through STN.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (/U27+)
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>>> What happens when the magnet poles flip? Will that be the disaster Y2K was sold to be?
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM (ybIRR)
Genetics might be a little interesting for a few centuries after. Maybe some confused animals. Also, tech people will make bank from executives with their hair on fire.
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM (ybIRR)
Genetics might be a little interesting for a few centuries after. Maybe some confused animals. Also, tech people will make bank from executives with their hair on fire.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (t/4Zp)
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||VANCOUVER [B.C.] -- City officials say one person is dead and two others are injured following a fire in Vancouver's downtown eastside Saturday morning.
The fire department confirmed the small blaze ignited on the second floor of the Empress Hotel on East Hastings Street.
Acting assistant fire chief Walter Pereira says early indications are it was accidentally started after an overcharged electric bicycle battery exploded.||
The fire department confirmed the small blaze ignited on the second floor of the Empress Hotel on East Hastings Street.
Acting assistant fire chief Walter Pereira says early indications are it was accidentally started after an overcharged electric bicycle battery exploded.||
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (yikp0)
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What happens when the magnet poles flip? Will that be the disaster Y2K was sold to be?
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM
the only way to prevent it is to stop eating meat and raising the age for AR ownership to 21
What happens when the magnet poles flip? Will that be the disaster Y2K was sold to be?
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM
the only way to prevent it is to stop eating meat and raising the age for AR ownership to 21
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 12, 2022 11:33 AM (ENBF0)
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What happens when the magnet poles flip? Will that be the disaster Y2K was sold to be?
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM (ybIRR)
Probably not much happens at all. The poles have flipped repeatedly, and frequently, over geologic time, much more frequently than mass extinction events, which suggests there is no correlation.
It's more worrying than the next ice age.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2022 11:29 AM (ybIRR)
Probably not much happens at all. The poles have flipped repeatedly, and frequently, over geologic time, much more frequently than mass extinction events, which suggests there is no correlation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:34 AM (UFpJb)
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Also, tech people will make bank from executives with their hair on fire.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (t/4Zp)
"You could be faced with disaster! You need an expensive IT project right now!!"
Also, tech people will make bank from executives with their hair on fire.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (t/4Zp)
"You could be faced with disaster! You need an expensive IT project right now!!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 12, 2022 11:35 AM (/U27+)
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The fire department confirmed the small blaze ignited on the second floor of the Empress Hotel on East Hastings Street.
Acting assistant fire chief Walter Pereira says early indications are it was accidentally started after an overcharged electric bicycle battery exploded.||
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (yikp0)
Or they were cooking meth, which, given the neighborhood, seems somehow more likely.
Acting assistant fire chief Walter Pereira says early indications are it was accidentally started after an overcharged electric bicycle battery exploded.||
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 12, 2022 11:32 AM (yikp0)
Or they were cooking meth, which, given the neighborhood, seems somehow more likely.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:36 AM (UFpJb)
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Is Sanderson pretty good in general? I tried one series, I forget the name, something about a demon coming into the world, but he puts his main characters through hell and that wears on me. I don't need everything rosy but, that being said, I don't choose to read things in order to get depressed, the world has that covered thank you.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:36 AM (t/4Zp)
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I also seem to remember a Robin Hobb book that had full color illustrations that was really beautiful art.
Can anybody confirm?
Can anybody confirm?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:37 AM (Y+l9t)
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I'm in the midst of Carnage and Culture, VDH's volume on landmark West vs Non-West battles in history.
Salamis: Hellenic League vs Xerxes
Gaugamela: Alexander the Great vs Darius III
Cannae: Carthaginians under Hannibal vs the Romans
Tenochtitlan: Spain under Cortez vs the Aztec Empire
Lepanto: an alliance of European powers vs the Ottoman fleet
Isandlwana: British vs the Zulu Kingdom
Salamis: Hellenic League vs Xerxes
Gaugamela: Alexander the Great vs Darius III
Cannae: Carthaginians under Hannibal vs the Romans
Tenochtitlan: Spain under Cortez vs the Aztec Empire
Lepanto: an alliance of European powers vs the Ottoman fleet
Isandlwana: British vs the Zulu Kingdom
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 12, 2022 11:38 AM (XG2Fi)
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Story goes German arms manufacturers coming out with a MP-44 used the assault rifle term to pull the wool over Hitler to get him to approve it.
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 11:39 AM (2JoB8)
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What's a woman?
