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My hypocrisy goes only so far |
I just finished Ordinary Men & started the classic, 1984 again. Anyone reading something you’d recommend?  U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be "  | ||
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Stopped at Stalingrad. I've read Ordinary Men, maybe 5-6 years ago. | |||
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I don't read books, haven't in 25 years (outside of textbooks). Coincidentally I did recently purchase 1984 to reread as well though. When I do read it, it will be the first book in a quarter century I wasn't required to read. A fair amount of the reading is on here. The rest is news, AI news, tech news, physics news, space news, materials science news, energy generation news, power storage news, and industry stuff. I prefer things I can read start to end in 30 minutes. Ironically two of my favorite books were The Stand and IT. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects: A Postmodern Perspective | |||
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Going to restart The Expanse series, now that I have the full set. Just need to find the boxes they're in. Also, 35 pg thread in the Lair https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/7300027024 The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I got hooked on the Witcher series on NETFLIX and purchased the set of 8 books. The books jump around on the timeline like the movie does but are making the videos more understandable. Also about 1/3 of the way through Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, second time since some years back. The “POLICE" Their job Is To Save Your Ass, Not Kiss It The muzzle end of a .45 pretty much says "go away" in any language - Clint Smith | |||
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The Years of Rice and Salt. | |||
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Character, above all else |
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography of James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle. I'm almost finished and highly recommend it, especially if you're interested in U.S. aviation history. "The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." | |||
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Missouri CDL manual. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Blood Meridian, on the recommendation of Para's recent thread. This is the first of McCarthy's books that I've read. Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry "Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) | |||
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| Partial dichotomy |
Yeah... I'm reading the third in David Baldacci's Amos Decker series. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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Open right now (I rotate among books): A Million and One Gods, Page duBois The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease and the End of an Empire, Kyle Harper To the End of the Earth, The US Army and the downfall of Japan, John C. McManus Infantry Attacks, Erwin Rommel The Old Lion, A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt, Jeff Shaara Breakneck, Marc Cameron Purchased, but haven’t started: Armageddon, What the Bible Really Says About the End, Bart Ehrman Spies, The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West, Calder Walton Night Angle Nemesis, Brent Weeks Finished recently: Fire and Fortitude The US Army in the Pacific War 1941-1942 McManus Island Infernos, The US Army’s Pacific War Odyssey, McManus Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Eric Foner Discovering the City of Sodom, Steven Collins and Latayne C. Scott ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Libyan Sands, Travel in a Dead World, by R. A. Bagnold, 1935. Wikipedia summary First published 1935; reprinted by Eland in 2010 is a travel book, written by Ralph A. Bagnold, the founder of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group in the Second World War. Described by Sahara expert Eamonn Gearon as "without question, the classic work of 20th-century Saharan exploration", it is a first-hand account of Bagnold's pioneering adventures in the Saharan desert during his time in the British army. It is still considered a classic work, and in 2010, it was reissued by Eland. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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The Sig Forum. I have not read any books lately however the last one I read was the Hot Zone by Richard Preston. True story about how Ebola made its way to America in Reston Virginia. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State NRA Life Member | |||
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About to begin that one. Just finished No Country For Old Men, which I enjoyed. I was on a little bit of a cuberpunk kick before that, with a couple William Gibson books Neuromancer and Virtual Light. I liked Neuromancer, but Virtual Light kind of sucked IMO. I do like the retro-futuristic, violent stuff, but it's hard to prioritize, gotta choose wisely. | |||
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Finally broke down and bought a kindle since I’m no longer on watch in a SCIF, only 8 hours a day in one now. Just started the “Mountain Man” series and bought a book titled, “Guadalcanal, US Marines in WWII”. Reading both simultaneously based of whether I want the Ereader or actually paper. 10 years to retirement! Just waiting! | |||
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| Eschew Obfuscation |
I tend to read a couple at the same time as well. I'm currently reading: - Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Dr. Peter Attia (I normally don't re "health" books, but this caught my attention and is very good so far) - Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales - Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli - Raylan by Elmore Leonard _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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I am on my third or fourth voyage through the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian. Concurrently, I am re-reading Report from Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith | |||
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| The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
I just finished the live free or die trilogy by John Ringo. Currently I'm working my way through re-reading the Wheel of Time series. After trying to watch that shit show of a streaming series i felt the need to revisit it. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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About to finish up GO!GO!GO! about the 1980 Iranian embassy siege. Have Jack Carr's 5th book Only the Dead up next. | |||
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