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Post by Jordan Williams on Oct 14, 2020 5:41:33 GMT
It gives me a chuckle that a guy with a tank collection is not a Motorhead fan and wasn't familiar with Lemmy. I guess I imagine someone with a tank rolling around blasting Orgasmatron to "11" with a sh*t eatin' grin from ear to ear, pissing off all the neighbors. Inquiring minds want to know... what do you listen to while tooling around town? I like to listen to; conservative talk radio, current pop rock/music, Bosa Nova jazz, American folk music from the 60's, classic rock from the 70's/80's 90's, baroque chamber music. I am already a very stressed out, tightly wound type A personality...Motorhead, metal, punk etc...is the last thing I need. Swap talk radio to centrist yt vids, and add polish folk to the american folk, and that's also my listening list lol.
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Post by zabazagobo on Oct 15, 2020 4:08:24 GMT
.......? "Real Books?" I am jostling graduate and undergraduate students regularly, so please specify. I should have specified ...old school physical books...not books on tape or online, the ones you can carry around with you and most importantly in my case, books that you can dog ear.... Well said! Churchill is a very compelling figure, in the contemporary year of 'crisis management' there is much to be said for his tact and approach to management.
As far as swordplay goes, currently revisiting the seminal treatise of Joachim Meyer (1570) as translated by Jeffrey Forgeng while also enjoying Mondschein's translation of Agrippa's work on combat.
As far as recreational reads, also revisiting Kahneman & Tversky's phenomenal volume Choices, Values and Frames. Never a dull read, always a great reminder of the limitations and considerations requisite of the field.
Been trying to spend as little time in front of a screen as possible lately, hence my delinquent reply.
Cheers to good books.
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Post by zabazagobo on Oct 15, 2020 4:19:45 GMT
I like to listen to; conservative talk radio, current pop rock/music, Bosa Nova jazz, American folk music from the 60's, classic rock from the 70's/80's 90's, baroque chamber music. I am already a very stressed out, tightly wound type A personality...Motorhead, metal, punk etc...is the last thing I need. Swap talk radio to centrist yt vids, and add polish folk to the american folk, and that's also my listening list lol. Links to any 'centrists' these days? Feel free to respond via pm so as not to incur the wrath of the politically sensitive.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Oct 15, 2020 5:23:16 GMT
Swap talk radio to centrist yt vids, and add polish folk to the american folk, and that's also my listening list lol. Links to any 'centrists' these days? Feel free to respond via pm so as not to incur the wrath of the politically sensitive.
Well I will always simp for Jordan B Peterson, who is less political and more about philosophy. The PSA Sitch undaily podcosts are fun to listen to and hosted by a duo of self described centrists, Sargon of Akkad, but that last one is more of a self described classical liberal. I will say I also watch far left and far right talking heads, to get a good idea of the different ideas floating around right now. I don't think this really counts as political? I mean, we aren't talking about their views or anything.
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Post by Lord Newport on Oct 15, 2020 6:13:52 GMT
Swap talk radio to centrist yt vids, and add polish folk to the american folk, and that's also my listening list lol. Links to any 'centrists' these days? Feel free to respond via pm so as not to incur the wrath of the politically sensitive.
Say it aint so....
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Post by Curtis_Louis on Oct 15, 2020 13:34:52 GMT
Patrolling the halls of the forum for rules violations does not make one "politically sensitive". I get paid to monitor the health and welfare of this forum. But just so you know, I would do it for free. Simply for the honor and prestige of the title.
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Post by Lord Newport on Oct 15, 2020 13:38:39 GMT
Patrolling the halls of the forum for rules violations does not make one "politically sensitive". I get paid to monitor the health and welfare of this forum. But just so you know, I would do it for free. Simply for the honor and prestige of the title. LMAO...Grade school hall monitor? nah...The image of all you mods in my mind is a step up from that...
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Post by MOK on Oct 15, 2020 14:05:20 GMT
LMAO...Grade school hall monitor? nah...The image of all you mods in my mind is a step up from that... Nah. The worst we can do is to shoo you away, plus mall ninjas tend to have more fun with their activities. Hall monitor seems quite apt.
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Post by pellius on Oct 15, 2020 14:49:47 GMT
The Bible
Especially Genesis, Judges, Jonah, and Matthew.
I’m working my way through the Biblical Hebrew, but lacking formal training makes the going a bit slow. I have yet to make any attempt at Greek, so the New Testament is still mostly through translations and concordances, though I do have an interlinear Bible.
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Post by zabazagobo on Oct 24, 2020 7:21:55 GMT
Links to any 'centrists' these days? Feel free to respond via pm so as not to incur the wrath of the politically sensitive.