What is that?
Could be a dog or maybe a cat.
And don't tell me I'm trying to pretend.
My beard doesn't deny me
The way I identify me
Watch me while I gender bend.
I've got a dong (dong)
I've got two testicles (two testicles)
I am woman.
Hear me
What is that?
Could be a dog or maybe a cat.
And don't tell me I'm trying to pretend.
My beard doesn't deny me
The way I identify me
Watch me while I gender bend.
I've got a dong (dong)
I've got two testicles (two testicles)
I am woman.
Hear me
Posted by: Helen Reddy, jr. (They/Them) at June 12, 2022 11:40 AM (LaNzR)
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Is Sanderson pretty good in general? I tried one series, I forget the name, something about a demon coming into the world, but he puts his main characters through hell and that wears on me. I don't need everything rosy but, that being said, I don't choose to read things in order to get depressed, the world has that covered thank you.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:36 AM (t/4Zp)
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Oh, my yes. He's one of the best fantasy authors working today. He's very, very good at writing a climactic ending and tying up loose ends. No one else could have ended the Wheel of Time series as well as he did.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:36 AM (t/4Zp)
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Oh, my yes. He's one of the best fantasy authors working today. He's very, very good at writing a climactic ending and tying up loose ends. No one else could have ended the Wheel of Time series as well as he did.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 11:41 AM (K5n5d)
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In the summer of 2012 Obama had Benghazi and the lies surrounding that, the reveal of the IRS Tea Party targeting, and FBI and CIA seized 2 months of AP reporters phone records.
Least scandals admin eva!! MY ASS
Least scandals admin eva!! MY ASS
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 12, 2022 11:42 AM (yrol0)
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(Cont)
I've got three or four battles still to cover.
VDH attempts to explain how Western cultural features and political organization either allowed the Western side to triumph over sometimes much more formidable adversaries or, in the case of major Western defeats, how the Western side was able to absorb losses that would have fractured other powers.
It's an interesting tour of seemingly disconnected events that VDH ties together with some overarching themes.
I've got three or four battles still to cover.
VDH attempts to explain how Western cultural features and political organization either allowed the Western side to triumph over sometimes much more formidable adversaries or, in the case of major Western defeats, how the Western side was able to absorb losses that would have fractured other powers.
It's an interesting tour of seemingly disconnected events that VDH ties together with some overarching themes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 12, 2022 11:43 AM (XG2Fi)
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Oh, before I forget, wanted to learn a bit about Confucius, and borrowed the translation my library has. The intro and notes are good but the actual translation feels a bit clunky to me. So searching for a guide, I cam.across this blog, which seems to have good reviews of classic and classical books
https://tinyurl.com/y6patpad
https://tinyurl.com/y6patpad
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 11:43 AM (kf6Ak)
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The scientific lit used to be done in Chem Abstracts, which involved very large books and lots of wasted time. Now it's done in World of Science, and you can search by keywords, author, journal, institution, pub date, etc.etc. I see no reason something similar can't be used for general purposes. Perhaps it already is.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 11:17 AM (/NCI4)
CAS is still very much a thing. Literature searching (at least a few years ago when I retired) was being done in WOS, CAS and a number of other databases.
The real trick was picking the database that gave you the most complete set for your search request. Talk about a pain in the ass since they weren't all of equal quality/completeness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 11:17 AM (/NCI4)
CAS is still very much a thing. Literature searching (at least a few years ago when I retired) was being done in WOS, CAS and a number of other databases.
The real trick was picking the database that gave you the most complete set for your search request. Talk about a pain in the ass since they weren't all of equal quality/completeness.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 12, 2022 11:43 AM (ZSK0i)
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I also seem to remember a Robin Hobb book that had full color illustrations that was really beautiful art.
Can anybody confirm?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:37 AM (Y+l9t)
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I have the Illustrated Edition of Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice. Yes it does have lovely full color art inside.
Can anybody confirm?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:37 AM (Y+l9t)
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I have the Illustrated Edition of Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice. Yes it does have lovely full color art inside.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 11:43 AM (K5n5d)
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Banana Dream, I really like Sanderson but started with The Way of Kings which I think is a masterpiece. It is very long with each of the three books running more then 900 pages.
I then read his Mistborn series which is a much easier read and really fun and exciting with all the brilliant character development and action that feels like you are watching a movie.
He has a lot of books labeled YA and having trouble deciding on my next read. May wait til the fall when a new Mistborn is due out.
