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operator

01-03-07, 12:24 PM

We shall fight the tyrannical opression by the book nerds with pure unadultered mathematical power!

jeremywhitehorn

01-03-07, 12:34 PM

jonathan lethem / dave eggers. Never heard of these guys, but I'll check them out. I'd ask to borrow one but I'm so rough on my books that its probably a bad idea.

the best of dave eggers is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius (he also edits mcsweeny's (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/)). you may remember lethem as the man who declined his book the corrections being part of oprah's book club. i don't blame him, it is a truly great piece of writing (as anyone from the dysfunctional suburbs can understand).

TRaffic Jammer

01-03-07, 12:42 PM

Read all the Potters, they are much better than the books, rich in detailed imagery to get a child's imagination running, and yes I'm looking forward to the final one. I was a DND geek in the early 80's too :lol: Kafka.... The Metamorphosis...is amazing. Vonnegut, Hesse, so many books, so many writers. The Corrections, an amazing read as well, is by Jonathan Franzen.

Oh oh, Bike Forums book club .....here we go.

operator

01-03-07, 12:52 PM

I think reading Les miserables in grade 11 was the highlight of my literary experiences.

canice

01-03-07, 12:56 PM

TRaffic Jammer

01-03-07, 01:14 PM

The story is about him and his struggles with his brother and such? Takes some stones to put genius in the title then.... :lol:

lymbzero

01-03-07, 01:38 PM

What is this? A book club meeting? :p

Shiznaz

01-03-07, 01:41 PM

I've been working my way through all of Haruki Murakami's books. I just can't get enough of him, I consider him a kindred spirit, and every book he writes he gets that much better.

PS. bikes.

I read a book called 'the race' which is about an american guy in the tour de france written by a first time author. Its not very refined, but it was a fun read. If anyone wants to borrow it let me know.

Sirrobinofcoxly

01-03-07, 02:19 PM

sirrobincoxly has got one of those orcas

Damn right. It makes me sick just owning it. It's 16 lb right now. My summer project is to bring it down to 15.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/Sirrobinofcoxly/100_0597.jpg (http://www.mybigride.com/photos/bikebuild/)

lymbzero

01-03-07, 02:32 PM

Damn right. It makes me sick just owning it. It's 16 lb right now. My summer project is to bring it down to 15.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/Sirrobinofcoxly/100_0597.jpg (http://www.mybigride.com/photos/bikebuild/)

That's a really nice door. Too bad there is a bike blocking it. :)

sweep242

01-03-07, 02:41 PM

That's a really nice door. Too bad there is a bike blocking it. :)

You mean the space ship!

operator

01-03-07, 02:43 PM

Does it say Burns Mansion on the door?

I_bRAD

01-03-07, 02:44 PM

Shiznaz

01-03-07, 02:52 PM

Does it say Burns Mansion on the door?

I think those are the doors to the ROM... Based on the ROM on it

jeremywhitehorn

01-03-07, 02:53 PM

Sirrobinofcoxly

01-03-07, 03:00 PM

I think those are the doors to the ROM... Based on the ROM on it

You are correct Sir!;)

jeremywhitehorn

01-03-07, 03:04 PM

i think dave eggers is completely unreadable. the half of heartbreaking that i read felt overly pedantic/pretentious.

i work for a small publisher, and my boss (who's from san francisco) hates all the mcsweeney dudes because they act like the rockstars of the literary world.

i wouldn't call him unreadable, challenging maybe. in fact i liked that book because of the boundary breaking style of it. i actually enjoy the mild pretention of it. have you read his friend neil pollack? the pretention takes on a life of it's own and i guess that's the point.

what publisher do you work for? my wife and i are former publishing world / book people.

here's one mcsweeney's (http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/4d28e172-0e91-48ef-b110-d7ae06115b92/BicyclesLockedtoPoles.cfm) title everyone here could enjoy.

Shiznaz

01-03-07, 03:15 PM

Bicycles Locked to Poles is a rare treasury for anyone interested in bikes, poles, locks, or the forgotten artifacts of the urban landscape.

