SteveThaiBinh Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Small Gods by Terry Pratchett <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hope you're enjoying the new BBC radio adaptation. I am. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Hurlshort Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 Dubliners is good stuff...depressing as hell though. I started a new series by Bernard Cornwell about the Holy Grail. The first book was called Archer. It's a good change from his Napoleonic War era series. He's a very solid historical fiction author.
metadigital Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 50 facts that should change the world by Jessica Williams e.g.: A third of the world is at war 30 million people in Africa are HIV-positive The US owes the UN $1 billion in unpaid dues One in five people live on less than $1 a day Cars kill two people every minute More than 150 countries use torture America spends the same on pornography as it does on foreign aid... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
PureSvenska Posted March 2, 2006 Posted March 2, 2006 I've begun reading The Historian, by Elisabeth Kostova.
tarna Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 50 facts that should change the world by Jessica Williamse.g. ...America spends the same on pornography as it does on foreign aid <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (w00t) Ruminations... When a man has no Future, the Present passes too quickly to be assimilated and only the static Past has value.
Dark_Raven Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 Interesting. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Laozi Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) 50 facts that should change the world by Jessica Williamse.g. ...America spends the same on pornography as it does on foreign aid <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (w00t) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can't believe we spend that much on foreign aid. Obviously we are a much more generous country then I ever knew. Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry The Legends of Charlemagne Edited March 3, 2006 by Laozi People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair.
metadigital Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 America spends $10 billion on pornography every year OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Pidesco Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 there are more than 300,000 internet sites dedicated to naked flesh. Isn't 300,000 like a really small number? If someone were to ask me, I'd say there were millions of porn sites on the net. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
metadigital Posted March 3, 2006 Posted March 3, 2006 there are more than 300,000 internet sites dedicated to naked flesh. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Isn't 300,000 like a really small number? If someone were to ask me, I'd say there were millions of porn sites on the net. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Depends on your definition of website (the domain or all the pages underneath); also I think this was more about just the US sites. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Chupacabra Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Finished Hamlet. Good play. Probably the best of his I've read so far. Once I have time, I fully intend to start Macbeth. :D I'm also reading The Wastelands: the Dark Tower part III by Stephen King on and off.
Dark_Raven Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Good to see people reading the classics instead of smut. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Bulgarian Jedi Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I have started Dan Brown's Angels and Demons to see what is the whole craze about his books nowadays Нека Силата винаги бъде с теб! I reject your reality, and substitute it with my own. Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. John Lenon This thread is a big "hey, f*** you!" to the humanity's intelligence. 571911[/snapback]
Pidesco Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I have started Dan Brown's Angels and Demons to see what is the whole craze about his books nowadays Oh, god no! "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
metadigital Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I just found a box of books that I have to read, including stuff like a Quotations tome of Churchill. I really need to set up a reading roster, now! OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
WITHTEETH Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I have started Dan Brown's Angels and Demons to see what is the whole craze about his books nowadays <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I found this book entertaining, have you read the da vinci code? There making it into a movie with Tom Hanks as the main character, I'm not a tom hanks fan, but atleast he can't ruin the book. Good fun! Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
Pidesco Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I found this book entertaining, have you read the da vinci code? There making it into a movie with Tom Hanks as the main character, I'm not a tom hanks fan, but atleast he can't ruin the book. Good fun! Because it's impossible to ruin what's already ruined? "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
WITHTEETH Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Are you talking about the similarites between Holy Blood Holy Grail and The Da Vinci Code? Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
metadigital Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I just found it! The book that has been haunting me for months; the book that I mentioned last year and the name of which I couldn't remember ... It's Frank McLynn's 1759 (subtitled The year Britain became Master of the World). From the back: Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588 or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066. In 1759 OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Pidesco Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 Are you talking about the similarites between Holy Blood Holy Grail and The Da Vinci Code? No, I'm talking about the awful writing, the shallow characterization, the craptastic, predictable story and the complete waste of a perfectly good theme for a book. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
metadigital Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Dark_Raven Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 What a nice book you have there Mr Meta. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
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