I am not familiar with the one you read.
I then read his Mistborn series which is a much easier read and really fun and exciting with all the brilliant character development and action that feels like you are watching a movie.
He has a lot of books labeled YA and having trouble deciding on my next read. May wait til the fall when a new Mistborn is due out.
I am not familiar with the one you read.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:43 AM (Y+l9t)
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283 The late Don Young. Should have retired long before age 88
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 11:45 AM (ONvIw)
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CAS is still very much a thing. Literature searching (at least a few years ago when I retired) was being done in WOS, CAS and a number of other databases.
The real trick was picking the database that gave you the most complete set for your search request.
True enough. My work tended to the cross-disciplinary, so any service needed to cover chemistry, physics, nano, etc. I found WOS to be the best for that.
The real trick was picking the database that gave you the most complete set for your search request.
True enough. My work tended to the cross-disciplinary, so any service needed to cover chemistry, physics, nano, etc. I found WOS to be the best for that.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 12, 2022 11:47 AM (/NCI4)
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Yes, Perfessor, that's the one I was thinking of. The illustrations were so gorgeous I kept thinking I wanted a poster that I could frame.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:47 AM (Y+l9t)
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All time travel stories are a mess and don't work, but some hide it considerably better than others. Either through very clever plotting and concepts, or through dazzling you with amazing events that distract you.
I personally like the "elastic" or "snap back" theory of time travel, in which you can go back in time (or forward) and experience it as long as you like, changing things, then when you leave, it snaps back to what it was, and you accomplished nothing except personally learning.
I personally like the "elastic" or "snap back" theory of time travel, in which you can go back in time (or forward) and experience it as long as you like, changing things, then when you leave, it snaps back to what it was, and you accomplished nothing except personally learning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:47 AM (KZzsI)
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I would like to try some Sanderson but he writes my absolute least favorite kind of book: gigantic multi-volume epic fantasy. I have neither time or inclination to read 1200 pages of a tome that is too heavy to hold up comfortably, then reach for the next of 12 books. Learn to be concise.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:49 AM (KZzsI)
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Sorry Perfessor. Didn't realize you had an email until after I'd sent the pic.to.CBD.
I will write on the board 100 times: I will use the write email.
I will write on the board 100 times: I will use the write email.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2022 11:50 AM (anj39)
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Robin Hobb - I love the whole Assassin / Fitz / Fool books (talk about putting your characters thru hell) but could not GAF about the characters in her Live Ship / Rain Wild books.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (kf6Ak)
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There has been something weird going on and I put my finger on it this morning... The American media is supporting the US unequivocally in its confrontation with Russia. Like all in, waving the flag, talking about patriotism, the whole magilla. It's very surreal and disorienting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (xPIwr)
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I would like to try some Sanderson but he writes my absolute least favorite kind of book: gigantic multi-volume epic fantasy. I have neither time or inclination to read 1200 pages of a tome that is too heavy to hold up comfortably, then reach for the next of 12 books. Learn to be concise.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:49 AM (KZzsI)
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Darn right!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:49 AM (KZzsI)
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Darn right!
Posted by: Victor Hugo at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (5pTK/)
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Skip think that's StG-44, not MP-44. MP was Maschinenspistole, whereas StG was for Sturmgewehr, from where it seems logical "assault rifle" was derived, as that's one translation of that term.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2022 11:53 AM (OTzUX)
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There has been something weird going on and I put my finger on it this morning... The American media is supporting the US unequivocally in its confrontation with Russia. Like all in, waving the flag, talking about patriotism, the whole magilla. It's very surreal and disorienting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (xPIwr)
The U.S. elite and political class are ginning up a conflict with Russia. Most normal Americans don't give a shit about Ukraine, nor should they.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (xPIwr)
The U.S. elite and political class are ginning up a conflict with Russia. Most normal Americans don't give a shit about Ukraine, nor should they.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:54 AM (UFpJb)
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MP-40 of course, the numbers usually being the year of introduction into service.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 12, 2022 11:54 AM (OTzUX)
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319. Disturbing
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 11:54 AM (ONvIw)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:47 AM (KZzsI)
Planet of the Apes is the 'time travel' movie that is actually accurate per 'time travel' theory.