I live with a Pole, he can be annoying at times, and he likes to wear a wife beater and short shorts around the house.

zippered

01-03-07, 04:24 PM

/me secretly replaces freewheel with fixed cog and lockring.

as long as you throw on a new chain while you're at it! and i could use my bar tape redone too...

:fight:

Offhoff

01-03-07, 04:41 PM

Eggers managed to have 70 brilliant, breathtaking pages in heartbreaking work out of what 300? I like some of his short fiction but Delillo owns him (Pafko at the Wall anyone? You may also know it as the opening chapter of Underworld) Delillo takes Franzen too. Cory Doctorow's "Someone come to town Someone leaves town" is brilliant too. I agree that the McSweeney's guys have grown a bit big in the britches and Eggers is way too easy to dislike for me to want to defend.

Oh and for my two cents the best Hemingway is "For Whom the Bell Tolls" everyone should be forced to read Capote's "In Cold Blood" "Kafka On the Shore" Murakami is awesome too.

Sirrobinofcoxly

01-03-07, 05:46 PM

Purty! I think you brought that to CM once?

Yes. That was the day after my Fixie tire exploded in the night, nearly giving me a heart attack. My MTB was also in the shop for some reason so I was forced to ride the road bike. Of course, taking every precaution and mothering it like nothing else. I like how careless I can be on my Surly.

Sirrobinofcoxly

01-03-07, 05:49 PM

FTW~! *Looks outside* Will we ever be able to do the snow ride?

I_bRAD

01-03-07, 06:17 PM

Yes. That was the day after my Fixie tire exploded in the night, nearly giving me a heart attack. My MTB was also in the shop for some reason so I was forced to ride the road bike. Of course, taking every precaution and mothering it like nothing else. I like how careless I can be on my Surly.

I take my road bike to CM all the time in the summer. No need to baby it, but it is kinda annoying riding the brakes for an hour!

Snow ride- Just start riding north. You'll find snow eventually

Sirrobinofcoxly

01-03-07, 07:00 PM

Snow ride- Just start riding north. You'll find snow eventually

Road trip to Ungava Bay, Quebec anyone?

canice

01-04-07, 01:32 AM

i wouldn't call him unreadable, challenging maybe. in fact i liked that book because of the boundary breaking style of it. i actually enjoy the mild pretention of it. have you read his friend neil pollack? the pretention takes on a life of it's own and i guess that's the point.

what publisher do you work for? my wife and i are former publishing world / book people.

here's one mcsweeney's (http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/4d28e172-0e91-48ef-b110-d7ae06115b92/BicyclesLockedtoPoles.cfm) title everyone here could enjoy.

"challenging" isn't the word i would use... maybe i just couldn't understand why a novel should take form over function with little diagrams and bizarro designs.

i work for green candy press (http://www.greencandypress.com). it's an interesting experience, to say the least.

cavit8

01-04-07, 07:51 AM

Ha ha! What awesome books. I wish I'd seen that site before I finished my Christmas shopping.

operator

01-04-07, 09:48 AM

Book talk... be gone! *poof*

Shiznaz

01-04-07, 10:13 AM

I'll stop talking about books if you stop talking with l33t speak.

on topic:
http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/257239651.html
hahahahaha what an oddball listing.

jeremywhitehorn

01-04-07, 10:18 AM

I'll stop talking about books if you stop talking with l33t speak.

on topic:
http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/257239651.html
hahahahaha what an oddball listing.

i guess he's shopping for a new cockpit and is too cheap to take it to his LBS to get the work done beforehand.

jeremywhitehorn

01-04-07, 10:20 AM

Book talk... be gone! *poof*

as i recall there has been plenty of computer and D and D talk here in the past. my attempts to banish have been futile.

just be glad we haven't started discussing Ulysses.

Shiznaz

01-04-07, 10:22 AM

i guess he's shopping for a new cockpit and is too cheap to take it to his LBS to get the work done beforehand.

