Ralphie ★ Posted August 31, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2014 OK, I'll start. I am reading a new book by Billy Crystal, Still Fooling 'Em. I am enjoying it - he is a very personable guy! Also, Blue Mind, by Wallace J. Nichols. It is aboot how we human beans love to be near water. I like a quote from him that I will try to keep in mind: "Our brains are wired to be Teflon for the positive and Velcro for the negative; we notice and react more strongly to negative experiences than positive, because otherwise we'd lackadaisically stroll our way to extinction." Hmm - I resemble that remark! I am also reading a book aboot the Snowden disclosures and the NSA. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzieQ Posted August 31, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 31, 2014 I'm reading this: It takes place in all the parts of India I will be visiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted August 31, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 31, 2014 I'm reading the martian by andy weir and 303 squadron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted August 31, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 31, 2014 I'm in the middle of Bless Me, Ultima, which my students also started on Friday. When school starts, I switch books for student writing. I have 90 personal experience narratives and 35 feature articles to read this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 31, 2014 Share #5 Posted August 31, 2014 I'm in the middle of Bless Me, Ultima, which my students also started on Friday. When school starts, I switch books for student writing. I have 90 personal experience narratives and 35 feature articles to read this weekend. How much time do teachers spend working outside of the classroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted August 31, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 31, 2014 Kind if reading this series backwards. But fortunately the individual stories can stand on their own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted August 31, 2014 Share #7 Posted August 31, 2014 Currently I am reading this one... It might be a little dry, but it has a few nice nudy pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted August 31, 2014 Share #8 Posted August 31, 2014 I just finished this. Couch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted August 31, 2014 Share #9 Posted August 31, 2014 How much time do teachers spend working outside of the classroom? It depends on the teacher. I work an additional 20 hours each week, sometimes more if I'm grading at length. Recent demands for accountability have changed the way I write lesson plans. I now have to use a specific template for drawing up plans, and filling in all the spaces takes two hours a week to complete, whereas I used to be able to draw up plans in about half an hour using a planning book and abbreviating content. I also have to copy and paste the standards into each day's lesson plan, whereas that's information I'd simply kept in mind instead of having to spell it out in a documented lesson plan. These weekly lesson plans then go into a binder where they sit on a shelf next to my teacher's desk so that anyone can walk into the classroom and see the scope and sequence of instruction for my classes. In two years of writing and keeping these extensive and time-consuming plans, not a single person has seen them except me. But I'm maintaining my part of the accountability mandate. If I had those two hours back each week, I could post in the Cafe a lot more. Or maybe even ride my bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted August 31, 2014 Share #10 Posted August 31, 2014 I just finished this. Couch One oft all time favorite SF epics!!! "How can this be? For is the Kuisatz Haderach!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted August 31, 2014 Share #11 Posted August 31, 2014 Kind if reading this series backwards. But fortunately the individual stories can stand on their own. How do you like it? I have most of the full series, but haven't read them. I did of Mists of Avalon as a book on tape years ago. I didn't realize until I got to the end that it was only the first half of the book. They're on my book 'to do' list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted August 31, 2014 Share #12 Posted August 31, 2014 How do you like it? I have most of the full series, but haven't read them. I did of Mists of Avalon as a book on tape years ago. I didn't realize until I got to the end that it was only the first half of the book. They're on my book 'to do' list. I love it. I read "High Priestess of Avalon" first, which of course takes place many years later. But fell in love with the flavor of Bradley's ideal of Avalon. It captivated me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtermite Posted August 31, 2014 Share #13 Posted August 31, 2014 I love it. I read "High Priestess of Avalon" first, which of course takes place many years later. But fell in love with the flavor of Bradley's and Zimmerman's ideal of Avalon. It captivated me. I love Arthurian fantasy stories and have read a few others already. From the little flavor I got of this one, I thought there was a reason it was so popular and still is after many, many years. It might be the best Arthurian fantasy series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 31, 2014 Share #14 Posted August 31, 2014 Well, I took Nate's suggestion, then totally ignored it and got a different book on athletic recovery. I got this one because it was published much more recently than the one that Nate recommended. http://www.amazon.com/Athletes-Guide-Recovery-Restore-Performance-ebook/dp/B00FGD8XA0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409502200&sr=1-1&keywords=sports+recovery I just started it, so I can say too much yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 31, 2014 Share #15 Posted August 31, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted August 31, 2014 Share #16 Posted August 31, 2014 Being lazy and rereading Clancy's Red Storm Rising. The world was so much simpler when all we had to worry about was the "evil empire". And Nuclear Armageddon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted September 1, 2014 Share #17 Posted September 1, 2014 Almost as interesting as the book is the author's tracing of his sources and the his efforts to obtain documents - i.e. the Air Force denying it still had copies of documents but museum archives and congressional records containied the exact material. I enjoyed the original Dune book. The subsequent books were inferior, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopped Liver Posted September 1, 2014 Share #18 Posted September 1, 2014 I'm reading a project management textbook. It's quite interesting (not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share #19 Posted September 1, 2014 Wait a minute - the guy who wrote aboot McDonalds is now writing aboot nuclear armament schtuffs? Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted September 1, 2014 Share #20 Posted September 1, 2014 Just finished his first three novels in the same universe. Also reading this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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