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Just a few to mention;
The Winter King by Cromewell (sp?)
The Light Bearer by Gilipsee (sp?)
The Winter King by Cromewell (sp?)
The Light Bearer by Gilipsee (sp?)
They say, "the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots." I suppose it never occurred to them that they are the tyrants, not the patriots. Those weapons are not being used to fight some kind of tyranny; they are bringing them to an event where people are getting together to talk. -Mike Wong
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
But as far as board culture in general, I do think that young male overaggression is a contributing factor to the general atmosphere of hostility. It's not SOS and the Mess throwing hand grenades all over the forum- Red
another couple of books that are worth reading
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Nights Dawn trilogy (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God) - Peter F Hamilton
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Nights Dawn trilogy (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God) - Peter F Hamilton
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<---And if you EVER see that face wandering roung Edinburgh with a bottle of Jack Daniels then I advise you to run. Or you could come over and buy me more Jack Daniels.
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Er... don't remember, but if it's not mentioned yet.. Clan of the Cave Bear, but I don't remember who it's by.. and I don't want to get up and go across the room right now..
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Jean M. Auelverilon wrote:Er... don't remember, but if it's not mentioned yet.. Clan of the Cave Bear, but I don't remember who it's by.. and I don't want to get up and go across the room right now..
Used to like those but then I was a horny ~15y liked anything with lots of sex in it.
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Fear is the mother of all gods.
Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" -Epicurus
Fear is the mother of all gods.
Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
The Legacy of the Aldenata series by John Ringo is good.
Honor Harrington by David Weber is also good.
I can get you a copy of both those series if you want it.
Honor Harrington by David Weber is also good.
I can get you a copy of both those series if you want it.
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The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien. GREAT Vietnam War read.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's as good as your English professor says it is.
Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich - P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's as good as your English professor says it is.
Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich - P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves…We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.--Ada Louise Huxtable, "Farewell to Penn Station", New York Times editorial, 30 October 1963
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"The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there's nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you. " - From Eat the Rich.Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich- P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
I do love that quote.
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Read The Great Gatsby in HS and loved it then. Maybe I'll pick it up again...RedImperator wrote:The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien. GREAT Vietnam War read.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's as good as your English professor says it is.
Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich - P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
P.J. O'Rourke is the man. I have Parliament of Whores, Eat the Rich, and All the Trouble in the World, and I love all three of them.
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I have everything of his and the only thing that isn't very good is Modern Manners, which is mostly from his National Lampoon days before he realized that, in his words, the real world is funnier than he is.Alex Moon wrote:P.J. O'Rourke is the man. I have Parliament of Whores, Eat the Rich, and All the Trouble in the World, and I love all three of them.
Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves…We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.--Ada Louise Huxtable, "Farewell to Penn Station", New York Times editorial, 30 October 1963
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