1 My President ate a dog.

2 Downloading and re-reading S. M. Stirling's Island In The Sea of Time series.  Too bad it is only available on Amazon and the price is set by the publisher at $8, the same as the paperback.



Love those puppies.

3 I love Vince Flynn and Ted Bell style thrillers.  I've run out of their books to read.  Who can recommend authors writing these kinds of thrillers?

I've read all the Patricia Cornwell books, Laura Joh Rowland's series of 'detective' stories set in Japan of the early 1600's (think Shogun) and Robert Van Gulik's 'Judge Dee' detective stories set around the same time in China. 

I'm looking for more books to enjoy.

4 Is the AoSHQ main page loading slow for any of you?

Yes, but maybe those 10 porn torrent downloads I got going have something to do with it...

5 If you like Vince Flynn when you have worked your way through all of his try this series by Ben Coes.

http://is.gd/O9I0OD

6 BTW, I am using the latest rendition of FF and having no problem loading the pages.

7 Still haven't finished Tale of Two Cities. Picked up a Clancy book from last year at the library. Not bad but doesn't read like he actually wrote it.

8 Clancy went downhill when he wrapped up the Jack Ryan stuff.

9 Ted White and Blue.

Must reading.

10 JabbaTheTutt, try David Baldacci.

11 Yes, it is loading slow. It's been better the last few days though, but the month before that was brutal. It's even worse on my magic phone, an LG Revolution. Takes more than a minute to get to the point where I can scroll.

12 Just putting glasses on those dogs doesn't make them any less tasty.

13

Reading Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley Weintraub.  It's been an interesting look at the behind-the-scenes activity mainly of the FDR White House.  Winston Churchill went to the White House to firm up war plans now that the U.S. was in a declared state of war.  The British visitors were particularly impressed with rarities such as fresh eggs and ice for whisky.

>

>Weintraub holds up General MacArthur for particular harsh judgement.  The early part of WWII has never really interested (I've always been more interested in  the  1944-45 European campaign) so I don't know how accurate Weintraub is about MacArthur.  The main criticism I have of the book is that, while he lists each source used in the chapters, he doesn't make attributions to the source; this makes it virtually impossible to verify Weintraub's conclusions.

>

>Overall, I give the book a qualified recommendation.  I would regard it as giving an interpretation of characters that needs to be taken with a grain of salt.  It's not a long book and can be finished in a few evenings.

14 Authentic Old Western Coot: "The Sheriff is a - " CLANG! Howard Johnson: "What did he say?" Authentic Old Western Coot: "The Sheriif is a - " CLANG! Howard Johnson: "What?" Doc Johnson: "Sounded like he said the Sheriff is a Scone!" Authentic Old Western Coot: "NO, Goddamit it! The Sheriif is a - " CLANG! Doc Johnson: Here he comes now! Howard Johnson: "On behalf of the people of America, we extend a Laurel and Hardy Welcome to our new town... SCOAMF....

15 I am about halfway through Carol O'Connell's The Chalk Girl.  I've been a fan since Mallory's Oracle and this one is very good so far.  A sociopath detective, a little girl with Williams Syndrome and a murderer who hangs his victims in trees in Central Park. 

16 um...the secret service agent in charge in so america is a 46 yr old black woman who had previously launched a suit over women not getting high profile jobs in the agency? this is getting weirder and weirder...... http://tinyurl.com/8xmewmo "A decade ago, she joined a controversial class-action lawsuit alleging that African-Americans like her were discriminated against by the agency and given less prominent jobs. In an interview several years ago, she stood up for the ability of women to serve as bodyguards, saying: 'Women would not be remotely considered if we couldnÂ’t do it physically - and we can.'"

17 Homepage is always a crap shoot these days.

18

I read some David Balducci after I devoured Vince Flynn and Brad Thor. I think some 'ron or 'ronette recommended him. It's not exactly the same but some of the books are pretty good.

19 oops she was part of a class action suit...she didn't launch it.....

