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Started by MendoDave, May 25, 2011, 06:37:36 PM

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1.21GW

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Halfway through, pretty entertaining.
"I doubt I'm her type---I'm sure she's used to the finer things.  I'm usually broke. I'm kinda sloppy…"

ducpainter

"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent.”



koko64

Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning"
Kip Woodring's " H-D Sportster/Buell Engine Hop Up Guide"
Johnathan Clements  "A Brief History of the Samurai"
2015 Scrambler 800

yamifixer

In the Garden of Beasts - Eric Larson
'00 M900Sie, '66 Benelli Fireball, '70 Honda Z50
Valve Springs are EVIL

GK

Die Trying - Jack Reacher Thriller by Lee Child
2001 Ducati  Monster 900S ie
JE high comp pistons, bit of porting, open airbox with DP filter, PC3 with custom map, CCW matched injectors, Termignoni cf slip ons, 14:39 gearing.

Gone but not forgotten!
Honda VFR800i, Honda CBR600F3, Honda CBX750, Norton Commando 750S, Suzuki GS750, Yamaha XT250, Kawasaki Z250, Kawasaki KX80, Honda XL250, Suzuki TC100.

Blackout

2003 Ducati Monster 800
2005 Triumph Speed Triple 1050
2003 Honda CR250
2008 KTM 990 SuperDuke

GK

Quote from: GK on September 30, 2017, 03:37:35 PM
Die Trying - Jack Reacher Thriller by Lee Child

Just finished it. Great read! ðŸ'ðŸ»ðŸ'ðŸ»
2001 Ducati  Monster 900S ie
JE high comp pistons, bit of porting, open airbox with DP filter, PC3 with custom map, CCW matched injectors, Termignoni cf slip ons, 14:39 gearing.

Gone but not forgotten!
Honda VFR800i, Honda CBR600F3, Honda CBX750, Norton Commando 750S, Suzuki GS750, Yamaha XT250, Kawasaki Z250, Kawasaki KX80, Honda XL250, Suzuki TC100.

1.21GW

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
"I doubt I'm her type---I'm sure she's used to the finer things.  I'm usually broke. I'm kinda sloppy…"

Jaman

Finished "Enemy of the State" (latest in the Mitch Rapp series) =  [thumbsup]

and then read "The Razor's Edge" by Somerset Maugham...

Wow. GREAT read!  One of the best books of fiction (although loosely based upon some events/peeps in Mr Maugham's life) I have read in a long time...  had never read any of his books previously, but will definitely be reading more of his work = good stuff.


GK

The Hard Way - Jack Reacher Thriller by Lee Child

Finished in a couple of days!

Just love the series!
2001 Ducati  Monster 900S ie
JE high comp pistons, bit of porting, open airbox with DP filter, PC3 with custom map, CCW matched injectors, Termignoni cf slip ons, 14:39 gearing.

Gone but not forgotten!
Honda VFR800i, Honda CBR600F3, Honda CBX750, Norton Commando 750S, Suzuki GS750, Yamaha XT250, Kawasaki Z250, Kawasaki KX80, Honda XL250, Suzuki TC100.

Jaman

"The Naturalist" by Andrew Mayne =  [thumbsup]

"Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something only he can stop.

As a computational biologist, Theo is more familiar with digital code and microbes than the dark arts of forensic sleuthing. But a field trip to Montana suddenly lands him in the middle of an investigation into the bloody killing of one of his former students. As more details, and bodies, come to light, the local cops determine that the killer is either a grizzly gone rogue…or Theo himself. Racing to stay one step ahead of the police, Theo must use his scientific acumen to uncover the killer. Will he be able to become as cunning as the predator he huntsâ€"before he becomes its prey?"

Also reading "Principles" by Ray Dalio (someone that I admire greatly) = good/great read so far!

Blackout

2003 Ducati Monster 800
2005 Triumph Speed Triple 1050
2003 Honda CR250
2008 KTM 990 SuperDuke

LMT

Finishing up: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, Running With The Mind Of Meditation by Sakyong Mipham, Absence of Mind by Marilynne Robinson, The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, and An Astronaught's Guide to Life On Earth by Col. Chris Hadfield.

Waiting in a stack: A Significant Casualty by Paul Pilkington, Endurance by Scott Kelly, What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Taking of K=129 by Josh Dean.

They will have to wait till the end of April. I am (again) studying for another test. Did ASP is Oct and will sit for CSP next. Gonna be a Certified Safety Professional.

Jaman

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

I liked Lost City of Z so much, figured I'd check out another of his books... good book, well done, a little slower to get into than Z, but intriguing story.

from Amazon:
"In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of “underground reservation.” It proved a savvy move; soon countless oil rigs punctured the dusty landscape, making the Osage very rich. And that’s when they started dying.

You’d think the Osage Indian Reservation murders would have been a bigger story, one as familiar as the Lindbergh kidnapping or Bonnie and Clyde. It has everything, but at scale: Execution-style shootings, poisonings, and exploding houses drove the body count to over two dozen, while private eyes and undercover operatives scoured the territory for clues. Even as legendary and infamous oil barons vied for the most lucrative leases, J. Edgar Hoover’s investigation â€" which he would leverage to enhance both the prestige and power of his fledgling FBI - began to overtake even the town’s most respected leaders..."

lazylightnin717

Origins - Dan Brown

Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coehlo

Breakfast of Champions - Vonnegut

Comes a time
When the blind man takes your hand
Says don't you see
Gotta' make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe