7.08.2002
hello all... just for grinz (more mainstreamed misspelling) I clicked my links that I posted last time, and noticed I neglected to include one, and some of them didn't work. And, being that I am a lazy, lazy man, I have decided it takes too much of my precious (and declining, thermodynamically) energy to go back and re-link them, so I will merely reassure you of their mind-blowedness and move on. The one thing I will clarify, however, was the book I mentioned. It is "The Elegant Universe" which is on the surface one of those seemingly typical pop-high-energy-physics books for layfolk, but has some really good descriptions in it. I have yet to complete it, but its description of normally counterintuitive Quantum Mechanics was... well... intuitive. No math, so I don't have to pretend like I understand it, too. Actually, I had to do a bunch of quantum poopy math for my semiconductors class, and it was really quite intriguing. And not that hard once you stopped trying to "understand" it and just do the freaking math.
Brave New World has been on my list to read for a long long time, but I just haven't gotten around to it (remember: I am a lazy, lazy man). I actually read a (possibly abridged?) version of The Time Machine way back in the day, like in 4th or 5th grade, but didn't really understand it. I was particularly confused about what was happening when the guy found a "torch" in the museum and turned it on. A torch? I didn't realize that that was what Brits called a flashlight. oh well. I will try again.
I also tried to read Lord of the Rings at a too-tender age (3rd grade, if I remember correctly) but got about 1/3 of the way through it and gave up, because it was simply too bizarre for my 3rd grade brain. Kind of turned me off to the whole medieval-fantasy thing forever. It was for that reason I didn't really like the movie, either [flamesuit mode=on].
I concurr about Orwell being a visionary, I just think that his visionary work was Animal Farm, not the more popular (ah, yes... theres that good ol' antipop streak resurfacing) 1984.
I also concurr about Bradbury writing a lot of sci-fi stuff. (he writes other stuff as well, however. I would say about 1/3 sci-fi, rest general stuff) IMHO it serves as a backdrop for a deeper look at human nature, but it is not always anti-utopian ala 1984, Animal Farm, etc. Once in a while it touches on it (Martian Chronicles did more of that), but in general, no. On the whole it is just really descriptive, solid writing. And good stories that my depleted attention span can comprehend in once sitting. I have an attention span shorter than a snake's inseam. I blame school for it. I blame others for all my problems... hehehe.
If I only had a brain.
oh well.
my computer STILL hasn't shipped. They were supposed to have gotten the check several days ago. I will call on Monday to light a fire under someone and see what happened. My check probably got appropriated for the "Office Xtreme-Doughnut Fund" or something equally tasty.
sigh. lab closes in 4 minutes.
Goodnight moon,
goodnight stars,
goodnight books,
good night chair,
goodnight bloggers everywhere.
jeff 'the book's cover doesn't even hit the table and I am not paying attention anymore' green
Brave New World has been on my list to read for a long long time, but I just haven't gotten around to it (remember: I am a lazy, lazy man). I actually read a (possibly abridged?) version of The Time Machine way back in the day, like in 4th or 5th grade, but didn't really understand it. I was particularly confused about what was happening when the guy found a "torch" in the museum and turned it on. A torch? I didn't realize that that was what Brits called a flashlight. oh well. I will try again.
I also tried to read Lord of the Rings at a too-tender age (3rd grade, if I remember correctly) but got about 1/3 of the way through it and gave up, because it was simply too bizarre for my 3rd grade brain. Kind of turned me off to the whole medieval-fantasy thing forever. It was for that reason I didn't really like the movie, either [flamesuit mode=on].
I concurr about Orwell being a visionary, I just think that his visionary work was Animal Farm, not the more popular (ah, yes... theres that good ol' antipop streak resurfacing) 1984.
I also concurr about Bradbury writing a lot of sci-fi stuff. (he writes other stuff as well, however. I would say about 1/3 sci-fi, rest general stuff) IMHO it serves as a backdrop for a deeper look at human nature, but it is not always anti-utopian ala 1984, Animal Farm, etc. Once in a while it touches on it (Martian Chronicles did more of that), but in general, no. On the whole it is just really descriptive, solid writing. And good stories that my depleted attention span can comprehend in once sitting. I have an attention span shorter than a snake's inseam. I blame school for it. I blame others for all my problems... hehehe.
If I only had a brain.
oh well.
my computer STILL hasn't shipped. They were supposed to have gotten the check several days ago. I will call on Monday to light a fire under someone and see what happened. My check probably got appropriated for the "Office Xtreme-Doughnut Fund" or something equally tasty.
sigh. lab closes in 4 minutes.
Goodnight moon,
goodnight stars,
goodnight books,
good night chair,
goodnight bloggers everywhere.
jeff 'the book's cover doesn't even hit the table and I am not paying attention anymore' green
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