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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: brennser on February 02, 2007, 05:46:00 pm
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again, in memory of Dupek....
just finished this
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just starting this
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today's mind-numbing reading:
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Just finished:
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Honestly, a little disappointed. I'm still looking forward to reading "What Is The What."
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it's a fictionalized account of the franklin expedition that disappeared while trying to find the northwest passage in the 1840's....despite its length (700 plus pages) its very engrossing
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Says Hoya:[/b]
Selected Sections of the Federal Income Tax Code
One of my all time favorites....
I have no idea where I left off, so I'll just do a fresh recount....
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Should be required reading for any marketing class. It's reads like a college lecture, which is surprisingly better than most sociologist writing these days. Simple premise - little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing the world - with good examples.
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I don't know that I liked it as much as I liked Tipping Point, but I bet I'll find it much more useful in my life. Another book that reads like a lecture, with a simple premise - It's about the first 2 seconds - we make better instant judgments by training our mind and senses to focus on the most relevant factsâ??and that less input (as long as it's the right input) is better than more - with great examples. I'm actually doing the Pepsi challenge as he describes as part 2 of my traditional super bowl beer tasting contest.
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An interesting twist on my road of International development and foreign policy studies. After focusing on Jared Diamond (geographic/environmental and societal decisions), Thomas Friedman (economic and tecnological policy decisions) and a myriad of political commentary, I stumbled onto Lawrence Harrison's thesis that Culture Matters just as much as the other factors, if not more. US Foreign policy has tended to rely on political change for economic development in 3rd world countries, but the idea presented here is that culture matters more than anything else. Most leaders we have empowered have gotten away from democratic values because the culture surrounding them hasn't changed. He looks at 25 different cultural factors and has some pretty interesting findings. I think he puts too much credence in Protestant work ethic and values, but he definitely makes a strong case about the effect Catholicism and Islam have had on developing countries. Very dense, but a good read.
Now I'm reading my one fiction, albeit partly fiction, book of the year:
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About 100 pages in and I can't put it down....
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4 books of plays by Tom Murphy. Yum.
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Yes, that Hugh Laurie. He has apparently been typecast, as the protagonist of this 1996 book is exactly like House.
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A little summer excursion planning.
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The best of several bios of the Fabs I've read:
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In the world of Beatles books, I think only this is better:
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this interesting piece...
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and one of my favorite books ever. this is the english version. i couldnt find the cover of the french version that i am actually reading.
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grotty: have you read neverwhere before? my favorite book.
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Just finished this:
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It was alright. Kind of an interesting story, but got old during the end.
and this:
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One of the best books I've read in a long time. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've heard it's amazing.
Currently Reading:
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Looking forward to reading about what it's like inside a bunch of candy factories!
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Holy crap that picture was huge. Sorry about that!
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We had to read that in school!
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I'm not actually reading this right now, I just came across it at work. Would you believe that Ian doesn't get mentioned until page 3?
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My dad sent me the latest Bill O'Reilley book "Culture Warrior." I'm giving it a chance. So far it's rather poorly written and contains several areas of BS, but its also surprisingly engaging in other areas. We'll see...I'm starting the chapter on the rather laughable 2005 'War on Christmas' now.
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I saw a guy wearing a Culture Warrior hat a few weeks ago. He was scary looking.
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Finally started this one:
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Who is Ian?
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I just finished reading Marley & Me by John Grogan. I recommend it to any dog owner/lover. It made me smile, laugh and cry. Has anyone else read it?
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i sell a LOT of it (Springfield Mall Borders Express wench here).
Picked up Billy Corgan's poetry book and it's very damn good.
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a book for surly-
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I just started A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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for the umpteenth time.
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I have liked Bede's picks, so far.
I'm trying to wrap up this, so I can finish the trifecta of constipated reads that have been hogging the night stand:
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Next hogg is:
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...a huge coffee table monster of a tome. These are especially difficult to read in bed.
