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17 Jan 2007 04:25:22 PM |
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i have a serious book addiction problem |
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: i have a serious book addiction problem |
20 Jan 2007 12:02:11 PM |
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"elegy" <elegy@shatteringDOGPOOP.org> wrote in message
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i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
definitely. :)
you mentioned an author in your new years book post a few weeks ago that my
daughter also mentioned last night. shoot, now i can't remember who it was!
pritchett or something like that. but when she said the name, i thought of
you. :)
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| Title: Re: i have a serious book addiction problem |
20 Jan 2007 01:12:38 PM |
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long ago and far away, "used2be" <used2be@nowhere.com> did say:
"elegy" <elegy@shatteringDOGPOOP.org> wrote in message
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i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
definitely. :)
you mentioned an author in your new years book post a few weeks ago that my
daughter also mentioned last night. shoot, now i can't remember who it was!
pritchett or something like that. but when she said the name, i thought of
you. :)
terry pratchett maybe? he writes the discworld series. totally goofy
books.
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"i don't condone the liquefaction of pixies!" (kilgore trout)
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: i have a serious book addiction problem |
20 Jan 2007 09:10:56 PM |
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"elegy" <elegy@shatteringDOGPOOP.org> wrote in message
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long ago and far away, "used2be" <used2be@nowhere.com> did say:
"elegy" <elegy@shatteringDOGPOOP.org> wrote in message
news:7h8tq29dnj36sv626b82rierirvpq4m3av@4ax.com...
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
definitely. :)
you mentioned an author in your new years book post a few weeks ago that
my
daughter also mentioned last night. shoot, now i can't remember who it
was!
pritchett or something like that. but when she said the name, i thought
of
you. :)
terry pratchett maybe? he writes the discworld series. totally goofy
books.
yes, i think that's it!
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| User: "jordy" |
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| Title: Re: i have a serious book addiction problem |
20 Jan 2007 09:58:03 AM |
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elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
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I have a similiar problem... I have about 10 books that I'm reading
at the same time... very slowly too...
-"Jordy"
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: i have a serious book addiction problem |
21 Jan 2007 03:28:44 AM |
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In message <1169308683.127908.38100@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, jordy
<Icnh@hotmail.com> writes
elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
I have a similiar problem... I have about 10 books that I'm reading
at the same time... very slowly too...
I'm making a determined effort to read the books I have, and buy fewer.
I'd say none, but I walk past two bookshops on the way to my therapy. I
managed only to buy a map last week.
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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "elegy" |
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20 Jan 2007 11:43:57 AM |
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long ago and far away, "jordy" <Icnh@hotmail.com> did say:
elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
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I have a similiar problem... I have about 10 books that I'm reading
at the same time... very slowly too...
ooh, i can't do that. i don't have enough brain power to keep 'em
straight. i generally have two going at the same time, one fiction,
one non-fiction.
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"i don't condone the liquefaction of pixies!" (kilgore trout)
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| User: "Frettbored" |
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17 Jan 2007 04:40:45 PM |
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elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
Yes there are worse things to be addicted to. I only like to read text
books, school stuff. Last novel I read was Jaws. Never read Steven
King.
I think I want to get my masters. in what, I don't know.
--Frett
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| User: "elegy" |
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| Title: Re: i have a serious book addiction problem |
17 Jan 2007 06:42:30 PM |
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long ago and far away, "Frettbored" <Frettbored@gmail.com> did say:
elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
Yes there are worse things to be addicted to. I only like to read text
books, school stuff. Last novel I read was Jaws. Never read Steven
King.
I think I want to get my masters. in what, I don't know.
i read quite a bit of nonfiction these days. one book i ordered was on
conditioning the canine athlete (hoping for ideas for dealing with
luce's ongoing knee troubles) and the other was on alien
abductions....
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"i don't condone the liquefaction of pixies!" (kilgore trout)
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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18 Jan 2007 12:36:58 PM |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:42:30 -0500, elegy wrote:
long ago and far away, "Frettbored" <Frettbored@gmail.com> did say:
elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
Yes there are worse things to be addicted to. I only like to read text
books, school stuff. Last novel I read was Jaws. Never read Steven
King.
I think I want to get my masters. in what, I don't know.
i read quite a bit of nonfiction these days. one book i ordered was on
conditioning the canine athlete (hoping for ideas for dealing with
luce's ongoing knee troubles) and the other was on alien
abductions....
