Okay, so the Forsyte Saga has been sitting unread for about a week. So many other books were demanding my attention--I decided to cruise through them and work on them so that when I read the Forsyte Saga, it has my full attention.
I completed Deepak Chopra's Seven Spiritual Laws of Success a bit ago. Currently I am working on his Ageless Body, Timeless Mind and The Way of the Wizard.
A few days ago I completed Lawrence Block's Hit List.
Yesterday I saw Hunted. There are some good knife-fighting scenes, and Tommy Lee Jones does a pretty good job in the flick. It's worth watching a second time, that's for sure.
Last night I finished up Arturo Perez-Reverte's The Fencing Master. Great stuff! I really enjoyed it.
I have a hard time listing sports and martial arts training books for a simple reason: most of them have pictures, are specific to training or practicing specific moves, and, as instruction manuals (largely) they are hard to just "read." You look at them, you review the moves, and then you move on. Fulling engaging the text requires practicing some of the moves, and in many cases, this is not possible due to lack of partner, skill, flexibility, etc. etc. So, I've read these books but I regard them as a different kind of reading.
Royce Gracie and Charles Gracie's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self Defense Techniques
Renzo Gracie and Royler Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Levine & Whitman Complete Krav Maga
Imi Sde-Or and Eyal Yanilov Krav Maga: How to Defend Yourself Against Armed Assault
Michael D. Echanis Basic Stick Fighting for Combat
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
HSU library books
Some books I want to check out again:
Osborn Applied Imagination BF 408 0 775
Volk Metapatterns BF 311. V58
Huizinga Homo Ludens CB 151 H815
Sudnow Pilgrim in the Microworld GV 1469.3 S92
Loftus Mind at Play GV 1469.3 L63
Gee What Video Games Have to Teach Us GV 1469.3 G44
Provenzo's Video Kids GV 1469.3. P76
Adams Cheerleader! LB 3635 A33 2003
Dubson, Ed Ghosts in the Classroom LB 1778.2.G46
Gould University in a Corporate Culture LC 67.62 G68
Slaughter & Leslie Academic Capitalism LC 67.6 S53
Aarseth Cybertext P 302.5 A18
Osborn Applied Imagination BF 408 0 775
Volk Metapatterns BF 311. V58
Huizinga Homo Ludens CB 151 H815
Sudnow Pilgrim in the Microworld GV 1469.3 S92
Loftus Mind at Play GV 1469.3 L63
Gee What Video Games Have to Teach Us GV 1469.3 G44
Provenzo's Video Kids GV 1469.3. P76
Adams Cheerleader! LB 3635 A33 2003
Dubson, Ed Ghosts in the Classroom LB 1778.2.G46
Gould University in a Corporate Culture LC 67.62 G68
Slaughter & Leslie Academic Capitalism LC 67.6 S53
Aarseth Cybertext P 302.5 A18
Keep On Reading!
Last night and today I finished:
Cleary's Taoist Meditation
Herbert & Anderson's Hunters of Dune
MacYoung's Street E & E
It feels great to be doing so much reading! Yes!
Cleary's Taoist Meditation
Herbert & Anderson's Hunters of Dune
MacYoung's Street E & E
It feels great to be doing so much reading! Yes!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Finished Books
Writing the book post yesterday urged me to reorganize by shelves so I can see all the books I am now reading. Having done that, I was compelled to finish Joe Berry's Ivory Tower and Hei Long's Guide to Basic Self-Defense. Still working on Dune.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Reading list
School is out, and I have stacks--literally--of books to read. So, I am merrily plowing through them when I am not at the river with my people cooling down or training.
It is orgiastic to read so much. Seventh Heaven.
This is just current stuff, and little of it is related to PhD reading or professional materials. I'm just indulging totally at the moment.
Recently Finished:
MacYoung, Marc. Violence, Blunders, and Fractured Jaws
Currently Reading:
Galsworthy, John. The Forsyte Sage
Cleary, Thomas. Taoist Meditation
Berry, Joe. Recaliming the Ivory Tower
Herbert, Brian and Kevin J. Anderson. Hunters of Dune
Gracie, Renzo and Royler Gracie. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Long, Hei. Master's Guide to Basic Self-Defense
Levine, Darren and John Whitman. Complete Krav Miga
MacYoung, Marc. Street E & E
Finished in the past couple months:
Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements
Keck, Kevin. Are You There, God? It's Me. Kevin.
Bousquet, Marc. How the University Works
Millman, Dan. Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Flesch, Rudolf. The Art of Plain Talk.
It is orgiastic to read so much. Seventh Heaven.
This is just current stuff, and little of it is related to PhD reading or professional materials. I'm just indulging totally at the moment.
Recently Finished:
MacYoung, Marc. Violence, Blunders, and Fractured Jaws
Currently Reading:
Galsworthy, John. The Forsyte Sage
Cleary, Thomas. Taoist Meditation
Berry, Joe. Recaliming the Ivory Tower
Herbert, Brian and Kevin J. Anderson. Hunters of Dune
Gracie, Renzo and Royler Gracie. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Long, Hei. Master's Guide to Basic Self-Defense
Levine, Darren and John Whitman. Complete Krav Miga
MacYoung, Marc. Street E & E
Finished in the past couple months:
Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements
Keck, Kevin. Are You There, God? It's Me. Kevin.
Bousquet, Marc. How the University Works
Millman, Dan. Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Flesch, Rudolf. The Art of Plain Talk.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Science Fiction Brokeback Variations
Here's a collection of Science Fiction variations on Brokeback Mountain. Talk about riffing away on original slash zines.
Galactica
Pirates of the Carib
Kirk & Spock
Trek: TNG
Galactica
Pirates of the Carib
Kirk & Spock
Trek: TNG
Gangsta Rap: Ice Cube & Yoda
I really, really like this Ice Cube track. Great social critique, and the opening scene is just too good. Good stuff. I keep on listening to it over and over again.
On the lighter side, here's one of the versions of Star Wars Gangsta Rap:
On the lighter side, here's one of the versions of Star Wars Gangsta Rap:
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