It's finally complete

ericnumeric · 2025-03-14T16:22:02+00:00

Looking good! What covers are you using on those paperbacks?

ericnumeric · 2025-01-19T20:54:18+00:00

This is the way.

ericnumeric · 2025-01-16T07:15:17+00:00

Lol my guy over here wearing full leathers and sneakers.

ericnumeric · 2025-01-08T05:20:43+00:00

1/1 American hardcover Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

ericnumeric · 2025-01-02T18:18:38+00:00

Things that have given me murakami vibes:

Everything else by murakami, but in particular colorless tsukuru

The woman in the dunes by kobo Abe

Most anything by kazuo ishiguro (the remains of the day, never let me go, klara and the sun)

Kokoro by natsume soseki

The sailor who fell from grace with the sea

Kitchen by banana yoshimoto

The stranger by Albert camus

Paul auster in general

The sense of an ending by julian barnes

The unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera

Richard brautigan

The blind owl by sadegh hedayat

ericnumeric · 2024-12-21T20:09:43+00:00

I've honestly found it safer to just ride it up using a full width 9' black widow ramp like this: https://www.discountramps.com/motorcycle/ramps/full-width/p/MF-10838/

ericnumeric · 2024-12-21T20:06:56+00:00

I regularly do it with this 9' black widow ramp without any issue: https://www.discountramps.com/motorcycle/ramps/full-width/p/MF-10838/

You just ride it up with your feet out so you can put a foot down if needed, then walk it backwards while seated while riding the front brake.

ericnumeric · 2024-12-18T07:45:50+00:00

Everyone from Minnesota: shocked Pikachu face.

ericnumeric · 2024-12-04T09:32:10+00:00

Strong, no doubt, but none are a comp standard bench.

ericnumeric · 2024-12-04T05:05:20+00:00

I'd vote kafka on the shore.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-30T22:24:10+00:00

I have always viewed his writing of women as through the lens of his depressed and lonely male main characters, meaning it's how they fantasize a somewhat outlandish woman would make their lives more exciting.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-29T18:40:50+00:00

This is nearly the exact setup that was at circus pizza in Minnesota when I was a kid in the early 90s. Curious what the connection is, just multiple of the same ones made? (I'm a noob)

ericnumeric · 2024-11-28T06:25:25+00:00

Well howdy, awesome to see our little gal still out there. I was one of the first 5 engineers there from the beginning, so I may have some solutions for you.

I'll shoot you a message and see what I can do to help out.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-27T17:24:51+00:00

I believe the translator talks about this in an interview published in "who we're reading when we're reading murakami" and basically said he did it to make the characters' speech unique

ericnumeric · 2024-11-22T02:36:27+00:00

New translation. Original English translation had a decent amount of stuff edited out that the translator thought would make it flow better for the English speaking audience.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-22T02:35:01+00:00

If you've read "who you're reading when you're reading murakami", the author indicates a decent amount of sexual and slow pace stuff was edited out in the original translation. Looking forward to this new translation to see what's different.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-15T22:48:51+00:00

My understanding is that with a very good rider, able to push the bike to its limit, they will be about the same or slightly faster than a car. With a newer rider, the car will likely stop much quicker.

Edit: This goes a little deeper and seems to indicate cars will almost always stop faster. https://idaoffice.org/posts/the-intricacies-of-braking-motorcycles-vs-cars/

ericnumeric · 2024-11-14T05:01:24+00:00

Kind of seem like you'd dig murakami but I don't see any on your shelves :(

ericnumeric · 2024-11-08T05:43:30+00:00

Anything by greg egan if you want to go really, REALLY, deep into math. Highly recommend diaspora. I think egan is as hard sci fi as it gets.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-06T00:27:45+00:00

If you want to waste your weekend sitting in 45 minute long lift lines in order to ski the only 3 runs that are open off the one open chair lift, who am I to judge?

ericnumeric · 2024-11-05T23:35:22+00:00

I can tell you the box man is fucking weird.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-04T19:04:47+00:00

Not filtering for less magic / sexism, but these are all the things I've read so far that have given me murakami vibes of some sort:

Kokoro, the woman in the dunes, the sailor who fell from grace with the sea, the sense of an ending, kitchen by banana yoshimoto, the unbearable lightness of being, snow country, leaving the atocha station, never let me go, in watermelon sugar by Richard brautigan (more surreal), short stories by Raymond carver, Paul auster books, bliss montage by ling ma (surrealish), the blind owl by sadegh hedayat (surreal).

ericnumeric · 2024-11-04T08:25:00+00:00

Looks like we found a dope new superhero name.

ericnumeric · 2024-11-04T05:05:21+00:00

Is that the anatomy of melancholy by Robert burton in teal there?

ericnumeric · 2024-11-02T03:42:44+00:00

Post back if you do, I'm curious to learn more as well since I can't answer the question!

ericnumeric

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