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wolf · 08-17-2005, 12:40 AM

Based on a conversation at work tonight, I may reread American Psycho, if I can figure out where in my house i put it ... probably the back of the linen closet.

After that, I have an autographed copy of Rick Santorum's "It Takes a Family."

I am sure that RichLevy thinks that the plots of these two books are identical.

Mrs. Parker · 03-15-2006, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Based on a conversation at work tonight, I may reread American Psycho, if I can figure out where in my house i put it ... probably the back of the linen closet.

After that, I have an autographed copy of Rick Santorum's "It Takes a Family."

I am sure that RichLevy thinks that the plots of these two books are identical.

American Psycho is one of my favorites. I'd love to hear the theory for re-reading. I've had many interesting convos about this book as well

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-18-2005, 07:44 PM

Now it's Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms, by Ed Rollins. Seems being a political campaign manager is wearing on a body and soul.

Cyclefrance · 08-19-2005, 07:09 PM

Four to recommend:

'Mad World, My Masters' - non fiction/factual by John Simpson (BBC World Correspondent) - well-structured collection of stories and anecdotes. His style never fails to surprise as the stories move to different conclusions than that expected.

'French Revolutions' - non-fiction/humour by Tim Moore - non-cyclist decides to bike the route of the Tour de France - will amuse even the non-cyclist (thank god for that!) - great story-teller with all the right material and incidents to make the job so much easier.

'To the Baltic with Bob - non-fiction/humour by Griff Rhyss-Jones - non-sailor Griff takes wooden yacht from UK to Tallinn in the Baltic Sea aided by equally incapable crew of two - three obtuse personalities inside cramped quarters make for an inspiring mix of humour and tragedy (the tragedy being the funny sort!)

'The Burning Girl' - fiction/crime by Mark Billingham - #4 in the Inspector Tom Thorne series. Set in and around London - believable characters, good story well told - researches thoroughly - consider the other 3 titles as well 'Sleepyhead', 'Scaredy-Cat' and 'Lazybones'

melidasaur · 08-19-2005, 09:39 PM

I just finished Lucky by Alice Sebold... wow - it was so good. She needs to write more books.... I've already read both of her books and both were GREAT!

wolf · 08-20-2005, 12:35 AM

A couple of days ago a U-Haul truck pulled up in front of the hospital. One of my coworkers saw it, said, "Oh shit, I'm outta here!" and headed for a room in the office with much better blast resistance.

I, on the otherhand, took my place behind the bullet resistant glass and cheerily asked, "How can I help you?" when the driver of the U-Haul and his girlfriend came into the foyer.

"Yeah, can we donate some books? We were patients here, and we know you always need stuff for the library." (our hospital is something of a match.com for lunatics)

"Sure," I said, having no idea what I was getting into ...

Several handtruck loads later there were eight banana boxes crammed full of books in my already cramped office.

Donated book rule is this ... staff goes through them first and removes anything that would be inappropriate for our unit ... (I sure hope someone pulled "Audrey Rose," "For the Love of Audrey Rose," and "The Exorcist" out of the boxes before they got to Activities ... I would have, but I already have all three of them).

The mix in the boxes was a lot better than we usually end up with ... plenty of mysteries, lots of science fiction, some stuff that would be appropriate for adolescents, and the customary ton of romance novels.

There was even a book on MC68000 Assembly Language lurking in the textbook box.

So, right now I am screening some classic Ellery Queen Mysteries for content prior to delivering them to the unit.

Most of the books of the "I really would want these" category were ones that I had already read, and for the most part, still have in my book closet. I already finished the Archie Double Digest and the Betty and Veronica Double Digest and have passed them onto my coworker's 10 year old daughter.

(she's ending up with a couple Hardy Boys mysteries, and at least three of the Black Stallion books, and the obligatory copy of Island of the Blue Dolphins.)

itzBoo · 08-21-2005, 12:57 AM

I've been reading a novel called "The Door to December" by Dean Koontz, and it's around 500 pages long

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-21-2005, 11:44 PM

And on to The Neocon Reader, Irwin Stelzer, editor. Not a manifesto, but a collection of essays about, or relating to, what for convenience we'll call neocon ideas.

