beatbo Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I'm re-reading John Lydon's autobiography "No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs". I need to stop re-reading things, and find something new! excellent book....reread it a few times myself. oh, and dragster-thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Miss Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Black Mass: Apocolyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia, by John Gray. Light read :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter Chapter one: Amici’s A big difference between waiters and cooks is the hours they work. Waiters usually work an eight- or nine-hour shift and go home. The kitchen guys, however, are often the first to show up and the last to go home. Fourteen-hour days are common. When a restaurant closes its doors for the night, you’ll probably find half its servers getting blasted at a nearby bar. But you’ll find the kitchen guys sharing a taxi or waiting at a bus stop for a public transportation ride home. Because most fine-dining establishments are located in neighborhoods where residential rents are high, kitchen personnel seldom can afford to live close to their place of employment. That means they often have a very long commute to and from work. One of Amici’s prep cooks buses it from Queens every day. Depending on traffic, that can be a three-hour round-trip six days a week — on top of working a fourteen-hour shift. The waiters at Amici’s (at least the ones without DUIs) have cars and shorter commutes. They have free time. This disparity in leisure hours often leads to resentment between the front and back of the house. At the end of the night the exhausted kitchen guys just want to go home to enjoy what little free time they have left. -Steve Dublanica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I ordered this from Amazon a few days ago.. expecting it any day now.. http://www.amazon.com/Altered-States-Ameri...s/dp/1560257776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) Christine Carpenter's The Wars of the Roses: Politics and Constitution in England c. 1437-1509, which is excellent. Park Honan's Christopher Marlowe, Poet and Spy, good so far. And re-reading The Aeneid, Fitzgerald translation, amazing as always. Edited July 31, 2008 by AllisonAdler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I ordered this from Amazon a few days ago.. expecting it any day now.. http://www.amazon.com/Altered-States-Ameri...s/dp/1560257776 Let me know how it is!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Doctor Sax By Jack Kerouac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 "lamb: the gospel according to biff, christs' childhood pal" by christopher moore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I'm reading the autobiography by this amazing guy: This must be an amazing story. Poor guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Let me know how it is!!!!! It just came in the mail today.. can't wait to tear into it. Also ordered Capote's 'In Cold Blood' and Hunter S Thompsons 'Fear and Loathing in LV'... so excited to get cracking at these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hotplant Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Various Positions by Ira B. Nadel: A life of Leonard Cohen ~ good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I'm catching up on catalogs and magazines this weekend LL Bean, Stitchery, Cooking Light, Country Living ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I read an interesting article today on mit folks studying how to turn corn anc corn cobs into fuel in -peru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwizard03 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 4 way street --- The Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young Reader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Just ordered this... I have to finish the other three books I've ordered before I get to this, but this looks educational... maybe shed some light on my perceived insanity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I'm reading No Here Gets out Alive, it's about Jim Morrison. I also got Jimmy Page: Man, Magus, Musician. the first one is a good book so far and I hope the second one is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 'The Tunnels Of Cu Chi' These were the tunnels that the commies had and the Americans (25th Infantry 'Tropic Lightning' division) built a base right on top of them. My brother was there at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the queen without a king Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 "lamb: the gospel according to biff, christs' childhood pal" by christopher moore This is probably one of the weirdest books I've ever read....but that's what you get when you read a Christopher Moore book It was a fun read, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the queen without a king Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Just ordered this... I have to finish the other three books I've ordered before I get to this, but this looks educational... maybe shed some light on my perceived insanity... This was a very interesting read. Very informative. I have to admit, that I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would cause it's more science than it is music. Even still, worth reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the queen without a king Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 For my current book, I decided to go to a good ol' classic: 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte. So far, I'm really liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalove Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragster Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 This was a very interesting read. Very informative. I have to admit, that I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would cause it's more science than it is music. Even still, worth reading. Sounds interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the queen without a king Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Another classic: Moby Dick. It seems a bit more challenging a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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