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jopajava1963

Wed 09/10/14 04:08 PM

RA Salvatore wrote the first Star Wars book that introduced The Yuuzhon Vong!
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stingraycity

Wed 09/10/14 04:30 PM


RA Salvatore wrote the first Star Wars book that introduced The Yuuzhon Vong!

did not know that...
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Rock

Wed 09/10/14 04:54 PM


Cmon in and browse...chat...fresh coffee in the corner...Share your favorite author/series/genre....i have a nice mini library of mostly scifi/fantasy but i read almost anything. WELCOME!!!


Jack London, Piers Anthony,...
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fleta_n_mach

Wed 09/10/14 05:03 PM

^^^^^
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stingraycity

Wed 09/10/14 05:12 PM


^^^^^

fleta!:smile:
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fleta_n_mach

Wed 09/10/14 05:16 PM

bigsmile
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no1phD

Wed 09/10/14 05:16 PM

I just spent the afternoon !!reading the back ,of this match book...
.. it was a really good read...
. tonight I'm going to read the front of the .. matchbook....
.. I especially like the part where it says... strike here.... so suspenseful...laugh ..hi.uflowerforyou
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fleta_n_mach

Wed 09/10/14 05:18 PM

hi u. I spent today reading manuals on trouble shooting. blech....neck ache. Reset jumpers, start and restart....read computer screens.

And don't ya know there are better ways to light a fire? Last book of matches I had, had my name printed on the cover. You sure that wasn't it?

and ooops! My download is done. Gotta burn another disk. I'll be
B A C K. flowerforyou
Edited by fleta_n_mach on Wed 09/10/14 05:21 PM
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mrld_ii

Wed 09/10/14 05:25 PM

The whole "Conversations With God" *franchise*. Remarkable stuff.

The book that still sticks with me to this day (that I read at 14) is "The Illustrated Man"; I was mesmerized by the stories...and fascinated by the idea of turning a bunch of short stories into a novel.

I often wonder if his agent was screaming "Give me something...ANYTHING, man!!!" and out of sheer laziness, he slapped 'em all together simply to meet a deadline.


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Bentkat51

Wed 09/10/14 06:39 PM




I like something with a lot of big words that takes me forever to read cause I have to sound out the words...


Then u would love RA Salvatore...the dark elf series.....lots of elvish words....

oooohhhh, that will tie me up for months...grumble


Try years....he has over 20 books in the series....im not sure how many
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Bentkat51

Wed 09/10/14 06:44 PM


I just spent the afternoon !!reading the back ,of this match book...
.. it was a really good read...
. tonight I'm going to read the front of the .. matchbook....
.. I especially like the part where it says... strike here.... so suspenseful...laugh ..hi.uflowerforyou


rofl flowerforyou winking
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fleta_n_mach

Wed 09/10/14 07:23 PM


The whole "Conversations With God" *franchise*. Remarkable stuff.

The book that still sticks with me to this day (that I read at 14) is "The Illustrated Man"; I was mesmerized by the stories...and fascinated by the idea of turning a bunch of short stories into a novel.

I often wonder if his agent was screaming "Give me something...ANYTHING, man!!!" and out of sheer laziness, he slapped 'em all together simply to meet a deadline.


That's a deep thought, those, "conversations with God". When I looked it up. I whole heartedly agreed, until I stopped when i saw he had been a radio program director, newspaper managing editor, marketing..., then I just kinda went..."ah, some place to lead the sheeple."..

I agree with this in bold though, it is a beauteous thought. I do try to help people, without the god part.

I don't mean to tread on you mrld, just I don't see, how these people can make money off of religion like that by their position in careers and books.

I also am reminded, that I do not have a leg to stand on, since I never read any of the series of books.

wikpedia
Walsch believes in a panentheistic God, who tries to communicate himself as being "unselfish". Walsch's vision is an expansion and unification of all present theologies to render them more relevant to our present day and time. He created Humanity's Team as a spiritual movement whose purpose is to communicate and implement his New Spirituality beliefs, particularly that we are all one with God and one with life, in a shared global state of being.[1] This state can be achieved, Walsch argues, by the act of helping other people: "The fastest way to apply anything in your life is to help others to apply it ... The fastest way to use any wisdom that resides in your soul is to help someone else ... Because we are all one."
Edited by fleta_n_mach on Wed 09/10/14 07:30 PM
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mrld_ii

Wed 09/10/14 07:34 PM


That's a deep thought, those, "conversations with God". When I looked it up. I whole heartedly agreed, until I stopped when i saw he had been a radio program director, newspaper managing editor, marketing..., then I just kinda went..."ah, some place to lead the sheeple."..

I agree with this in bold though, it is a beauteous thought. I do try to help people, without the god part.

I don't mean to tread on you mrld, just I don't see, how these people can make money off of religion like that by their position in careers and books.



No offense taken. I had a problem with the whole concept of him making LOTS of money off it. When I said the *franchise*, I meant Books 1 - 3; last I checked (which was years ago), he'd written over 15 pieces AND made a movie, which I've never seen, either.

I made peace with it, when I realized that if *God* (for lack of a better word) IS everywhere and speaks to us always and in all ways, it would make sense that *God* would speak to him in via his writing, since he's an author.

Others might be spoken to in music, in art, while doing accounting, while playing football, etc...based on what they *know* best.


The overall message and concepts resonated with me; I got over being uncomfortable with the messenger's method of sharing the thoughts with *me*, and simply used it as a way to ponder the deeper *shtuff* of life,


yanno?
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fleta_n_mach

Wed 09/10/14 07:39 PM

:angel: ya, I know.

It's great to post with you again. Missing your "helpfulness". bigsmile

computers and animals "speak" to me. :tongue:
Edited by fleta_n_mach on Wed 09/10/14 07:42 PM
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Happiness2U

Wed 09/10/14 08:42 PM

Reading "And The Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini.
Just finished "The Rosie Project" by Graeme Simsion.
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Bentkat51

Thu 09/11/14 06:51 PM

Started a new series yesterday by Ilona Andrews..(husband/wife)...its fantasy....kinda armeggedon style....just wish i had the entire set
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Bentkat51

Mon 09/15/14 04:14 AM

Sighhhhhh.....yawn
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Bentkat51

Tue 09/16/14 12:56 PM

Drinking coffee and reading a book....alone. Nothing has changed.:cry:
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stingraycity

Tue 09/16/14 04:12 PM


Drinking coffee and reading a book....alone. Nothing has changed.:cry:

we are all in the same boat sweetie...you are not alone, think of some of the good things you have in your life and that should brighten up your mood...
flowerforyou
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Bentkat51

Tue 09/16/14 09:40 PM

Its not bad but not good either. Meh.