Twilight Got Me In Trouble At Work

Ya, could barely force myself through it, but the wife and her sister are reading it so I just had to. Looking forward to ribbing them about it at the next family gathering ;)

Check this out. I almost choked on my coffee! http://youtu.be/5K1RcKJVbHA

I couldn't finish it.

lol actually _I_ am a forever young, eternally romantic sap, but I play a grownup in my day job ;)

Well, I do not condemn the forever young, eternally romantic saps, because I'm a hypocrite when I do. I do condemn the uber-anxsty constipated blowhard... he looks like he needs a suppository through every single film... the books didn't describe him that way, and the books were complete tripe. {sigh} What are you reading right now?

Right now I'm reading "The Psychopath Test" by Jon Ronson (author of "The Men Who Stare At Goats" and "Them: Adventures With Extremists"). This one's all about psychopaths and the science and culture of the people who study/treat them.

That sounds super interesting. I am re-reading Catch-22. I plan to reread Serpent Mage and Infinity Concerto again as well... will you let me know how that book wraps up?

meh. I was underwhelmed. I tend to prefer empirical texts, and this is just a gonzo romp through the fringes of psychology that touches on psychopaths tangentially. He gets the facts wrong too in some instances - I've read extensively on related topics and several more serious works contradict his assertions convincingly. It's an entertaining read, but basically fluff.

a good non-fiction follow-up to Catch-22 is "On Killing" by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. It's about how society teaches people to kill in the line of duty and the ramifications of that, with reference to popular culture, ptsd and other psychological factors. Quite chilling.

I will look for it! Thanks! I sometimes get emotionally squeamish to read aberrant psychology stuff. I know that sounds really chicken-sh!t but here's the thing... when you KNOW people with aberrant psychology issues, it sort of makes it less fun reading about it. Most people would find Munchausen's or Munchausen's by Proxy disorders to be intriguing to read about. In my life, I have 3 people with both disorders and it's really really really not pleasant. When you know someone who fakes a heart attack because her husband was angry at her for not paying the mortgage but the money was still gone; it becomes less interesting to know why she did it. The non-fiction I'm reading now are a series of medical journal stuff. It's interesting. But it's frustrating. Medical journal stuff is like reading a list of facts that are plain to see... and then having someone explain in great detail with million-dollar-words that your own eyes are deceiving you and that the REAL meaning of the facts you read was the exact opposite of what you read. It's like legalese and fantasy fiction merged into one genre. I don't recommend it.

I will read your suggestion! Thanks

ouch! glad you're free and still with us...