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How 2 Read Teh Bookzorz
2012-01-26, 5:08 PM #1
[CENTER]How 2 Read Teh Bookzorz
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[LEFT] I decided to choose which books to buy with a pair of dice colored red and green. It's pretty sweet, really. Take an MS Excel spreadsheet (if you don't have access to Excel, take an Open Office spreadsheet). Insert four columns and six rows into the document. Try to think of each row like a bullet sliding into the cylinder of a four barreled revolver that self-conscious Gunmen see in their darkest nightmares. Red bullets are for fiction. The greens are for everything else. You throw the dice and Voila! Like Wesley Willis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis) could have said, "EA: Sports to The Game!"[/LEFT]



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幻術
2012-01-26, 5:10 PM #2
HEY THIS SEEMS UNNECESSARY AND CUMBERSOME
2012-01-26, 5:10 PM #3
JUST LIKE MY DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK
2012-01-26, 5:15 PM #4
RUDIMENTARY RULEZ:

1. This does not mean you can't buy other books if you have zie monies. But books on the list are a priority.
2. Every time the dice choose your books, note their titles and replace with different ones for the coming dice throw.
3. You can only throw dice after you've read both books. :D
幻術
2012-01-26, 5:18 PM #5
4. YOU HAVE TO [http://thewebalyst.com/webalyst.com/facebook-like-small.png] SABEROPUS'S DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK .
幻術
2012-01-26, 5:24 PM #6
do i we have to use yours list or can use own?
2012-01-26, 5:27 PM #7
That depends on which books you would like to read.
幻術
2012-01-26, 11:57 PM #8
The Forever War is the ****.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2012-01-27, 7:38 AM #9
Nerd.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2012-01-27, 7:51 AM #10
I download nearly every book that I read & I do so via my iPad. I do have a simple rule that I follow though; for every book of fiction that I read, I must then read a non-fiction book. This works out very well & often there's something within one book that gets me interested in another book.
? :)
2012-01-27, 7:53 AM #11
Originally posted by saberopus:
HEY THIS SEEMS UNNECESSARY AND CUMBERSOME
Ditto. Also, I'm going to turn this into a "what are you reading right now?" thread, because I'm mean.

I'm currently reading:
Critical Play: Radical Game Design
Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers
The Plothole: a home for amateur, inclusive, collaborative stories
http://forums.theplothole.net
2012-01-27, 8:31 AM #12
You're not mean, Gebohq. You're boring. :)
幻術
2012-01-27, 8:43 AM #13
I like that you're reading a rulebook about how to break rules and innovate :cool:
2012-01-27, 8:55 AM #14
Originally posted by Mentat:
I download nearly every book that I read & I do so via my iPad. I do have a simple rule that I follow though; for every book of fiction that I read, I must then read a non-fiction book. This works out very well & often there's something within one book that gets me interested in another book.


Don't have an iPad, but I also listen to fiction Podcasts mp3s on my brand new Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro (teh luv) when I'm walking somewhere / waiting for the bus / on the bus / etc. :) It's pretty neat.
幻術
2012-01-27, 9:15 AM #15
Originally posted by saberopus:
I like that you're reading a rulebook about how to break rules and innovate :cool:
Ha, yeah, the title sucks, but so far, it's a pretty decent how-to for general team-based creative problem solving. Nothing crazy, but should be useful in the relevant situations.
The Plothole: a home for amateur, inclusive, collaborative stories
http://forums.theplothole.net
2012-01-27, 7:27 PM #16
Originally posted by Koobie:
You're not mean, Gebohq. You're boring. :)


Seriously? Having posted this thread, you're saying this? :awesome:

Yeah, I get all my books and comics on my NookColor.

Currently reading:

Star Wars Fate of the Jedi: Vortex
[url=[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Journey_(novel[/URL])]Star Wars New Jedi Order: Dark Journey[/url]
Dragonlance Legends: War of the Twins
[url=[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonball]Dragonball[/URL] Vol. 7[/url]
Toaru Majutsu No Index (aka A Certain Magical Index)
JSA
Blackest Night
The Infernal City
Warhammer 40,000: Execution Hour
[url=[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Jackson_%26_the_Olympians[/URL]]Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Labyrinth[/url]
Consider Phlebas
Arion, Lord of Atlantis
Star Wars: Legacy

If you read that whole list, you earned a medal. And yes, I do switch from book to book at rapid pace. ^-^
2012-01-27, 10:12 PM #17
Originally posted by Spook:
The Forever War is the ****.
agreed.. I just read that a bit ago from my Kindle.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2012-01-28, 7:21 PM #18
Im jealous of all you people with your tablets and e-readers and ****.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2012-01-28, 7:57 PM #19
My current plan is to somehow simultaneously finish reading Infinite Jest and In Cold Blood. I've already used my Kindle (thanks Mom!) to read Moneyball and the Hunger Games trilogy while in the middle of reading the other two. Once I'm done with those I'm thinking about finally reading The Hidden Game of Football.

Oh, I guess I started The Lincoln Lawyer somewhere in there as well, but I'll probably have to wait until I finish some of these others and then start it again from the beginning.

After three years of law school, I'm having trouble getting the hang of 1) reading for pleasure and 2) not reading a dozen books at once.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2012-01-28, 8:02 PM #20
I was raised to believe that books are for burning only.
>>untie shoes
2012-01-28, 10:37 PM #21
Ford, I don't actually have a Kindle. But I have a Kindle app on my droid smartphone. Works just as well.. I very OCCASIONALLY notice a bit of eye strain, but for the most part, I'm totally happy with this solution. Plus I don't have to lug around a big ass Kindle.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2012-01-29, 8:06 AM #22
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
My current plan is to somehow simultaneously finish reading Infinite Jest and In Cold Blood. I've already used my Kindle (thanks Mom!) to read Moneyball and the Hunger Games trilogy while in the middle of reading the other two.


I haven't read the The Hunger Games, but I've read Battle Royale. The way I understand it, The Hunger Games is an unintended Western style rip-off, can anyone confirm?
幻術
2012-01-29, 9:37 AM #23
Originally posted by Koobie:
I haven't read the The Hunger Games, but I've read Battle Royale. The way I understand it, The Hunger Games is an unintended Western style rip-off, can anyone confirm?


Eh, they share a basic one-line description (despotic government forces kids to fight to the death), but not that much else.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2012-01-29, 11:41 AM #24
Cool. Talking about despotic governments forcing kids to fight, am currently reading The Ender's Game for the first time.

Damn, geb, you're boring and mean. :D
幻術
2012-01-29, 11:49 AM #25
Oh, and one more thing.

[QUOTE=Koobie, 01-27-2012] You're boring. :)[/QUOTE]

[quote=Gebohq, 01-28-2012]Another shot with a Slinky, this time comically-ponderous:

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Oh, yeah, that's right, I'm so mean that if I had an uncle, he'd look like this:

[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OOo25OwpJaE/To0dhmyMmyI/AAAAAAAAA0I/A4_SU-F8EJ0/s400/uncle_dick.jpg]
幻術

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