20 Dreams of my Father.  Pages not too scratchy, good for about two weeks.

Oh, wait - you wanted a book to read?

Sorry.

21

@ 3

Daniel Silva also has an excellent series along those lines. I might even say I enjoy them more than Thor and Flynn.

22

Love the picture of the dogs. Love. It.

 

I am reading "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin deBecker, it gives strategies for trying to help you avoid being victimized in some way (raped, murdered, stalked, robbed stuff like that). A lot of it is fairly common sense, but still always good to hear it again. He is kind of anti-gun for personal use, though, which I disagree with.

23

Anyone here tried to read Karma..Dan Brown?

I think he has gone round the bend.

24 I finished a couple books this week:  One was "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera, which I'd read before but did it as part of reading all of Kundera's early stuff in conjunction with reading "Terminal Paradox:  The Novels of Milan Kundera" by Maria Nemcova Banerjee, which I'd picked up a while back when I found it remaindered which is the fate of most books like that I suspect.  Anyway it was enjoyable rereading it because it had been quite a while.  Kundera's books don't bludgeon you with constant harping on how bad things were in Czechoslovakia under the fucking commies but they certainly make it known that you were always being watched and you weren't free to be yourself.  Banerjee's book added some insight but didn't really enhance the experience as much as I thought might be possible; it's not like Kundera's books are as dense as Finnegan's Wake.  Most of them have at least one character who's always chasing cooter and that translates pretty well into any language.



I made some headway last night in "Citizens:  A Chronicle of the French Revolution" by Simon Schama, which I've been sporadically reading for a while but go through periods where I don't make any headway.  Schama is currently a major cocksucker and a commie douche, and there are some early clues of it in this early work by him, but this is fairly well written history.  Last night I read about the death of Jean-Paul Marat, who sounded like a total fuckhead, at the hands of Charlotte Corday who sounded like a real heroine of the country.  The Jacobins sound like the OWS vermin and Marat, who got killed in the bathtub because he suffered from gross psoriasis, sounded like somebody I'd really really hate.  They tried to turn his wake into a maudlin memorial with the body being posed in a garish spectacle; the trouble was they were having a major heat wave at the time and the body started decomposing almost immediately.  And of course embalming practices weren't what they are now either so the smell must have been horrendous; as a lefty fuckhead deserves.  That Schama was able to describe it in the way he did meant he hadn't completely lost his fucking mind at this point and still had some integrity.

25 ...making a quiche...

26 Is the AoSHQ main page loading slow for any of you? Brutal on my Galaxy Nexus running Chrome. It just sits there for 20-30 seconds before I can scroll.

27 Anyone here tried to read Karma..Dan Brown?
I think he has gone round the bend.

Posted by: just another dave at April 22, 2012 11:33 AM (PbSSx)

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Read The Lost Symbol because it involved Freemasonry and I was curious about how he was going to interpet it.  While on the whole it was not anti-Masonic, the motivation of the villain was laughable -- if the villain got the ultimate secret of Freemasonry, he would become a demon/god/or some-such stupid drivel.  First and last Dan Brown I'll read.

28 Due to all of the really interesting material to read on the internet coupled with working insane fucking hours, I've gotten out of the habit of reading for pleasure over the last 10 years or so. But I gave my 77 year old mom a kindle fire for Christmas and she gave it back at Easter and told me she just couldn't get into it. It's kinda revived my interest in reading. Downloaded a book called "Outlaw  Platoon" written by a kid who was an Lt in charge of an infantry platoon near the paki border in A'stan for about 16 months during 06 & 07. Hell of a good read.

29 Reading the Riyria Revelations series by Michael J Sullivan. Good fantasy adventure. I'm halfway through Rise of Empire.

30 Jabba: in addition to Coes, try some Robert Ferrigno or Brad Taylor. Also, Olen Steinhauer has a CIA-thriller series that's pretty good, starting with "The Tourist (no relation to the recent movie of the same name), although the last book "The American Spy" had so many double- and triple-agents I lost track of who was running whom. (I don't want to work that hard when I read fiction.)

