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What are you reading now?

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  • kluursK Offline
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    kluurs
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    This book is a bit uneven and I suspect most of you will have your BS meter go off at least once. On the other hand, there is a fair amount of interesting and useful information. Originally, I passed up on the book as I wasn't sure the topic deserved the time. The author notes that people can train their breathing - and even remodel some of the airways - even late in life. There's some discussion that our modern mouths are different than even a couple of hundred years ago - more cramped with crappy teeth, especially compared to people a few hundred years ago - though I'm not entirely sold on that.

    He talks about the divers who train themselves to hold their breath for several minutes - and notes that divers seem to believe that most others can train themselves to do the same. He provides some evidence to suggest that breath training could help asthmatics and others with breathing issues.

    There's some discussion that breathing can help other conditions aside from breathing such as scoliosis - which I find less credible - but who knows?

    I have both the audio and hardcopy of the book - and would suggest the audio as the appendix has a guided overview of breath training - where they actually provide the exercises.

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      Started this - audio version.
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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Maybe not his best, but I like the 1950's Heinlein stuff...

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          #343

          Decided to dive into the origins of CRT.

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          Only non-witches get due process.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            Decided to dive into the origins of CRT.

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            @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

            Decided to dive into the origins of CRT.

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            Please report back whether you’re able to spot an idea.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • kluursK Offline
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              Another book on breathing...
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              • kluursK kluurs

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                Another book on breathing...
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                @kluurs said in What are you reading now?:

                Another book on breathing...

                Take it from an anesthesiologist: Breathing is good.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Full disclosure, I'm not reading this; it didn't make the wish list cut, but . . .

                  Any Western fans here? I'm posting it for two things, the authors -- Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins; could you die? -- and what has to be one of the all-time great Western book titles.

                  Are you ready?

                  Last Stage to Hell Junction

                  Really, how can you resist?

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                  Sheriff Caleb York has a tin star, a blazing gun, and plenty of courage. All he needs is a little luck to deliver big justice . . .

                  https://www.amazon.com/Last-Stage-Junction-Caleb-Western-ebook/dp/B081VWCBGN?

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                  • markM Offline
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                    #348

                    Started reading this one tonight.

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                      Finished

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                      Currently Reading
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                      • kluursK Offline
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                        I've heard this pianist and knew a bit of her story. It was nice to get the full story. She lived through the excesses of the Great Leap Forward and her perseverance to become a pianist is amazing. My teacher from my conservatory days was able to travel to China when things first opened up.. I still remember his descriptions of the students at the Shanghai Conservatory. He was amazed at the level of talent and made close friendships with several of the teachers there.

                        As an aside, being a fan of Lin Yutang, a Chinese polymath whose philosophical works I read as a student, I was pleasantly surprised to learn she also was influenced by his work.

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                          just started this, its the story of an american british convoy to deliver matériel, to archangel in arctic russia, summer 1942. along the way, the c0mplex relationship between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.

                          when it comes to history, im a sucker for all things maritime (yes i loved greyhound with tom hanks even though some panned it) and every time i think there cant be another angle about world war two that hasn't been covered, i discover this. Just started but I know from the first few pages it will be my kind of book.

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                            Starting this tomorrow:

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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              I'm reading Player Piano again.

                              It's probably 50 years since I first read it and it still works.

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                                I'm reading Player Piano again.

                                It's probably 50 years since I first read it and it still works.

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                                @copper said in What are you reading now?:

                                I'm reading Player Piano again.

                                If I ever knew about this book, I've forgotten it. So I had to look it up. I would say it's an excellent choice for a re-read. 🙂

                                Two things he wrote in it that stood out for me: "Democracy owed its life to knowhow", and "Those old enough to remember and too old to compete . . . "

                                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                  I haven't read good sci-fi in a while - Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

                                  I'm only about a third of the way through it. I can't put it down. Very fun book.

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                                    I haven't read good sci-fi in a while - Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

                                    I'm only about a third of the way through it. I can't put it down. Very fun book.

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                                    @xenon that’s next on my list. I was disappointed in his other book, Artemis. It was just Okay.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      @xenon that’s next on my list. I was disappointed in his other book, Artemis. It was just Okay.

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                                      @george-k this is much better than Artemis

                                      As good as the Martian.

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                                      • X xenon

                                        I haven't read good sci-fi in a while - Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

                                        I'm only about a third of the way through it. I can't put it down. Very fun book.

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                                        @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                                        Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

                                        Started it. It's a fun read.

                                        It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

                                        If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

                                        Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                                          Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

                                          Started it. It's a fun read.

                                          It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

                                          If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

                                          Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

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                                          @george-k said in What are you reading now?:

                                          @xenon said in What are you reading now?:

                                          Hail Mary by Andy Weir is great (the guy who wrote The Martian).

                                          Started it. It's a fun read.

                                          It's been years since I read The Martian, and I'd forgotten what fun it was (not at ALL like Artemis).

                                          If you like that style of writing, you should look at some of John Scalzi's work. It's a bit "harder" sci-fi (spaceships, and all that), but it has the same sense of humor and wit.

                                          Or, look at "The Dispatcher" for something a little darker. Great books.

                                          Thanks for the recommendations - I'm on it. Haven't read sci-fi in a while (last one was Seveneves). I'll probably be done this in a few days even with work.

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