Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld
Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld
marcshoe (11-13-2020)
Stranger in a strange land
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Roy Tucker (12-08-2020)
An 1885 copy of Daniel Deronda from a George Eliot set that was my Uncle Ed's.
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"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Betterread (11-24-2020)
The Tana French book was excellent, more of a character-driven story than a thriller. My current listen is the new C.J. Tudor, The Other People. I'd read her first book but not her second, but this one is so intriguing (as in I still have no idea what's going on) that I'll probably go back and fill in the second book. My reading has been bouncing between a few short story collections.
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.
...not enough.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Boston Red (11-27-2020)
The Book of Lamps and Banners by Elizabeth Hand
Started Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele. Interesting so far. A look at stereotypes and, at this point, how expectations affect behavior/performance.
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.
Kingspoint (12-06-2020)
Finally worked up the resolve to start The Power Broker. Can anybody confirm it's worth 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
Any other fans of Swedish author Fredrik Backman here? So far, I've read:
A Man Called Ove
Beartown
Us Against You (sequel to Beartown)
The Deal of a Lifetime: A Novella
And I just finished Anxious People. Loved every single one of those books.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
Roy Tucker (12-08-2020)
I actually collect Kids books, although generally from the 1920-1950 era.
But I have the whole set of Chip Hilton books, as I had most from my youth. I even have the Fiery Fullback, his 2002 book that was published well after his death.
I have re-read all of them. As I generally do with all of my collection. Easy reads for sure.
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Kingspoint (12-06-2020),Roy Tucker (12-08-2020)
The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Vivaldi's good, but could have been a journal article. The author repeats similar information over and over. I've put it aside about halfway through, but I'll get back to it because it's relevant to what I'm doing. Meanwhile, I've started reading Lovecraft Country, because I plan to pick HBO back up soon and don't want to give in to the temptation of watching it first. Interesting, well-written beginning.
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.
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
RichRed (12-12-2020)
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