Books

[Avante]

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

You grew up around a bunch of snotty nerds. Never knew any cool guys, did ya?

[spurraider21]

You grew up around a bunch of snotty nerds. Never knew any cool guys, did ya?

to the contrary, being in the same school from k-12 had some good along with the bad. most of my friends from school are like brothers to me since i've known them so long. for most of them, my memories don't go back far enough to a time where i didn't know them. of course it also meant if there was some jerk i didnt care for, i had to put up with him for 10+ years.

but the small community thing wears on you a bit. that's why i always appreciated my public university experience and working through school, just to get into contact with all sorts of different people.

i don't see why you are trying to make a character judgment of me based on having gone to a christian school

[Avante]

to the contrary, being in the same school from k-12 had some good along with the bad. most of my friends from school are like brothers to me since i've known them so long. for most of them, my memories don't go back far enough to a time where i didn't know them. of course it also meant if there was some jerk i didnt care for, i had to put up with him for 10+ years.

but the small community thing wears on you a bit. that's why i always appreciated my public university experience and working through school, just to get into contact with all sorts of different people.

i don't see why you are trying to make a character judgment of me based on having gone to a christian school

So was it an all boys school?

[spurraider21]

So was it an all boys school?

nope

[spurraider21]

i'm starting to get creeped out since you're so interested about my life before legal age

[Mr.Bookman]

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....

Keep it simple thread boy.

[Avante]

i'm starting to get creeped out since you're so interested about my life before legal age

spurrraider21, I posted a thread long ago about how wrong it was to put young servicemen in that upped situation over there, ok? How it bugged me years later when I found out about the sex slavery thing. Something I knew nothing about as a kid over there. I talked about how the lowest life form on this planet was a sick ass pedo.

Being we have a ton of punk ass kids here who get all excited acting stupid that got totally turned around and what I said totally ignored.....ok?

So don't be just another dumbass kid...ok?

[Avante]

Keep it simple thread boy.

When I talk to you I will.

[spurraider21]

i dont get why you're so interested about what school i attended, or why you are so quick to be judgmental about it

[Avante]

i dont get why you're so interested about what school i attended, or why you are so quick to be judgmental about it

You brought it up guy not me. I didn't know you were going to act stupid over it.

Forget it.

[spurraider21]

I had a feeling something wasn't right with you.......a private school....explains it.

^judgmental asshole.... why couldn't you just stick to the topic

[Avante]

^judgmental asshole.... why couldn't you just stick to the topic

Ya mean like you saying this on the football forum?

thats a lot of underaged vietnamese hookers

Well?

[spurraider21]

Ya mean like you saying this on the football forum?

thats a lot of underaged vietnamese hookers

Well?

thats a story you chose to share here, and its gross and deserves criticism. claiming there's something off with me because of a school i attended is baseless

[Avante]

thats a story you chose to share here, and its gross and deserves criticism. claiming there's something off with me because of a school i attended is baseless

That's not the story I shared here at all, so get it right. Why act like you didn't read what I said about that? So get it right or shut the up about it, got it? I never pulled any liberty in Viet Nam and have said that numerous times so you know nothing about it.

I;m done talking about your school, when ya start acting stupid with....when I was underage.... it, that's too weird for me.