Planet of the Apes is the 'time travel' movie that is actually accurate per 'time travel' theory.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 12, 2022 11:55 AM (85Pr6)
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CRT, try the Mistborn books. They are way easier to read, action packed. The second part, 3 books that take place hundreds of years after the first three are wonderful. Quests, train robberies, shoot 'em ups all with a fantasy twist.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 12, 2022 11:57 AM (Y+l9t)
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>>> For those enjoying Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, the Townsends channel on YouTube has been doing a streamed reading of it.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
That was a part of the "Harvard Classics" collection which I've been going through over time. A collection of books, personal notes, and letters, that were considered mandatory reading for anyone. Many dozens of works of classical literature and some that were slightly more contemporary.
Ben's autobiography doesn't cover any of his own shortcomings but that would be considered self-indulgent and completely undignified for a man. We are used to people laying out in detail all the sordid details in their lives, building a bright towering pyre of it, and then cavorting over its ashes.
Instead Ben wanted to be a better man and he wanted you to be better too.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 10:54 AM (7EjX1)
That was a part of the "Harvard Classics" collection which I've been going through over time. A collection of books, personal notes, and letters, that were considered mandatory reading for anyone. Many dozens of works of classical literature and some that were slightly more contemporary.
Ben's autobiography doesn't cover any of his own shortcomings but that would be considered self-indulgent and completely undignified for a man. We are used to people laying out in detail all the sordid details in their lives, building a bright towering pyre of it, and then cavorting over its ashes.
Instead Ben wanted to be a better man and he wanted you to be better too.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 11:57 AM (t/4Zp)
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There is a book by Tolstoy The Decembrists
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 11:58 AM (2JoB8)
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Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (xPIwr)
It's been a Leftist operation from the beginning. The first red flag for me was when George Soros went all in for Ukraine from the very start.
It's been a Leftist operation from the beginning. The first red flag for me was when George Soros went all in for Ukraine from the very start.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 12, 2022 11:58 AM (85Pr6)
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Unfinished though
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 11:58 AM (2JoB8)
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All time travel stories are a mess and don't work
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SyFy has been binging a bunch of Quantum Leap lately. I've been watching but can't help noticing the truth of that statement.
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SyFy has been binging a bunch of Quantum Leap lately. I've been watching but can't help noticing the truth of that statement.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 12:00 PM (FVME7)
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The U.S. elite and political class are ginning up a conflict with Russia. Most normal Americans don't give a shit about Ukraine, nor should they.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:54 AM (UFpJb)
Oh I know... It's just crazy to see pro-American media coverage. We've joined the Soviet Union, Red China, the Viet Cong, the Khmer Rouge, the PLO, and the Taliban as worthy of media support!
Outstanding.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 12, 2022 11:54 AM (UFpJb)
Oh I know... It's just crazy to see pro-American media coverage. We've joined the Soviet Union, Red China, the Viet Cong, the Khmer Rouge, the PLO, and the Taliban as worthy of media support!
Outstanding.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 12:00 PM (xPIwr)
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WE HAZ A NOOD
Posted by: Skip at June 12, 2022 12:01 PM (2JoB8)
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The U.S. elite and political class are ginning up a conflict with Russia. Most normal Americans don't give a shit about Ukraine, nor should they.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It's Operation Change the Subject and Find a Scapegoat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It's Operation Change the Subject and Find a Scapegoat.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, That's AnonosaurX WrX, hater! at June 12, 2022 12:02 PM (FVME7)
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My favorite time travel story is the chick flick Somewhere in Time.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 12, 2022 12:02 PM (85Pr6)
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The war in Ukraine has become an artillery duel.
Advantage, Russia, which is firing tens of thousands of rounds per day.
The Ukrainians can only respond in dozens of rounds per day.
Advantage, Russia, which is firing tens of thousands of rounds per day.
The Ukrainians can only respond in dozens of rounds per day.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 12, 2022 12:02 PM (jTmQV)
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Any thoughts about the best book to start reading Brandon Sanderson? I've never read any of his stuff.
Posted by: JTB at June 12, 2022 12:03 PM (7EjX1)
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>>> All time travel stories are a mess and don't work, but some hide it considerably better than others. Either through very clever plotting and concepts, or through dazzling you with amazing events that distract you.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:47 AM (KZzsI)
Primer. It's a chaotic and almost incomprehensible mess so it's probably accurate from some temporal reference point. I think it's the best time travel work though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:47 AM (KZzsI)
Primer. It's a chaotic and almost incomprehensible mess so it's probably accurate from some temporal reference point. I think it's the best time travel work though.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 12, 2022 12:03 PM (t/4Zp)
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This week I was a bit less of a reader. I read The Man Who Ended War by Hollis Godfrey, which is a 1908 Jules Verne-style science fiction story. The science is up front and center, even if some of it is nonsense, and the author really tried to make the story plausible. Its about someone who warns the world he will sink their ships one by one if they do not disarm and destroy all their weapons of war.