31 I've read Dan Brown, but not the latest. I think he's a pretty good fiction writer--the pages turn. I don't have a big problem with distinguishing between a work of fiction and reality. I'm always laughing at theses kooks who get disturbed by Brown or Harry Potter or the Hunger Games---seriously, did you think the bunnies in Watership Down were real too? Have to admit though that some of these fiction books seem realer than the Washington Post or the talking points on This Week with communist douchbags.

32 Install the FireBug plugin for FireFox. It will let you know how long it took to load each component of the page. It will help you identify the laggards.

33 Just finished writing my first novel and am looking for help editing, critiquing in general, suggestions. Many here read the same type of books I do, Brad Thor Vince Flynn, etc and my book is in the same genre.

Any help would be appreciated.

34

I'll second the recommendation for Outlaw Platoon, if you're into reading 'bout our troops' adventures along the Af-Pak border.

35 Don't be talking bad about us bunnies, now, less you want a nibbled bum

36 @25: What are you talking about? I was always myself under Communism!

37 I have  Dan Brown's Lost Symbol book. It and his earlier works are fair to good reads, but he could improve these books a great deal if he did one thing.



Remove that damned lie in the front of the book that says the book is based on facts.  90% of it is bull shit.

38

What! You mean the bunnies in Watership Down were NOT real?

 

Now I'm really upset! 

 

39

First and last Dan Brown I'll read.

 

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at April 22, 2012 11:38 AM (M0NzJ)

 

I'm back and forth with Dan Brown. He has a hell of an imagination and is able to weave sub-plots together fairly well but there's always smething towards the end that is left wanting.

 

The fear that revealing that higer-up government officials participated in a wierd Masonic ritual was both puzzling and anti-climactic.

 

The big debate about religion vs. science at the end of "Angels and Demons" was downright annoying.

 

"Deception Point" is probably my favorite.

 

I don't read fiction anymore tho, so take that as you will.

 

40

Remove that damned lie in the front of the book that says the book is based on facts. 90% of it is bull shit.

 

Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2012 11:49 AM (YdQQY)

 

HA! That too. Why even bother? It's a work of fiction anyway so who cares?

41 Loads fine for me, but thank you for taking the time to check on it. Much faster than some other sites that have all those embedded videos like Breitbart and Gateway Pundit. Don't get me wrong, I like those sites, just not when I'm in a hurry.

42 Da Vinci Code is still my favorite Dan Brown book, but like all the others it IS fiction and made up bull shit.  But it is a good read and also a good movie.

43 I finished off Designated Targets, the 2nd book in the Axis of Time series. Not sure how I managed to start the series with the 2nd book, but in any case I won't be reading any more. OK idea, garishly amateurish in execution, and every character from the 21st century is a self-righteous sneering prick.

44 Attn. VA Morons! The Virginia Green Party is out in force collecting signatures for ballot access. Give them all the help they need

45 Menu for White House movie night (Dog Day Afternoon W. DUSTIN HOFFMAN) DOG-MEAT.NET

46
Say a prayer for my dad.

He went to the ER Friday night with a 103 fever. They got that down but sedated him for a CAT scan. I don't think he's been awake since.

He's got fluid around his heart and in his lungs. Nobody knows anything about him.

They gave him morphine just before the scan although he wasn't in pain. When he came back from the scan they said they had "fixed him up" (sedated him?)

His breathing is more labored than before and us kids have to meet to talk about EOL measures. If they can eliminate the fluid I think he stands a chance but I have no idea why he has seemed to slip into a vegetative state.

Off to the hospital now.

47 Update: Is the AoSHQ main page loading slow for any of you? I've noticed this just in the last few days that it takes quite a long time in Firefox to get to the point where I can scroll up or down.

***

Yes, and for several days, every time it refreshed it took me all the way down to a thread from several days prior.

