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Old 02-11-2009, 05:29 PM   #31
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Oh no I know it's been around awhile, I'm more back lashing against its resurgence amongst evangelical Christian circles like it's the best Christian-themed fiction written along with the Left Behind series. I go to an evangelical Christian university so I never hear the end of it.
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:32 PM   #32
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I am not ever going to touch the Twilight series. College chicks dig it though, dunno why.
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:35 PM   #33
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I am not ever going to touch the Twilight series. College chicks dig it though, dunno why.
Yeah I don't get that, I had never even heard of the series and then all of the sudden 3/4's of the girls at my school are way into it.
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:49 PM   #34
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i'm re-reading the Song of Ice and Fire Series By George R R Martin

i have maybe 250 audio books at this point, and this is BY FAR the best series.



Roy Dotrice is fantastic as a narrator.....but he only did the 1st 3. John Lee is OK, but....
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Old 02-11-2009, 06:59 PM   #35
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Funny story. Kinda.

My SIL gave me that perfume as a gift at my bridal shower, which was also a bachelorette party. I was drunk and asked her if they made it out of giant worms.

She didn't see the humor.
To me it smells like it's made out of giant worm shit!

I'm sure some people must like it though. You can still buy it.
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Old 02-11-2009, 07:29 PM   #36
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the Twilight books
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:20 AM   #37
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I'm not sure why everyone is dissing the Twilight books. I read them when the darlets were reading them. (before all the hoopla) They're light reading, but reasonably entertaining.

What? Everyone else is reading War and Peace?
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:22 AM   #38
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By the bye, of the Ender books I've read, I like Speaker for the Dead the best.
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:27 AM   #39
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Oh no I know it's been around awhile, I'm more back lashing against its resurgence amongst evangelical Christian circles like it's the best Christian-themed fiction written along with the Left Behind series. I go to an evangelical Christian university so I never hear the end of it.
Ah. I understand. I can't listen to most Eagles tunes anymore.
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:32 AM   #40
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I am ignoring Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu. I should read it. Instead I'm going to ignore it and start looking up pieces of code when I need something I don't already know.
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:40 AM   #41
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I am ignoring Learning ASL (American Sign Language) because...well, I don't know why. I just am resisting.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

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Old 02-12-2009, 09:41 AM   #42
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What? Everyone else is reading War and Peace?
Not if it's by a Russian or a Pole I'm not.
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Old 02-12-2009, 09:59 AM   #43
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Ah! You mean War and Peace by Leeo Tollstö˙, the well-known Dutch author.[/Monty Python]
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Old 02-12-2009, 10:53 AM   #44
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I just ended my ignoring streak, finished "Little Bee" last night and started "Up for Renewal". I still need to finish "The Great Mortality", "Stiff", and "Beowulf".
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Old 02-12-2009, 11:43 AM   #45
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I am actively ignoring Carlos Castaneda's, "Art of Dreaming".

I was embarassed when I picked it up. Oddly....... I think it's kooky but maybe there is something to it....It's on iggy for now.
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