In the end, he succeeds and every nation gets rid of their weapons. So in that, its a ludicrous fantasy, but it was pretty well done.
His weapon is portable on a submarine, and projects a radioactive beam that sublimates metals, turns them into gas, instantaneously. It kills people in the process (although the author doesn't really explain how -- they are "paralyzed" and die is the best they offer -- but its obvious that sublimating the iron in someone's blood would be excruciatingly fatal).
In the end, he succeeds and every nation gets rid of their weapons. So in that, its a ludicrous fantasy, but it was pretty well done.
His weapon is portable on a submarine, and projects a radioactive beam that sublimates metals, turns them into gas, instantaneously. It kills people in the process (although the author doesn't really explain how -- they are "paralyzed" and die is the best they offer -- but its obvious that sublimating the iron in someone's blood would be excruciatingly fatal).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 12:04 PM (KZzsI)
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If we're doing time travel, I'd like to put in a word for The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. I've thought for a long time that it would make a fine feature film.
Posted by: Interesting Times at June 12, 2022 12:05 PM (ieN7O)
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Time travel? Check out Jack Finney's collection ABOUT TIME. Good stuff.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 12, 2022 12:06 PM (JzDjf)
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More about The Man Who Ended War...
Some of the science is really well done, some is fantasy land stuff (particularly radiation, which wasn't well understood at the time).
One particular chuckle was the Strong Woman, who's a gorgeous girl with a super fast, capable mind that cannot resist bashing and denigrating men as a sex. As in "you men are always so stupid" kind of thing. It made her unlikable to me, but she's utterly beloved by everyone. She's not a Mary Sue, exactly, just one of those girls who is better that shows up in some fiction around this time.
The idea that all older fiction mocked women and denigrated them as childish cowards and victims in need of rescue is utterly ridiculous, of course. They usually were in crappy pulp fiction, but sci fi and early fantasy they were usually very strong and capable, and in other fiction usually were ordinary and human, like everyone else.
The man does end war, in a ridiculously fantastical and naive moment when everyone decides to go along with his demands instead of hunt him down and kill him.
Some of the science is really well done, some is fantasy land stuff (particularly radiation, which wasn't well understood at the time).
One particular chuckle was the Strong Woman, who's a gorgeous girl with a super fast, capable mind that cannot resist bashing and denigrating men as a sex. As in "you men are always so stupid" kind of thing. It made her unlikable to me, but she's utterly beloved by everyone. She's not a Mary Sue, exactly, just one of those girls who is better that shows up in some fiction around this time.
The idea that all older fiction mocked women and denigrated them as childish cowards and victims in need of rescue is utterly ridiculous, of course. They usually were in crappy pulp fiction, but sci fi and early fantasy they were usually very strong and capable, and in other fiction usually were ordinary and human, like everyone else.
The man does end war, in a ridiculously fantastical and naive moment when everyone decides to go along with his demands instead of hunt him down and kill him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 12:06 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 12, 2022 12:08 PM (4HXAG)
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Decided to rid myself of the bulk of my library. This book thread posting receives many comments concerning the buying and stashing books. Thought it would be easy to dispose of these books. Not the case. Took many trips to various spots to finally cut the numbers down. Rare book dealer, commercial reseller, library book sale, local historical society, take-a-book-leave-a-book. A lot of rejection along the way. Most books were of European history. Went to a reseller near the local university. Was told current university students have no interest in history "Sorry, no."
Have twelve feet of library shelving filled with numismatic books. They are going to an out-of-state vendor. Their value is in the thousands of dollars.
Have twelve feet of library shelving filled with numismatic books. They are going to an out-of-state vendor. Their value is in the thousands of dollars.