48 Prayers Ed, good luck.

49 If you are using FF and the page is loading slow try using NoScript to block code loading.

50

Say a prayer for my dad

I just did. EOL situations are always tough.

51 Prayers, Ed. I hope the doctors can figure the problem out.

52 26 ...making a quiche...

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2012 11:35 AM (7NSiu)

 

thats nothing, the JEF is having puppy and eggs.

53 "A War Like No Other" by Victor Davis Hanson gives a perspective on the Peloponnesian Wars from the analysis of tactics, close combat, naval engagements and brings the wars down to a personal level. You may have read some of Hanson's musings on conservative web sites.  Muy bueno.

54 The Red Circle  by Brandon Webb

55 Prayers, Ed. This is not easy. I hope you find peace.

56 Over the last month or so I've picked up several books at, of all places, the Dollar Tree store. If you've never checked out their book aisle, you should. I haven't read any yet, so feedback from those who have will help me focus on the worthwhile reads.


The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination, Author: Gary Ecelbarger


America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise, Authors: David Armstrong and Joseph Trento


Road Work: Amog Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts, Author: Mark Bowden


No Cause for Indictment: The Explosive Story of the Newark Riots, Author: Ronald Porambo


Tomorrow You Go Home: One Man's Harrowing Imprisonment in a Modern Day Russian Gulag, Author: Tig Hague


Confessions of a Second Story Man: Junior Kripplebauer and the KandA Gang, Author: Allen M. Hornblum


Anyone familiar with these?

57 Everything But The Bark

58 Ed, my thoughts and prayers for your dad.

59
Leave it to the JEF to convert the Cat-O-Sphere to the Doggeh-Sphere.

60 I had a dog named Quiche Lorraine!

61

Libra @ 54

If you thought you liked "A War Like No Other" by VDH, you should read Steven Pressfield's book "The Tides of War".  A novelized, somewhat fictionalized account of the Peloponesian War. Fascinating and tragic, especially the expedition to Syracuse.

The scary thing about reading Pressfield's book is as the story unfolds, how the democratic mob and the way it was manipulated, was the undoing of Athens.  The idiot and ignorant democratic populism of Athens during the Peloponesian War is reminiscent of modern day America. It is in part a parable of how we will tear ourselves apart.

62 Not about books, but about professors, which I posted to the dead thread below...

I don't even know what to say other than that the gnashing of my teeth is going to give me a headache.

These people are so fucking delusional.... and that's not the half of it.

http://bit.ly/IcdLiV

I say we should revoke their effing passports.

63 Scrambled Hard-Boiled Thanks to an AOS earlier tout, have gotten quite a few readers and all positive reviews! Best review line so far ""Mickey Spillane writes the Canterbury Tales"

64 SCRAMBLED HARD-BOILED. "Mickey Spillane writes the Canterbury Tales" http://amzn.to/skg9Xo above is the link!

65 Prayers for your dad, Ed. I'm so sorry.

66 Well, it's probably not the normal AceHQ fare, but I just finished reading Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal. It's Jane Austen with magic. I blew through it in a half a day. It was some nice easy escapism.

67 Re: loading issues. Yes, I have the same issues with Google Chrome. I've had it for months and just accept it as normal.

68 Ed, if he was having trouble breathing they probably gave him morphine to relax him so he doesn't fight for breath.

My gripe with that is also suppresses respiration function at some point.

69 New ace post up

70 64
Scrambled Hard-Boiled

Just bought your book. Loved Cold Pulp Trio. Great bargain.

Thanks.

71 Prayers for your dad, Ed, hope he comes out of it OK.

Finished 'Mockingjay',the last of the Hunger Games books.  Really good finish to the story, like how the characters who survived the games are put through the wringer.  The characters' naivete in the first book is long gone.

Read the short story 'My Wife's Story', a charming tale of a man driven to murder by a story his wife tells by Richard Babcock.  Enjoyed it, it's short but the Kindle version is only 99 cents.

On to 'Wool' next.

