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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:27 pm
by bazoqop
To quote the Judge: "Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. "
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:06 pm
by Christian
Dharma Punx by Noah Levine a very good memoir of transformation from addiction/delinquent/punker through recovery and spiritual growth fusing punk and buddhist practice.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:13 pm
by Christian
"The Heart of the World" a fantastic journey through the Tsangpo Gorge to "discover" the last few miles of the Tsangpo River in SE Tibet. A truly awesome book.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:13 pm
by Ascentionist
The Hobbit. A wonderful story about short people overcoming dragons and the prejudices of dwarves.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:11 pm
by Zspider
skibum wrote:the judge is the devil incarnate
Do you really think so? Well, OK, the thing with children is a little low-rent. But beyond that, I think the judge has a realistic outlook on the condition of mankind. It might be a horrifying philosophy, but it has the stench of truth.
How did the book make you feel at the end? Depressed? Miserable? I thought there was a beauty to it, a celebration of the bloody glory of man, unfettered with all the moral trappings.
ZSpider
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:52 pm
by Zspider
skibum wrote:the judge is the devil incarnate
And by the way, I absolutely love your T-shirt in your profile. I'm still laughing.
ZSpider
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:03 pm
by J-Rock
"The Tracker" by Tom Brown Jr.
"A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf" by John Muir
Muir wrote of Kentucky, "The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm. Kentucky is the greenest, leafiest State I have yet seen. The sea of soft temperate plant-green is deepest here."
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:15 pm
by Yasmeen
Just finished Chesapeake by James Michener and was just as impressed by that as I was with Hawaii. Now I'm on We The Living by Ayn Rand, which I'm enjoying since it's teaching me about Russia in the early 20th century, about which I knew pretty much nothing before this book.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:49 pm
by ynot
According to Collins' History of Kentucky, A squirrel could climb up a tree at the Ky. Tennessee border and climb down another tree at the Ohio river,never having touched the ground.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:38 am
by Huggybone
We the Living used to be my favorite book. Stephan is my favorite.