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Over Construction: A Havler Production
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Lost in the gadgetry of despair. I abruptly terminate this poem. And look, it doesn't even rhyme. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ethics of a Sadist. Is baptism a choice. I dwell in possibility. Jingle Bells and Where Are You, Christmas? Life as adventure 101. 40 read Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
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Booked Under: June 2010
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There is only a week remaining before this blog winds down to a close. Oh, I'm not abandoning it. But it was meant to run six months. Here we are at the end of the sixth; I no longer have the obligation to make a textual accounting of every book that passes through my hands. Entries are no longer mandatory! In a way, Booked Under. Shut down weeks ago. See the title up there? Just above the first paragraph? That wasn't a minute. Maintain your silence, if you please. Go read something wonderful!
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Booked Under: February 2010
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Sleeping beauty in Russia with time travel and the most formidable and despicable witch known to folklore. Wheeee! The words leave my mouth raw, but Orson Scott Card has again produced something clever, original, convincing, and very intelligent. I don't want to like this man, but he delivers. Just remember the standard Card preparations: realize that while he is LDS (was LDS? My only consolation is that I didn't buy the book. A Fistful of Sky (Hoffman). Did I approve of it? Did I enjoy it? It was generi...
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Booked Under: Mass burial
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Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide. How to Win Friends and Influence People. A book on the art of friendly manipulation. There's some good stuff in there. Dale Carnegie explains why criticism doesn't work so well, why a soft touch and a sweet word will punch a hole through most defences, and how to go about explaining what you need. Deservedly a classic. Blink: The power of thinking without thinking. Till We Have Faces: A myth retold. The Five Love Languages. Borrowed from a canny friend who...
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Booked Under: The Journey to the East (Hesse)
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The Journey to the East (Hesse). Three of my exquisite associates read this obscure little novel recently. One of them described the plot and said the book made her think differently. How can you resist such a recommendation? By working hard, I suppose, but I am lazy so I borrowed the book. Having finished it ten minutes ago, I can say this:. He goes blazing down the hill in his silly sled and has that vision of the village? Would I corroborate my friend's recommendation? The Journey to the East (Hesse).
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Booked Under: January 2010
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And There Was Light (Lusseyran). And now, in conclusion, why has this Frenchman from France written this book in the United States to present to his American friends today? Because today he is America's guest. Loving the country and wanting to show his gratitude, he could find no better way of expressing it than in these two truths, intimately known to him and reaching beyond all boundaries. The Anatomy of Peace (Arbinger Institute). Conflict often becomes collusion as both parties cooperate to maintain ...
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Booked Under: Tao Teh Ching (Lao Tzu)
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Tao Teh Ching (Lao Tzu). I'm getting behind. I closed this book some weeks ago and no longer remember what I might have wanted to say about it. (The same holds for two other books. Agh. By now I'll have to reread them before I can offer any lucid commentary. Remember this: procrastination tortures before it kills.). I am spared the effort in this case because like this blog, reading the Tao Teh Ching. Is a list item from " The Homeland. May you have joy of it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Booked Under: Unmarked Grave
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There is only a week remaining before this blog winds down to a close. Oh, I'm not abandoning it. But it was meant to run six months. Here we are at the end of the sixth; I no longer have the obligation to make a textual accounting of every book that passes through my hands. Entries are no longer mandatory! In a way, Booked Under. Shut down weeks ago. See the title up there? Just above the first paragraph? That wasn't a minute. Maintain your silence, if you please. Go read something wonderful!
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Over Construction: Unity and Individuality
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Some months ago two of my luminescent friends (Sera and Ryan, both of them the human equivalent of a solar flare) had a brief interchange of blogs on the topic of unity. Specifically, what is the point of possessing individuality if inseparable from it is the obligation to surrender it? If you lose yourself in unity, as commanded, isn't that a forfeit of the agency so central to our purpose? How does this stuff fit together? Does it fit at all? Ryan: Does the individual have a place in Mormon ideology?
