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09-17-2004, 07:17 AM
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The Original Corruptor
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Lopez, Carl. Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving.
Smith, Carrol. Drive to Win. The Essential Guide to Race Driving. |
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09-17-2004, 04:39 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Are you, perhaps, interested in race driving?
 Someone recommended Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and I tried to find it at the library t'other day, and was surprised to find out it was non-fiction! I didn't have time to dig it up in the non-fiction section, but if people recommend it, I will. Comments on it, anyone? And what non-fiction event is it about?
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun!  Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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09-18-2004, 04:55 AM
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The Original Corruptor
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I'm still just an inexperienced novice beginner wannabe rookie (who likes to treat his daily driver badly on occasion), but I reckon the best place to start is the theory. One day I might be able to afford some type of purpose built race car, and actually use the theory. I prefer racing cars over contemplating the complexities of biblical hermeneutics.  |
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09-18-2004, 05:28 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Just finished an Agatha Christie book - they're all the same, but lots of fun!!
AM wanting to pick up the book that sun-star ( I think ) recommended - the Heir of Radclyffe, or something like that.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 09-18-2004 at 05:30 PM. |
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09-18-2004, 08:08 PM
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Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury
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I just finished a book called Animal Farm by George Orwell. Missed quite a bit reading it in the car all within three hours, so I'm reading it again now.
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09-19-2004, 06:04 AM
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Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
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 But my recommendation was so unconvincing! It's a great book, though, if you like Victorian novels about Christianity. Tell me what you think if you do read it.(it's Redclyffe, IIRC)
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And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 09-19-2004 at 06:06 AM. |
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09-19-2004, 01:49 PM
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"Weekend Wodehouse." Its a collection of short stories, excerpts, letters, notes, etc. written by P.G. Wodehouse.
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09-20-2004, 04:57 PM
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The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas).
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yay for Wodehouse! I was reading him last week.
Today I just finished The Lost Princess by G. MacDonald. Can I just say (again) how much I love his fairy tales?
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09-21-2004, 05:46 AM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden
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At the moment I'm reading, amongst others, Herman Lindquist's causerie Europa är vi allihopa! (in fact I going thru all the causeries of this excellent author).
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09-21-2004, 08:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines
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Intellectual Property Code
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09-21-2004, 04:01 PM
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Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs
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Currently reading Dan Simmons Ilium, a very interesting read. Anyone else tried it?
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09-25-2004, 06:20 AM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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I'm a day away from finishing 'Ivanhoe' by sir Walter Scott. A bit of a wordy fellow, this Scott. I don't like this Ivanhoe character much, the book may be called after him, but he barely appears in it!
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09-25-2004, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Narnia
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'How to Read Literature Like a Professor' by --- Foster. Its really really good (helpful) and also amusing.
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Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries. Last edited by Mercutio : 09-27-2004 at 05:23 PM. Reason: whoops |
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09-27-2004, 03:57 PM
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The Lovely Hobbit-Lass
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Bounded in a nut-shell
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Sky of Stone - Homer Hickam
The Return of the King - Tolkien Treasures of the Snow - ?? (forgot) A biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Dorothy Laird
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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09-28-2004, 10:56 AM
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Elven Lady of Speed-posting
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Location: the cheese state
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Hamlet
And I'm in heaven. I love Shakespeare way too much to be normal.
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Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.) |
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09-29-2004, 03:30 PM
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Lady of Letters
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England
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In Memoriam
*wipes away a tear*
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And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. |
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09-29-2004, 04:03 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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Just finished a fascinating book on history and training of Rescue Dogs. I want to try to train my dog now! Really fascinating on how they have gone from classic "tracking" dogs (sniffing the ground) to "air-scent" dogs, and the amazing results they get from them, and the various sub-categories (live find, cadaver, forensic, avalanche, all-purpose) and the different skills needed for each, etc. etc.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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09-29-2004, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA <3
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Bram Stoker's Dracula...
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09-30-2004, 03:59 AM
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Elven Warrior
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Colloquial Japanese, Im trying to get a basic understanding before I take a Japanese class next semester!
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09-30-2004, 01:42 PM
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The Lovely Hobbit-Lass
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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