(2005 continues...)

The review can now be found here.

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(2005 continues...)

The review can now be found here.

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(2005 continues...)

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The review can now be read here.

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How To Survive Your Stint In Federal Service

(...thanks to the film version of Starship Troopers for being so bad that it inspired...)

Twenty useful tips brought to you by Gen. Paul Verhoven, C in C...

20. The enemy can drop driveless asteroids on your cities from over 1000 light years distance-presumably at FTL speeds-without resorting to any visible technology. Therefore, assume they're just stupid Bugs incapable of rational thought;

19. When piloting the ship, don't strap yourself in. When the ship is hit, you'll look cool flying through the air into the viewport;

18. Artillery? Only wussies need artillery.

17. Ignore those plasma bolts the mindless Bugs are firing at your ship-they're just "random light";

16. Be ready to shoot your buddies at a moments notice; they'll thank you for it;

15. Rest assured that, in the future, even the chicks are pumped on testosterone; more...

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Eliza: "We missed you, Jack, where have you been?"

Jack: "Running an errend—meeting some locals—partaking of their rich traditions. Can we get out of Germany now, please?"

(Neal Stephenson, The Baroque Cycle, Part One: Quicksilver)

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Here's what I've read since my last report:

Time For the Stars, Robert A. Heinlein

The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins

I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter

In progress:

The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God, David J. Linden

The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, Carl Sagan (edited by Ann Druyan)

Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution, Paul Watzlawick et al.

Teach Yourself Spanish Complete Course Package, Juan Kattan-Ibarra

On Deck:

1776, David McCullough (Still...)

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, Daniel C. Dennett

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, Neal Stephenson

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