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What are you reading Chapter 4
- Thread starter slobake
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My son is a lefty. He's weird.
Two of my three sisters are lefties. I’m married to a lefty.
None of them is in their right mind.
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Nice little book. About a Spanish shepard boy who starts a journey across Egypt to find his treasure at the Pyramids of Giza. Short story, reads fast.
Nice little book. About a Spanish shepard boy who starts a journey across Egypt to find his treasure at the Pyramids of Giza. Short story, reads fast.
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The correct tterm for lefty is actually "sinister"Two of my three sisters are lefties. I’m married to a lefty.
None of them is in their right mind.
The two guys I worked with in the photography/photo lab business were lefties. Fortunately, they were sympathetic enough to my plight (being a righty) to get me normal scissors to cut film with..............Two of my three sisters are lefties. I’m married to a lefty.
None of them is in their right mind.
Ha! Sure enough, almost exactly a year to the date, I just re-read that. And now I'm re-reading Dennett's Breaking The Spell. Always rewarding to dig into his work.
Finding my way through the to-be-read books cabinet... This was an impulse purchase spotted on the bookstore shelves more so than anything I would have sought out. It's hit-and-miss, and a pretty good example of how “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”* A couple of the essayists are pretty far up their own backsides, with one apparently convinced he's much funnier than he actually is. But a couple of the other entries are interesting, and have some things worth thinking about.
* Here are a couple of rabbit holes on that quote, if you're so inclined:
Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture – Quote Investigator
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* Here are a couple of rabbit holes on that quote, if you're so inclined:
Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture – Quote Investigator
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Back to re-reading one of my favorites:
His Dirk Gently novels are on my shortlist to re-read soon.
Currently, I’m reading “The Elephant’s Journey” by José Saramago. He’s a pretty eclectic writer. Great stories, but you have to be willing to go deep. Not an easy author to read, but a rewarding one.
EDIT: I used “great” a lot there. Switched it up.
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Actively trying to watch less TV and read more lately, so I’ve been busy. In the past two weeks I’ve read The Hobbit, Beowulf, and am currently re-reading The Lord of the Rings (about 250 pages in). Goes to show how much junk TV I “watch”, just to put something on for noise and relaxation - I can’t tell you a single show’s plot I’ve watched lately.
Really thoughtful and amazing book. More about character development (and/or lack of same) and class than plot, but that's often the way i like them!
