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Just started 'The Mapmakers' by John Noble Wilford.

Still cranking on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. I like it a few pages at a time, to digest better.

Ritterskoop wrote:Still cranking on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. I like it a few pages at a time, to digest better.

Is that anything like Oolon Colluphid's Who is this God Person, Anyway?

Just finished Carry On, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse. Now attempting "an authoritative text" of Gulliver's Travels.

I always cringe when I get to these threads, since I feel I'm obviously frittering away my life reading much less lofty material than many others. But then I realize that I just don't care, since A) I have enough loftiness in the rest of my life and B) I really really like the less-lofty stuff.

So, I'm still working on the Bond novels -- currently about halfway through "Doctor No". I'm spending a lot of time planning my vacation and reading "Maui Revealed". And I'm rereading Art Spiegelman's "Maus", still the best graphic novel ever. I guess an argument could be made that "Maus" is rather lofty, now that I think about it.

"Anathem" is still waiting to be read. I may take it to read on the plane (although it's too big to read on the beach...I'll pick up some cheapo paperbacks at Half-Price books before I leave in 58 days).

On CD audiobook, I'm listening to Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

On MP3 audiobook, I've started H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy.

In print, I've only gotten a little bit further into 1635: The Dreeson Incident since the last time this question was asked.

KillerTomato wrote:I always cringe when I get to these threads

U woodunt krinj if u wuz mee- eye dont reed!

Eye wach the boob toob and mi brane has terned to mush!!!

I'm working on Busted Flush, the latest mosaic novel in the Wild Cards universe. Next on the agenda, Escape from Hell by Niven and Pournelle. --Bob

Marker by Robin Cook. He is the king of medical thrillers.

Bob78164 wrote:I'm working on Busted Flush, the latest mosaic novel in the Wild Cards universe. Next on the agenda, Escape from Hell by Niven and Pournelle. --Bob

Didn't realize the Wild Cards stories were still going. They're the ones started by George R.R. Martin, correct? I've still got the first four or five somewhere in the house.

Bob78164 wrote:Next on the agenda, Escape from Hell by Niven and Pournelle. --Bob

Ah, yes! Pournelle has mentioned on his blog that that's out in print, now. One more item to add to my waiting to be read list!

I am reading your mind.....

lb13

Unless you count the subtitles on the Amazing Race, I haven't read anything lately. Oh wait, Internal Auditor magazine. Woo hoo.

sunflower wrote:Unless you count the subtitles on the Amazing Race, I haven't read anything lately. Oh wait, Internal Auditor magazine. Woo hoo.

I think I am going to make this fine periodical required reading for BB's who misbehave......

Uly will probably have to subscribe to it......

KilljoyWasHere wrote:

sunflower wrote:Unless you count the subtitles on the Amazing Race, I haven't read anything lately. Oh wait, Internal Auditor magazine. Woo hoo.

I think I am going to make this fine periodical required reading for BB's who misbehave......

Uly will probably have to subscribe to it......

I also get Fraud magazine, the Fraud Focus newsletter and Infonomics magazine. Don't all line up at once to borrow these.

sunflower wrote:

KilljoyWasHere wrote:

sunflower wrote:Unless you count the subtitles on the Amazing Race, I haven't read anything lately. Oh wait, Internal Auditor magazine. Woo hoo.

I think I am going to make this fine periodical required reading for BB's who misbehave......

Uly will probably have to subscribe to it......

I also get Fraud magazine, the Fraud Focus newsletter and Infonomics magazine. Don't all line up at once to borrow these.

Hey, I'll read anything. I'm tired of reading the ingredients label on this bottle of shampoo. Just slide them under the door please....

Chronic Diarrhea wrote:

sunflower wrote:

KilljoyWasHere wrote:
I think I am going to make this fine periodical required reading for BB's who misbehave......

Uly will probably have to subscribe to it......

I also get Fraud magazine, the Fraud Focus newsletter and Infonomics magazine. Don't all line up at once to borrow these.

Hey, I'll read anything. I'm tired of reading the ingredients label on this bottle of shampoo. Just slide them under the door please....

LOL that makes me think of a funny/gross story. I have been doing a lot of updates to my condo in preparation to get it on the market. I left my feng shui book on my bathroom counter - now my bedroom is a master suite, so the main part of the bathroom has an open door to the bedroom - the tub/shower, double sink and closet are all in the main part. The toilet is in its own little room. Yesterday I had my handyman come in to do some projects for me. This morning I noticed my feng shui book on the floor next to the toilet and while at first I was grossed out wondering what the heck he might have done in there, I had to laugh at the level of desperation my handyman must have felt to pick up and read "Feng Shui for Dummies"...

I Am Not A Cop, by Dectective John Munch....er, I mean Richard Belzer!

sunflower wrote:

Chronic Diarrhea wrote:

sunflower wrote: I also get Fraud magazine, the Fraud Focus newsletter and Infonomics magazine. Don't all line up at once to borrow these.

Hey, I'll read anything. I'm tired of reading the ingredients label on this bottle of shampoo. Just slide them under the door please....

