What are you reading right now?

by **montana** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:45 am

...they haven't bothered me...it would be fun if they did...[/quote]

...aggressive local: ...i'll just have to play the part when i'm there...[quote]

So what have you been reading, von Clausewitz?

If you enjoy that sort of thing you could show up there with a rude crew of fresh water kayakers.

Better yet, swing by the Beachcomber Bar during Rhody days and pick a fight with some 2 per center on an American made V-twin.

by **Ceedog** » Sun May 18, 2008 3:34 pm

We're just joking on the few printed bits about the break that suggest that it's heavily localized.

by **wetchicken** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:46 am

NO, I am 100% gravely dead serious about this

and whos von Clausewitz

by **montana** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:26 pm

Carl von Clausewitz (Prussian) and Sun Tzu (Chinese) are probably the two military strategists most frequently quoted (misquoted?) in popular literature.

I didn't really think that you had been reading von Clausewitz, but if you had you might have been interested in his observation that all planning flies out the window once hostilities commence. Also noteworthy is the role misinformation (or misperception) plays in a fight (the fog of war), the tactical and strategic advantage of morality (a 'just' cause), and the asymmetry between defense (locals) and offense.

by **qball** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:56 pm

"You can't win" by Jack Black (not that Jack Black)

Favorite book of William S. Burroughs

by **Neck Deep** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:08 am

Its good isn't it Qball...

AK Press/Nabat did a whole series on 'outsiders, hobos, vagabonds, rebels and revolutionaries. 'You can't win' being the first...

Also worth checking out, in the series, are 'Sisters of the Road,' 'Out Of The Night' and 'Five Years in The Warsaw Ghetto.'

by **Ceedog** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:53 pm

Low Energy Implants, and Energy Contamination...., nice reading to curl up with on a Sunday morning, hey, i'm already feeling sleepy.

by **qball** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:13 pm

Yeah, Neck Deep, it's a much better read than I had anticipated since I'm not much of a Burroughs fan. Breezy, quick and interesting about a time long gone

Love this line: His eyes looked like they had been taken out, fried in a pan of oil, and put back in.

by **grizldoldfk** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:10 am

a place called canturbury
tales of the new old age in america

by **Spider** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:57 am

an absolutely true diary of a part-time indian by sherman alexie.

by **Ceedog** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:22 am

'Robert the Rose Horse' to my son for about the 100th time. Funny it was one of my favs many decades ago.

by **clean_up_set** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:42 pm

I'm reading your mind. You're scared. Of Me.

by **qball** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:43 am

yes. yes I am.

by **Nash** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:26 pm

Sex, drugs, and Coco Puffs. Pretty funny.

by **Nash** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:11 pm

Now onto the Futurist. Pretty good.

What are you reading right now?

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Carl von Clausewitz, 'On War'

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