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01-17-2007, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Washington
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Originally Posted by BlackButterfly
How is it that I can speak in rhyme so fluently in my dreams, but I can't construct a decent poem worth a damn in the waking world?
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Maybe you're only dreaming that you are? Unless you can remember exactly what you say outside of the dream, of course. Your signature always makes me want to read The Divine Comedy again. I think I'm going to get a hold of it soon.
For now, though, I've started reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It's not very long, I might be finished in upwards a week.
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01-17-2007, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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01-17-2007, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: the eternal suburbs
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Oh, I loved that book! I literally read it to pieces (it began falling apart in my hands  )! I should buy a hardback copy.
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According to an article in USA Today, children from single parent homes have much better verbal skills than children from two parent homes. However, children from two parent homes are far superior at bitterly sarcastic repertoire.
I'd love to see crowds of kids running away from a greased naked guy with Jesus hair.--c130
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01-18-2007, 12:28 AM
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#1029
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 66
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Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk.
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01-18-2007, 01:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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How is it that I can speak in rhyme so fluently in my dreams, but I can't construct a decent poem worth a damn in the waking world?
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The world has features that you perceive with your senses and then develop impressions about. Dreams work the opposite way around - since they start in your head their basic nature is in the impressions. The apparently external details just get filled in where necessary because you are used to having them. If you try hard you can probably remember having really abstract dreams where there were very few extrinsic details at all and it was mostly just a wash of impressions.
So the poem you wrote in your dream *was* really good, not because the words were arranged nicely, but because being good was its identity in the dream. Unfortunately it's not easy to take it from there... to out here. In one dream I came up with the funniest joke ever, but it didn't make the leap. Not that it turned out not to be funny... it just ceased existing, retroactively. Sucky, that. Honestly I prefer it over on the other side.
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01-18-2007, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
Posts: 2,535
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The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld. It's a very interesting series about the future and how they could change the way people look at each other and stop all the hatred of racism and such. But it also leads to government and control and secrets. Much like it is now. It's a very good series. I highly suggest it to anyone who is interested in such books.
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"Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon."
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01-18-2007, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Arizona
Posts: 160
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Edgar Allen Poe always.
Reccommend some great authors to check out.
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01-19-2007, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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01-19-2007, 02:54 PM
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#1034
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Inland Empire
Posts: 277
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Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.
Great book.
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01-19-2007, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Portugal
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"Perfume" by Patrick Süskind.
The movie came out and I felt like reading the book first ^^
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01-22-2007, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New England
Posts: 93
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Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon. It's okay; I'm having a hard time getting into it.
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01-23-2007, 04:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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The Dresden Files: Storm Front
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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01-23-2007, 02:06 PM
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#1038
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Thanks Circle V)
I laid Gulliver's Travels after reading the first part for now.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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01-23-2007, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,247
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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Even my Dad's reading it. It seems to be quite popular right now.
I've jsut finished "An Artist of the Floating World" by Kazuo Ishiguro.
I found it sad, to say the least.
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Petrified for the millionth time...
Slowly my soul evaporates
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01-24-2007, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: None of your business
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I'm reading your post.
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01-24-2007, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,247
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*LOLZ @ Ink_of_Souls*
I'm on ur boardz readin ur poastz!!!11
Now, back in your cave. Shoo!
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Petrified for the millionth time...
Slowly my soul evaporates
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01-24-2007, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: None of your business
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Thank’s Morrigan_Dubh I think, unless that’s sarcasm....
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01-24-2007, 08:19 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 380
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Over the months I haven't been here, I finally finished Angels & Demons by Dan Brown! It was quite the thrilling read. Right now I'm just reading a 62 page christian literature booklet called Heaven And Hell: What Does The Bible Really Teach?
Its very interesting, it talks about whether Hell is eternal, if heaven happens immediately after death or until the ressurection, just basically, the afterlife and beyond. Its quite interesting. You can order it if you're interested in reading it as well: http://www.ucg.org/booklets/
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01-24-2007, 10:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
Posts: 2,065
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Life Among the Pirates: The Romance and the Reality by David Cordingly. This was a book I should have read a long time ago. But does it corrupt my fantasy of one day owning a pirate ship and sailing the world? Not at all.
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01-24-2007, 11:04 PM
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#1045
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 622
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"The Discovery of Poetry" by Frances Mayes
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"There is no way out of the mind"--Sylvia Plath
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01-25-2007, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 205
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I am reading Withers Rain by J. Passarella
My opinion:
It is OK.
It is not at all horrible.
It is not something phenomenal either.
It is right down the middle.
Has anyone ever read the Wendy Ward novels by this person?
What do YOU think?
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01-25-2007, 09:59 AM
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#1047
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 33
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I'm reading an article in propaganda.
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01-25-2007, 10:01 AM
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#1048
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 33
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Originally Posted by deathbecomesme
The Dresden Files: Storm Front
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They now have the tv show for Dresden Files. i think its on friday night.
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01-25-2007, 02:22 PM
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#1049
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Houston Texas
Posts: 443
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Originally Posted by Skasteri
They now have the tv show for Dresden Files. i think its on friday night.
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Yes i know, and it's stupid and does not follow the books or the characters worth a damn really.
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"The Goths are beautiful, a vast depth of sub cultural,
aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that
as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion
...the costume without the brain."
--Peter Murphy
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01-25-2007, 03:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: The Icy Forest of New England
Posts: 2,535
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I am reading the second book in the Eldest series. I already read Eragon and now I am reading Eldest. I absolutely love the book so far. I loved the first one, they are really good books.
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"Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon."
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