LOL that makes me think of a funny/gross story. I have been doing a lot of updates to my condo in preparation to get it on the market. I left my feng shui book on my bathroom counter - now my bedroom is a master suite, so the main part of the bathroom has an open door to the bedroom - the tub/shower, double sink and closet are all in the main part. The toilet is in its own little room. Yesterday I had my handyman come in to do some projects for me. This morning I noticed my feng shui book on the floor next to the toilet and while at first I was grossed out wondering what the heck he might have done in there, I had to laugh at the level of desperation my handyman must have felt to pick up and read "Feng Shui for Dummies"...

OK, I had to look up feng shui.... and I still don't think I know what it is, nor do I have an appropriate MM to respond to it.....

So I'll just move closer to my 7,000th Raspberry post instead....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

sunflower wrote:

Chronic Diarrhea wrote:
Hey, I'll read anything. I'm tired of reading the ingredients label on this bottle of shampoo. Just slide them under the door please....

LOL that makes me think of a funny/gross story. I have been doing a lot of updates to my condo in preparation to get it on the market. I left my feng shui book on my bathroom counter - now my bedroom is a master suite, so the main part of the bathroom has an open door to the bedroom - the tub/shower, double sink and closet are all in the main part. The toilet is in its own little room. Yesterday I had my handyman come in to do some projects for me. This morning I noticed my feng shui book on the floor next to the toilet and while at first I was grossed out wondering what the heck he might have done in there, I had to laugh at the level of desperation my handyman must have felt to pick up and read "Feng Shui for Dummies"...

OK, I had to look up feng shui.... and it doesn't look like I still don't think I know what it is, nor do I have an appropriate MM to respond to it.....

So I'll just move closer to my 7,000th Raspberry post instead....

lb13

It's the whole "practice" (for lack of a better word, certainly don't want to call it science) of arranging things in your home, office, etc to provide for the best energy flow. It's kind of ridiculous but with the luck I've been having lately, I thought maybe there would be something to it. Lots of over the top stuff though, colors that are best in a given room, placement of furniture with respect to doors and windows, hanging crystals to "cure" issues with the structure of your home. Then some common sense stuff that they act like it's all zen and new age...you shouldn't have a phone in your bedroom because it ruins your chi...okay, or you might not want to have one simply because it can wake you when you're sleeping and make you cranky!

Chronic Diarrhea wrote:
Hey, I'll read anything. I'm tired of reading the ingredients label on this bottle of shampoo.

Oh, dear. There's onlly one source of water in an outhouse like yours, CD. I wouldn't be shampooing my hair in there.

sunflower wrote:It's the whole "practice" (for lack of a better word, certainly don't want to call it science) of arranging things in your home, office, etc to provide for the best energy flow. It's kind of ridiculous

You should have stopped the description right there.

sunflower wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

sunflower wrote: LOL that makes me think of a funny/gross story. I have been doing a lot of updates to my condo in preparation to get it on the market. I left my feng shui book on my bathroom counter - now my bedroom is a master suite, so the main part of the bathroom has an open door to the bedroom - the tub/shower, double sink and closet are all in the main part. The toilet is in its own little room. Yesterday I had my handyman come in to do some projects for me. This morning I noticed my feng shui book on the floor next to the toilet and while at first I was grossed out wondering what the heck he might have done in there, I had to laugh at the level of desperation my handyman must have felt to pick up and read "Feng Shui for Dummies"...

OK, I had to look up feng shui.... and it doesn't look like I still don't think I know what it is, nor do I have an appropriate MM to respond to it.....

So I'll just move closer to my 7,000th Raspberry post instead....

lb13

It's the whole "practice" (for lack of a better word, certainly don't want to call it science) of arranging things in your home, office, etc to provide for the best energy flow. It's kind of ridiculous but with the luck I've been having lately, I thought maybe there would be something to it. Lots of over the top stuff though, colors that are best in a given room, placement of furniture with respect to doors and windows, hanging crystals to "cure" issues with the structure of your home. Then some common sense stuff that they act like it's all zen and new age...you shouldn't have a phone in your bedroom because it ruins your chi...okay, or you might not want to have one simply because it can wake you when you're sleeping and make you cranky!

Ah...

My organizational and decorative philosophy is that of entropy.... if I ever quit posting, it's because this stack of notebooks and papers on my computer desk finally collapsed and buried me alive.....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:My organizational and decorative philosophy is that of entropy.... if I ever quit posting, it's because this stack of notebooks and papers on my computer desk finally collapsed and buried me alive.....

Should we just throw in a match and give you a Viking Notebookboy funeral after that?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:My organizational and decorative philosophy is that of entropy.... if I ever quit posting, it's because this stack of notebooks and papers on my computer desk finally collapsed and buried me alive.....

Should we just throw in a match and give you a Viking Notebookboy funeral after that?

Sure. Just make sure ES makes it out to Sprots. My will calls for her to become his caretaker should something ever happen to me.....

gsabc wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I'm working on Busted Flush, the latest mosaic novel in the Wild Cards universe. Next on the agenda, Escape from Hell by Niven and Pournelle. --Bob

Didn't realize the Wild Cards stories were still going. They're the ones started by George R.R. Martin, correct? I've still got the first four or five somewhere in the house.

Correct. The series restarted a year or two ago with the first in a series of mosaic novels featuring a new generation of wild cards. If memory serves, I'm now reading the third book since the restart, with a fourth scheduled for release later this year. --Bob