| [Craig Wagenhoffer] Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:37:59 PM | |
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Did you like the book? I haven't read it, but I've read some glowing reviews about it.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Friday, November 28, 2008 5:42:30 AM)| |  | jimmyjames wrote: | | | I'm reading The Richest Man In Babylon by George S Clason. Tells you the secrets of accumulating wealth and keeping it. |
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| [Bazookajoe_666] Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:02:39 AM | |
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| I decided to borrow Alice Cooper's biography, Golf Monster, today from the library. And it's definitly worth it. Fuck it's a good book haha. Funny and lots of cool stories. |
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| [SkyRideR] Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:44:47 PM | |
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my new bible of metal discourses: "Heavy Metal Painkillers"...
JUDAS PRIEST FOREVER!!!
bow down all sinners to kk...
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| [Soylentgreen4u] Monday, December 01, 2008 11:25:35 PM | |
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GREAT IRISH TALES OF HORROR...A EERIE LITTLE COLLECTION OF SPOOKY SHORT STORIES.  |
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| [soul stealer] Monday, December 01, 2008 1:34:02 PM | |
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a few years ago, i purchased a really thick book that had all his poems and stories. i got a good deal for two dollars! i checked out the biography at the public library. good to see another Poe fan on here
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Monday, December 01, 2008 1:18:18 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Cool, right now Im about halfway through Poes "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket". Great book.
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| [_strat_] Monday, December 01, 2008 1:18:18 PM | |
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Cool, right now Im about halfway through Poes "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket". Great book.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by soul stealer from Monday, December 01, 2008 1:07:56 PM)| | | soul stealer wrote: | | | i am currently reading the biography of edgar allen poe |
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| [soul stealer] Monday, December 01, 2008 1:07:56 PM | |
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| i am currently reading the biography of edgar allen poe |
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| [jimmyjames] Friday, November 28, 2008 5:42:30 AM | |
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| I'm reading The Richest Man In Babylon by George S Clason. Tells you the secrets of accumulating wealth and keeping it. |
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| [joedraper] Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:28:39 AM | |
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The Dirt - Motley Crue
I've had this one on my book stand for ages and decided to pick it up against my better judgement.
This book is disgusting; gentle; hearbreaking; incredibly human and impossible to put down! I got to experience in particular sides of Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx that were very down to earth. I think that this book is a gem and should be read by any music lover.
I wept when Neil wrote about the death of his baby girl. I don't know how in the world anyone can recover after such a loss. That chapter affected me in a very deep way.
Tommy, well, he's always been a firm favorite of mine purely because of how energetic and sort of innocent he is too all of life. When you get to read his sections he's very straight forward and comes across as a very lovable but missunderstood person.
Mick was the star of the book for me though. I really grew to like him through this read. |
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| [mesniu II] Monday, October 27, 2008 2:59:07 PM | |
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"Judas Priest: Heavy Metal Painkillers"- one day i'll read it completely.
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| [scorpion01] Friday, October 24, 2008 11:48:16 PM | |
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| THE PASSION AND GRACE OF BASEBALLS LAST HERO. IT'S ABOUT ROBERTO CLEMENTE. |
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| [Udo Sapper] Friday, October 24, 2008 10:51:33 PM | |
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| Judas Priest - Heavy Metal Painkillers - great read. |
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| [Deep Freeze] Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:10:32 AM | |
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I am glad that I was able to offer you the information. The book is very good. It offers some great insights.
I appreciate that you care about manners. As you mentioned, ours is a world that does not value civility as we once did. Those on this site that know me will tell you that I champion manners and good behavior constantly. I do not believe that rudeness is "cool" and I treat people with dignity and respect. I also eschew profanity, as I find it incredibly distasteful in a public forum. So much of what we see and hear today is just disgusting and it is packaged up as "entertainment". Worse yet is the terrible way people treat one another!
It is tremendously encouraging to find a new member such as yourself that shares in these beliefs. I do hope you will become a regular here and share in the cause of bringing a bit of class and kindness to our Board. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by caronctm from Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:35:09 AM)
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Deep Freeze, I agree.
I haven't read this book you talked about, but I am so glad that you mentioned it and the topic of manners/civility. I am also greatful that there is someone out there who thinks the same thing that I do and says it.
It seems to be a past notion, civility and manners. We have gone so far from operating out of any thought beyond ourselves, in this "me", "have to have it now", "get out of my way", short attention spanned generation.
