Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 25 of 39
  1. #1
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    As a kid I loved to hang out at the library, lucky to have lived in walking distance. Never felt better than when surrounded by books. Right here on the computer desk...

    Best of Country Music
    The Art of Rock & Roll
    The Boxing Register
    The Roots & Rhythm Guide to Rock
    History of World Art
    POE (complete Edgar Allan Poe)
    The National Football League Encyclopedia
    The World Atlas
    The Book Book (history of the...book)
    5087 Trivia Questions Answers
    whatever you say I am...eminem
    Peter Camenzind....Hermann Hesse
    Incredible Football Facts
    Black American Sports Heros
    Who is Who In Track & Field
    War and Peace.....Leo Tolstoy

    Out in my Fortress of Solitude over 10,000 books, everything from the great western authors like Louis L' Amour, Zane Grey, Luke Short to the sci fi legends Robert Heinlien, H.G.Wells, Isacc Asimov etc. I could find what I want in the dark, yep, just like a library because it more or less is just that.

    Other than a half dozen books on them blues and about a dozen classics by ens, Scott and Hemingway I ac ulated all the books at thrift shops/yard sales. Have..."how much for all your books"....many times.

    A few real gems...

    To Be A Slave...Julius Lester, here we have a collection of letters written by slaves, yep...some could read and write.

    The complete Conan saga by Robert E. Howard, all 11 books.

    The Country Blues....Samuel Charters, the first book written about the music (1959)

    The Lurking Fear ....H.P.Lovecraft, a first edition in mint condition.

    ENDZONE...Don Delillo...SI has called this book the best fictional book ever written about college football. The story of the first black player (Taft Robinson) at a small west Texas school and how his speed dazzled everyone, we read...."that black gift".

    So what books can you see from where you are sitting?


    Sounds good with your morning coffee....

    Last edited by Avante; 11-17-2014 at 09:52 AM.

  2. #2
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    My bad, ok ok.....how many here sniff panties?

  3. #3
    Watching the collapse benefactor's Avatar
    Name
    benefactor
    Location
    East Texas
    Post Count
    42,233
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    Texas Longhorns
    pay attention to me

  4. #4
    Veteran Aztecfan03's Avatar
    Location
    San Diego
    Post Count
    4,292
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs

    To Be A Slave...Julius Lester, here we have a collection of letters written by slaves, yep...some could read and write.
    Anyone with a halfway decent education knows this. You make it sound like it's surprising.

  5. #5
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    pay attention to me
    Translation

    Damn that Avante, he's everything I wish I was. Here I am stuck on being a leech/leg humper, it;s just right.

  6. #6
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Anyone with a halfway decent education knows this. You make it sound like it's surprising.
    How many people actually give a about what the slaves could do and not do? Who can talk about the slave who became a ruler of a nation?

  7. #7
    Watching the collapse benefactor's Avatar
    Name
    benefactor
    Location
    East Texas
    Post Count
    42,233
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    Texas Longhorns
    Translation

    Damn that Avante, he's everything I wish I was. Here I am stuck on being a leech/leg humper, it;s just right.
    pay attention to me

  8. #8
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    translation

    Damn that Avante, he can talk music, books, football, track, the rasslin', and here I am just a boring ass leg humper

  9. #9
    Veteran cantthinkofanything's Avatar
    Post Count
    14,938
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    pass

  10. #10
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    "Pass"

    here I sit
    on my ass
    I opened this thread
    think I'll pass

    I don't read
    many books
    prefer old movies
    with cops and crooks

    I like it simple
    it's easy on my mind
    trying to read a book
    takes too much time

    so here I sit
    staring at a computer screen
    I'm sure all of you
    know what I mean

  11. #11
    Robert Horry mode ohmwrecker's Avatar
    Post Count
    12,135
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    From where I'm sitting I can see my dvds, my Martin hanging on the wall, a Dali print, framed Bob Dylan/Patti Smith concert poster, a crate full of vinyl..
    If I turn my head slightly to my right, I see a mirror (damn, I'm a handsome devil), my Fender Blues Deluxe, framed Frank Black concert poster, drum set, a small bookshelf with my art portfolios, songbooks and the few comics that I've decided to hold onto. If I turn my head slightly more to the right, my neck hurts.

