I want to finish the terribly boring history of Ireland.
Tom Send a noteboard - 29/08/2014 03:07:11 PM
The author writes well enough but the subject matter is just somewhat boring. Either that or his sense of pacing is completely off. He spent over 100 pages on the Eighteenth Century, and all that happened was a lot of really boring wrangling on the part of an impotent political body (the Irish Parliament) that was abolished at the end of the Century anyway.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Uh oh. I accidentally went a little crazy with my e-book purchases.
27/08/2014 10:47:08 PM
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You can never go wrong with too many books!
28/08/2014 03:52:58 AM
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I love books, but I also like money.
28/08/2014 10:42:08 PM
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If that's crazy, I need to be in a padded cell over my real book purchases.
28/08/2014 03:55:36 PM
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If you get around to Les Liaisons Dangereuses, do chime in on that.
28/08/2014 09:19:28 PM
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I want to finish the terribly boring history of Ireland.
29/08/2014 03:07:11 PM
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Yeah, but most of those are made up.
28/08/2014 10:44:55 PM
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Re: Yeah, but most of those are made up.
28/08/2014 11:30:19 PM
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You shouldn't need to pay in Euros in Delaware *NM*
29/08/2014 01:23:54 AM
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You think Delaware got its own country code? *NM*
29/08/2014 03:07:43 PM
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Yes I do! Inspired by the Pennsylvania Deutsch, who disregard modern amenities like state borders!
30/08/2014 01:13:09 AM
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I've only read the Brown book, but I enjoyed it. I'd be interested in seeing a review by you. *NM*
29/08/2014 04:42:51 AM
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It's on my shorter list because I've been reading more about antiquity again recently. *NM*
29/08/2014 03:08:10 PM
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Wow, and nice!
02/09/2014 06:24:07 AM
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Apparently, you'll remember the content better if you read from the hard copy.
05/09/2014 12:36:30 AM
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