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  • #16
    Re: What are you currently reading?

    Just finished "Vikings of the Pacific" by Sir Peter Buck (Te Hirangi Roa).

    Continuing on with the seafaring theme, I'm now into "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway (again).
    Make trouble, have fun, do good stuffs.

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    • #17
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      I'm not reading, I'm cataloging! I found a nifty site called Library Thing which allows you to enter your books by author, title, or ISBN and it will automatically pull up the rest of the LC data and store it in a catalog online. You can find other folks with the same books, search other libraries, and basically spend a lot of time fiddling with books. What's cooler than that?

      Check it out. Here's my profile.
      http://www.linkmeister.com/wordpress/

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      • #18
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        Originally posted by Linkmeister
        I found a nifty site called Library Thing which allows you to enter your books by author, title, or ISBN and it will automatically pull up the rest of the LC data and store it in a catalog online.
        Ho, I would be scared to catalog all my books. I'd have to actually pull them all out and handle them, one by one. I have too many! They're in boxes, and stacks, and shelves, and piles all over the place. Not to mention, it would play havoc with my house because I swear, they've been there so long and are so big, some of those stacks of books have become structural supports.

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        • #19
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          I only have about 2,000-2,500, but they're mostly in shelves. They don't underpin the house yet.
          http://www.linkmeister.com/wordpress/

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          • #20
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            Now: Bob Dylan's autobiography.
            Next: Hoping to go to MadAzza's house to help her read.
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            That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

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            • #21
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              Almost pau with 'The James Dean Story' by Ron Martinetti. It's much more interesting than I thought it would be. It's not normally something I'd read but, as a child, I knew one of the main players in Dean's career. What an eye opener!!!

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              • #22
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                Originally posted by kimo55
                Mahalo for the link. But that's not a bible thread; its a Christian sect-based one. I appreciate bibles for their glimpse into the lives of the peoples of the middle east who spanned a good few thousand years. I find myself searching for appeals towards a better humanity, or the choices and results that different people and situations presented.

                As for Jesus Christ, I enjoy his humanity. I am not so concerned with his diety, but I can surely become inspired at his fiery words towards shutting down those uppity Pharisees. Try reading the first four NT books and not think about the ressurection/assuncion stuff. No wonder the dude got himself killed. He broke OT laws left and right. He was very much the radical.

                And that's another thing. There are so many verses that make profound statements in and of themselves, and being applicable in so many ways. And then there are a few that hearken up a good "WTF?" after rereading it a few times.

                And then there is a lot of fun in reading a thematic bible with a eucummenalemaical vibe that's alien to one's own. Lot to learn that way, too.

                Now, back to the book thread....

                pax

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                • #23
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                  A Heart Like Jesus, Max Lucado

                  Next...
                  Picture Bride, Yoshiko Uchida
                  ~'Ailina

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                  • #24
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                    Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'o
                    Mahalo for the link. But that's not a bible thread; its a Christian sect-based one.
                    oops yer right. thread with bible mentioned. the most we have had on HT.

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                    • #25
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                      Re-reading Alastair Reynolds "Revelation Space"; then I will re-read "Redemption Ark" so I can finally read the third novel in the trilogy, "Absolution Gap". Well worth it and highly recommended for those who like sci-fi literature.

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                      • #26
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                        A "Finewoodworking" magazine

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                        • #27
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                          Just starting Herb Kawainui Kane's "Ancient Hawai'i".
                          “First we fought the preliminary round for the k***s and now we’re gonna fight the main event for the n*****s."
                          http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review...=416&printer=1

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                          • #28
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                            Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'o
                            I appreciate bibles for their glimpse into the lives of the...
                            And that's another thing. There are so many verses that make profound statements in and of themselves, and being applicable in so many ways. And then there are a few that hearken up a good "WTF?" after rereading it a few times.

                            And then there is a lot of fun in reading a thematic bible with a eucummenalemaical vibe that's alien to one's own. Lot to learn that way, too.
                            But be vewwwyy kewfuw. even the vatican sez don't take the bible literally!

                            http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=2055412005

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                            • #29
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                              Originally posted by kimo55
                              But be vewwwyy kewfuw. even the vatican sez don't take the bible literally!

                              http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=2055412005
                              "Mr O'Nazareth", hahahaha....

                              Look dude, I will be seeing you in the Hereafter Tiki Lounge sooner or later, so I ain't too worried...me and my can of Aqua Net are gonna bartend it, and you can be that old buzzard sitting on the end stool, looking like a movie extra from "Casino", pounding back mango poisson duh fromage and dirty Chivas, complete with either a)gold neck chain or b)big oval blue jade ring (CHOOSE ONE).

                              Polyester polo shirt and Alberto V05 pomade required.

                              Until then, lemme enjoy reading my baibala!

                              pax

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                              • #30
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                                The Book of Absinthe - A Cultural History. Fascinating reading, and good times. Rolling-in-the-aisles laughable situations. Good ol' Van Gough, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Degas, et al.

                                One of the better quotes from Wilde:
                                "After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world."

                                Alas, it's true.

                                And that garbage they sell here domestically is a joke.

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