  12. #12
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    From where I'm sitting I can see my dvds, my Martin hanging on the wall, a Dali print, framed Bob Dylan/Patti Smith concert poster, a crate full of vinyl..
    If I turn my head slightly to my right, I see a mirror (damn, I'm a handsome devil), my Fender Blues Deluxe, framed Frank Black concert poster, drum set, a small bookshelf with my art portfolios, songbooks and the few comics that I've decided to hold onto. If I turn my head slightly more to the right, my neck hurts.
    I can see you like to surround yourself with cool.

    What I wouldn't give to have my old comics back. I got around 16 and trying to prove I'm no kid sold all my comics....STOO-PEED! Had about a 1000 of them, the very first.... Fantastic Four... was one.

    Last edited by Avante; 11-17-2014 at 04:43 PM.

  13. #13
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    I have around 20ish books on Islam/Middle East. I got curious about all that after 911, so I set out to educate myself.

    It doesn't take very long to figure out what the problem is............relgion and not much else to do. Those people aren't waiting to see who are the current top 4 in NCAA football, they aren't posting about Classic Rock on an internet site. They don't have enought interests going on.

    And....there is no such thing as Radical Islam, but we do have moderate Islam. Islam is all about violence to those dreaded infidels, that is Islam, world dominance.

  14. #14
    Savvy Veteran spurraider21's Avatar
    Location
    Los Angeles
    Post Count
    100,825
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    UCLA Bruins
    my favorite kinds of books are the ones where we know who the author is

  15. #15
    Board Man Comes Home Clipper Nation's Avatar
    Name
    You pronounce my name "Kwah-li," any questions?
    Location
    I bring many blessings with my man Hi-Tek and he from the 'Natti....
    Post Count
    54,257
    NBA Team
    Los Angeles Clippers
    College
    Boise State Broncos
    It doesn't take very long to figure out what the problem is............relgion and not much else to do.
    But I thought religion = happiness?

  16. #16
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    my favorite kinds of books are the ones where we know who the author is
    Would you like a list of the books I'm talking about and the author?

  17. #17
    Savvy Veteran spurraider21's Avatar
    Location
    Los Angeles
    Post Count
    100,825
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    UCLA Bruins
    Would you like a list of the books I'm talking about and the author?
    no, that's fine. i was just sharing an opinion

  18. #18
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    But I thought religion = happiness?
    Who said anything about lack of happy?

  19. #19
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    no, that's fine. i was just sharing an opinion
    You've heard of the book...Kite Runner...right? That was written by a rookie author.

  20. #20
    Savvy Veteran spurraider21's Avatar
    Location
    Los Angeles
    Post Count
    100,825
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    UCLA Bruins
    You've heard of the book...Kite Runner...right? That was written by a rookie author.
    i read that in high school

    of course you would mention a book where an underaged child got raped

  21. #21
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    i read that in high school
    I'm guessing it wasn't required reading.

  22. #22
    Savvy Veteran spurraider21's Avatar
    Location
    Los Angeles
    Post Count
    100,825
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    UCLA Bruins
    I'm guessing it wasn't required reading.
    it was on our reading list for AP literature. it was a private school, so i dont think there were any issues regarding content material

  23. #23
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    i read that in high school

    of course you would mention a book where an underaged child got raped
    I expect that silliness from the dumb kids here guy, but I thought you were smarter than that. So you also know nothing at all about servicemen and over seas hookers?

    Wow~~~~~~~~

  24. #24
    Banned
    Post Count
    49,723
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    it was on our reading list for AP literature. it was a private school, so i dont think there were any issues regarding content material
    I had a feeling something wasn't right with you.......a private school....explains it.

  25. #25
    Savvy Veteran spurraider21's Avatar
    Location
    Los Angeles
    Post Count
    100,825
    NBA Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    College
    UCLA Bruins
    I had a feeling something wasn't right with you.......a private school....explains it.
    please tell me what it explains?

    i went to an armenian christian private school

    we had mandatory religion class from elementary thru middle school, and our school held communion twice a year in addition to holding morning prayers along with the pledge of allegiance

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •