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« Reply #1050 on: July 19, 2010, 04:05:18 PM »
I recently learned that organized criminal gang leaders will pay to have some very valuable art stolen and stashed, not so they can sell it for money, but so that, in the event the gang leader is popped for something else like racketeering, he can say to the cops...find a way to lower my sentence and I might remember where that Rembrandt is stashed.  And it works.
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« Reply #1051 on: July 29, 2010, 01:47:30 PM »
I finished Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis and The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss on my most recent trip.

Less Than Zero is excellent in that way that only Ellis can pull off. Hopeless. Nihilistic. Awful. But somehow a page turner.

The 4 Hour Work Week will change some people's lives. I'm still working out what I can apply to my own life, but there's no doubt that this guy is on to something. It's geared more towards entrepreneurs, but a lot of the principles can be applied to anyone's life. Good stuff. I'll be rereading.
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« Reply #1052 on: July 29, 2010, 02:04:00 PM »
im guessing this is why you read it but the sequel to less than zero just came out
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« Reply #1053 on: July 29, 2010, 02:10:31 PM »
That, combined with the fact that The Rules of Attraction has been on Showtime a bunch this month, reminded me that I've been meaning to check out more of his stuff. Also picked up The Rules of Attraction and am about halfway through that.
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« Reply #1054 on: July 29, 2010, 02:12:34 PM »
I'm convinced you are a demon rjs. It explains why:

a) You are miserable
b) You read so much in so little time
c) Your association with Zombies
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« Reply #1055 on: July 29, 2010, 04:28:51 PM »
Quote from: rjs246 on July 29, 2010, 01:47:30 PM


The 4 Hour Work Week will change some people's lives. I'm still working out what I can apply to my own life, but there's no doubt that this guy is on to something. It's geared more towards entrepreneurs, but a lot of the principles can be applied to anyone's life. Good stuff. I'll be rereading.

Ferriss has a good blog with more info as well.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/
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« Reply #1056 on: July 29, 2010, 04:48:58 PM »
The blog, with its tools, ideas, tips and stories actually looks like it has the potential to be just as interesting and far more practically useful than the book.
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« Reply #1057 on: July 29, 2010, 05:16:47 PM »
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« Reply #1058 on: July 29, 2010, 08:08:02 PM »
Touche. Classic point/counterpoint.
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« Reply #1059 on: July 29, 2010, 09:15:38 PM »
I feel like Matt is struggling with what he really wants to say.
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« Reply #1060 on: July 29, 2010, 09:39:12 PM »
he's expressing my opinion nicely
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« Reply #1061 on: July 29, 2010, 09:45:53 PM »
Somebody got stonewalled at the milking room today.
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« Reply #1062 on: July 29, 2010, 11:51:32 PM »
Quote from: phattymatty on July 29, 2010, 05:16:47 PM
shut up STOP DRINKING

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« Reply #1063 on: August 09, 2010, 03:22:31 PM »
I finished The Rules of Attraction a few days ago. Meh.

The main character in Less Than Zero seemed to be lost and nihilistic but at least aware enough to see and acknowledge what he was. These characters are just as empty but completely lacking any awareness of how uninteresting they are. The book was fine, I guess, and totally got its point across, but I wouldn't really recommend it.
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« Reply #1064 on: August 09, 2010, 03:39:17 PM »
Less Than Zero is one of the few books I've read that is actually worse than the movie.

Also - I started reading Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross this weekend.  It's actually fairly stunning how good it is so far.  I'm about 100 pages in and plan on finishing it this week...
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