I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow.
Never read any Pynchon before. I have to saw I really like the writing
style so far.
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| User: "Frettbored" |
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18 Jan 2007 12:39:37 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:42:30 -0500, elegy wrote:
long ago and far away, "Frettbored" <Frettbored@gmail.com> did say:
elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
Yes there are worse things to be addicted to. I only like to read text
books, school stuff. Last novel I read was Jaws. Never read Steven
King.
I think I want to get my masters. in what, I don't know.
i read quite a bit of nonfiction these days. one book i ordered was on
conditioning the canine athlete (hoping for ideas for dealing with
luce's ongoing knee troubles) and the other was on alien
abductions....
I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow.
Never read any Pynchon before. I have to saw I really like the writing
style so far.
<<<I have to saw>>>
lisa needs a saw.
--Frett
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| User: "Gayle" |
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19 Jan 2007 08:20:11 PM |
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elegy wrote:
and the other was on alien
abductions....
Which one?
Gayle
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| User: "%" |
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19 Jan 2007 08:22:30 PM |
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"Gayle" <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote in message news:1MidnSPNGLXB4SzYnZ2dnUVZ_ovinZ2d@rcn.net...
elegy wrote:
and the other was on alien
abductions....
Which one?
Gayle
When %'s Come To Dinner
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| User: "Gayle" |
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19 Jan 2007 08:35:23 PM |
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% wrote:
and the other was on alien
abductions....
Which one?
When %'s Come To Dinner
Just like that episode on the Twilight Zone.
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| User: "%" |
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19 Jan 2007 08:44:30 PM |
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"Gayle" <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote in message news:CMudnfzFKbxx4izYnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@rcn.net...
% wrote:
and the other was on alien
abductions....
Which one?
When %'s Come To Dinner
Just like that episode on the Twilight Zone.
i'm a youfo
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| User: "Frettbored" |
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19 Jan 2007 08:37:25 PM |
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Gayle wrote:
elegy wrote:
and the other was on alien
abductions....
Which one?
Gayle
Hey Gayle... you know about ufology, Budd Hopkins, etc.?
The coolest abduction story I've heard for a few years now, is a woman
who was abducted from her appt. in NYC. The neat thing is, that a UN
diplomat and his 2 driver/bodyguards witnessed the woman being floated
into the UFO.
John Lennon saw one from his appt in NYC.
--Frett
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| User: "Gayle" |
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20 Jan 2007 07:22:41 AM |
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Frettbored wrote:
Hey Gayle... you know about ufology, Budd Hopkins, etc.?
The coolest abduction story I've heard for a few years now, is a woman
who was abducted from her appt. in NYC. The neat thing is, that a UN
diplomat and his 2 driver/bodyguards witnessed the woman being floated
into the UFO.
The most interesting part of that book,
for me, was Hopkins' meeting with Perez
de Cuellar at the airport. And I've
heard the Barney Hill tape that you
mentioned in another post. In addition
to the reading, I've attended a number
of conferences and have been blown away
by the diversity of the crowd and the
spirited debates. The person whose work
and speculations I respect the most is
John Mack (may he rest in peace).
Gayle
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| User: "Frettbored" |
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20 Jan 2007 01:41:06 PM |
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Gayle wrote:
Frettbored wrote:
Hey Gayle... you know about ufology, Budd Hopkins, etc.?
The coolest abduction story I've heard for a few years now, is a woman
who was abducted from her appt. in NYC. The neat thing is, that a UN
diplomat and his 2 driver/bodyguards witnessed the woman being floated
into the UFO.
The most interesting part of that book,
for me, was Hopkins' meeting with Perez
de Cuellar at the airport.
When I reported my ufo in 1989, I talked to phillip Imbrogno, who wrote
'Night Siege': the hudson valley ufo sightings with J Allen Hynek. He
gave me Budd Hopkins phone #. I called the number, and received all of
Budds messages on his answering machine!
And I've
heard the Barney Hill tape that you
mentioned in another post.
Wasn't that scary?
In addition
to the reading, I've attended a number
of conferences and have been blown away
by the diversity of the crowd and the
spirited debates. The person whose work
and speculations I respect the most is
John Mack (may he rest in peace).
