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I also find him disgusting. I also think he has the right to say all those horrible things he says. And I also think the UK has the right to prevent his entry. Savage isn’t a UK citizen and thus entering the UK is a privilege, not a right. That being said, I assure you that this ban is just...

If she was fired for something she published on her public MySpace site then I would have little sympathy for her. However, a password protected communication? That is like going through someone’s mail in my opinion. She should not have given her supervisor her password when asked for it. If...

Here is an established James Patterson thread for your perusal. I decided to give the Alex Cross series a try and read the first one a month or so ago. I enjoyed and plan to continue with the series.

Old Man's War - John Scalzi 5/5 Turn Coat (Dresden Files #11) - Jim Butcher 4/5 Infected - Scott Sigler 4/5 Contagious - Scott Sigler 4/5 Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut 5/5

Well, you all convinced me. I signed up. But I have a question. Is it considered bad form to ask someone to be a “friend” there based solely on the fact that you like their book selections? The reason for doing this is it makes it easier to follow people with similar tastes and makes it...

Alright guys, I love SF but have never read a cyberpunk book before so I decided to start with Snow Crash. I am just over 1/3 of the way into it and it is a real chore to continue. Yeah, it has some interesting scenes but it just seems too randomly put together and I can't get into the...

Thanks beer good. I have been inching toward trading in my K1 for the K2 but that article, along with the discussion it linked to has convinced me to hold off until they work this bug out. To those who didn't read the link, it is basically saying that the improved grey scale of the K2 that...

I love the show, although I haven't caught much of the past two seasons, so thanks for the link! I enjoy the show because it is irreverent and it picks on EVERYONE. It is easy to laugh when they make fun of groups you disagree with. The true test is if you can laugh at yourself when they make...

Yeah, I like SciAm as well. There are plenty of science journals out there but as far as magazines like SciAm.....maybe Discover Magazine.

HA! That's great. If you are going to do full disclosure then that is the way to do it.

Maybe, but it is something I can do without. When commuting I am usually reading, unless I happen to be traveling with a friend or family member, in which case I am probably carrying on a conversation. If I am commuting in a car, however, it depends on how curvy the road is. I do on...

I just realized this was in the children and young adults section. That is one pit fall of using the "New Posts" feature. My original advice on George RR Martin's series probably isn't good if children are going to be reading it. It has some very adult themes.

I only know about teachers in the US for the most part. I have educators in my family. And while it isn't the primary reason they went in to teaching, the longer summer breaks and winter holiday are some big perks that they enjoy. Yes, they do put in some extended hours when they are working...

They would absolutely be entitled to greater compensation. I'm just saying that I think one of the big selling points of the teaching profession is the amount of time off one has available.

I just finished A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. I'm not typically much of a fan of fantasy but this book was incredibly good. 800 pages and not a dull moment. One word of warning though: it is part of a series that has not yet been completed.

I have had a long time bias against fantasy novels. I'm not certain why. But I decided to go ahead and give a series a try and after reading many of the posts here about this series I decided to go ahead and give ol' Martin a try. I just finished A Game of Thrones. I am in awe. How can one...

I did the math on it awhile back and realized I read about three times as much with the Kindle as I did before. There are several reasons for this. 1. I now read while I eat lunch. In the past I always found it frustrating to keep the pages open while I used my hands to eat. I had tried...

Good point, as I said it is just one of the problems. I don't even have so much of a concern with the amount of time off as I do with how it is all bunched together in the summer. Perhaps spread that time off throughout the year. But if the Secretary is really concerned about improving our...

Yeah, but the current way is costing us more in the long run. Every year we are falling further and further behind other nations in education. There are several reasons for this but one of the reasons is we don't spend as much time in school as they do. I am all for increasing the school...

Even though there aren’t any decent book stores in this country and the vast majority of my book buying is done through Amazon, I still love book stores. Going to catch a real movie in a real movie theater and going to a real book store are two things I always make to do whenever I return home...