NICOTINEGUN · 09-01-2005, 12:47 AM

Books I've Read in Iraq
A Clockwork Orange-brilliant
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest-decent
Haunted-weird read, but good-chuck palahnuik
Fight Club-Great read, very philosophical-CP
Choke-wierd, once again-CP
Siddartha-okay, good message
Catch 22-great read if you are in the military, very funny
To Kill A Mockingbird-Best book I've ever read
It Can't Happen Here-very boring, but profound message
Devils Apocrypha-just another twist on the Bible from Satan's point of view
To Reign In Hell-another Satan's point of view book
Farenhieght 451-Incredible
Naked Pictures of Famous People-Very Funny
American Gods-Neil Gaiman-Sci-Fi Fantasy, very amusing book
Angels and Demons-Dan Brown's book before Divinci Code, it's okay.
Illuminati-odd, but thought provoking
And yes, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-I'm only about 15% into it, but I'm not impressed thus far...I know, I know

lookout123 · 09-01-2005, 01:59 AM

just finished Biggest Brother. bio of dick winters, the co of easy company WWII. (band of brothers). i bought that book right when it came out and was lucky enough to meet a few of the guys in social settings in arizona long before they became famous.

i'm not into celebrity worship/hero worship, but i still stand in absolute awe of some of those guys. i actually cried when the last one that i knew, John Martin, passed away earlier this year.

wolf · 09-01-2005, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by NICOTINEGUN

Books I've Read in Iraq

I've read about 3/4's of your list.

I'm reading Haunted by Chuck Pahaluniuk right now. Incredibly bizarre stuff.

Since you seem to like him, try American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, if you can find it.

bargalunan · 09-01-2005, 07:39 PM

"La Rose de Paris" : French book explaining how churches are built in an energetical purpose.
French cathedrals and some west european would also follow a map that would connect them to each other.
The same kind of geographical scheme was used :
- for Mitterrand "Grand Travaux" (Great Opera, Great Louvre Pyramid, Great Arch of La Défense...)
connecting them with french freemason's lodges.
- for French and some west european nuclear stations and nuclear waste deposits.
I haven't got the time to check if this theory is true and draw these maps myself but it explains me strange architectural details I've already noticed before.
Photo Grande Arche :
http://www.digischool.nl/ckv1/archit...che/arche1.htm
Photos "Grands Travaux" in Paris
http://www.architect.org/gt/gt_photos.html

Happy Monkey · 09-01-2005, 10:17 PM

If you're interested in that stuff, let me recommend the graphic novel "From Hell" by Alan Moore.

lumberjim · 09-01-2005, 11:03 PM

I've been listening to books on cd. Does that make me a dweeb? I just got 3: 1776, General George Washington, and another one the jinx picked out. I dont know why, but i am, all of the sudden, interested in the revolutionary war.

bargalunan · 09-02-2005, 04:56 AM

Thank you HM

That reminds me of a really excellent French "Bande dessinée" melting Jack the Ripper and... Peter Pan. Meanwhile it introduces logically Disney's story. It's sometimes tender and funny, often dark, misery and hard, and explains why PP chose dreamworld rather than reality :

"Peter Pan", 6 books, by Régis Loisel,
http://www.lefantastique.net/bd/doss...l/peterpan.htm (with I> at the bottom)
http://www.bdparadisio.com/intervw/loisel/loisel.htm
http://loiselpan.free.fr/opikanoba/p...cipales/bd.htm

Régis loisel also drawn "La Quête de l'Oiseau du temps", another masterpiece in heroic fantasy.
http://tnimai.ifrance.com/

08-17-2005, 12:40 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Based on a conversation at work tonight, I may reread American Psycho, if I can figure out where in my house i put it ... probably the back of the linen closet. After that, I have an autographed copy of Rick Santorum's "It Takes a Family." I am sure that RichLevy thinks that the plots of these two books are identical. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-18-2005, 07:44 PM	#3
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Now it's Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms, by Ed Rollins. Seems being a political campaign manager is wearing on a body and soul. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-19-2005, 09:39 PM	#5
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I just finished Lucky by Alice Sebold... wow - it was so good. She needs to write more books.... I've already read both of her books and both were GREAT! __________________ I love England, what can I say?

