I'm about 500 pages into the uncut version of The Stand. God this book really drags on at some spots.
Just started "My Life with Deth", by Megadeth bassist David Ellefson.
Started reading "S" by J.J. Abrams. Interesting format. Was a little frustrating at first, you have to kinda figure out how to read it.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
Since my last post in this thread I've finished:
Tim Cowlishaw "Drunk on Sports" and it was pretty good.
Motley Crue "The Dirt" and it was good to but I wonder how embellished it was.
Greg Allman "My Cross to Bear" was extremely good if you're into that genre of tunes.
"Conversations with Hunter S Thompson" the Literary Conversation Series is a must read for anyone who like HST.
Orwell's "1984" is my latest finish and I truly enjoyed it.
Currently working on Mark Musa's translation and notes of "The Divine Comedy Vol. I: The Inferno". Very cool so far (Set to begin Canto VI). It's been on my shelf for YEARS and I've just now picked it up for one reason or another.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive
Scarcity: why having too little means so much
This book is about the cycle of "tunneling" and "focusing" that people get into when they experience scarcity, which is defined as too little of something you need in order to be comfortable and/or to manage your own resources effectively. The research is starting to show that intense preoccupation with the short term (think busy college student juggling work and school, single parent trying to make ends meet) actually reduces a person's ability to make sound, longer term decisions. Really, IQ actually drops by about 12 points when the mind is clogged with worries about making rent this month, which in turn reduces ones executive decision capacity. (This is somewhat similar to Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow) In other words, it's a new way to explain why people who feel overwhelmed by being busy can never seem to get out from under their pile of work, or why people continue to take payday loans, despite even knowing in the abstract that they are making terrible financial decisions.
In part, this explains why people who are in poverty face overwhelming odds. The traditional explanations of low intellect, lack of motivation, etc., are in an ironic way, being born out, except that scientists are beginning to better understand the hard wiring aspects of the behaviors which from the outside looking in seem so easy to change. A very interesting read.
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Next Reds manager, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.
Redsfaithful (12-07-2013)
Putting The Stand on hold for a while. King's over writing on this gets old. At least in my opinion.
A little over 100 pages into Gone Girl. I'm really loving it so far.
I just listened to an interview with Doug Dorst, the guy who co-wrote 'S' with J.J. Abrams, and this is going to the front of my queue.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
I just finished Gone Girl. I really loved with with the alternating chapters of the husband/wife. The ending I just don't know if I liked it or not.
I thought the ending was appropriate. I can't say I felt good about it, but it was appropriate.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, by Douglas Rushkoff.
Anybody read it?
Next Reds manager, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.
Just bought me a book of Game of Thrones. Have heard good reviews so thought of giving it a try.
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