Posted by: French Jeton at June 12, 2022 12:09 PM (zEKdf)
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I would like to try some Sanderson but he writes my absolute least favorite kind of book: gigantic multi-volume epic fantasy. I have neither time or inclination to read 1200 pages of a tome that is too heavy to hold up comfortably, then reach for the next of 12 books. Learn to be concise.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:49 AM (KZzsI)
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The Mistborn series isn't too long individually (the second series is even shorter). His Reckoners trilogy is a pretty decent deconstruction of the superhero genre and is also not terribly long. The Stormlight Archive is his magnum opus.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 11:49 AM (KZzsI)
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The Mistborn series isn't too long individually (the second series is even shorter). His Reckoners trilogy is a pretty decent deconstruction of the superhero genre and is also not terribly long. The Stormlight Archive is his magnum opus.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 12:11 PM (K5n5d)
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344 What a surprise, the current college kids have no interest in history. To some extent, the universities' fault. Actually, to a very great extent
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:12 PM (ONvIw)
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Sorry Perfessor. Didn't realize you had an email until after I'd sent the pic.to.CBD.
I will write on the board 100 times: I will use the write email.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2022 11:50 AM (anj39)
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No worries! CBD and Weasel were both very helpful when I started posting here. If you send something to them, they'll route it to the right COB!
I will write on the board 100 times: I will use the write email.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 12, 2022 11:50 AM (anj39)
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No worries! CBD and Weasel were both very helpful when I started posting here. If you send something to them, they'll route it to the right COB!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 12, 2022 12:13 PM (K5n5d)
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My brother bought a ton of computer books around 2005 in order to be ready to design games. He had the talent and the know how, but became discouraged and never pursued it. Now these books are about as relevant and useful as buggy whips, but he cannot bear to part with them because they represented a dream and were very expensive to gather. And he just doesn't like ever throwing away books, ever, no matter what book.
I'm ruthless. If I don't like a book and cannot sell it to a used book store, I toss it out to recycle.
I'm ruthless. If I don't like a book and cannot sell it to a used book store, I toss it out to recycle.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 12, 2022 12:15 PM (KZzsI)
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344 I'm paring down too. Both kids were told to come and take their books, and to take books they think they would like for themselves or family. There were a lot of nice sets (Dickens, Hawthorne, Twain, etc) and most were early 20th century, the Dickens are from the 1890s. We got a bit carried away, but sets were inexpensive and out of favor at the time.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:16 PM (ONvIw)
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Books as art!
My goodness, check out Ernst Haeckels work.
Or (in a similar genre) the illustrations of Boris Artzybasheff. Or Willy Pogany. Or Matthew of Paris.
Anyhow, back to my Tolkien...
My goodness, check out Ernst Haeckels work.
Or (in a similar genre) the illustrations of Boris Artzybasheff. Or Willy Pogany. Or Matthew of Paris.
Anyhow, back to my Tolkien...
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at June 12, 2022 12:33 PM (mZOHK)
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319 There has been something weird going on and I put my finger on it this morning... The American media is supporting the US unequivocally in its confrontation with Russia. Like all in, waving the flag, talking about patriotism, the whole magilla. It's very surreal and disorienting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (xPIwr)
Wartime presidents get re-elected.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 12, 2022 11:52 AM (xPIwr)
Wartime presidents get re-elected.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut IN at June 12, 2022 12:35 PM (mZOHK)
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351. I think people are starting to see through Zelensky mania. Hence the big push. I don't recall "glory to the US" used during my lifetime. Not even after 9/11. The rich must be sweating it on the possible loss of their laundrette
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:39 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 12:43 PM (llXky)
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I think people are starting to see through Zelensky mania. Hence the big push. I don't recall "glory to the US" used during my lifetime. Not even after 9/11. The rich must be sweating it on the possible loss of their laundrette
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:39 PM (ONvIw)
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The military is voting with its feet. Looking forward to seeing the end of FY end strength. It's going to make the 1990s look like a golden age of recruitment.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:39 PM (ONvIw)
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The military is voting with its feet. Looking forward to seeing the end of FY end strength. It's going to make the 1990s look like a golden age of recruitment.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 12, 2022 12:45 PM (llXky)
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353. Not a lot. A little time travel stuff. I asked about Mad College's Bilderberg participant. I would think that would get her distinguished alum.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:46 PM (ONvIw)
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354. I have heard this.
Posted by: CN at June 12, 2022 12:48 PM (ONvIw)
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I worked in the library where I went to grad school (a major university) in the mid 1990's, cataloging books in Hebrew and Yiddish. I catalogued new books, and corrected entries in the existing electronic catalogue. A company had been hired in the mid to late eighties to convert the card catalog to an electronic catalog. We would work our way through the physical card catalog correcting the entries. Sometime in the mid-2000's, that University declared their catalog as fully electronic. It took about twenty years to do it.