08-20-2005, 12:35 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A couple of days ago a U-Haul truck pulled up in front of the hospital. One of my coworkers saw it, said, "Oh shit, I'm outta here!" and headed for a room in the office with much better blast resistance. I, on the otherhand, took my place behind the bullet resistant glass and cheerily asked, "How can I help you?" when the driver of the U-Haul and his girlfriend came into the foyer. "Yeah, can we donate some books? We were patients here, and we know you always need stuff for the library." (our hospital is something of a match.com for lunatics) "Sure," I said, having no idea what I was getting into ... Several handtruck loads later there were eight banana boxes crammed full of books in my already cramped office. Donated book rule is this ... staff goes through them first and removes anything that would be inappropriate for our unit ... (I sure hope someone pulled "Audrey Rose," "For the Love of Audrey Rose," and "The Exorcist" out of the boxes before they got to Activities ... I would have, but I already have all three of them). The mix in the boxes was a lot better than we usually end up with ... plenty of mysteries, lots of science fiction, some stuff that would be appropriate for adolescents, and the customary ton of romance novels. There was even a book on MC68000 Assembly Language lurking in the textbook box. So, right now I am screening some classic Ellery Queen Mysteries for content prior to delivering them to the unit. Most of the books of the "I really would want these" category were ones that I had already read, and for the most part, still have in my book closet. I already finished the Archie Double Digest and the Betty and Veronica Double Digest and have passed them onto my coworker's 10 year old daughter. (she's ending up with a couple Hardy Boys mysteries, and at least three of the Black Stallion books, and the obligatory copy of Island of the Blue Dolphins.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-21-2005, 11:44 PM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	And on to The Neocon Reader, Irwin Stelzer, editor. Not a manifesto, but a collection of essays about, or relating to, what for convenience we'll call neocon ideas. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-19-2005, 07:09 PM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Four to recommend: 'Mad World, My Masters' - non fiction/factual by John Simpson (BBC World Correspondent) - well-structured collection of stories and anecdotes. His style never fails to surprise as the stories move to different conclusions than that expected. 'French Revolutions' - non-fiction/humour by Tim Moore - non-cyclist decides to bike the route of the Tour de France - will amuse even the non-cyclist (thank god for that!) - great story-teller with all the right material and incidents to make the job so much easier. 'To the Baltic with Bob - non-fiction/humour by Griff Rhyss-Jones - non-sailor Griff takes wooden yacht from UK to Tallinn in the Baltic Sea aided by equally incapable crew of two - three obtuse personalities inside cramped quarters make for an inspiring mix of humour and tragedy (the tragedy being the funny sort!) 'The Burning Girl' - fiction/crime by Mark Billingham - #4 in the Inspector Tom Thorne series. Set in and around London - believable characters, good story well told - researches thoroughly - consider the other 3 titles as well 'Sleepyhead', 'Scaredy-Cat' and 'Lazybones' __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

08-21-2005, 12:57 AM	#7
itzBoo Profitable Prophet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 30	I've been reading a novel called "The Door to December" by Dean Koontz, and it's around 500 pages long

09-01-2005, 12:47 AM	#9
NICOTINEGUN Resident President Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 82	Books I've Read in Iraq A Clockwork Orange-brilliant One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest-decent Haunted-weird read, but good-chuck palahnuik Fight Club-Great read, very philosophical-CP Choke-wierd, once again-CP Siddartha-okay, good message Catch 22-great read if you are in the military, very funny To Kill A Mockingbird-Best book I've ever read It Can't Happen Here-very boring, but profound message Devils Apocrypha-just another twist on the Bible from Satan's point of view To Reign In Hell-another Satan's point of view book Farenhieght 451-Incredible Naked Pictures of Famous People-Very Funny American Gods-Neil Gaiman-Sci-Fi Fantasy, very amusing book Angels and Demons-Dan Brown's book before Divinci Code, it's okay. Illuminati-odd, but thought provoking And yes, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince-I'm only about 15% into it, but I'm not impressed thus far...I know, I know __________________ Hurricanes are racist!

09-01-2005, 01:59 AM	#10
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	just finished Biggest Brother. bio of dick winters, the co of easy company WWII. (band of brothers). i bought that book right when it came out and was lucky enough to meet a few of the guys in social settings in arizona long before they became famous. i'm not into celebrity worship/hero worship, but i still stand in absolute awe of some of those guys. i actually cried when the last one that i knew, John Martin, passed away earlier this year. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-01-2005, 07:39 PM	#12
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	"La Rose de Paris" : French book explaining how churches are built in an energetical purpose. French cathedrals and some west european would also follow a map that would connect them to each other. The same kind of geographical scheme was used : - for Mitterrand "Grand Travaux" (Great Opera, Great Louvre Pyramid, Great Arch of La Défense...) connecting them with french freemason's lodges. - for French and some west european nuclear stations and nuclear waste deposits. I haven't got the time to check if this theory is true and draw these maps myself but it explains me strange architectural details I've already noticed before. Photo Grande Arche : http://www.digischool.nl/ckv1/archit...che/arche1.htm Photos "Grands Travaux" in Paris http://www.architect.org/gt/gt_photos.html

09-01-2005, 10:17 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	If you're interested in that stuff, let me recommend the graphic novel "From Hell" by Alan Moore. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-01-2005, 11:03 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I've been listening to books on cd. Does that make me a dweeb? I just got 3: 1776, General George Washington, and another one the jinx picked out. I dont know why, but i am, all of the sudden, interested in the revolutionary war. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-02-2005, 04:56 AM	#15
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	Thank you HM That reminds me of a really excellent French "Bande dessinée" melting Jack the Ripper and... Peter Pan. Meanwhile it introduces logically Disney's story. It's sometimes tender and funny, often dark, misery and hard, and explains why PP chose dreamworld rather than reality : "Peter Pan", 6 books, by Régis Loisel, http://www.lefantastique.net/bd/doss...l/peterpan.htm (with I> at the bottom) http://www.bdparadisio.com/intervw/loisel/loisel.htm http://loiselpan.free.fr/opikanoba/p...cipales/bd.htm Régis loisel also drawn "La Quête de l'Oiseau du temps", another masterpiece in heroic fantasy. http://tnimai.ifrance.com/

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