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kavery tempted me to try this, hee ;)

I made some changes to the book list--not changed the numbering yet, will do after we're done revising. Please comment if you want any of the books removed, any of those removed, put back,  or any new ones added.

Thanks! I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with :)
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1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (not all of them but a fair number)
15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger
20 Middlemarch – George Eliot( Read more... )

(This has been making the rounds lately; thought I'd join)

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Repost this and bold the titles you’ve read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte( Read more... )

Reposted from konstansa 

Freud’s priorities

( Test in Russian ) Five things are happening in your house at the same time. In which sequence would you solve them? The telephone is ringing! The baby is crying! Someone’s knocking or calling you from the front door! You hung the clothes out to dry and it is beginning to rain! You left the tap on in the kitchen and the water is already overflowing! In which sequence would you solve these problems? Нашла у mi3ch. Tags: разминка для мозгов EDIT 8/8/10: here's the answer key: UPD. Every individual point represents something in your life. 1. Telephone represents Work 2. Baby represents Family 3. Door represents Friends 4. Clothes represent Money 5. Tap represents Sex PS Ну уж совсем на всякий случай для японо-китайско-французско говорящих: 1. Телефон - Работа 2. Ребенок - Семья 3. Дверь - Друзья 4. Одежда - Деньги 5. Кран - Секс Конечно же, старик Фреейд так все подстроил, чтобы мы все сексуальными маниаками оказались) Ну кто бы сомневался.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.
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OK...nearest book...Epictetus' Discourses! Hahahaha!

For consider; you have fine clothes and your neighbor does not; you have a window and wish to air them. He does not know wherein the true good of man consists, but fancies that it consists in having fine clothes, the very same fancy that you also entertain.  Shall he not come, then, and carry them off? Why, when you show a cake to gluttonous men and then gulp it down all to yourself, are you not wanting them to snatch it?  Stop provoking them, stop having a window, stop airing your clothes.
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Am not tagging anyone, but please, do join in! The more the merrier--let's see what each person's nearest book is! XD

Отмечаетесь тут, и вам от меня достаются 3 действия, а вы рассказываете про них: как научились, как умеете, нравится ли Вам/не нравится ли.

Meme from kavery : comment to this thread, and I give you three actions and you talk about them: how did you learn to do that, how good are you at it, and whether you like/don't like to do them.

I was given:

singing in the rain
watch the sunset
run fast

Singing in the rain: well, I do like rain and I like singing...but I don't usually sing if someone can hear me, as I'm tone deaf, unfortunately. 

Watching the sunset: that is something I do enjoy but don't get to do very often.

Running fast: well, frankly, never was a very fast runner...I prefer walking ;)

7 Days Meme copied from holmes221b

The 7 days meme:

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

Well, anybody who is reading this knows I like poetry as there is a lot of it posted on my LJ :)  So I shall repost one of my favourite poems by one of my favourite authors; enjoy!

A Gray Mood

As we hurry away to the end, my friend,
Of this sad little farce called existence,
We are sure that the future will bring one thing,
And that is the grave in the distance.

And so when our lives run along all wrong,
And nothing seems real or certain,
We can comfort ourselves with the thought (or not)
Of that scepter behind the curtain.

But we haven't much time to repine or whine,
Or to wound or jostle each other;
And the hour for us each is to-day, I say,
If we mean to assist a brother.

And there is no pleasure that earth gives birth,
But the worry it brings is double;
And all that repays for the strife of Life,
Is helping some soul in trouble.

I tell you, if I could go back the track
To my life's morning hour,
I would not set forth seeking name or fame,
Or that poor bauble called power.

I would be like the sunlight, and live to give;
I would lend but I would not borrow;
Nor would I be blind and complain of pain,
Forgetting the meaning of sorrow.

This world is a vaporous jest at best,
Tossed off by the gods in laughter;
And a cruel attempt at wit were it,
If nothing better came after.

It is reeking with hearts that ache and break,
Which we ought to comfort and strengthen,
As we hurry away to the end, my friend,
And the shadows behind us lengthen.

(Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

7 Days Meme copied from holmes221b

The 7 days meme:

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

"On three things does the world stand: Torah study, chesed, and tzedakah."

"Love is a verb." (Stephen Covey)

"You cannot talk yourself out of a problem you've behaved yourself into!"
(Stephen Covey)

7 Days Meme copied from holmes221b

The 7 days meme:

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

There are simply too many sites to pick from! I'm going to post 3:

http://www.happynews.com/

This is a fun site to visit at times for cheerful and inspiring news; their motto is: "All the news that's fun to print."

http://www.snopes.com

This is a great site to check the origin and veracity of urban legends!  Their photograph section is also very interesting; if you haven't seen it before, take a look at the fire rainbow here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/firerainbow.asp

And finally,

http://www.freerice.com/

This is a  great game to improve your vocabulary and the sponsoring organizations donate rice to world hunger relief if you answer correctly.  Challenge yourself and see what level you can reach!
 

7 Days Meme copied from holmes221b

The 7 days meme:

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

Well, anyone who knows me knows I'm reading all the time...so it's very, very difficult for me to pick just one book/ebook/fanfic. So with your gracious permission, I'm going to pick one of each :)

Book:

"Adventures In Two Worlds" by A. J. Cronin.  An excellent book and one I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with an interest in writing or medicine.  An electronic copy may be found here: www.archive.org/stream/adventuresintwow011750mbp/adventuresintwow011750mbp_djvu.txt

I must warn you, however, that it does contain a fair number of typos, so reader beware :)

Ebook:

"The Complete Father Brown" by G.K. Chesterton.  Wonderful psychological mystery stories; one of my favourites along with Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.

www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/Complete_Father_Brown/index.html

Fanfic:

It is difficult to choose one among so many...but since I have to choose just one, I'll have to day KCS's and PGF's Vows Made in Storms, as that one was the one that really drew me into the SH fandom :)

www.fanfiction.net/s/4090135/1/

7 Days Meme copied from holmes221b

The 7 days meme:

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

7 Days Meme copied from holmes221b

The 7 days meme:

day one • a song
day two • a picture
day three • a book/ebook/fanfic
day four • a site
day five • a youtube clip
day six • a quote
day seven • whatever tickles your fancy

Day One~A Song



This is sung by Andrei Mironov (1941--1987), who was, without a doubt, one of the best Soviet actors.

The song comes from a movie "Put In A Kind Word For The Poor Hussar."

Lyrics and translation:

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