RE: Book Club

2010-09-01 Thread Eric Roberts
-community Subject: Re: Book Club I'm re-reading "Clan of the Cave Bear". It's sort of like the Quest for Fire, but with better sex scenes and atlatls. puh-sike. I don't read squat. It's all Eureka and old SG-1 episodes at the moment. Boob-tube h! I

RE: Book Club

2010-09-01 Thread Sisk, Kris
HeheheI was thinking it... -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:03 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Book Club Yes you can. just get a large club, go to his grave and start hitting. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:56

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2010-09-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Yes you can. just get a large club, go to his grave and start hitting. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Next up Tom Sawyer." > > You can't beat Mark Twain. > > > J > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain >

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2010-09-01 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Next up Tom Sawyer." > > You can't beat Mark Twain. I thought he was reading Rush lyrics. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfu

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2010-09-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Next up Tom Sawyer." You can't beat Mark Twain. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson

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2010-09-01 Thread Sam
I just finished reading Time Machine to my daughter. Before that it was Heidi. Next up Tom Sawyer. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I'm re-reading 'Clan of the Cave Bear'.  It's sort of like the Questfor > Fire, but with better sex scenes and atlatls." > > I have it.  It

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2010-09-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I'm re-reading 'Clan of the Cave Bear'. It's sort of like the Questfor Fire, but with better sex scenes and atlatls." I have it. It keeps getting pushed down my in my stack of books. Seems like something always comes along that I want to read more. J - No man's life, liberty, or property i

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2010-09-01 Thread denstar
I'm re-reading "Clan of the Cave Bear". It's sort of like the Quest for Fire, but with better sex scenes and atlatls. puh-sike. I don't read squat. It's all Eureka and old SG-1 episodes at the moment. Boob-tube h! I guess "Language Implementation Patterns" counts as a book, tho it's

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
Sounds interesting. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:

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2010-08-31 Thread William Bowen
Thunderer is a warship that hangs above the city as a reminder of the power of The Bird, it features prominently in the first book. A boy leaping from building to building following The Bird as it sweeps over the City finds that the Bird's power of flight is imbued in him. Arjun, a traveler from

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2010-08-31 Thread Ras Tafari
always remember the DOUBLE TAP!!! (zombieland!!) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:17 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Just finished "Double Tap" by Steven Martini. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"LOVED THEM! Totally engrossing and engaging." Tell us more. What's the gist? I have a stack of books to read that is 3+ feet high, but I'm always willing to add more. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocr

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2010-08-31 Thread William Bowen
Just finished "Double Tap" by Steven Martini. meh. Before that, I read "Thunderer" and "Gears of the City" by Felix Gilman. LOVED THEM! Totally engrossing and engaging. Plus also, Gilman created an entire world *without* resorting to my *least* favorite sci/fantasy trope, "The Renaming of Comm

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2010-08-31 Thread Erika L. Rich
Oh yeah. Another great book. Reminds me I need to re-read it... Little bit of re-fresher never hurt anyone. LOL! On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > For me, the big game changer was "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Dr. > Richard Carlson. I read that just before graduating hig

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2010-08-31 Thread Erika L. Rich
No. No leniency for you 2 years! /me gets cast iron skillet out :) On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Then it didn't affect your life. :P" > > You're probably right there or else I would have remembered something. It > has been at 11 years since I read it tho

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Then it didn't affect your life. :P" You're probably right there or else I would have remembered something. It has been at 11 years since I read it though. I need a little leniency. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artifi

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2010-08-31 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Justin Scott wrote: > For me, the big game changer was "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Dr. > Richard Carlson. I think about the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" all the time, particularly when listening to people who believe someone else is controlling their destiny.

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2010-08-31 Thread Justin Scott
> Then it didn't affect your life. :P > I think about it almost all the time. > Biggest take-away from it is the "Circle of Concern". For me, the big game changer was "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Dr. Richard Carlson. I read that just before graduating high school (seems like yesterday but it

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2010-08-31 Thread Erika L. Rich
Then it didn't affect your life. :P I think about it almost all the time. Biggest take-away from it is the "Circle of Concern". Really helps to calm you down and put some things into perspective. Doesn't work all the time because we are all human ... but 90% of the time it'll get me down of a st

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2010-08-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its depends on the definition of boring. The meta-analysis stuff I go through when I do consulting in the area (amazing how many research institutes and organizations now do that sort of analysis first). As for the Byzantine Empire books, I find there are a lot of parallels in Byzantine culture an

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Currently reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. I've always meant to read it, just now getting around to it." I read it ages ago. I really can't remember a thing about it. Means it probably wasn't great or terrible, but somewhere in between. "Before that I was worki

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2010-08-31 Thread Cameron Childress
Still at the very beginning. Just read the part about perspective and the drawings of the two women. Reading it bits at a time on the iPad... -Cameron On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Erika L. Rich wrote: > EXCELLENT book. Just excellent. How you liking it? > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:46 A

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
And I thought i read a lot of boring books. You should see my wife's expression when I crack open a new math book. Pure disbelief that anyone would read such material. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I've been reading the Wheel of Time series " I've seen the Wheel of Time series, but never read any. Whereas science fiction and fantasy once dominated my reading selections, they have gone by the way side as I grow older. "Also highly recommended is the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher . . . " I

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2010-08-31 Thread Erika L. Rich
EXCELLENT book. Just excellent. How you liking it? On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Currently reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. > Covey. I've always meant to read it, just now getting around to it. > > ~

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2010-08-31 Thread Cameron Childress
Currently reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. I've always meant to read it, just now getting around to it. Before that I was working on the Ender's Game series of books, though I have dropped back off on reading lately. -Cameron On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:41 AM, La

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2010-08-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
OK here goes - this is for the last 4 months or so: Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings by John E. Hunter and Dr. Frank L. Schmidt. Sowing the Dragon's Teeth: Byzantine Warfare in the Tenth Century by Eric McGeer CF9WACK - Vol.2 by Ben Forta (Skimming only).

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2010-08-31 Thread Sisk, Kris
I tend to read series rather than individual books. Ask me what I'm reading and I'm more likely to give you the name of the series than the name of the book. I've been known to have to go to the menu on me ebook reader to give someone the title of the book I was reading because that's just the way

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2010-08-31 Thread Jacob
My current read.. "ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate study guide." -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:02 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Book Club I wish I had more time to read. Currently, I'm

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2010-08-31 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I wish I had more time to read. Currently, I'm trying to read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" along with "The Rails 3 Upgrade Guide" Usually, if read anything nowadays, it seems to be tech related. On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Several times over the year

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2010-08-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
I forgot to add, if you are reading anything interesting, let us know. I trust word of mouth much more than media reviews. J - No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, a