February 12, 200818 yr Iam about to start Mitch Alboms "For one more day".I know,I know... alot of people dont like him but I did enjoy his first novel,Iam a sap sometimes."Tuesdays with Morrie" was just depressing and he completely exploited Morries death which proves his deserving of a flame award.
February 12, 200818 yr I've got a copy of "Great Expectations" at my desk that I read on lunch occasionally.
February 12, 200818 yr I keep meaning to get back to Slash's autobiography, but it's written in a style that sounds nothing like I imagine Slash to sound like, so it's too off-putting. I read about 3 chapters and it just doesn't read well. I will finish it at some point, though.
February 12, 200818 yr I want to get this http://cgi.ebay.com/Chicago-White-Sox-101-...1QQcmdZViewItem and this http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BOOK-Good-Night-Ch...7QQcmdZViewItem To continue the brainwashing of, er I mean, reading to, my kids. And for me... http://cgi.ebay.com/Why-Beautiful-People-H...7QQcmdZViewItem
February 12, 200818 yr I picked up a couple of old science fiction paperbacks from the early '60s at a thrift store. I'm reading one right now called 3 From Out There. It's three short stories by Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight and Edmond Hamilton.
February 12, 200818 yr QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 05:17 PM) I picked up a couple of old science fiction paperbacks from the early '60s at a thrift store. I'm reading one right now called 3 From Out There. It's three short stories by Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight and Edmond Hamilton. i love those things. always great cover art and the rattier the better.
February 12, 200818 yr The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen...should have read it a few years ago, giving it a shot now.
February 12, 200818 yr "Empire" by Orson Scott Card. The right-wingers on here (like me) would love it!
February 12, 200818 yr QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 11:17 AM) I picked up a couple of old science fiction paperbacks from the early '60s at a thrift store. I'm reading one right now called 3 From Out There. It's three short stories by Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight and Edmond Hamilton. Anything by Asimov is a sure fire hit.
February 12, 200818 yr "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton (Amazon Link) It was given to me as a Christmas gift, but I just started reading it last week. Pretty enjoyable so far.
February 12, 200818 yr Lots of baby books. Well, skimming them because I don't want to know too much...it gets pretty scary. And shoot, our parents didn't have books and stuff and they did *facial tic* ok.
February 12, 200818 yr QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 04:17 PM) Lots of baby books. Well, skimming them because I don't want to know too much...it gets pretty scary. And shoot, our parents didn't have books and stuff and they did *facial tic* ok. Keep feeding 'em and it generally works out fine. They are tougher than you.
February 12, 200818 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 04:19 PM) Keep feeding 'em and it generally works out fine. They are tougher than you. Isn't that what KW would say about the Grinders?
February 13, 200818 yr Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Yeah, I'm finally catching on to the fad that died about two years ago.
February 13, 200818 yr QUOTE(smalls2598 @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 04:10 PM) "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton (Amazon Link) It was given to me as a Christmas gift, but I just started reading it last week. Pretty enjoyable so far. Great book.
February 13, 200818 yr I just finished A Crack in the Edge of the World, by Simon Winchester, and, after reading that, I am now as qualified as Balta to discuss Geology. I am now reading The First World War, by John Keegan.
February 13, 200818 yr QUOTE(smalls2598 @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 04:10 PM) "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton (Amazon Link) It was given to me as a Christmas gift, but I just started reading it last week. Pretty enjoyable so far. I try to read it every baseball season.
February 13, 200818 yr This is somewhat embarrassing, but I actually just finished the infamous book written by Neil Strauss- "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists." A roommate of mine a few years ago had it and was always telling me about it, and I read a few chapters then but never got around to getting into it then. Recently, some friends of mine had just read it and asked me if I had heard of it. I ordered it from Amazon (was too embarrassed to go anywhere and buy it in person and read it this past weekend. What an amazingly interesting book! And not even from the side of the interactions with men trying to pick up women, but how this "goal" absolutely took over and ruined some of these men's lives. Anyone looking for a really light, yet extremely interesting book on interaction between the genders, especially in the singles' scene, I highly recommend it. I found it humorous, ridiculous, and certainly obnoxious, but absolutely fascinating as well.
February 14, 200818 yr QUOTE(iamshack @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 10:35 PM) This is somewhat embarrassing, but I actually just finished the infamous book written by Neil Strauss- "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists." A roommate of mine a few years ago had it and was always telling me about it, and I read a few chapters then but never got around to getting into it then. Recently, some friends of mine had just read it and asked me if I had heard of it. I ordered it from Amazon (was too embarrassed to go anywhere and buy it in person and read it this past weekend. What an amazingly interesting book! And not even from the side of the interactions with men trying to pick up women, but how this "goal" absolutely took over and ruined some of these men's lives. Anyone looking for a really light, yet extremely interesting book on interaction between the genders, especially in the singles' scene, I highly recommend it. I found it humorous, ridiculous, and certainly obnoxious, but absolutely fascinating as well. Ladies and gentlemen...the new and improved iamshack:
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