72 Mean while the top of the best seller list at Amazon is the Fifty Shades series.  Female erotic literature.


Pulp crap.,

73 My take on Karma is that it is not intended as Fiction. Has anyone here read it?

74 The Dan Brown of "The DaVinci Code" is *not* the same Dan Brown of "Karma" infamy. See http://amzn.to/I2ca53

75 Prayers, Ed. I hope your father will pull through.

76 @47: you got the prayer, Ed A.! Hope your Dad recovers soon.

77 Just finished Agatha H and the Airship City read-aloud for the kids and started Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess yesterday. Also still working my way through Will but Twitter, and reading comments here, is really sucking up my reading time.

78

I am still working on "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich."  At the rate I'm going, I will be for quite some time.  I'm not sure I trust Shirer's politics as he seems to be making quite an effort to distinguish between Hitler and socialists, as if there were truly any difference between socialism and fascism when the state controls everything.

 

Anyway, I found this quote:

 

"The party had to play both sides of the tracks.  It had to allow Strasser, Goebbels and the drank Feder to beguile the masses with the cry that the National Socialists were truly “socialists” and against the money barons.  On the other hand, money to keep the party going had to be wheedled out of those who had an ample supply of it.

 

...

 

"So was an almost comical zigzag in Nazi politics.  Once in the fall of 1930 Strasser, Feder and Frick introduced a bill in the Reichstag on behalf of the Nazi Party calling for a ceiling of 4 per cent on all interest rates, the expropriation of the holdings of “the bank and stock exchange magnates” and of all “Eastern Jews” without compensation, and the nationalization of the big banks.  Hitler was horrified; this was not only Bolshevism, it was financial suicde for the party."

 

 

Does any of this remind anyone of the policies of any random SCOAMF? 

79 Reading "A Deadly Blessing" by Kathy Bennett on my kindle. My husband couldn't put it down and he hasn't read a book since the 1990s. It's 99 cents.

From amazon:

"The critically ill daughter of the governor of California has been kidnapped. LAPD Detective Maddie Divine is assigned to find her before itÂ’s too late. But this high-profile case comes with secrets on every side: cops, politicians, even the innocent. A Deadly Blessing is a lightning-paced story of suspense that will keep readers on edge from beginning to end."

80 That sounded like an advertisement! but I'm really reading the book. I meant to say that my husband never reads anything except financial blogs yet he was completely mesmerized by this book.

81 "I am still working on 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'."

My parents used to have this book and it was falling apart. At some point, they got rid of it; but now I want to read it.

82 Ed - prayers going your way. I'm sorry.

83
Thanks to all you morons.

Some good news 4 me.

Bro called from hospital. Dad was awake and alert overnight. Sometimes he gets his days and nights turned around.

Although his breathing is a bit labored blood gasses show him fully oxygenated. On IV now for anaerobic/gastro bugs, fever down from 103 at admittance to 100 now. Only thing I'm curious about now is his white cell count. Scans seem to preclude any intestinal leakage. I had a perforated diverticulum, so I know about that kinda stuff.

Sis is freaking out over the morphine because it can aggravate pulmonary edema. Sis is acting like an ass, lashing out. She's going to visit him soon. She'll probably snap at someone and I don't want to be there for that.

I'm gonna get drunk now and pull the night shift at the hospital. Everything is now just a matter of wait and see.

84 Hopefully poetry is allowed in the book thread. I'm rereading Eliot, specifically everything before the Four Quartets. Ash-Wednesday remains my favorite poem by him or anybody.

85 Best wishes and best of luck Ed.

86 #3- 61 Hours by Lee Child is pretty good.

Hey, E.R. White, Jr., I really enjoyed Scrambled Hard-Boiled! Got any more?

87 wow, I just read the new gaming post. I feel a little cross-eyed, so I'm just going to sit over here in the corner with you book people. thx.

88 Got a couple of long-awaited titles for the Kindle, Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and James Bowman's "Honor:  A History."  I've pre-ordered J.G Ballard's complete short-story collection.