Well I will always simp for Jordan B Peterson, who is less political and more about philosophy. The PSA Sitch undaily podcosts are fun to listen to and hosted by a duo of self described centrists, Sargon of Akkad, but that last one is more of a self described classical liberal. I will say I also watch far left and far right talking heads, to get a good idea of the different ideas floating around right now. I don't think this really counts as political? I mean, we aren't talking about their views or anything. Peterson is an interesting intellectual. I think he has found his calling in philosophy rather than psychology. His books often have a very lofty, obtuse nature to the vernacular that is FAR more appropriate to philosophical musings. I recall reading some excerpts of his books and debating whether or not someone challenged him to a write-off in the passive voice & ignorance of pragmatics. Either way, he consistently finds compelling arguments around contemporary topics and provides pertinent perspectives to debate, whether in agreement or disagreement. Very interesting contemporary in the field.
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Post by Pino on Oct 25, 2020 0:42:35 GMT
So far my 3 books to finish are these: Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450, Decorated Roman Armour and the Blasphemous (game) artbook.
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Post by kristian on Oct 27, 2020 19:25:16 GMT
I recently picked up Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal. One of the most chaotic naval battles in WW2.
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Post by treeslicer on Oct 27, 2020 20:56:46 GMT
I recently picked up Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal. One of the most chaotic naval battles in WW2. I'm reading Slaughter at Sea: The Story of Japan's Naval War Crimes, which erases the myth that the IJN was any more humane than the IJA.
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Post by kristian on Oct 27, 2020 21:38:25 GMT
I recently picked up Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal. One of the most chaotic naval battles in WW2. I'm reading Slaughter at Sea: The Story of Japan's Naval War Crimes, which erases the myth that the IJN was any more humane than the IJA. I don't know which ship it was, but I remember reading about either an IJN cruiser or destroyer that waved a white flag to trick their enemies.
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Post by treeslicer on Oct 27, 2020 23:55:03 GMT
I'm reading Slaughter at Sea: The Story of Japan's Naval War Crimes, which erases the myth that the IJN was any more humane than the IJA. I don't know which ship it was, but I remember reading about either an IJN cruiser or destroyer that waved a white flag to trick their enemies. That was the very least of it. The IJN had administrative control of large occupied areas of the Southwest Pacific, and also operated at sea under a "no prisoners" order for most of the war. Some of the most gut-churning atrocities of the Pacific War were the work of the IJN. I recommend the book, which is by an Australian.
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Post by demented on Oct 29, 2020 7:11:56 GMT
The Civil War Chronicles by Micheal Arnold. Really good historical fiction that takes place during the English civil war. The combat in this series is fantastic. michael-arnold.net/civil_war.html
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Post by demented on Oct 29, 2020 7:17:19 GMT
Also "How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England:" by Ruth Goodman. I cant explain why I love this book but its hilarious and pretty real considering she provides sources for her work and provides lots of context. I'm considering switching all my foul language to Elizabethan English. www.amazon.com/How-Behave-Badly-Elizabethan-England/dp/1631495119
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Post by RufusScorpius on Oct 30, 2020 11:55:40 GMT
Patrolling the halls of the forum for rules violations does not make one "politically sensitive". I get paid to monitor the health and welfare of this forum. But just so you know, I would do it for free. Simply for the honor and prestige of the title. LMAO...Grade school hall monitor? nah...The image of all you mods in my mind is a step up from that... Or maybe you're more like this guy:
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Post by RufusScorpius on Oct 30, 2020 12:01:25 GMT
Oh, nice, the reading thread. One of my Six Hobbies. Now if I can find the mountaineering, LEGO, investing, and cruising threads. I can find sword collecting on my own thank you very much. I had some admirable focus in the first half of the year, I think mostly trying to forget what was happening in the world. I finished about 35 books, including novellas, by the end of June. The focus has been lost and I haven't finished anything since then but I am in the middle of Empire of Blue Water about Henry Morgan and Port Royal's heyday. Some of my favorites from this year in no specific order: Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes The Fall of Berlin 1945 - Antony Beevor Vigilance - Robert Jackson Bennett Pushing Ice - Alastair Reynolds Lord of the Flies - William Golding Bobiverse trilogy - Dennis E. Taylor Wayfarers trilogy - Becky Chambers The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the US - Jeffrey Lewis And the best of the bunch - Anathem - Neal Stephenson "Flowers for Algernon" - yes. Very good short story. Gives much to think about after you put it down. You might like "This Kind of War" by T.R. Fehrenbach. An excellent chronicle of the Korean war that lenses from geo-political issues down to how those choices affect a squad in combat on the battlefield, and then lenses back up from what the squad did to how that action affects geo-politics. Very good read. I think you would enjoy it immensely. And Fehrenbach predicted exactly the Vietnam war 10 years before it started.
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