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To be followed by either What is the What, Quicksilver by Stephenson, or Postwar: Europe Since 1945 (trying cover history we never got to in school).
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Just finishing this:
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A very good read.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude. I can never read that book too many times.
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Devil in the White City is really good.
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Are you only a 2L, Hoya?
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you got it
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Just came across my desk. 542 pages, list price $75.
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Originally posted by allmy$to930:
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I just bought that along with The Elusive Quest for Growth, which I'm starting first.
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...finally got around to reading this. This is a primer on how to successfully wage war against terrorists & guerillas. No wonder the Good Friday agreement still holds sway. The IRA was fucked over from the inside-out for decades by Steaknife & company. What a lousy way to run a business.
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Originally posted by terry:
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let me know how that is.. been eyeing it at work myself.
I'm still reading Bailegangaire, plus the rest of the Tom Murphy I have, in honor of St. Patrick's Day.
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Jim Goad's (http://www.vladimirusa.com/images/giganticimages/index.html) Gigantic Book of Sex
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i'm being made to read this classic, which i somehow missed in my youth:
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there is political commentary that is relevant today - one of the rabbit tribes ("warrens") is a paranoid bunch and is willing to put up with a despotic ruler... the message being that those ruled by fear are quickest to give up their rights.
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Down and Out in Paris & London - George Orwell
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Who is the #1 best selling author in Australia?
This dude:
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Should be of great interest to yinz Washingtonians:
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http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/pelecanosgeorge/nightgardener (http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/pelecanosgeorge/nightgardener)
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Cheers, big ears.
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Originally posted by econo:
Cheers, big ears.
Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:
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Have you read any of his books?
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I'm currently reading this:
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I agree with what Lt. Calley said in the above book, quote,
"Blacks are the best people in the world."
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damn this is great, albeit sobering read
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Unfortunately, none of these are on my shelf at the moment but this list is just too good to let slip by.
All are sure to make it straight to Dupek's 'Wish List' and I know Sparx will have a certain appreciation for this year's winner only if it's for obtaining a much deeper understanding of one of our favorite tv characters.
Trolley book scoops oddest book title of the year award (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070414/od_afp/britainbooksoffbeat_070414180955)
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finally made it through this-
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thoroughly enjoyable.
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Join my online book club and share the misery. It's more mentally masturbating than myspace:
www.goodreads.com (http://www.goodreads.com)
Join now and I will add you as my true friend.
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I'm enjoying this one right now:
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Originally posted by Dupek Chakra:
Join my online book club and share the misery.
www.goodreads.com (http://www.goodreads.com)
Forget that one. Have you tried library thing? (http://www.librarything.com) It's teh shit.
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I was going to hold off, but after seeing him get animated on 60 Minutes last night, I could wait no longer.
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Reading it currently.
Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Should be of great interest to yinz Washingtonians:
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http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/pelecanosgeorge/nightgardener (http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/pelecanosgeorge/nightgardener)
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I just ordered this book after watching a documentary called 'The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez' about the Marines shooting of Esequiel Hernandez in one of the Texas bordertowns.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
I just ordered this book after watching a documentary called 'The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez' about the Marines shooting of Esequiel Hernandez in one of the Texas bordertowns.
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Why was he shot? And why were marines involved?
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Taken from: http://www.dpft.org/hernandez/gallery/ (http://www.dpft.org/hernandez/gallery/)
On May 20, 1997, Esequiel Hernandez, Jr. was herding his family's goats 100 yards from his home on the US-Mexican border in Redford, Texas, as he did every day. Six days before, he had turned 18 years old.
Unknown to Esequiel or any of the other residents of Redford, a group of four Marines led by 22-year old Corporal Clemente Banuelos had been encamped just outside the small village along the Rio Grande River for three days. After watering his small flock of goats in the river, Esequiel started on his way back home when the Marines began stalking him from a distance of 200 yards.
