Books

[NAD]

I haven't, but I didn't give up! I really really doubt that it begins to clear up, especially with the whole looping nature of it.

Interesting story, first time I opened Finnegans Wake (remember, no apostrophe) I was on the crapper, and I damn near died of laughter two paragraphs in. Finished my business, set the book on the comode, then as I was washing my hands still laughing, the fucking book MOVED. Shit creeped the hell out of me. As my one bro commented: "dude shelf it, I'm serious. That book CANNOT be left to its own devices." I believe him yo. I don't know why, but I do.

 

[NAD]

Chapter 1: cheeseburgers
Chapter 2: blowjobs

The End

 

[spaffe]

btw i started reading the satanic verses after seen it recomended here, dunno what to make of it yet since i've only read some fifty pages or so. but one thing struck me immediately; the humour in it is very similar to that of douglas adams (hitchhiker's guide) and that's always a good thing

 

[Krilons Resa]

Chapter 1: cheeseburgers
Chapter 2: blowjobs

The End

 

[J.]

I guess his Presidential pension isn't enough.

 

[Anglachel_Sword]

Basically what I like to read are literature books, classic stories, legends, fantasy, terror, history, well.
I´m reading "The Eneid" by Virgilio, cause I love greek mythology and this book is a real classic, besides "The Odissey" and "The Illiad" .
Is quite interesting book of history and myth to read.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Just picked up In Defense of Elitism by William Henry III. So far it is Excellent. I should complete it today then I'm on to The Bell Curve by Herrnstein and The Essence of Religion by Feuerbach.

 

[Black Winter Day]

Sweet!

Read 50 pages of Nabokov's "The Gift" last night in Barnes & Noble. Bought it. It rules.

 

[NAD]

Had a dream I was in a Barnes and Noble in NYC. I've never been to NYC, nor the Barnes and Noble therein.

 

[Black Winter Day]

IThe gift is one of his russian novels, and thus is lenghty and demanding. He has such a gift for language, and his books are not merely vehicles for showing off this acumen like Joyce

I'm almost done with this. The Gift is one big sloppy MESS of a book. Pretentious, meandering, totally unfocused, horrible narration, much too lengthy descriptions, literary snobbery, a plethora of pointless references and quotes.... I like it.

 

[Rodrigo]

I just finished "Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah". I was disappointed by its length but overall I found it a great read. The cliffhanger is even worse than on "The Wastelands" (ie, how dare SK finish it like this?!?!?) but the consolation is that the next book is coming out in 3 months. I just cant wait for Dark Tower VII and see how it all plays out.

 

[HarmonyDies....]

I am half-way through Sophie's World, and I jsut finished the Meaning of Things. Both good reads!

 

[NAD]

Anyone ever read any William Blake? Man was a frickin' genius.

I started Steppenwolf two weeks ago, read about 20 page and fell in love, and haven't so much as looked at a book since. I hate being idle.

 

[Black Winter Day]

You're too burgeois to read that book.

 

[Black Winter Day]

Well, I'm 1/3 of the way through Proust's "Swann's Way". Proust has an uncanny ability for describing any feelings related to the 5 senses. When you get past the extremely complex sentence structure (about a million commas per sentence... the dude has the world record for longest sentence), his writing flows extremely well and makes for pleasurable reading. Much like the Nabokov book I read before it, the book is not much in the way of plot, but that's to be expected... and even a strength.

 

[lizard]

two good resources:
http://www.scholarsbookshelf.com/
and the mensa guy here at work recommended this one for rare and out of print books:
http://www.abebooks.com

 

[NAD]

Cool.

Hey is it true if you kill a Mensa dude you absorb his powers?

 

[lizard]

I wish

our section of the office (computer support and facilities) is mostly guys and we pull pranks on each other all the time. our web guy took a rubber latex glove, hooked it onto a paper clip, and hooked it onto the back collar of the mensa guy's shirt. Something about a mensa member with a rubber glove dangling off his back was just hilarious!

 

[NAD]

Comedy Gold!

"You're in Mensa and you look stupid!"

Sounds like an Anal Cunt song.

 

[lizard]

dude, there's this small executable file called "winporn.exe" that you can slip into someone's startup directory....suddenly nude chicks begin descending onto the screen accompanied by throaty cries of passion.


comedy gold!!!

oh, and fart and burp executables can also be put in there. one day our network guy put one in the boss's startup and turned up the speakers...we didn't know he was going to be having visitors...his admin assistant ran over and said, "guys, guys! Jim's computer is belching, and boy is he pissed!"