He went to South Africa and interviewed those 30 kids who saw the
landing and the creatures, in broad daylight. Those kids were under a
strict headmaster, and wouldn't have considered lying. I saw the kids
being interviewed. Scary, what they said....that, 'I have never seen a
person like that before' and they received 'internal voice' messages,
one said that 'the world is gonna end.'
Fascinating stuff. Me, I saw a boomerang shaped thing cruise over my
head at about 100 feet high, 20 miles per hour, silent, lit along the
leading edge....about 75 feet wide. Oct 1989.
My former dentist was the son of a politician. He told me of a landing
he witnessed near the power lines in his backyard, the cops were there,
the thing sat on the ground, his father was there...then 45 minutes
later, the thing lifted off and went slowly away. I later read that
story on the internet, posted anonymously, about the father politician,
my town...so I guess my dentist posted it.
I have something interesting, a 1966 book that was being discarded from
a library in Great Barrington, Mass. It is Frank Edwards book :Flying
Saucers, serious business. Got it for 25 cents.
Cool, you have been to conferences. I want to go!...(I don't know if
you are in England...The rendelsham forest American air base incident
is way cool).
--Frett
Gayle
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| User: "Gayle" |
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21 Jan 2007 09:01:22 AM |
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Frettbored wrote:
heard the Barney Hill tape that you
mentioned in another post.
Wasn't that scary?
Barney never fully embraced the
conclusion that Betty reached about what
happened to them that night. But,
whatever it was, his memory was riddled
with pure, raw, naked terror. I had
never heard a human being make those
kind of sounds before.
(snip)
I have something interesting, a 1966 book that was being discarded from
a library in Great Barrington, Mass. It is Frank Edwards book :Flying
Saucers, serious business. Got it for 25 cents.
I'm offloading some of my ridiculously
extensive collection. If you feel
comfortable giving me your snail-mail
address, I'd be happy to send some to you.
Cool, you have been to conferences. I want to go!...(I don't know if
you are in England...The rendelsham forest American air base incident
is way cool).
New England. I'm right outside of
Boston, Frett. You might want to check
out MUFON. Massachusetts has an active
branch of what I call "tire-kickers" --
folks who are interested in finding
evidence of a physical phenomenon. I've
become more interested in thinking about
it from a meta-physical point of view.
John Mack posited that it's the mystery
of it ... the questions, that opens our
consciousness and not the "answers".
Fond as I am of Budd, he does think he's
got the whole thing figgered out. And
maybe he has -- but I suspect, whatever
it is, it's weirder than what he thinks.
I loved the line in Streiber's film,
'Communion', "You people are in for a
big surprise -- a big surprise."
And, by the way, since I know how much
you enjoy celebrity connections, Dan
Akroyd is a hee-yuge contributor to
MUFON and similar organizations. Very
active in participating in conferences,
too. Kinda puts the Coneheads skits in a
different perspective, eh?
Gayle
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| User: "elegy" |
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20 Jan 2007 11:46:19 AM |
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long ago and far away, Gayle <gayleco@rcn.com> did say:
elegy wrote:
and the other was on alien
abductions....
Which one?
<http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Abduction-Scientist-Probes-Contact/dp/B000HEYVEU/sr=8-1/qid=1169315092/ref=sr_1_1/002-8749268-0872056?ie=UTF8&s=books>
i only got it because it was $3.99 and i needed something else to put
me over the $25 supersaver shipping line. but that kind of thing is
right up my alley.
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| User: "Frettbored" |
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17 Jan 2007 06:50:33 PM |
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elegy wrote:
long ago and far away, "Frettbored" <Frettbored@gmail.com> did say:
elegy wrote:
i just bought two more. to add to the, like, 50 sitting in a box on
luce's crate.
ack.
well, i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to.
Yes there are worse things to be addicted to. I only like to read text
books, school stuff. Last novel I read was Jaws. Never read Steven
King.
I think I want to get my masters. in what, I don't know.
i read quite a bit of nonfiction these days. one book i ordered was on
conditioning the canine athlete (hoping for ideas for dealing with
luce's ongoing knee troubles) and the other was on alien
abductions....
I'm totally into UFO books, I've read them all. I like the Betty and Barney Hill abduction, one of the first, in New Hampshire. I heard the tape of Barney's hypno session. Never heard a guy so scared.
--Frett
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