The four camouflaged Marines were outfitted with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment and weapons. Esequiel carried an antique .22 caliber rifle -- a pre-World War I, single shot rifle to keep wild dogs and rattlesnakes away from his goats. The autopsy showed that Esequiel was facing away from the Marines when he was shot. He probably never knew the Marines were watching him from 200 yards away.
Thus it was that a 22 year-old United States Marine shot and killed an innocent 18 year-old boy tending his family's goats. This outrageous act was the inevitable consequence of a drug prohibition policy gone mad. Esequiel Hernandez was killed not by drugs but by military officers of the United States government.
If the movie does make it to DC, I highly encourage everyone to get out and see this documentary. Maybe it will screen at Silver Docs. Tommy Lee Jones' film "Three Burials" is based on a real killing near the Texas-Mexico border southeast of El Paso. In 1997, a group of marines, purportedly on a drug interception mission, shot and killed 18 year-old Esequiel Hernandez Jr. "in self defense." Hernandez, who was armed at the time and whom the marines claimed fired at them, was outside herding goats
Tommy Lee Jones does the narration for this film and encouraged the director/producer (who happened to work on his film) to make this documentary.
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Double Cross the story of the Giancana family and the mafia. Written by Sam and Chuck Giancana. Fuck yeah I read. Great book.
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he's also speaking on thursday night at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Avenue NW. one of the upper-echelon real investigative journalists left...
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What are marines doing at the border? Doesn't it violate the Posse Comitatus Act?
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
Taken from: http://www.dpft.org/hernandez/gallery/ (http://www.dpft.org/hernandez/gallery/)
On May 20, 1997, Esequiel Hernandez, Jr. was herding his family's goats 100 yards from his home on the US-Mexican border in Redford, Texas, as he did every day. Six days before, he had turned 18 years old.
Unknown to Esequiel or any of the other residents of Redford, a group of four Marines led by 22-year old Corporal Clemente Banuelos had been encamped just outside the small village along the Rio Grande River for three days. After watering his small flock of goats in the river, Esequiel started on his way back home when the Marines began stalking him from a distance of 200 yards.
The four camouflaged Marines were outfitted with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment and weapons. Esequiel carried an antique .22 caliber rifle -- a pre-World War I, single shot rifle to keep wild dogs and rattlesnakes away from his goats. The autopsy showed that Esequiel was facing away from the Marines when he was shot. He probably never knew the Marines were watching him from 200 yards away.
Thus it was that a 22 year-old United States Marine shot and killed an innocent 18 year-old boy tending his family's goats. This outrageous act was the inevitable consequence of a drug prohibition policy gone mad. Esequiel Hernandez was killed not by drugs but by military officers of the United States government.
If the movie does make it to DC, I highly encourage everyone to get out and see this documentary. Maybe it will screen at Silver Docs. Tommy Lee Jones' film "Three Burials" is based on a real killing near the Texas-Mexico border southeast of El Paso. In 1997, a group of marines, purportedly on a drug interception mission, shot and killed 18 year-old Esequiel Hernandez Jr. "in self defense." Hernandez, who was armed at the time and whom the marines claimed fired at them, was outside herding goats
Tommy Lee Jones does the narration for this film and encouraged the director/producer (who happened to work on his film) to make this documentary.
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Answer Me #4: The Legendary Rape (http://www.jimgoad.net/am4menu.html) Issue!
by Jim & Debbie Goad
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currently reading this:
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and listening to this:
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check out http://www.audible.com (http://www.audible.com) for pretty good deals on audiobooks
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Had to dig 25 pages to find this thread....
This just came across my desk:
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360 pages, $79.95 list. You know who you are.
This will soon be in the McKeldin Library (UM) reference stacks (GN419.15.D46 2007). And since it's reference, I'm sorry but you can't check it out.
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
360 pages, $79.95 list. You know who you are.
This will soon be in the McKeldin Library (UM) reference stacks (GN419.15.D46 2007). And since it's reference, I'm sorry but you can't check it out.
totally worth it if done well. i'll have to stop by campus and peruse it before purchasing.