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| 1. Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:59 AM |
| coolspringsj |
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Is the written word a lost art?
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
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| 2. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:49 PM |
| Nefud |
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this is just a wildass guess but i bet the percentage of people who read on this board is higher than the average i just don't feel the need to share what i'm reading as it's usually not something other people are interested in
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| 3. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:35 PM |
| Booth |
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| QUOTE:Tell me why people on here do not read more. | Sheeit man, every post on this board requires reading. Hope the words in this post take you on a magical adventure of whimsy.
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| 4. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:59 PM |
| redbear |
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Reading rots the brain, TV is where it's at.
"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides "Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu
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| 5. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:24 PM |
| JVSCant |
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I like to watch.

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| 6. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:27 PM |
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Higher education with a focus on English lit has killed my most of my recreational reading.
And talking about required reading is sad. Almost like talking about required fucking. I do steal time to read things I've chosen, but when I do, it feels like cheating, Personally, I've never been one for book clubs, (and I don't like to share my mistresses.)
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| 7. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:19 PM |
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| QUOTE: Higher education with a focus on English lit has killed my most of my recreational reading. |
seriously
i think half the reason i read so many comics* is because it makes it easier to turn off my "omg a have to ANALYZE EVERY WORD" filter *non-superhero, i swear
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| 8. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:16 PM |
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QUOTE: | QUOTE: Higher education with a focus on English lit has killed my most of my recreational reading. |
seriously
i think half the reason i read so many comics* is because it makes it easier to turn off my "omg a have to ANALYZE EVERY WORD" filter *non-superhero, i swear |
What? Archie and Jughead?
Ben: "We've laid in a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight. All of Twin Peaks' best and brightest." Jerry: "We're holding it in a phone booth?"
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| 9. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:17 PM |
| Booth |
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| QUOTE: i think half the reason i read so many comics | You read a lot of comic and you collect toys. I can't imagine the kind of crap you go through with older relatives or other people. Or maybe you keep it a secret.
It was a little annoying when I had long hair to be referred to as a girl ( ).
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| 10. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:21 PM |
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I read a lot. Thing is, most of it is true crime these days, usually about serial killers, so I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me but talking about it...I mean, what would you think about a chick who is finishing up a book about a turn of the century killer and started one about Ted Bundy??
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| 11. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:26 PM |
| Nefud |
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QUOTE: What? Archie and Jughead? |
usagi yojimbo, art crumb, cerebus the aardvark (before the creator went insane and turned it into an anti-woman pro-islam rag), alan moore and neil gaiman's stuff (ok i guess that's occasionally superhero but whatever)QUOTE: | QUOTE: i think half the reason i read so many comics | You read a lot of comic and you collect toys. I can't imagine the kind of crap you go through with older relatives or other people. Or maybe you keep it a secret.
| i used to keep it a secret until i realized that no one worth a damn would judge me for it
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| 12. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:27 PM |
| Nefud |
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| QUOTE:I read a lot. Thing is, most of it is true crime these days, usually about serial killers, so I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me but talking about it...I mean, what would you think about a chick who is finishing up a book about a turn of the century killer and started one about Ted Bundy?? |
have you read much about albert fish? holy shit
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| 13. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:28 PM |
| Booth |
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QUOTE:| QUOTE:I read a lot. Thing is, most of it is true crime these days, usually about serial killers, so I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me but talking about it...I mean, what would you think about a chick who is finishing up a book about a turn of the century killer and started one about Ted Bundy?? |
have you read much about albert fish? holy shit  | Yeah answer quickly, I'm on pins and needles here.
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| 14. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:28 PM |
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| QUOTE:I read a lot. Thing is, most of it is true crime these days, usually about serial killers, so I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me but talking about it...I mean, what would you think about a chick who is finishing up a book about a turn of the century killer and started one about Ted Bundy?? |
Pretty much true crime and autobiography's are all I read.
I have a really good one called: The Chronicle of Crime. It's filled with actual newspaper articles on criminals, serial killers, and mass murderers from about 1800-present
Ben: "We've laid in a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight. All of Twin Peaks' best and brightest." Jerry: "We're holding it in a phone booth?"
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| 15. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:30 PM |
| Booth |
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Is this Art Spiegelman and Robert Crumb combined?
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| 16. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:32 PM |
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QUOTE:QUOTE:| QUOTE:I read a lot. Thing is, most of it is true crime these days, usually about serial killers, so I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me but talking about it...I mean, what would you think about a chick who is finishing up a book about a turn of the century killer and started one about Ted Bundy?? |
have you read much about albert fish? holy shit  | Yeah answer quickly, I'm on pins and needles here.
| no - child molesters kinda creep me out...
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| 17. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:39 PM |
| Nefud |
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QUOTE: Yeah answer quickly, I'm on pins and needles here.
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oh god i almost had a stroke laughing
yes art crumb is what happens when i try to list art spiegelman and then decide "eh i don't like him that much, fuck that" and then try to list robert crumb it's saint patrick's day, there are going to be a few typos
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| 18. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:54 PM |
| Booth |
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| QUOTE: yes art crumb is what happens when i try to list art spiegelman and then decide "eh i don't like him that much, fuck that" and then try to list robert crumb | I don't like that way it's drawn so I have never read Maus. Is that shallow?
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| 19. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:49 PM |
| Nefud |
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no it's a visual medium that's pretty valid it's a well-written and drawn story and deserves the pulitzer it won IMO but frankly it's just a very personal holocaust story. if you've read elie weisel's night or seen schindler's list or experienced some artistic interpretations of the holocaust in general there's not really a WHOLE lot to be gained by forcing yourself through it
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| 20. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:30 AM |
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My compliments on your choice of comics Nef. Have you read any of Joe Saccos' stuff? Powerful use of the medium, sort of like Spiegelman but with humans. You might particularly like Palestine. Barefoot Gen by I. Forget is also good if one ever finds oneself getting too happy.
"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides "Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu
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| 21. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:36 AM |
| Nefud |
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no i haven't read any of those you mentioned, i always have a hard time trying new things because comics are so expensive and libraries tend to carry middling to bad stuff
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| 22. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:37 AM |
| Booth |
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| QUOTE:libraries tend to carry middling to bad stuff | I am the reason my local library carries The Frank Book.
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| 23. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:41 AM |
| coolspringsj |
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Libraries seem cheap and crummy, plus I love commerce.
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
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| 24. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:43 AM |
| Booth |
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Libraries are great. And they're even better if you never reread books.
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| 25. Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:59 PM |
| coolspringsj |
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QUOTE:Libraries are great. And they're even better if you never reread books |
lo
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
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