Crush, maybe you should make a game for NANY 2010?

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. If I can stay awake long enough to finish my current book, I'll order "How I Live Now" from the library 



Books? Wow do they still make them things?

Ive opened a few PDFs recently does that count?
Ive been trying to get all my paperbacks in PDF format, then get the PC to read them to me hehe



Thought it might be nice to have a thread where we could talk about what books we are reading and share thoughts and recommendations, etc.
This week I finally started going through Chris Bishop's "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning":
http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Recognition-Learning-Information-Statistics/dp/0387310738
(see attachment in previous post)
So far i'm really liking it, though its more heavy on math and lacking in higher-level discussion than i would like.






From Publisher's Weekly: ...Kotzwinkle has imagined a disconsolate Maine professor, Arthur Bramhall, who sets out to write a bestseller, only to have a bear steal it, thinking it's something to eat. This is no ordinary bear, however; he has aspirations to becoming a person (they eat so much better, and with much less trouble, than bears do). What better way to establish an identity than by becoming a celebrity novelist? Soon, the bear has found a pseudonym, Hal Jam, an agent and a publisher. With his distinctively masculine presence, and a monosyllabic way of talking that reminds many of Hemingway, he's on his way to stardom with a novel that everyone agrees has its roots deep in the natural world. Soon, he has a Hollywood agent, too, and the admiration of a Southern writer whose specialty is angels; both of them succumb to Hal's exuberant love-making (since a bear normally does it only once a year, a lot of libido is saved up). A pillar of the Christian right wants Hal's support for a run for the presidency, and Hal is only too willing, since he thinks "candidacy," like most words he doesn't know, means something to eat. Meanwhile, Bramhall, ... is turning into a bear as fast as Hal is becoming human...





I'm also reading 2 David Lieberman books which have titles too embarrassing to post - which is too bad, because they're simply about human nature, & how to turn bad (or potentially bad) situations around.

I'm also reading 2 David Lieberman books which have titles too embarrassing to post - which is too bad, because they're simply about human nature, & how to turn bad (or potentially bad) situations around.
?? How can a book title be too embarrassing to post?!
You're among friends here, let 'er rip!
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Seriously, though, I don't think the titles are that embarrassing 
I know all about the desperation that comes from trying to get others to do things!Managed it quite well with Sarah, you sly devil!

I know all about the desperation that comes from trying to get others to do things!Managed it quite well with Sarah, you sly devil!
You don't have to dig too deep to see...The elegant social skills that I have witnessed you deploy here belie your words.
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