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#580255 - 01/15/13 06:08 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Whoremaster
Registered: 06/16/07
Posts: 2512
Loc: Slumberland
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I dug the Meatmen and Flag and Husker Du and even Minor Threat. There were lotsa bands that didn't buy this shit.
The Meatmen were joking, Husker Du and Black Flag were leftie just not dogmatic and Minor Threat have got to be the most self-righteous gaggle of slumming rich brats ever, although they happened to write good songs.
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#581060 - 01/22/13 12:41 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
Posts: 1541
Loc: Mississippi
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It has been a while since this came up, so I wonder how many of you have made the transition to e-books?
I had a change of opinion recently about book readers. After being strongly biased toward the Kindle as the only decent e-book reader, I have become partial to the iPad. I think the iPad wins out for in home reading or taking along to your doctor's appointment, while the Kindle is best for traveling (especially if flying out of a busy airport) or reading outside.
I was just curious to see if they have begun to catch on any more than the last time this came up.
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#581085 - 01/22/13 09:46 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
Posts: 1541
Loc: Mississippi
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I like the iPad reader because I like the visuals (e.g. the color of the pages, the font size and design, the "turning pages", the info on the number of pages remaining) but the iPad is more bulky and heavier and there aren't any good covers (in my opinion), and it lasts less than a day off charge so you need to be near an outlet. I like the Kindle because it is small, lightweight, reads great outside by the pool or on the beach, doesn't need to be around a charger or an outlet for about a month at a time and has great covers that make it feel like you are reading a quality leather-bound book. Unfortunately, the software isn't as good. I have had kindles since the very first version came out, so I have hundreds of books on my kindle/amazon account, but since the thing I like better about the iPad is actually the software rather than the hardware, instead of using the free downloadable kindle software on my iPad, I have bought some books through the apple store as well. While going home to visit family I got nostalgic and decided to read some classics that everybody knows, but that for some reason I overlooked or never finished. Recently read: And I just recently started reading:
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#581097 - 01/22/13 11:57 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
Posts: 8433
Loc: Great Pacific Northwest
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I've gone through 4 ereaders. All knockoffs. The newest one a Polaroid tablet. I'm really happy with it. Currently reading O'Reilley's book on the JFK assassination.
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#581101 - 01/22/13 01:02 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 08/30/09
Posts: 7671
Loc: paizuri,pizza,poodles,photo
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theres a documentary on netflix and from the description its about george bush seniors alleged involvement in it.i havent watched it but how the hell was he involved?
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#581102 - 01/22/13 01:50 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Tranny Whisperer
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I've gone through 4 ereaders. All knockoffs. The newest one a Polaroid tablet. I'm really happy with it. Currently reading O'Reilley's book on the JFK assassination. They have a good one on FocalPrice [I think] for under $60
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#581107 - 01/22/13 03:34 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
Posts: 8433
Loc: Great Pacific Northwest
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theres a documentary on netflix and from the description its about george bush seniors alleged involvement in it.i havent watched it but how the hell was he involved? IIRC, it was his connection to Texas oil, which was one of the myriad of groups conspiring to get JFK that sunny November day.
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#581405 - 01/25/13 05:45 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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J.B.
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I think I had this conversation with Bornyo, but I prefer Scott Fitzgerald to Ernie. They're both great, just taste I guess. What I'm trying to get at is, I'm glad to see you posting about something other than, well, yourself. Keep up the good work, BI.
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#581406 - 01/25/13 06:00 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/23/04
Posts: 10321
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We did have that conversation and I prefer Hemingway. His economy with words is impressive.
I have no problem with F. Scot Fitzgerald but I love knocking down a Hemingway novel in a weekend and being left floored.
I think I've read a couple Tom Dorsey's Serge Storms novels since I last posted here but if you don't have an old Florida connection you might not get them.
I've hauled another of Ludlum's Jason Bourne novels several thousand miles in the past couple months but I haven't cracked it yet.
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#581422 - 01/25/13 06:47 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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J.B.
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^^^See, he did make it about him, after all.
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#581487 - 01/26/13 06:17 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 03/22/07
Posts: 5186
Loc: Joshua Tree National Park
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I think I had this conversation with Bornyo, but I prefer Scott Fitzgerald to Ernie. They're both great, just taste I guess. What I'm trying to get at is, I'm glad to see you posting about something other than, well, yourself. Keep up the good work, BI. I've always pictured you as more of a Steinbeck man.
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#581496 - 01/26/13 08:35 AM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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J.B.
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Well, sometimes when I've had a few, I'll start posting like Lennie.