I'm surprised that Bradbury allowed Fahrenheit to be released on Kindle, as he's known to be very hostile toward e-readers.  Maybe he thinks he's being ironic with this title?  Anyway, I hope he relents on Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Martian Chronicles.

89 POTUS Obama voted "present" on eating dog meat 131 times...

90

Reader cj @62.  Gotcha and will do.  Starting to become a small time authority on that period of history and, yes, there are many similarities.  The standard work is Donald Kagan's "The Peloponnesian War," and prior to that Tom Holland's "Persian Fire" half of which has to do with a united Sparta and Athens agains the Persian Empire.

 

91

microcosme, it was floating around our house when I was a kid, but it was impossible to read - too many endlessly distracting footnotes, plus the type in the paperback was so tiny.  But you can get it for Kindle for $2.99 so I'm finally reading it.

 

I read a dual biography of Hitler and Stalin back during the Clinton administration and amused myself by noting resemblances between Hitler's economic policies and Clinton's.

 

92 Still praying for you Ed. My dad had a heart attack a couple of years ago and my mom and sister were so freaked out about him becoming a vegetable (without any input from doctors, that this might be a possibility, mind you) they were like "we can't let him wind up on life support forever, let's refuse all treatment!" It was so frustrating because there was nothing i could say to change their attitude. Thank goodness a family friend came in and suggested a care conference with all the doctors and talked them down from their intense fear. Anyway, my dad is still alive and kicking today. Good luck and prayers with you.

93 Best wishes, Ed.


Btw which one of you morons is willing to draw the short straw and read Megga McCannz new tree killer and tell us how fucking brainless it surely is.  The ignorant bint who inflicted the phrase "strictly dickly" on the public while being interviewed in Playboy and mainly talking about sex although she said she doesn't want to talk about it, surely is enhancing her status as dumbest fucking whore ever with this tome.  Since ace wastes his time watching garbage movies and then even more by reviewing them, he's the logical choice.  Plus he'll come up with some poetic license plates describing that jizz dumpster in truly creative ways.  I'm still impressed with the assassination job he did on C*ntessa Brewer; truly a great moment for teh innerwebbz.

94 I just finished "The Art of Racing in the Rain," by Garth Stein.  It is a story told from the perspective of a dog who loves Formula One racing.  I cracked open "The Night Circus," by Erin Morgenstern last night.  I wanted to read Nanowrimo book, and it qualifies.  "The Tiger's Wife," by Tea Obreht is in the queue as is "The Mosquito Coast," by Paul Theroux. 

95 I just asked the library to purchase "America, You Sexy Bitch."  Publisher's Weekly says it is "sure to be one of the year's most entertaining political books" thereby just adding more proof to the pile that Publisher's Weekly has absolutely no standards whatsoever.

96 ((ed))

97 Just finished Peter Brett Desert Spear and the Warded Man, very nice if you like heroic fantasy. Finished the Mistborn trilogy by Sanderson, I prefer Brett's writing.

Currently reading some Saberhagen Berserker stories i somehow missed on release and GRR Martin's final Game of Thrones novel, needing some good Science Fiction references, I'm needing a SF Fix.

onlyme, warded man started strong, and then just wandered off.
the mistborn trilogy is great.
just opened "the stress of her regard" by tim powers.

98 Try  Kevin Hearne "Iron Druid" series or "The Monster Hunter " series by Larry Corriea.

99 good book recommendation by benedetto. Thanks Reading Bonheoffer by Metaxas. Best book ever!

