so what books are you currently reading?

Good thread, Levi. Tell me what you think about Tender when you finish
it -- I've been wanting to read Fight Club since I've seen the movie, so
I'm especially interested in what you have to say about that.

Jim

lray wrote:

>Moving right along.
>Doot Do Doo
>On another note I was wondering what books are floating around in the mind's
>eyes of all the bananafish.
>I am currently reading Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald, Fight Club by Chuck
>Palahniuk, and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I had to step away from
>Tender is the Night for a bit because Rosemary was just becoming too much too
>handle. Fight Club seemed like a nice alternative, a quick gritty read with
>some content thrown in in short sharp bursts. And then there is Infinite
>Jest, the month long read as a professor of mine calls it. Infinite Jest is a
>phenomenal book but there is only so much talk about AA at one time I can
>handle. When I have more time and a clearer head I will finish it. Then on
>to Dubliners by Joyce and Gravity's Raibow by Pynchon. How about all of you?
>-Levi
>
>
>
>
>>===== Original Message From Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> =====
>>Levi -- I have nothing to say to John except by way of response to his
>>
>>
>absolutely
>
>
>>pointless personal insults. I do -not- initiate any of this crap, and he
>>
>>
>always
>
>
>>responds, out of the blue, to conversations I'm already having with someone
>>
>>
>else.
>
>
>>If you aren't perceptive enough to see that's what's going on, I can't help
>>
>>
>you
>
>
>>any more than this. I've also already apologized to you for my part in this.
>>
>>If you choose to delete all my posts unread, that's fine, really (i.e., I
>>
>>
>don't
>
>
>>care). I don't see how you can consider that a threat to me. For my part,
>>
>>
>I've
>
>
>>already decided to do that to John's posts, so you shouldn't be getting any
>>
>>
>more
>
>
>>of my responses to John (because there won't be any more). I won't be seeing
>>anything to respond to (there really wasn't anything to respond to anyhow).
>>
>>Message filters are beautiful things.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>lray wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>My goodness Jim and John. Maybe some people on the list do not mind
>>>
>>>
>arguments
>
>
>>>and insults taking place in their inbox but I do. By all means feel free
>>>
>>>
>to
>
>
>>>put each other down off-list, but I am on the verge of just deleting every
>>>single post the two of you make because they are likely to just be pissing
>>>contests between the two of you. Now I'm sure you are both just peachy
>>>
>>>
>people
>
>
>>>and all but the list is so much less enjoyable when people argue,
>>>
>>>
>especially
>
>
>>>when the "discussion" they were originally having has long since been lost
>>>among the trash. Of course, no one may feel the same as me, in which case
>>>continue berating each other, spiced eggnog or no.
>>>-Levi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>===== Original Message From "John Gedsudski" <john_gedsudski@hotmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>=====
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Yep, I agree. I probably shouldn't respond...don't know if that would
>>>>>
>>>>>
>help
>
>
>>>>>or
>>>>>not, but it certainly wouldn't hurt...
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Dear Lord Jim,
>>>>
>>>>If you are wondering why I have erased all that clap-trap (mine included)
>>>>below, it is because I can't stand those messy quotes behind us. So you
>>>>
>>>>
>can
>
>
>>>>fee free to call me "dishonest", as you have so before.
>>>>
>>>>Deciphering your posts on this board has given me some unexpected joy.
>>>>Finding a point in a particular thread of yours, though, I feel like a
>>>>
>>>>
>blind
>
>
>>>>man in a dark room looking for a black cat, which doesn't even exist.
>>>>Your web page is another reason why I am sure you need help.
>>>>So pretentious, so full of disinformation...
>>>>And that picture, shall I return to the old pscyhology thread and have you
>>>>give the old projective test a whirl?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"You Needn't Be So Mean, Baby"
>>>>
>>>>If I insult you, Jim, understand I have begun to unravel under the
>>>>
>>>>
>pressure
>
>
>>>>of the ice and snow surrounding my domicile. Reading your pedantic
>>>>
>>>>
>postings
>
>
>>>>between swigs of spicy eggnog gives me hope for mediocrity in the world.
>>>>With such low standards conspicuous as they are, I am sure everyone can
>>>>
>>>>
>live
>
>
>>>>peacefully in a warm and fuzzy universe where someone who remarks "Don
>>>>Quixote is a fun book" can Make It Big.
>>>>
>>>>We've got a new year ahead of us, kiddo. There's still time for renewal.
>>>>In closing Jim, lets take a page from Issa:
>>>>
>>>> O snail
>>>>Climb Mount Fuji,
>>>> But slowly, slowly!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yours,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>John Gedsudski
>>>>Adjuct Professor of Egos
>>>>Philistia Community College
>>>>507 Boorish Drive
>>>>NY,NY
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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