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[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I can convert?

What does one give for a ritural circumcision ceremony?

Originally posted by Not Bob
I am going to be stuck on an airplane for several hours in a week or two, and need something to read other than briefs and five month old copies of the ABA Journal and Lowenthal's Collected Slip and Fall Slip (Hah!) Opinions.

Any suggestions? Fiction or non-fiction is fine. No Ayn Rand or books by people who yell on TV for a living.

Thanks!

Bill Buford - "Among The Thugs." Buford follows organized mobs of Man U fans around in England and Europe in the early nineties and tries to get inside their heads. Then he realizes there may be nothing there. Highly entertaining, quick read for the plane.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I am going to be stuck on an airplane for several hours in a week or two, and need something to read other than briefs and five month old copies of the ABA Journal and Lowenthal's Collected Slip and Fall Slip (Hah!) Opinions.

Any suggestions? Fiction or non-fiction is fine. No Ayn Rand or books by people who yell on TV for a living.

Thanks!

For something perhaps a little different, and on the non-fiction side, I've been working my way through the W. W. Norton "Great Discoveries" series of biographies of scientists. They tend to be written by people known for their writing rather than their prowness in history of science, so they're pretty readable. They're short and not overly technical (at least so far - I'm just starting the Godel one, which may be a bit harder to follow).

Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel

Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution

Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What does one give for a ritural circumcision ceremony?

Pain Killers.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Upside: chocolate muffins down in cafeteria have a cupcake-like texture (or cake-donut texture).

Downside: they are so sweet/large that even I feel sick after eating one. And I cut the sweetness with coffee. Ugh.

Great, thanks, now I have ruined a perfectly good tie with drool.

[SlaveNoMore]

Originally posted by Not Bob
I am going to be stuck on an airplane for several hours in a week or two, and need something to read other than briefs and five month old copies of the ABA Journal and Lowenthal's Collected Slip and Fall Slip (Hah!) Opinions.

Any suggestions? Fiction or non-fiction is fine. No Ayn Rand or books by people who yell on TV for a living.

Thanks!

"Island at the Center of the World" by Russell Shorto.

I raved about it on the PB about a month ago.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Upside: chocolate muffins down in cafeteria have a cupcake-like texture (or cake-donut texture).

Downside: they are so sweet/large that even I feel sick after eating one. And I cut the sweetness with coffee. Ugh.

Share with a co-worker? You'll feel better, and likely make a friend!

[SlaveNoMore]

NotFromHere
As if I couldn't hate the Jets anymore...

Vinny Testaverde, 42, who spent some of his best NFL seasons with the New York Jets, is set to rejoin the team in place of Pennington.

Why would a Seahawks fan hate the Jets so much?

For that matter, why would anyone hate the Jets so much? Our friggin' team is cursed.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why would a Seahawks fan hate the Jets so much?

For that matter, why would anyone hate the Jets so much? Our friggin' team is cursed.

The only post season game I've ever attended, the Oilers beat the Jets in a wild-card match up in the Astrodome. I've liked them ever since then.

Fucking Broncos.

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why would a Seahawks fan hate the Jets so much?

For that matter, why would anyone hate the Jets so much? Our friggin' team is cursed.

This didn't stop anyone from hating the Red Sox.

But we are cursed and doomed. Vinny Testaverde? Is that a joke? Don't get me wrong, I liked the big guy when he played for us that one season ABOUT TWENTY FUCKING YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS ALREADY 80.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why would a Seahawks fan hate the Jets so much?

For that matter, why would anyone hate the Jets so much? Our friggin' team is cursed.

You don't remember? Last game. Playoffs or not. Bad bad call by ref. Testaverde not really over goal line. No playoffs. Return of instant replay.

"People told me it looked like it wasn't in," Testaverde said after his 5-yard sneak on fourth down with 20 seconds left Sunday was ruled a touchdown, giving the Jets a 32-31 decision over the Seattle Seahawks. "I got knocked around and sometimes you can't see the refs. There were a lot of questions whether I was in or not, which is all the more reason for instant replay."

Television replays showed he didn't reach the end zone.

"It makes you sick," Seahawks coach Dennis Erickson said. After being informed what the replay indicated, he added, "It makes you even sicker."

Seahawks cornerback Shawn Springs wondered if the officials had been "intimidated." The refs should really let the players decide the game," Springs said. "Don't make a call that determines the outcome."

Originally posted by NotFromHere
You don't remember? Last game. Playoffs or not. Bad bad call by ref. Testaverde not really over goal line. No playoffs. Return of instant replay.

"People told me it looked like it wasn't in," Testaverde said after his 5-yard sneak on fourth down with 20 seconds left Sunday was ruled a touchdown, giving the Jets a 32-31 decision over the Seattle Seahawks. "I got knocked around and sometimes you can't see the refs. There were a lot of questions whether I was in or not, which is all the more reason for instant replay."

Television replays showed he didn't reach the end zone.

"It makes you sick," Seahawks coach Dennis Erickson said. After being informed what the replay indicated, he added, "It makes you even sicker."

Now I remember. Ha ha!

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
You don't remember? Last game. Playoffs or not. Bad bad call by ref. Testaverde not really over goal line. No playoffs. Return of instant replay.

"People told me it looked like it wasn't in," Testaverde said after his 5-yard sneak on fourth down with 20 seconds left Sunday was ruled a touchdown, giving the Jets a 32-31 decision over the Seattle Seahawks. "I got knocked around and sometimes you can't see the refs. There were a lot of questions whether I was in or not, which is all the more reason for instant replay."

Television replays showed he didn't reach the end zone.

"It makes you sick," Seahawks coach Dennis Erickson said. After being informed what the replay indicated, he added, "It makes you even sicker."

Seahawks cornerback Shawn Springs wondered if the officials had been "intimidated." The refs should really let the players decide the game," Springs said. "Don't make a call that determines the outcome."

Look at the bright side. Erickson is no longer your coach.

Silver linings, and such.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ironweed
Now I remember. Ha ha!

Who do you like to see beat more, the Seahawks or the Thistles?

[Not Bob]

Thanks to posts and emails, I now have a lot to work with. (Oh, I almost forgot -- barely, sweetie, I read dark and complex books because I am too simple and nice in real life. Seriously, was "The Corrections" really all that dark?)

I love you all.