Books
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Started pulp by bukowski last night. Finished the damned by palahniuk the other day. 50 pages into pulp and I haven't laughed this hard at a book in a long ass time
What was your thoughts on Damned? I enjoyed it more than some of his other recent books. Rant is still one of my favorites.
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Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow". So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.
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Rant was outstanding his best book since Survivor. I really enjoyed Damned. I have read all his fiction & non-fiction. My favorite being Invisible Monsters. My least favorite being Pygmy.
"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"
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Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow". So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.
Dude, you're gonna have to let me how this goes. I've been reading some Nassim Taleb and was gonna pick this up soon.
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Will do, I expect to marinate on it for a little while bit I'll write a little report when I complete it.
Also just read Brian Greene's latest one The Hidden Reality. Great read, despite the revelation that there are an infinite number of universes that don't have Iron Heart…
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Haha.
Oh, it’s so haaaaard to be a white-collar man nowadays, what with laws and feminism and Ikea restraining our healthiest instincts. Oh, wait, no it’s not. We’re coddled and chubby pink piglets who don’t have to fight in wars or protect anyone. Enjoy your Frappuccino like a man and quit complaining, you teenager.
Yeah, the dude suffering from severe depression, insomnia, and multiple personality disorder should just shut up, be happy, and drink his frappiccino… like a man. That'd make for a great read!
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That was a gem. Some pretty good stuff there
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Those six are great, but I'd proceed with caution after that. I read a few more, then gave up. The original trilogy remains one of my all time favourites though, although in fairness I haven't read them for a VERY long time!
Appreciate it, I was very keen to read them all seeing how long/wide the saga goes. I'll tread carefully after #6. I really should get back to ITIL Service Transition study anyhow
:|I ended up reading ALL of them, and just finished the series (Magician's End) a few nights ago. 4-6 were my highlights, but there's some great books in there Talon of the Silver Hawk, and the second last trillogy. I think that stint was around 28 books of a few hundred pages long each. Not a bad effort. If found he started repeating himself a little too much, and the speed changed from slow to fast too frequently in the past few books.
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Finished Stephen king's "joyland" was pretty good. Started under the done but not really feeling it this far
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Thinking about reading Name Of The Wind again. While wondering about when Rothfuss is going to get the last book finished, I came across this interview Rothfuss did with Leo Laporte. It's very long and rambling, and the connection cuts out a lot, but there's some interesting stuff about the books and his creative process.
Oh, and the answer is probably 2014, if you're curious…
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That date is by no means written in stone… Laporte asked if it would be 2015 when the next book hit stores, and Rothfuss said something like, "I don't think it will take that long, but it won't be this year either." If George RR Martin and A Song Of Ice and Fire have taught me anything, it's that projected finish dates are just a half-assed guess. IWHWIH, just like IH releases.
By the way, no love for Leo? I've had a soft spot for him since the days of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV.
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If George RR Martin and A Song Of Ice and Fire have taught me anything, it's that projected finish dates are just a half-assed guess. IWHWIH, just like IH releases.
Epic fantasy, the Columbia House of literature. I learned my lesson long ago, thank you very much Robert Jordan. (R.I.P.)
I do enjoy the TV series though.
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By the way, no love for Leo? I've had a soft spot for him since the days of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV.
I used to use his show TWiT as an example of how bad the industry was doing. ~5 minutes of sponsorship before the show, littered throughout the show, and a bunch of chumps talking cluelessly for the remainder.
