Been playing catch up on several economic / investing related books I've had on my bookshelf for a long time. Tonight I've been reading "The Wealthy Barber" by David Chilton which my parents got my after I graduated college. Started it long ago but never finished it.
Well, just picked up 2 books today, one for a class and the other for pleasure. The one I'm reading for class is One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (It's for a film class.), not terribly excited for it, have to read the entire thing in 5 days, but its an excuse to light up a cigar and smoke on the patio.
The book I'm really excited about is World War Z, sequel to The Zombie Survival Guide. Sounds dumb, but it's actually a pretty good read, touches on everything from Americans being a nation of individuals to how businesses profit on catastrophes.
Well, just picked up 2 books today, one for a class and the other for pleasure. The one I'm reading for class is One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (It's for a film class.), not terribly excited for it, have to read the entire thing in 5 days, but its an excuse to light up a cigar and smoke on the patio.
The book I'm really excited about is World War Z, sequel to The Zombie Survival Guide. Sounds dumb, but it's actually a pretty good read, touches on everything from Americans being a nation of individuals to how businesses profit on catastrophes.
I love Cuckoo's Nest, probably one of my favorites.
Working on Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay. Newt Gingrich came to speak to my class last week and recommended it. Good, timely read on economic bubbles.
I've been reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I'm about halfway through. I'm glad I finally took the time to pick up one of his novels. I'll definitely have to check out some of his other stuff.
Continuing on my Dean Koontz binge, I finished Seize the Night today and started on The Servants of Twilight...looks to be a good one so far...not that I've been disappointed with any of his novels yet, except for Icebound...terrible, just terrible.
I've been reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I'm about halfway through. I'm glad I finally took the time to pick up one of his novels. I'll definitely have to check out some of his other stuff.
I love that book, and Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse Five sorta reminds me of what a Quentin Tarantino movie would look like if it was made into a book.
I've been reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I'm about halfway through. I'm glad I finally took the time to pick up one of his novels. I'll definitely have to check out some of his other stuff.
I love that book, and Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse Five sorta reminds me of what a Quentin Tarantino movie would look like if it was made into a book.
I like the humor of it. It's this really serious subject, but the way he tells it is just brilliant. Any suggestions for which of his works I should check out next?
Last night I was reading my new issue of Vintage Guitar magazine. Tonight I'll be finishing up the "Gun Digest's Book of the 1911 Vol 1" and if my stogie lasts longer than that the new issue of "The Backwoodsman" magazine.
I just picked up a new book, "Take Down: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire." It should be a pretty good book. It's about the cop that went undercover to take down the Gambino crime family and the Mafia hold in NYC in the early 90's.
Also am borrowing "Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity" by John Stossel from a friend and reading it.
Working on Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay. Newt Gingrich came to speak to my class last week and recommended it. Good, timely read on economic bubbles.
If you like books on economincs (and thr trouble with bubbles), check out Dr Ravi Batra "The New Golden Age- The comming revolution against political corruption and economic chaos"
So far this is a pretty well written and an interesting read. Autobiographical by Anthony Loyd. He is a young man from a military family who decides to go to Bosnia during their civil war in search of some intangible meaning to life. He flies into Sarajevo on a UN plane and starts his journey from there, completely alone and without a job or an ally. While managing to supporting his drinking and drug habits he seeks out the ever changing front lines and eventually becomes a successful photo-journalist, drawing many parallels between war, its participants and substance abuse.
If you're interested in that part of the world, harp, you might like Rebecca West's classic "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon," which is about Yugoslavia just before WWII. (However, it's longer than Uncle Bob's tapeworm.)
If you're interested in that part of the world, harp, you might like Rebecca West's classic "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon," which is about Yugoslavia just before WWII. (However, it's longer than Uncle Bob's tapeworm.)
That sounds good, I'll check it out. Thanks for the lead.
Well, the film class that I'm taking is finally rolling around to the movie I have been looking forward to the most, Apocalypse Now. Consequently I have to read the book that it is based on, Heart of Darkness, jeez this stuff is dense. Good, but dense, the way I am having to read this is reminding me of when I had to read Turn of the Screw, basically I have to read a page, then read it again to get what is really being said and a third time to fully comprehend it, so saying this is a slow read is an understatement.
At least I get an excuse to watch a badass movie out of this though.
I had to read Heart of Darkness in my senior AP English class...I never even got halfway through it. That book is, in my opinion anyway, far above high school comprehension level....I think I would have to really sit down and force my way through it now even.
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The book I'm really excited about is World War Z, sequel to The Zombie Survival Guide. Sounds dumb, but it's actually a pretty good read, touches on everything from Americans being a nation of individuals to how businesses profit on catastrophes.
Also am borrowing "Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity" by John Stossel from a friend and reading it.
So far this is a pretty well written and an interesting read. Autobiographical by Anthony Loyd. He is a young man from a military family who decides to go to Bosnia during their civil war in search of some intangible meaning to life. He flies into Sarajevo on a UN plane and starts his journey from there, completely alone and without a job or an ally. While managing to supporting his drinking and drug habits he seeks out the ever changing front lines and eventually becomes a successful photo-journalist, drawing many parallels between war, its participants and substance abuse.
That sounds good, I'll check it out. Thanks for the lead.
At least I get an excuse to watch a badass movie out of this though.