where did I imply it was bad thing? I'm an ******* too, just not quite as big an ******* as you. *******.

you are a giant ******* who smokes. in front of your maid. while formerly driving a limo.

































giant *******

Posted by sergei91 on 1/13/2015 7:42:00 AM (view original):

Posted by bottomlee on 1/12/2015 9:08:00 PM (view original):
How To Make Love Like a Porn Star - Jenna Jameson
Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls - J.J. Dillon
Teaching, Its Harder Than it Looks - Gerry Dee
Rubber Balls and Liquor - Gilbert Godfried
The Godfather Returns - Mark Winegardner

I've read 2 of those books already. how was jj Dillon's?

It was good......Either I didnt realize how "good/big" of an actual wrestler he was, or he has a high opinion of himself.....but, he goes into good detail on booking and payouts and the such.   He doesnt bash anyone "just because" like in a lot of other books.....and actually admits to many of his own faults rather than just placing blame, which was refreshing.

heh

i also find black x's humorous

yer computer sucks

so does my mom

Partial list of what I've read this year:

"Unbroken" - L Hillenbrand \ I have not seen the movie, the book was a good read.

"It came from a Buick 8" - Stephen King \ A quick read, more a thought experiment by King than a meaningful story in my opinion.

"A Better World" - Marcus Sakey \ Sequel to "Brilliance" and the second of the Brilliance trilogy (third book not published yet). More political thriller than science fiction, set in a parallel universe in which 1% of births since 1980 have special "powers" of varying degrees ranging from mathematical talent to ability to read body language, etc. Naturally the normal folks find these people to be a threat. The first two books follow a gifted agent of the government whose job is to track down dangerous gifted individuals and his interactions with the terrorist group led by the gifted John Smith. Good read, I believe there's a movie in the works

"A Storm of Swords" - George RR Martin \ Book 3 of the "Song of Fire and Ice" series, brings you roughly through the end of Season 4 of the TV show though the show goes a bit farther than this book for certain storylines.

"Perfect Spy" - John Le Carre \ considered Le Carre's most autobiographical novel due to his description of the father figure of the titular spy. Common Le Carre themes about intelligence being a game unto itself and unreliable narrators/spies.

"My sister's grave" - Robert Dugoni \ was a free book through my Amazon Prime membership.. story of a woman still haunted by the mysterious disappearance of her sister 20 years ago. She's since become a cop and has been investigating the matter on her own time. What she's uncovered bothers her, and she feels like the person convicted for the crime may have been railroaded. Then her sister's body is found.

"Dooms Day Book" - Connie Willis \ time travel story about a professor eager to send someone back to the Dark Ages of England to investigate the plague. After she is sent through, the primary technician disappears and a mysterious illness hits London. I liked it, but not motivated at this point to read future offerings in the series (which from what I understand feature different characters)

"The Round House" - Louise Erdrich \ aftermath of a rape on an Indian reservation (or maybe not, since the victim is traumatized and unable or unwilling to provide details, which complicates the investigation since nobody knows which law enforcement body has jurisdiction) Won the National Book award. Not exactly a "fun" read but worth the effort.

nobody asked you, ****

As far as you know.

TEH FORG LIVES!!!!

More or less.

Dreamcatcher (Stephen King) - Tale of alien invasion set in the North Woods of Maine, focusing on four childhood friends who are on their annual hunting trip (some not for long). Well-written, engaging, as you might expect from King, but the story just doesn't make any sense. King himself seems to have realized this, penning an "Afterword" in which the surviving main characters try to make sense of it all themselves (unsuccessfully, in my opinion). Written longhand while King was recovering from the automobile accident, he is later reported to have more or less disowned the book. Apparently they made a movie; I imagine it's a muddled mess.

October 1964 (David Halberstam) - Despite the title, the story of the 1964 season with focus on the World Series participants (St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees). Historical background on many of the big stars (Mantle, Maris, Ford, Gibson, Brock, Flood, Boyer). General themes include the beginning of the end for the Yankee franchise (in no small part because of their lateness in recognizing and signing black players) and the rise of the Cardinals (in no small part because of their embrace of black talent like Gibson, Bill White, Curt Flood, Lou Brock). I learned some stuff, didn't find it very full of tension, was a bit put off by repeated misspellings of Milwaukee Braves' outfielder Lee Maye's name as "May" as if he was the same guy that played 1B for the Reds (who didn't even start his career until 1965).

Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman) - I read October 1964 in September and Guns of August in October. Confusing enough? This, of course, is the classic history of the first month of combat in World War I. I'd previously read material on most of the major conflicts of the last century but never anything on WWI. This is pretty engaging, though the large cast of characters can get confusing at times.

Cemetery Dance (Preston and Child) - I returned to the world of Pendergast, fictional FBI agent, who returns to New York to solve the murder of old friend Bill Smithback and attempts on the life of Nora Kelly. Good fun, with zombie goings-on before they became really popular.

Closed out 2015 with:

Neuromancer (William Gibson) - ok, I'm 30 years behind on my reading list. You got a problem with that? This book was the first "triple crown" winner in SF, taking the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip Dick awards. Well deserved, good read, even 30 years later.

Feast for Crows (George RR Martin) - For some reason I only recently became aware that I need to read not just one, but two books in the Fire and Ice saga to catch up to where the HBO series is. "Feast" focuses primarily on the Lannister twins, Brienne, and Samwell, with the concurrent stories of Tyrion, Jon Snow and Daenerys told in book 5 "A Dance with Dragons", which I will start soon. Jon does appear early with Sam, but Tyrion and the dragon mother are only spoken of. With luck I can finish "Dance" before April, when the new season starts. Here we start to see some significant differences between the books and the series. For example, Jaime is sent to end the siege at Riverrun in "Feast" rather than to Dorne with Bron to rescue Myrcella.