Studying for Blade '08

Tony G

Tony G

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I’m starting to study just in case I have to sit through dinner with Old Physics or Guyon.:cool:

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Grapes of Wrath is one of the great American novels. Don't forget that one.

Grapes of Wrath is also a mental condition wherein you drink two bottles of Pinot Noir and post political questions in the Busse forum. :p :D
 
Guyon said:
Grapes of Wrath is one of the great American novels. Don't forget that one.

Grapes of Wrath is also a mental condition wherein you drink two bottles of Pinot Noir and post political questions in the Busse forum. :p :D
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LOL... I'M ALMOST THERE!! Heh-heh!! :D:D:D
 
Guyon said:
Grapes of Wrath is one of the great American novels. Don't forget that one.

Grapes of Wrath is also a mental condition wherein you drink two bottles of Pinot Noir and post political questions in the Busse forum. :p :D
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I have started with “Cannery Row". Even a moron like me can figure out in about three pages that this guy had what it seems all the great ones had. That is, very simple language that strings together into vivid images.

You know like Skunk.:thumbup:

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I tried to read a Stephen Hawking book a while back. I can't remember if it was the universe in a nut shell, or a brief history of time. I only know it made my head hurt, and I think I nearly went blind from the migraine that struck a few days later (It might have just been the fierce sinus infection I came down with..........but it did have a suspicious proximity time wise to trying to read that book!)
 
Bigfattyt said:
I tried to read a Stephen Hawking book a while back. I can't remember if it was the universe in a nut shell, or a brief history of time. I only know it made my head hurt, and I think I nearly went blind from the migraine that struck a few days later (It might have just been the fierce sinus infection I came down with..........but it did have a suspicious proximity time wise to trying to read that book!)
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I read "ABH of Time" and the only way I got past the half way mark was that at the time I was working a few days a week at a company that made industrial lasers and a some guys with Dr. degrees in physics helped me understand what I was reading.. After about 2/3 of the way into the book I couldn't read two pages without having someone explain it to me.
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Tony G said:
I’m starting to study just in case I have to sit through dinner with Old Physics or Guyon.:cool:

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Ah Steinbeck, one of my personal favorites. Hey don't forget the Faulkner.

If you like Steinbeck, his family released many of his letters to them in a volume. Gives you some insight into his day to day mind.
 
Progunner said:
Ah Steinbeck, one of my personal favorites. Hey don't forget the Faulkner.
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Faulkner

Oh my aching head. I read The Sound and the Fury as a senior in high school and it completely floored me. As I Lay Dying is a pretty tough slog as well.

"My mother is a fish."

My personal favorite in the "serious American literature" category is Papa Hemingway. I am torn between The Garden of Eden or The Sun Also Rises as my favorite.
 
rbmcmjr said:
Faulkner

Oh my aching head. I read The Sound and the Fury as a senior in high school and it completely floored me. As I Lay Dying is a pretty tough slog as well.

"My mother is a fish."

My personal favorite in the "serious American literature" category is Papa Hemingway. I am torn between The Garden of Eden or The Sun Also Rises as my favorite.
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B oth excellent books as well. I am realizing I am far behind on my reading, been spending most of my reading time between scripture, the Catechism and other religious related texts. I think I may have to drag out some Steinbeck or perhaps Faulkner.
 
rbmcmjr said:
Faulkner

Oh my aching head. I read The Sound and the Fury as a senior in high school and it completely floored me. As I Lay Dying is a pretty tough slog as well.
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Well the good news is that Guyon won't be sober long enough to talk his way through Hemingway and Steinbeck, so Faulkner will never come up :thumbup:.

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Amy-0 said:
I guess I better start reading also:thumbup::thumbup:
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No need! We can always talk about Ohio! :D

BTW, Hawking's book is reasonably rigorous when it comes to ideas, but I find that at about the half-way point he stops offering evidence compelling to the average layman. I do appreciate his mathematical imagery, though.

Those who REALLY want to hit the books can try Roger Penrose's Road to Reality. It's huge ... but you can take it a little bit at a time ... for a VERY long time. Dr. Penrose is yet another of those boringly brilliant geniuses who change the direction of inquiry for several generations. He holds a Chair in Mathematics at Oxford and was an extremely important colleague of Dr. Hawkings when Stephen was developing his most important insights.

I've been fortunate to talk with Dr. Penrose twice. He was very generous with his time and I learned a great deal. Too bad for me -- I would have happily served as a PostDoc for that man for decades. :)

As for Faulkner -- definitely an acquired taste. That man just wouldn't shut up and enjoy the silence.
 
OldPhysics said:
No need! We can always talk about Ohio! :D

Those who REALLY want to hit the books can try Roger Penrose's Road to Reality. It's huge ... but you can take it a little bit at a time ... for a VERY long time. Dr. Penrose is yet another of those boringly brilliant geniuses who change the direction of inquiry for several generations. He holds a Chair in Mathematics at Oxford and was an extremely important colleague of Dr. Hawkings when Stephen was developing his most important insights.
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I'll get that one and you can tell me what it all means when I see you at Blade. :p
 
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