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skookumchuck

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:13 am Post subject:

rsireland3 wrote:

Qur'an. You're welcome.

you're going to end up on Otie's list rsi!

skookumchuck

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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:15 am Post subject:

skifreeK wrote:

The Snow Leopard.

Yes.

rsireland3

Joined: 21 Sep 2007
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Location: EL/R -6.12, SL/A -8.15 in NW VT and slightly south of the Poutine Curtain

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:00 am Post subject:

skookumchuck wrote:

rsireland3 wrote:

Qur'an. You're welcome.

you're going to end up on Otie's list rsi!

teeheehee.

I skied today. Anyone else? I carved the styrofoam like I have never carved it before!
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skookumchuck

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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:42 am Post subject:

rsireland3 wrote:

skookumchuck wrote:

rsireland3 wrote:

Qur'an. You're welcome.

you're going to end up on Otie's list rsi!

teeheehee.

I skied today. Anyone else? I carved the styrofoam like I have never carved it before!

Heh. Skied untracked powder all day. Just another day.

steven hatcher

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
Posts: 2003
Location: Idahome

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:53 am Post subject:

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy _________________ Home Is Where Your Skis Is

rsireland3

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Posts: 17716
Location: EL/R -6.12, SL/A -8.15 in NW VT and slightly south of the Poutine Curtain

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:58 am Post subject:

skookumchuck wrote:

rsireland3 wrote:

skookumchuck wrote:

rsireland3 wrote:

Qur'an. You're welcome.

you're going to end up on Otie's list rsi!

teeheehee.

I skied today. Anyone else? I carved the styrofoam like I have never carved it before!

Heh. Skied untracked powder all day. Just another day.

well, we don't have a lot of that this year, so I get what I can get.
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spazmonkey

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 1970
Location: Vermont

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject:

"Goals" by Brian Tracy _________________ Every day you wake up able bodied is a gift to be cherished and made the most of.

climbhoser

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 10596
Location: Parker, CO and proud of it!

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject:

Flyoverland Escapee wrote:

ghostofcarl wrote:

some shitty books on this thread.

master and margarita

ding ding ding

Found it for $0.99 so I dl'ed it. 10% through so far. Very intriguing. Any book about the devil walking amongst us is something worth checking out.

I'm a big fan of Ishmael by Quinn, and also A Fool's Progress by Abbey (was my favorite book for a long time).

I put the Trial by Kafka because it's kind of a sleeper. I don't think most people finish it, which is sort of the point. It is truly beautiful art.

Another French, existential novel I absolutely love is Man's Fate by Andre Malraux, a lesser known literary figure from the era. That man had amazing talent to create a scene!
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jonesinski

Joined: 02 Dec 2010
Posts: 933
Location: wandering and wondering

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:44 pm Post subject:

climbhoser wrote:

Flyoverland Escapee wrote:

ghostofcarl wrote:

some shitty books on this thread.

master and margarita

ding ding ding

The devil walking amongst us? Sounds like Carl's wet dream.

In fact, I wish someone could publish a compilation of everything Carl ever wrote, as that would probably be so much better than all the shtty books listed in this thread. It's a shame that such unmitigated genius as Carl's will probably be known only to a few TTippers. Smile

But seriously, it's too hard to mention just one. One I happen to be reading now is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. So far it's spectacular.

aaron_wright

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 3147
Location: Wenatchee

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:10 pm Post subject:

jonesinski wrote:

climbhoser wrote:

Flyoverland Escapee wrote:

ghostofcarl wrote:

some shitty books on this thread.

master and margarita

ding ding ding

But seriously, it's too hard to mention just one. One I happen to be reading now is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. So far it's spectacular.

He's known to many thousands more by his pen name on another ski forum.

climbhoser

Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 10596
Location: Parker, CO and proud of it!

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:13 pm Post subject:

aaron_wright wrote:

jonesinski wrote:

climbhoser wrote:

Flyoverland Escapee wrote:

ghostofcarl wrote:

some shitty books on this thread.

master and margarita

ding ding ding

But seriously, it's too hard to mention just one. One I happen to be reading now is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. So far it's spectacular.

He's known to many thousands more by his pen name on another ski forum.

I read Called Back. It was fucking terrible.
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diggman

Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 2313
Location: Minnesnowta

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject:

climbhoser wrote:

Flyoverland Escapee wrote:

ghostofcarl wrote:

some shitty books on this thread.

master and margarita

ding ding ding

Found it for $0.99 so I dl'ed it. 10% through so far. Very intriguing. Any book about the devil walking amongst us is something worth checking out.

I liked The Screwtape Letters and Letters From the Earth. I might need to look into this.

As for the OP...man one book would be tough.
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ghostofcarl

Joined: 22 Jul 2010
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject:

jonesinski wrote:

One I happen to be reading now is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. So far it's spectacular.

A triumph of literary gigantism in serious need of an editor.

"the river why" or "the brothers K"

Pinnah

Joined: 06 Dec 2004
Posts: 3548
Location: Bahston

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:40 pm Post subject:

Stunning as it may be, this thread is even more pretentious than our regularly scheduled obscure music threads. Congratulations all. _________________ Dave "Pinnah" Mann ======================== "It is impossible, or not easy, to do noble acts without the proper equipment." Aristotle, <<Politics>>, 1323a-b, trans Jowett Last edited by Pinnah on Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:01 pm; edited 1 time in total

half-fast skier

Joined: 21 Mar 2010
Posts: 574
Location: rancho d'lux

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject:

[quote="ghostofcarl]....A triumph of literary gigantism in serious need of an editor..... [/quote] as could be said for some other posts on ttips _________________ Certified

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