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[geekchick]

Today is Boomtime, day 36 in the season of Confusion, 3269.

I'm the biggest idiot ever for even contemplating the possibility of getting within 20 miles of Rehoboth on a holiday weekend. That is *so* not happening, at least not without shelling out a couple hundred dollars a night or more. On to the next potential plan...

I've picked up books again, which is a Good Thing. In the last week I've finished The Da Vinci Code (The Prieuré de Sion and Opus Dei and the Grail, oh my!) and Fluke, realized that I absolutely cannot try to read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions before bed (tried three times, each time I ended up waking up at 4 am with my face in my book and the light still on), and am trying to switch gears a bit now to read Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks. That latter is as high in the queue as it is mostly because B&N was beyond sold out of Harry Potter and I picked this up instead. ;)

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Directions

[gsh]

You are trying to read Kuhn? Before bed? Well, that's one way to fall asleep quickly.

Re: Directions

[geekchick]

I keep reading it, and I keep not retaining it. I'm going to have to read it again when I finish just so I can remember what his point was. =)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I've finished The Da Vinci Code and Fluke

So how were each of those? Just picked up The Da Vinci Code and I haven't touched it yet. computerchix just finished Lamb and has put it on my "to-read" pile, and I was also wondering about Fluke.

[geekchick]

Everyone at B&N was raving about how they couldn't put "The Da Vinci Code" down; I had no such problems myself, but that was more a function of being tired I think. It was a fun, relatively light (IMO) read. I would definitely recommend it as good summer reading.

"Fluke" is not as good as "Lamb" I don't think. It's quite funny, and he did his homework on whales, but I didn't find it as laugh-out-loud-hysterically funny as I did "Lamb". Still a lot of fun though and you should definitely read it. =)

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

The Da Vinci Code (The Prieuré de Sion and Opus Dei and the Grail, oh my!)

Years ago there was a *cough* allegedly nonfiction book called "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" which dealt with the same theories. I used to have a copy somehere.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Had it since I was 17, have read and re-read it numerous times. Interesting theories, though when you're discussing Biblical times and characters it's hard to know anything for certainty that far back.

I think I might try and pick up the Da Vinci Code though... libraries are wonderful things :)

[geekchick]

Oh yeah, I've definitely heard of that but haven't read it yet. Reading "Foucault's Pendulum" years ago brought on a mad streak of reading a bunch of utterly bizarre stuff, like the Chemical Wedding, and that might've been somewhere on the list of things to pick up one day.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

You wanted a copy of Harry Potter? I wish you'd said something... the local Costco has had a pallet of them, on sale for $16.95 (almost half-price)... patgreene picked one up last Thursday.

[geekchick]

I didn't realize I needed to say anything. =) The Costco here probably has the same thing, and I can order it from Amazon if need be. I only went into B&N because I've got their discount card and get an extra 10% off.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

There is bedtime reading, and sitting up with a cup of coffee and a pencil to take notes kind of reading. "Scientific Revolutions" definitely sounds like the latter!

Not sure what I'm doing this weekend either - if I feel well enough I might try to finally make the Folger's Elizabeth I exhibit. You interested? I could even bring the Harry Potter book!

[geekchick]

I'm still not sure what we're doing, the original plan was to get out of Dodge for the weekend but with lack of beach accomodations available (unsurprisingly) we're not entirely sure where we're going to end up. Need to discuss that tonight I suppose. If we're in town, the Folger exhibit might be fun; I'll let you know if we're going to be here.

I could trade you "The Da Vinci Code" for Harry Potter temporarily, if you want to read it. It's pretty light reading, actually...completely unlike Kuhn. =)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Let me know what y'all end up doing - if we both wind up at Folger/elsewhere in town, we can trade books, definitely :) My throat is still scratchy, but by Saturday I should be well (crosses fingers).