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My Thoughts On You
"It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we ( Read more... ) -
Such Friends
Within the last few days, two of my closest friends (who happen to be married to one another), each gave me one of the best compliments I've ever received. In anticipation of my soon-coming reassignment to Fort Knox (which is very close to Louisville, where most of my friends live), one of them told me that I will help restore sanity in our circle ( Read more... ) -
Books I Read in 2010 (Pt. 4)
And here's the last of 'em...
*bold and asterisked books are ones that I recommend
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) - I enjoyed the book. Elinor, Marianne, and their mother are truly interesting characters. Nonetheless, the plot is pretty trying... a bunch of rich people who contribute no labor to society sit around and wonder ( Read more... ) -
Books I Read in 2010 (Pt. 3)
More glances at my 2010 reading...
*bold and asterisked books are ones that I recommend
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*The Physician by Noah Gordon (1986) (627 pages) - This is a novel that follows the entire lifecycle of a character. It tells the tale of an English orphan of medieval times, who gradually finds himself pursuing his world's highest medical training, in ( Read more... ) -
Books I Read in 2010 (Pt. 2)
So, here's a breakdown of how many of the books I've been reading have been novels...
- 2008: 4 novels out of 13 books read
- 2009: 4 novels out of 15 books read
- 2010: 5 novels out of 21 books read
I'd like to read more novels, like I used to... I read at least four Magic: The Gathering novels in just the summer of '07 and six of the Harry Potter ( Read more... ) -
Books I Read in 2010
In 2008 I read 13 books (about 5,121 pages); in 2009 I read 15 books (about 5,683 pages)... last year I continued this upward trend and got through 21 books (about 6,615 pages). Although reading is something I often have to be quite intentional about doing (when it's not fiction), I'm finding the task to be more and more satisfying. Here's the ( Read more... ) -
(Late) Happy New Year!
Here's a late happy New Year to everyone out there on LiveJournal. I didn't post much in 2010, but it was an amazing year, just the same. Maybe I'll post more this year... at the very least, I hope to soon add another addition to my end-of-year book lists. -
The Deployment Is Almost Over!
I have less than a month left before I take another big ride on a radio bird and cross the great blue expanse! Many great things have happened out here ( Read more... ) -
My First LJ Entry As A (Practical) Noncombatant!
It has been a while since I've blogged, but, as this entry title indicates, I bear great news! My Division General approved my noncombatant status, and the paperwork is now in the hands of Department of the Army Headquarters. The official bestowal of noncombatant status upon myself is eminent. But in the meantime, while waiting for the ( Read more... ) -
Help Us, Lord (The Hypocrite's Song)
I had posted this song on my facebook page, but not on my livejournal. I noticed this as I went through all of my poetry entries in both, which I did because I have made a site solely for my best poetry (and not for lyrics that rely on the notation of music to give them rhythm). My new, minimalist site is withspirit.wordpress.com/
Here are the ( Read more... )