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  1. 08-23-2005, 09:03 AM #1
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    started the new harry potter last night.







    too bad i saw this posted at CP
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  2. 08-23-2005, 09:09 AM #2
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    big hearty chuckle at Drake's expense . . . one of those belly laughs too . . . lol sorry Drake . . i remember that thread! lol

    you should see what happens to the ring! . . . oh wait wrong fictional waste of time . . . just messin with ya man enjoy reading it . . .
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    The Screwtape Letters are a classic work of Lewis', he said that that was probably the most difficult thing he ever wrote.
    "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drake
    started the new harry potter last night.







    too bad i saw this posted at CP
    Since you already know, check out this video of these guys who spoiled it for everyone waiting in line all night for the book to come out. Harry Potter Spoiled
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    Pragmatic Version Control with Subversion

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    oooooooo...exciting.....
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    I and my classes have just finished Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis and we are now onto Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Plato's Euthyphro and Phaedo.
    "If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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    Just finished "Looking for Jake" by China Mieville, starting "Mind's Eye" by Paul McAuley
    I thought it was a tampon joke!
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    I recently read The Da Vinci Code. Then went and got the first book. The Illustrated Angels and Demons. I liked the pictures of the symbols in their natural state. Several James Patterson. Really enjoyed the Womens murder club series. Right now Tom Clancy Red Rabbit.
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    Reading Coyote Rising by Allen Steele
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    I thought it was page 606...

    "1776," and "Guns, Germs and Steel"
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    The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    Up next: THe Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter "A novel of the Revolutionary War" by the ex-Prez
    The Jester by James Patterson
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    "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo. Had never read the book (it's great--better than the movie, which is so often the case).

    Up next: "Rat Pack Confidential" about Frank, Dean, Sammy, et al. Vegas like it used to be.

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    Just finished "The ministry of fear" by Graham Greene, now starting "Accelarando" by Charles Stross.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bull
    "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo. Had never read the book (it's great--better than the movie, which is so often the case).

    Up next: "Rat Pack Confidential" about Frank, Dean, Sammy, et al. Vegas like it used to be.

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    Check out OMerta pretty good book also
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iced T
    I thought it was page 606...

    "1776," and "Guns, Germs and Steel"
    1776 is a good read.

    -Mike
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    Just finished "A Million Little Pieces", by James Frey. Sensationalistic, contrived, stylistic to the point of gimmicky. Typical Oprah endorsement. Don't waste your money.
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    I have had 4 books going at the same time for the last couple of months (short attention span). All of these are Biographies or Autobiography- Clint Eastwood, Merle Haggard (My House of Memories), Johnny Cash (The Man Called...) and The Ramones (Story of...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by basil
    Just finished "A Million Little Pieces", by James Frey. Sensationalistic, contrived, stylistic to the point of gimmicky. Typical Oprah endorsement. Don't waste your money.

    Whoops! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/...isputed_memoir
    This figures. Also in the book he describes a character addicted to Quaaludes. My math puts the story at around 1992. 'ludes were taken off the market in the US in 1982.
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    Bumpin' this one more time.

    Quote Originally Posted by basil
    Just finished "A Million Little Pieces", by James Frey. Sensationalistic, contrived, stylistic to the point of gimmicky. Typical Oprah endorsement. Don't waste your money.

    Quote Originally Posted by basil
    Whoops! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/...isputed_memoir
    This figures. Also in the book he describes a character addicted to Quaaludes. My math puts the story at around 1992. 'ludes were taken off the market in the US in 1982.
    And finally, author confesses, Oprah apologizes.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/en_nm/frey_dc
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