Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

The New Coffee Room

  1. TNCR
  2. General Discussion
  3. What are you reading now?

What are you reading now?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion
907 Posts 31 Posters 59.4k Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • taiwan_girlT Offline
    taiwan_girlT Offline
    taiwan_girl
    wrote on last edited by
    #612

    alt text

    The story of the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. One of the biggest volunteers to the project was actually a US guy in a English criminal insane asylum. (He was there for murder)

    Actually, it was quite an interesting book. Really enjoyed it and did not know the history behind the writing of the book.

    CopperC 1 Reply Last reply
    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

      alt text

      The story of the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. One of the biggest volunteers to the project was actually a US guy in a English criminal insane asylum. (He was there for murder)

      Actually, it was quite an interesting book. Really enjoyed it and did not know the history behind the writing of the book.

      CopperC Offline
      CopperC Offline
      Copper
      wrote on last edited by
      #613

      @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

      Actually, it was quite an interesting book.

      The movie was out a few years ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professor_and_the_Madman_(film)

      taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply
      • CopperC Copper

        @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

        Actually, it was quite an interesting book.

        The movie was out a few years ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professor_and_the_Madman_(film)

        taiwan_girlT Offline
        taiwan_girlT Offline
        taiwan_girl
        wrote on last edited by
        #614

        @Copper Hmm. Did not know that. Will have see if I can watch it.

        1 Reply Last reply
        • Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on last edited by
          #615

          329D11E3-1C25-446D-B543-8AA7FDAB47F1.jpeg

          Astonishingly, not a kook book.

          When medieval Vikings used their words for "elf," they didn't mean slender, thin people with pointy ears. And "dwarf" didn't mean stout, beer-drinking short people with braided beards. They weren't races at all. This book basically explains what they meant when they used those words.

          He uses the word paranormal to try to help modern readers get into the mindset of medieval cultures. We hear "paranormal" and think "X-Files," which is a modern example of what it looks like when people believe in superstition.

          Please love yourself.

          1 Reply Last reply
          • jon-nycJ Online
            jon-nycJ Online
            jon-nyc
            wrote on last edited by
            #616

            Finished The Gene today.

            I’ll start this at the gym tomorrow:

            65342548-94AD-476B-82FC-CA0437B93C67.jpeg

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
            X 1 Reply Last reply
            • George KG George K

              @kluurs said in What are you reading now?:

              c0eb1b86-52a1-41c9-964c-743fa6cda7a9-image.png

              I haven't finished this one - but it is excellent. I'll have to read his lates book Cell next.

              @bachophile recommended "The Emperor of All Maladies" to me a long time ago.

              Still haven't gotten around to it.

              George KG Offline
              George KG Offline
              George K
              wrote on last edited by
              #617

              @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

              @bachophile recommended "The Emperor of All Maladies" to me a long time ago.

              Still haven't gotten around to it.

              Started it today. Great read so far.

              So. Much. History.

              As an aside, when I started training, the typical Halsted radical mastectomy was still being performed, although infrequently. I might have seen one or two.

              "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.

              1 Reply Last reply
              • MikM Offline
                MikM Offline
                Mik
                wrote on last edited by
                #618

                93DF4343-EFD1-47A1-9591-88B1641228DE.jpeg

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                1 Reply Last reply
                • markM Offline
                  markM Offline
                  mark
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #619

                  20230119_125650.jpg

                  jon-nycJ George KG 2 Replies Last reply
                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    Finished The Gene today.

                    I’ll start this at the gym tomorrow:

                    65342548-94AD-476B-82FC-CA0437B93C67.jpeg

                    X Offline
                    X Offline
                    xenon
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #620

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

                    Finished The Gene today.

                    I’ll start this at the gym tomorrow:

                    65342548-94AD-476B-82FC-CA0437B93C67.jpeg

                    Loved the gene. Let us know your thoughts on this one.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    • markM mark

                      20230119_125650.jpg

                      jon-nycJ Online
                      jon-nycJ Online
                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #621

                      @mark Ha!

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                      1 Reply Last reply
                      • markM mark

                        20230119_125650.jpg

                        George KG Offline
                        George KG Offline
                        George K
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #622

                        @mark that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                        What a schlub.

                        "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.

                        Catseye3C jon-nycJ 2 Replies Last reply
                        • George KG George K

                          @mark that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                          What a schlub.

                          Catseye3C Offline
                          Catseye3C Offline
                          Catseye3
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #623

                          @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

                          that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                          But look at his crisp shirt cuffs.

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

                          George KG 1 Reply Last reply
                          • Catseye3C Catseye3

                            @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

                            that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                            But look at his crisp shirt cuffs.

                            George KG Offline
                            George KG Offline
                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #624

                            @Catseye3 said in What are you reading now?:

                            @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

                            that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                            But look at his crisp shirt cuffs.

                            Yeah, though "stiff" might be a better word, much like Jon, I'd say.

                            I'm disappointed they're not French cuffs, but considering the lack of neckwear, I'm not surprised.

                            "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.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            • George KG George K

                              @mark that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                              What a schlub.

                              jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nycJ Online
                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #625

                              @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

                              @mark that guy could have at least worn a necktie.

                              What a schlub.

                              He’s clearly a man of the people.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                              1 Reply Last reply
                              • Aqua LetiferA Offline
                                Aqua LetiferA Offline
                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #626

                                I call bullshit on the backdrop.

                                Please love yourself.

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                • jon-nycJ Online
                                  jon-nycJ Online
                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #627

                                  You lose. We were at a hotel in Coral Gables for a multi-day conference, they pulled me out at some point for a photo shoot.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                                  Aqua LetiferA 1 Reply Last reply
                                  • jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                                    #628

                                    There were several (these are raw).

                                    4BAEDADE-4A04-4502-BCFC-7E12738B40ED.jpeg

                                    D56FC7B7-52AE-4A83-AA68-28D24E3D7900.jpeg

                                    BAEAF7F7-5B4E-4105-B15D-F34FF3DD1D0D.jpeg

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                                    taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply
                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      You lose. We were at a hotel in Coral Gables for a multi-day conference, they pulled me out at some point for a photo shoot.

                                      Aqua LetiferA Offline
                                      Aqua LetiferA Offline
                                      Aqua Letifer
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #629

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

                                      You lose. We were at a hotel in Coral Gables for a multi-day conference, they pulled me out at some point for a photo shoot.

                                      Do I really lose if the backdrop itself is bullshit?

                                      Nice ones!

                                      Please love yourself.

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      • RainmanR Offline
                                        RainmanR Offline
                                        Rainman
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #630

                                        Looks great Jon, congratulations!

                                        Of course, it's not Playgirl or anything important like that.

                                        But congrats anyway, we're all still proud of you!

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          There were several (these are raw).

                                          4BAEDADE-4A04-4502-BCFC-7E12738B40ED.jpeg

                                          D56FC7B7-52AE-4A83-AA68-28D24E3D7900.jpeg

                                          BAEAF7F7-5B4E-4105-B15D-F34FF3DD1D0D.jpeg

                                          taiwan_girlT Offline
                                          taiwan_girlT Offline
                                          taiwan_girl
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #631

                                          @jon-nyc 😍

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups