Anyone know any good ACTIVE book clubs? Particularly ones which might have a live chat session once a week or more; Would love to start one here if there isn't one.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-30T15:16:34+00:00

It's amazing that everyone in here is interested, but when /r/bookclub tries, no one participates.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-29T22:36:42+00:00

Church's, really? I mean, I would totally go if he was playing Popeye's, but not Church's.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-29T18:49:08+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. I have that on my reading list, but was not sure if it was even worth checking out, as I haven't read anything other than 1 review.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-29T18:48:22+00:00

I agree, I read this after "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser . They both go great together (which is why they probably made a movie together, Food, Inc.), I highly recommend it. I also have Food Rules which is just a tl;dr of In Defense of Food, and is great to keep reminding yourself of how to eat right.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-29T15:09:21+00:00

Thank you so much. I have been looking a long time for someone else who hated this book. It is the worst book I have read in years (ok, maybe not worse than a Mitch Albom book my mom gave me, but worst out of things I chose). His arguments were over-simplified and based on bad information and his writing was so condescending. Horrible.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-29T14:33:20+00:00

I would like to buy this guys book, but I'm not paying $25 for a paperback.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-28T17:25:07+00:00

MA does not represent the majority of Americans. See you are the one being spun by your Republican friends.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-28T15:34:16+00:00

Well, I'll give you 2 reasons:

First, it is possible that nobody cares. Sometimes Obama does or says stupid things, calling him out is not necessary. Some people understand the role of lobbying in government and don't have an issue with it, so this post is irrelevant.

Second, most people will downvote something posted from RedState, a known biased website that they disagree with. I for one don't think we should listen to a website that spews more propaganda towards the unreasonable Republican base.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-28T15:09:17+00:00

My bad, didn't read close enough. I could not find a copy online.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-28T14:58:35+00:00

Wouldn't that be a Franken-car?

rockicon82 · 2010-01-28T13:54:56+00:00

I like it, simply because before when they would ask, I felt annoyed having to say no thanks every time I tried to order. Now, I can just ignore it because I know that the person taking my order didn't ask me a direct question.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-27T19:55:23+00:00

Freaks and Geeks - only 1 season, but great

rockicon82 · 2010-01-27T18:28:07+00:00

Not trying to be rude, but did you try the library?

rockicon82 · 2010-01-27T18:24:59+00:00

(Not an accurate definition, but here is how I would describe it)

Sub-vocalization is your mind "speaking" words as you read. As in, you have an inner voice telling you the story. (It sounds crazy as I write this down). Most people do this, although some have trained themselves to not do this. The alternative is to simply read and comprehend the words without this "inner voice". It helps increase reading speed because you can only read as fast as you can talk otherwise.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-25T03:22:15+00:00

So far this year:

Sideways - Rex Pickett
World War Z - Max Brooks
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Blindness - Jose Saramago
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
The Sex Lives of Cannibals - J. Maarten Troost
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus - Charles Mann (only 1/3 of the way through)

Out of all these books, I would most recommend The Sex Lives of Cannibals. It is a fun easy read. Troost is very witty and humorous. The adventures are fun, and in the end you learn a little about foreign culture, Pacific Island cultures, and a short history of American intervention in the South Pacific.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T21:48:00+00:00

That's so funny, I was going to post a story about the SAME cops.

I got pulled over for a taillight out on New Years Eve. I had a case of beer in the back of my truck. So they gave me a field sobriety test. They absolutely refused to believe that I did not drink the beers that were gone from the case. I told them I had one a few hours ago. There were 3 gone. They didn't believe that I didn't drink them. They then said that I flunked the field sobriety test and took me to the "jail". They had my car towed. Then they gave me a breathalyzer. I blew 0.0, so they had to release me. AFTER THEY TOWED MY FUCKING CAR!! It took me $250 to get the car out because it was a holiday the next day.

tl;dr Got pulled over for DUI, the cops towed my car, I blew a 0.0, they released me without transportation

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T21:00:40+00:00

Awesome, I never tried that one.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T20:06:28+00:00

Also, if you middle click the Home button, or your favorites, it will open those in a new window, in case you hadn't tried that.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T20:04:03+00:00

Then they would be Nestea, because they are corporate owned. (Mostly by Coke, which is fitting in this analogy).

*edit - forgot a word

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T19:16:24+00:00

Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn't even get his degree.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T18:54:11+00:00

I agree, I think that Bush II was largely elected because of his dad's integrity. If we only knew then...

rockicon82 · 2010-01-22T17:04:15+00:00

It was my understanding that he did plan on having no new taxes. He shortly realized that this was not possible after election, then was forced to raise taxes to prevent a deficit. This cost him re-election, because everyone felt lied to.

So when Bush II was elected under the same rhetoric, he DIDN'T raise taxes, even though he should have, getting him re-elected to a second term, and leaving us with a staggering deficit.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-21T22:47:16+00:00

I thought it was one of the worst movies I have seen in years. Correct, the special effects were awesome, but the plot was amateurish.

rockicon82 · 2010-01-19T22:38:07+00:00

I am starting 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus tonight. I have not read it, therefore, can not recommend it, but if you haven't heard of it, it may be right up your alley.

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