The fun part about shelf-reading Hebrew and Yiddish was that fiction (and books in general) are catalogued as they are transliterated into English, do looking on the shelf, right to left, "Yoram Kaniuk" came before "Amos Oz." That drove me nuts. (Qof, which is the first letter of "Kaniuk," comes after "ain," the first letter of "Oz," in the Hebrew Alphabet.)
The fun part about shelf-reading Hebrew and Yiddish was that fiction (and books in general) are catalogued as they are transliterated into English, do looking on the shelf, right to left, "Yoram Kaniuk" came before "Amos Oz." That drove me nuts. (Qof, which is the first letter of "Kaniuk," comes after "ain," the first letter of "Oz," in the Hebrew Alphabet.)
Posted by: Lee Also at June 12, 2022 01:02 PM (KJvkN)
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During our senior year, my friend and I needed a senior seminar as a requirement for graduation. Of course, one wasn't offered in our major, so we went to one of our professors and he agreed to meet with us once a week. The first week he presented us with a list of topics and we had to pick one and write a paper, due at the end of the quarter.. The other weeks he gave us a topic and we had to prepare a bibliography for it, due the following week. Spent a lot of time with the card catalogue and with the Readers' Guide To Periodical Literature.
Posted by: Zoltan at June 12, 2022 01:33 PM (8ap/U)
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Sgt. Mom help a guy get a great book published. The kind that every major publisher would never, ever touch. Yeah, that's Celia all right. Hurrah for Sgt. Mom!
Posted by: Ranten N. Raven at June 12, 2022 01:52 PM (8YAVU)
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@358 --
The Readers' Guide to Periodic Literature! I was trying to remember that name during today's discussion of card catalogs.
I loved using that. Trouble was, I could get sidetracked so easily. ...
It was the TVTropes of its time.
The Readers' Guide to Periodic Literature! I was trying to remember that name during today's discussion of card catalogs.
I loved using that. Trouble was, I could get sidetracked so easily. ...
It was the TVTropes of its time.
Posted by: Weak Geek at June 12, 2022 02:38 PM (Om/di)
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@319: what she said
@325: Planet of the Apes (Pierre Boule?) is the second scariest book i've ever read.
@325: Planet of the Apes (Pierre Boule?) is the second scariest book i've ever read.
Posted by: yara at June 12, 2022 03:55 PM (hBsVD)
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348:
I can't bring myself to get rid of many of my books. They were difficult to find when I was in grad school. Now, I have nothing to do with that subject anymore. The local college isn't interested. I understand why, to an extent. But the department collection isn't interested, and as I mentioned, these were hard to find twenty years ago. They'd be almost impossible now. And not EVERYTHING is available on the internet. It's like the department is only interested in the womynz crap. (I have almost none of the other crap.)
I can't bring myself to get rid of many of my books. They were difficult to find when I was in grad school. Now, I have nothing to do with that subject anymore. The local college isn't interested. I understand why, to an extent. But the department collection isn't interested, and as I mentioned, these were hard to find twenty years ago. They'd be almost impossible now. And not EVERYTHING is available on the internet. It's like the department is only interested in the womynz crap. (I have almost none of the other crap.)
Posted by: Lee Also at June 12, 2022 04:47 PM (YPgjG)
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Yay for the book recs! I'll have to add some to the list.
A graphic novel I recommend with pretty much zero politics: the biography of Andre the Giant. It covers his time in the wrestling world and why he was so pivotal in it, in a way normies can easily get; it talks about his childhood in France; it has anecdotes from his time on the set of The Princess Bride. A lovingly written, rich portrait of a lovely man.
A graphic novel I recommend with pretty much zero politics: the biography of Andre the Giant. It covers his time in the wrestling world and why he was so pivotal in it, in a way normies can easily get; it talks about his childhood in France; it has anecdotes from his time on the set of The Princess Bride. A lovingly written, rich portrait of a lovely man.
Posted by: LizLem at June 12, 2022 05:23 PM (n9GSI)
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Lee Also, I am trying to cull my book collection, it feels impossible. A stuffed bookshelf sparks joy for me. But I have been able to purge fluffy beach impulse buys, random library bargain buys I no longer need, dated tech or software how to books, etc.
Posted by: LizLem at June 12, 2022 05:24 PM (n9GSI)
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