Example/true story: I was on the phone with a cust. serv. rep., trying to solve a problem caused by a cog in the big corporate machine(a stupid, rude, condecending, moron at a major utility). After my re-telling of the problem and informing this rep. of what needed to be done, and what I was going to do, she was able to give me some good news from her manager as to how they could help. I thanked her and moved towards ending the call. She stopped me and said how she would have been furious if the situation had happened to her, and she was amazed that I remained so calm. I replied that since I new that she didn't cause the problem, nor had she treated me badly, that I had no need to take out my anger on her. She then said that she would use my civility as an example for herself in the future. She truly was stunned that I could treat her with any respect.
I am stunned that more people don't seem to have a clue of how to treat others, much less an understanding of what it does to our society as a whole. What happened to basic respect? Have we forgotten, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"?
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| Choosing Civility by Dr.PM Forni of Johns Hopkins. For me, this is a "must read", gang! How often have I preached manners and civility to all of you? How often have I lamented the terrible rudness that reaches every part of our lives? Dr.Forni examines the deterioration of our societies and how we have allowed ourselves to become so tremendously rude and ill mannered. This may not be a "Rock n Roll" bio, but I urge anyone here that actually enjoys reading to pick this one up. It will change how you treat others and, afterall, couldn't we all use a little more civility? |
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| [caronctm] Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:35:09 AM | |
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Deep Freeze, I agree.
I haven't read this book you talked about, but I am so glad that you mentioned it and the topic of manners/civility. I am also greatful that there is someone out there who thinks the same thing that I do and says it.
It seems to be a past notion, civility and manners. We have gone so far from operating out of any thought beyond ourselves, in this "me", "have to have it now", "get out of my way", short attention spanned generation.
Example/true story: I was on the phone with a cust. serv. rep., trying to solve a problem caused by a cog in the big corporate machine(a stupid, rude, condecending, moron at a major utility). After my re-telling of the problem and informing this rep. of what needed to be done, and what I was going to do, she was able to give me some good news from her manager as to how they could help. I thanked her and moved towards ending the call. She stopped me and said how she would have been furious if the situation had happened to her, and she was amazed that I remained so calm. I replied that since I new that she didn't cause the problem, nor had she treated me badly, that I had no need to take out my anger on her. She then said that she would use my civility as an example for herself in the future. She truly was stunned that I could treat her with any respect.
I am stunned that more people don't seem to have a clue of how to treat others, much less an understanding of what it does to our society as a whole. What happened to basic respect? Have we forgotten, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Friday, October 17, 2008 7:50:05 AM)| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | | Choosing Civility by Dr.PM Forni of Johns Hopkins. For me, this is a "must read", gang! How often have I preached manners and civility to all of you? How often have I lamented the terrible rudness that reaches every part of our lives? Dr.Forni examines the deterioration of our societies and how we have allowed ourselves to become so tremendously rude and ill mannered. This may not be a "Rock n Roll" bio, but I urge anyone here that actually enjoys reading to pick this one up. It will change how you treat others and, afterall, couldn't we all use a little more civility? |
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| [Head banger] Friday, October 17, 2008 10:19:21 PM | |
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Yeah I read that. forgot about it.
a comic version, dunno if I will ever do that.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Friday, October 17, 2008 10:18:07 AM)| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, guido! I lost my copy!! HAHAHA!!
HB, Desperation is a town where this "evil" being named Tak takes over people's bodies. Kind of a demon possession thing. Great story!
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, October 17, 2008 6:53:41 PM | |
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Well, you just run yourself off to your local Comic Book Guy...they are only on issue two! 
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Friday, October 17, 2008 10:18:07 AM)| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, guido! I lost my copy!! HAHAHA!!
HB, Desperation is a town where this "evil" being named Tak takes over people's bodies. Kind of a demon possession thing. Great story!
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| [Deep Freeze] Friday, October 17, 2008 10:25:28 AM | |
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The Regulators is the follow up novel. Also very good. Read them both!! |
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| [Deep Freeze] Friday, October 17, 2008 10:18:07 AM | |
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HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, guido! I lost my copy!! HAHAHA!!
HB, Desperation is a town where this "evil" being named Tak takes over people's bodies. Kind of a demon possession thing. Great story!
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, October 17, 2008 8:53:18 AM | |
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Haa! How curious. I am re-reading the comic book (erm...graphic novel) of the Stand by Stephen King!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Friday, October 17, 2008 7:58:17 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | | I am re reading the stand by steven king. |
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| [Head banger] Friday, October 17, 2008 8:41:41 AM | |
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I must have read it, but refresh my memory. ok, now I will pack and checkout of this hotel and go to work.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Friday, October 17, 2008 8:16:15 AM)| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | Exactly. If you have not already read it, I recommend Desperation.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | yep, its great. this is one of his best works, but your right, even if you pick up one of his weaker works, your on the right road.\
| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | Excellent choice, HB. You really cannot go wrong with King.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | | I am re reading the stand by steven king. |
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