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Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:15 am
by mic0
I just finished reading "The Magus" by John Fowles. Have any of you read it? It was... so strange!
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:47 am
by Random
I finally finished reading the unabridged version of Les Miserables last week! It's kinda weird not toting that big ol' book around anymore.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:33 pm
by Whistler
that is an achievement of dedication and endurance. I salute you.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:48 am
by Random
Thanks Whistler! It's an amazing story, with occasional bouts of (not nearly as interesting) history. I may have to read it again sometime.

Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:02 pm
by S.A.M.
A great study from 2009 of interfaith relations offering insight into the state of relations between people of different religions around the world, and in-depth analysis of Muslim integration in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:39 pm
by bobtheenchantedone
Guys. I'm incredibly embarrassed to admit it, but there's something about Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines that fascinates me. I'm currently listening to it for the third time today.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:21 pm
by Katya
The Other F Word, which I really liked, but I can't recommend it most of my friends because of the language.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:48 pm
by Emiliana
bobtheenchantedone wrote:Guys. I'm incredibly embarrassed to admit it, but there's something about Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines that fascinates me. I'm currently listening to it for the third time today.
It's misogynist as hell, but musically there's something intoxicating about it. I kind of hate myself for liking it.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:53 pm
by Portia
Saw an autographed copy of
Without a Summer, and had to get it. This was my favorite in the series.
For Tally: there is a
Doctor Who cameo in every one of these books!
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:57 pm
by Portia
Emiliana wrote:bobtheenchantedone wrote:Guys. I'm incredibly embarrassed to admit it, but there's something about Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines that fascinates me. I'm currently listening to it for the third time today.
It's misogynist as hell, but musically there's something intoxicating about it. I kind of hate myself for liking it.
My favorite "Blurred Lines" article. Includes the subheadings:
I’m worried about that baby goat.
No one told the one model how to realistically play the banjo.
He was eating ice cream and offered her none.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:59 am
by Yarjka
J. K. Rowling's pseudonymous detective novel The Cuckoo's Calling (by Robert Galbraith) is surprisingly very good (surprising because I didn't like her other 'adult' novel, The Casual Vacancy, so I assumed I would dislike this book as well). I highly recommend it, even if detective fiction isn't your usual thing (it's not my usual thing).
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:07 pm
by thatonemom
This slightly old article from Psychology Today about failure, anxiety, and college students was really interesting. If alcohol is the big thing at other campuses I wonder what thing is serving that function at BYU.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:17 pm
by Tally M.
thatonemom wrote:This slightly old article from Psychology Today about failure, anxiety, and college students was really interesting. If alcohol is the big thing at other campuses I wonder what thing is serving that function at BYU.
It
was super interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Diet Coke in place of alcohol?

Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:07 am
by Indefinite Integral
So, in a fit of boredom I googled "the board" and found
this film. I think the actual 100 hour board could probably produce something of better quality, to be honest.
p.s. The 100 hour board was result #2
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:16 am
by Whistler
w-what did I just watch
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:03 am
by Tally M.
I keep reading articles on modesty that people (mostly Whistler) keep commenting on.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:04 pm
by Whistler
yeah, there have been a lot of them recently.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:24 pm
by thatonemom
Links? Or is this the youth ministry lady with the shirtless muscle sons? Or the By Common Consent article about the girls camp where the girls had to wear shirts and knee-length shorts over their swimsuits, while in the pool? How has this become such a thing lately? It's like people have lost their brains...
While we're objectifying people,
this was a funny post in honor of World Beard Day (which apparently was this past Saturday). I hope Marduk & any other bearded boardies celebrated appropriately and sexy modest and all that.
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:19 pm
by Whistler
yes, those. And the rebuttals. Can you see the sea lion one?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... nt_count=1
Re: Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:51 pm
by Portia
thatonemom wrote:Links? Or is this the youth ministry lady with the shirtless muscle sons? Or the By Common Consent article about the girls camp where the girls had to wear shirts and knee-length shorts over their swimsuits, while in the pool? How has this become such a thing lately? It's like people have lost their brains...
While we're objectifying people,
this was a funny post in honor of World Beard Day (which apparently was this past Saturday). I hope Marduk & any other bearded boardies celebrated appropriately and sexy modest and all that.
Wowza. Godfrey Gao is
hot.
I thought it was interesting that most men had such a clear majority (most 70%+). Only Edward Sparklepants was at a dead heat at press time