100 Hang in, Ed.  May good things happen.

101 Christopher REich, is sort of in the same light as Silva and Flynn, the John Ransom series starting with Rules  of DEception, involves a doctor who stumbles among a terrorist plot, when his wife mysteriously dies, on a ski trip in Switzerland, although
it turns out nothing is as it seems, Steinhauer's latest, is a little baroque even for moi, that's saying something, 'you need a program to know all the players'

102

Mega thanks to the 'ette who recommended The Gargoyle, by Andrew Davidson.  It was epic!  Then again, how could you put down a book that begins with a drunk, drugged-up porn star (male) who sees a fiery arrow coming at him on his way home on the night of Good Friday?  He rolls his car over a massive embankment and is nearly burnt beyond recognition.  A mysterious visitor's tale thwarts his plans to kill himself as soon as he's released.

 

http://amzn.to/HTQjc6

103 Ed, just backed up and read all the comments.  I'll pray for your dad and you as well.

104 Prayers for you and your family Ed, especially that your sister will calm down and allow the docs to do what they need to do. Finished the first Game of Thrones book, and I can see why it gets attention, but I wasn't overly impressed. I am trying to gather the enthusiasm for the second book, but it's not easy. I have enjoyed Demonic, by Coulter, and her section on the French Revolution is both engaging, and sickening. I fear that is where we are headed, unless saner heads prevail in the public forum. Sadly, the public forum seems to be whipping up the mob, rather than presenting facts and logic.

105

Posted by: bobbymike at April 22, 2012 11:47 AM (cZieJ)

 

If you're ready to say, "But you're killing my babeh!" I'd be happy to give a whirl to the first chapter or two.  I'm an avid Flynn, Thor and Coes fan.  I also got a Journalism degree in '84 from a small, state school with a conservative faculty, so I've got a little experience with punk-chation and used to work as an editor for college publicaitons.

106

Posted by: bobbymike at April 22, 2012 11:47 AM (cZieJ)

Hi -- I would be glad to take a look at your MS. I'm a graduate of a top journalism school and have been a writer and editor for more years that I care to admit. I've got four books up on Amazon now, including one thriller and a two-part SF novel. I'm writing two new novels now, one a mystery that's nearly done and another SF book. Let me know if I can help.

BTW I'm a long-time lurker so you won't recognize my nic, or maybe you will from LGF before it went all pear shaped.

107

I finished a book recommended in an earlier book thread, and join in recommending it: "7th Sigma" by Steven Gould.

 

I read "Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick.  I think I like the movie version of the story better.

 

Currently launching into the Raylan Givens stories by Elmore Leonard.

108

     After rereading ‘Culture and CarnageÂ’ IÂ’ve begun a reread of ‘Father of Us AllÂ’. In addition to being a very good writer, VDH is a great teacher. Wish I could someway find the opportunity to take a dozen or so in person classes from him.

 

    Also just finished ‘Empire of the Summer MoonÂ’ by Gwynne: a comfortable read about the Comanche wars – focusing on Quanah Parker.

 

   For those who find ‘Game of ThronesÂ’ interesting but not challenging I would recommend the books of Sharon Kay Penman. Her three novels about the Welsh/English wars – ‘Here be DragonsÂ’, ‘Falls the ShadowÂ’, and ‘The ReckoningÂ’ - are good reads and surprisingly very well researched. Her revisionist look at Richard II – ‘Sunne in SpleandorÂ’ – provides an extremely provocative look at the War of the Roses.

109 I've been having the home page hang with Firefox too.  I've notice that if you go into the task manage and kill the flash plugin-container then it immediately takes off again.  I think it's the embedded YouTube videos that are causing it.

110 Ed, morphine actually helps pulmonary edema.  Hope your dad recovers fully soon!

111 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

112 I've just gotten around to this thread so maybe my suggestion won't be noticed, but:

much as I loathe Firefox and can't get it to properly format most sites, I can usually jumpstart the hangups.

Watch down in the left corner of your screen where it tells you what it is loading, or where it eventually says 'done'. If you see anything relating to 'project rubicon', immediately hit 'refresh'.

In fact, I don't wait on anything that seems to be taking time to load - I just jump the 'refresh' button and the next load seems to skip over the obstacle and the page comes up.

Wish I was computer savvy enough to explain this in better technical terms, but hope you get what I mean.