Throw in the brifters and I'll think about it. He should really be offering them up for free. The dude lives in vaughan!

operator

01-04-07, 10:46 AM

I'll stop talking about books if you stop talking with l33t speak.

on topic:
http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/257239651.html
hahahahaha what an oddball listing.

Shiznaz < cool

TRaffic Jammer

01-04-07, 10:52 AM

we haven't started discussing Ulysses.

Homer's Odyssey? :lol:
Come here and take the fork off my bike, and hammer out the head set.... hilarious

Offhoff

01-04-07, 11:04 AM

Reading the Odyssey is a light and simple read compared to Joyce. I noticed that ad and immediately thought that this guy is just trying to get out of paying his LBS to do the same job. Kind of ridiculous to charge for someone to come over and remove parts from your bike. I mean what happens if damage occurs etc?

As for Operator's request, when he shows he has mastered the full sentence and paragraph we'll move away from books.

TRaffic Jammer

01-04-07, 11:07 AM

It IS for your own good Rob. It's because we care.

jeremywhitehorn

01-04-07, 11:23 AM

Homer's Odyssey? :lol:
Come here and take the fork off my bike, and hammer out the head set.... hilarious

i was thinking of james joyce but we can get into the greeks as well.

TRaffic Jammer

01-04-07, 11:27 AM

Of...course..*V8 forehead slap* how the heck did I associate Ulysses and Homer?

jeremywhitehorn

01-04-07, 11:31 AM

Of...course..*V8 forehead slap* how the heck did I associate Ulysses and Homer?

ulysses is joyces epic which was heavily influenced by homer. odysseus and ulysses are i believe the same name in different languages.

Offhoff

01-04-07, 11:45 AM

The Aenid FTW

TRaffic Jammer

01-04-07, 11:48 AM

*imagines Rob slowly hacking his way into all our systems, with his grrrr face on* :lol:
Like Case in Neuromancer

Offhoff

01-04-07, 11:51 AM

Oh Jammer, this is an answer to your question in the Road Cycling thread regarding skateboards dropping bikes. That's Patrick who tries the mad scary pass, he's CRAZY both in terms of how fast he is and how far he'll push the envelope. A week after that vid was taken he managed to smash his acura into the back of a garbage truck so he's off the board for a bit.

TRaffic Jammer

01-04-07, 11:53 AM

Yea man that was full on nuts by just about any adrenaline junkie's standards, how scared did that driver get? Full on finding religion moment.

lymbzero

01-04-07, 12:00 PM

as i recall there has been plenty of computer and D and D talk here in the past. my attempts to banish have been futile.

just be glad we haven't started discussing Ulysses.

Your futile attempts are caused by one or more of the following:

1. You are not a Mage / Palidin.
2. Your skill level is not great enough. Seek more EXP.
3. Your mana is to low. Seek MP potions or rest.
4. You don't have the right spell. ie: Summon Geek Banish

TRaffic Jammer

01-04-07, 12:05 PM

Successful geek banishing will make for a very still board.

somnambulant

01-04-07, 12:31 PM

I think you're all ****ing nuts.

duppy.conqueror

01-04-07, 12:31 PM

Your futile attempts are caused by one or more of the following:

1. You are not a Mage / Palidin.
2. Your skill level is not great enough. Seek more EXP.
3. Your mana is to low. Seek MP potions or rest.
4. You don't have the right spell. ie: Summon Geek Banish

:roflmao: hahhahahahahahaha nice one...word to d&d

Offhoff

01-04-07, 12:37 PM

Thats why you have to roll a natural 20 in order to get the spell off.

duppy.conqueror

01-04-07, 12:50 PM

Thats why you have to roll a natural 20 in order to get the spell off.

http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/upload/9/97/20-sided_dice_250.jpg

operator

01-04-07, 01:10 PM

I was going to say this, but they said it better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx7HeV_mgpk

@ 1:11

lymbzero

01-04-07, 01:13 PM

Thats why you have to roll a natural 20 in order to get the spell off.

Saving throw! SAVING THROW!!!