Tag: Books
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Books I’ve Read
Yanked from my friend Jeni. BBC believes most people will only have read SIX of these 100 books. I find that hard to believe, and can’t find a news article to back up the figure… so… anyway… how many have YOU read? Be honest! Instructions: 1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after…
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Rabbit, Run – Saying the wrong thing
I’m reading John Updike’s Rabbit Run. It makes me think of a subject I’ve wanted to write about for a while now: Saying the wrong thing. Have you ever had a moment in a conversation where you knew exactly what the wrong thing to say was? The thing that would bring complete silence to the…
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Time – Growing Up
Lately people from my high school have been finding me and adding me via myspace or facebook. If I remember having a conversation with the person I’ll usually accept their friend request. I get some requests though that are from people I can’t remember ever even meeting. This makes me wonder, do they remember me?…
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I want to quote something from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig There’s this primary America of freeways and jet flights and TV and movie spectaculars. And people caught in this primary America seem to go through huge portions of their lives without much consciousness of what’s immediately around them.…
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Book Club MeetUp
Munns convinced me to check out MeetUp.com for something I might be interested in. I love reading, and need to meet more people / become comfortable talking to strangers. Joining a book club seemed like a great way to accomplish these things. Brendan and I joined this club that meets in and around Durham. We…
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Douglas Adams Quote
I’ve added a new category for quotes. I always come across good ones, and I’d like to share. Let’s think the unthinkable, let’s do the undoable, let’s prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. -Douglas Adams
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CCIE Attempt #1
We’ll call this post CCIE attempt number 1. I’ve completed my first attempt at the CCIE. I’m not sure how high in number these posts will get. I sat down, read through the test.. and then said WTF on about 4 or 5 of the questions. Most everything was doable… but some of it was…
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Done With Dune
I just finished the 6th book in Frank Herbert’s Dune series. A thought came to me. “I am the destroyer of words.” When I woke up this morning at 11:30 (I was up until 3 reading) I started reading another book. I want to find some kind of application like maybe an Amazon list that…
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Dune
I’m just finishing up the Dune series by Frank Herbert. This was recommended to me by Justin who got me interested in it with his Tattoo of the Litany. Litany Against Fear I’m reading the 6th book now which was the last one written by Frank Herbert. There are more books but written by his…