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It's about three fifteen-year-old boys who steal their dead friend's ashes and galavant across the UK trying to reach Scotland. It's a test-of-friendship-type thing that I'm very much looking forward to.

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Zombies make bad gifts.

WWII book about the German resistance. It's brilliant and I'm only a few chapters in.

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Zombies make bad gifts.

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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

-H.L. Mencken


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"Little Dorritt" by Charles Dickens. Massive book. A little hard to get into, or rather, not a book you can pick up, read a few pages, and pick it up again two days later. But now that i´ve had a wonderful week of leisure, i really took off with it and i´m now nearly finished and loving/anticipating each new page. dickens may be my favourite author.
i hear the bbc miniseries is quite good too, i have to watch it!

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"The human gene pool needs more lifeguards!
Either that or stronger chlorination...." (Pitbull)

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Been ages since I even had time to read. Both highly recommended, if you haven't already.

(Been missing this place. Hello again!)

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Well what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today!

Hello! and welcome back!
Plans for a big meet-up in March in the works ... any chance you'll be able to join in?

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(... don't piss us off)

I've been reading a lot of history the last couple of years.

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vagabond
birds, any birds, anywhere, any time

Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation.

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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

-H.L. Mencken


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God is Not Great.

Finally got round to reading this following Hitchen's death last week. A very comprehensive study of what seems like the entire history of faith, from prehistoric, ancient Greek and Roman, through to Mormons and cargo cults, it unsurprisingly provides a complete annihilation of the subject.

It's doubtful he will ever be read by anyone other than the already converted, which is a shame, since I expect he knew more about religion than most biblical scholars. Of course, he doesn't shy away from recounting the many horrors carried out in the name of religion, but he is always clear to differentiate between the understandable mistakes of pre-enlightenment ignorance and the more damaging and murderous proclamations, actions and lies of its more modern leaders.

Ultimately the book has left me feeling very depressed. Depressed that such a scholarly, well-researched and persuasive achievement will mostly only be read by those who just want to reaffirm their own opinions/prejudices/arrogance (delete as applicable); depressed that Hitch's more questionable political views have coloured public opinion of him so that his work is not given the value it truly deserves; and therefore depressed that because of his confrontational personality, those that continue to promote faith over reason will now find him easy to ignore, and easier still to dismiss as a miserable, arrogant grouch. He may have been all of these in various measures, but he was so much more.

I’m also depressed on a personal note that I allowed my own offspring to be brainwashed into one of these evil, tawdry superstitions, and that I am prevented by my own love for their mother ( and for them) from even attempting to discuss the subject with them. Yes, I know that on balance it's not life-shattering, and I should be grateful for what I do have, but I feel I have failed them.

OK folks, just ignore me; I need to move on, and find something else to be depressed about instead. Oh look, it’s Christmas!

Happy Days.

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The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called "Shatner's Bassoon"

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii297/h2g230/

Probably going to give this one a miss, though I may read more of the critic :)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2 ... NETTXT9038

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The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called "Shatner's Bassoon"

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii297/h2g230/

"Snuff" by Terry Pratchett. So far it´s not really a compelling read, as if the author is just going through the motions. but hey, it´s terry pratchett, so i´ll keep going anyway.

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"The human gene pool needs more lifeguards!
Either that or stronger chlorination...." (Pitbull)

Just because...

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
(Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See")

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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

-H.L. Mencken


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