Category: writing / books
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How to Talk Like an Interesting Person
How to talk like an interesting person: Spell it “porblems,” not “problems”. Pronounce it like it is spelled. Use the phrase “touch and go” whenever possible. Whenever you are put in the position to describe a situation or state of being, describe it as “touch and go.” Spell it “aminals”, not “animals.” Pronounce it like…
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Book Review: Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories, by Chuck Palahniuk
This is the first book that I listened to in audiobook format. That is, I downloaded an audio file of someone reading the book, and then listened to it on my iPod. I got it from Audible, which is a pretty cool site. The books are a lot cheaper than buying them physically, or even…
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Book Review: The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene
It has literally taken me years to read this book. Not because it’s uninteresting or anything, but because I have to be in a certain mood to read it. A mood in which I’m ready to read slowly and think deeply. The Elegant Universe is about superstring theory and M-theory; basically, the “theory of everything”…
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