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#581772 - 01/28/13 04:09 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Whoremaster
Registered: 06/16/07
Posts: 2512
Loc: Slumberland
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Going to watch 1944's film version of To Have and Have Not. It's where Lauren Bacall tells Bogart, "You know how to whistle, don't you? Just put your lips together and blow." Awesome movie, has nothing to do with the book though. Apparently it was made because Howard Hawks bet Hemingway he could make a good movie out of his shittiest book. It was also remade in the early 50s with John Garfield under the title Breaking Point. My favourite Hemingway stuff is the early short stories and The Run Also Rises. Only stuff I've read by Fitzgerald is GG and The Crack Up. Good stuff. Right now I'm reading Open Doors by Leonardo Sciascia, it's a novella about a judge during the fascist period in Italy.
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#584318 - 02/24/13 06:18 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/01/08
Posts: 9782
Loc: Hillbilly Holler
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The Bible
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#584319 - 02/24/13 06:27 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Internet Tough Guy
Registered: 06/11/11
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Loc: texas
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#585302 - 03/09/13 07:51 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Bukkake Boy
Registered: 04/18/11
Posts: 720
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The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation.
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#585642 - 03/13/13 10:27 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
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I like Theroux. He was great with the Nazis. I think his intrusion into the Gaede household helped get the Prussian Blue girls over to the Jew side.
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#585649 - 03/13/13 11:28 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 08/30/09
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i read that sin city book i got for free months ago the other day:to hell and back.i read it in one sitting and found it to be a real page turner.miller can sure draw the hell out of women too.
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i think of the past and how the future isnt how i imagined it,but the past is exactly where i unraveled it.excuses for failed attempts, gained another one i used a noose it’s not until you fall apart you see the screws are loose-cage
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#585692 - 03/14/13 02:35 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
Posts: 8433
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April is a total piece of shit.
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#587284 - 03/29/13 06:48 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 03/22/07
Posts: 5186
Loc: Joshua Tree National Park
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So he wrote the book after he died? Did he have a ghost writer?
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#587286 - 03/29/13 07:10 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Demodded Diseased Dwarf
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Registered: 04/18/03
Posts: 9174
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Do you read physical books or use a tablet/e-reader? I buy my books at Goodwill up the street.
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#588295 - 04/08/13 06:02 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 01/30/08
Posts: 7599
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I got that book for my 30th. its not very good. I'm reading a stupid wine book. http://www.amazon.ca/Kevin-Zralys-Complete-Wine-Course/dp/1402787936
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#588314 - 04/09/13 02:07 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/09/08
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Never cared for Stewart. Eben in the MTV days. Kilby never illusions of greatness. Seriousness makes it not near as funny.
Reading "Inside the Kingdom". About Saudi Arabia. Actually a pretty good read. Not as dry as I was expecting. They're a little stric wit de hos.
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#588886 - 04/14/13 10:12 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden SIde of Everything (Levitt and Dubner). My favorite part? In Chapter 6, learning that the Most Common Low-End White Boy Names were: Cody, Brandon, Anthony, Justin, and Robert. Some Russian 3-year-old kid's name at the Walgreens yesterday was Brandan.
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#588891 - 04/14/13 11:28 PM
Re: What are you reading?
[Re: Da Burglar]
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J.B.
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It's a real fine way to start. . .
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#588904 - 04/15/13 10:26 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden SIde of Everything (Levitt and Dubner). My favorite part? In Chapter 6, learning that the Most Common Low-End White Boy Names were: Cody, Brandon, Anthony, Justin, and Robert. Some Russian 3-year-old kid's name at the Walgreens yesterday was Brandan. you talk to 3 year old boys at stores?
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i think of the past and how the future isnt how i imagined it,but the past is exactly where i unraveled it.excuses for failed attempts, gained another one i used a noose it’s not until you fall apart you see the screws are loose-cage
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#589094 - 04/16/13 09:31 PM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 01/30/08
Posts: 7599
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Listening to this audiobook. TNB bullshit: he constantly gets caught with drugs and/or handguns, robs people etc. But it's everybody else's fault. Extra points for "We beez Ejipshuns n shit" and conspiracy nonsense. He's a fucking loser. http://www.amazon.ca/My-Infamous-Life-Autobiography-Prodigy/dp/1439103186
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#589117 - 04/17/13 07:17 AM
Re: What are you reading?
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 04/14/06
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Just ordered the Life of Greece by Durant on Kindle.
I've read it [and much of his Story of Civilization] before and have 2 hardcovers of it, but it is most convenient to carry the pad than the ultra-heavy hardcover.
Also reading the complete works of Dickens I got for 99 cents for the Kindle.
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#589698 - 04/23/13 11:34 AM
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[Re: Da Burglar]
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Porn Jesus
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was that off panzers shelf?^
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