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I'm looking to read more science fiction. I've read the Dune series as well as some Clive Barker (Imajica...etc.) but I'd like to get into more of the classics and also modern writers as well. Obvious beginnings would be Orson Scott Card, Neal Stephenson, Issac Asimov (no, I haven't read anything by Assimov... I know, I'm a bad geek)... Philip K Dick, ...etc. So what Science Fiction should I read and what modern authors/series do people recommend? What are your essential books? Cheers, thrice

I have to admit that the IRS is getting on my nerves a bit -- getting me just a little bit angry. Doing those things they do. I did my tax (or rather, had them done) early this year because we owed a little bit a of money last year, and I switched jobs last year, so I wanted to see where I was at in terms of taxes. As it turms out, because of various factors, I significantly overpaid, so I'm expecting what for me was a sizable refund. My taxes were electronically filed on 2/16. According to the IRS chart, I should have had my refund directly depositted last Friday. As of today, nothing. So I check online and find that the processing of my return has been "delayed,"…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftCcH5PMeIM

I've noticed this for a long time on head-fi but the last 5 or so threads in this topic have really driven it home. what games are you playing?, Post what you're watching, What are you EATING right now?, book-buying compulsion, Post the last thing you bought!, and What are you reading now? These are all grade A compulsions to disassociate from our emotions on top of our big obsessive compulsive disorder, audiophilia. So to make a long story short, tell us how baddly you were abused as a child.

...is a metalhead and vinyl lover. http://english.pravda.ru/russia/kremlin/12-12-2007/102708-Dmitry_Medvedev-0

http://www.gloriousnoise.com/articles/2003/nuge-08-26.php That mp3 is fucking hilarious... he is crazy...

Yeah that's right, post your masterpieces here. Here's me: And I bet you can guess who this is.

<rant> Could they stop with the freaking downtime every day or so? It always seems to happen when I'm right in the middle of writing a long PM or post, or when some Google search that I really want to see links there. I mean seriously, with all the advertising and donations, they should have nice servers, right? </rant>

If you ever wondered how those Nigerian email scams go down read this [New Yorker]

Can't wait to hear what John Stewart and Colbert have to say about this tonight! It's almost like something the Onion would write but once again, truth is stranger than fiction.

Enjoy: ARTLURKER THE RAPE TUNNEL By Sheila Zareno

Alright, so my short backstory: I was in the market for a new, not terribly expensive wallet when I turned first to Amazon, my default search site for stuff. Nothing really caught my eye, especially when price was factored in, so I did a google search for a top quality leather wallet. In a forum I saw a suggestion for a website called saddlebackleather.com I checked the place out and immediately saw their tagline "They'll fight over it when you're dead." Oh, humor, I like that. So I went wandering around the site just to see policies, FAQ, and all that. Needless to say, the owner has quite a story, and his approach to customer service is funny as hell. …

I can't take credit for this but cracked up when I read it. enjoy ..dB If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning Uphill... barefoot... BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice th…

I dropped by the bookstore today on my way home from work and leafed through a copy of the Stereophile "Recommended Components" issue. It was depressing, and quite unbelievable. For one thing, there's an average of 10-15 components in the "Class A" list in every single category of gear. This is close to and in some cases exceeds the number of components listed in "Class B", and in all cases it exceeds the number of "Class C" components. That ain't right. Am I supposed to believe that there's more "best of the best" gear than solid decent bang for the buck stuff? That for every piece of "above average" gear there's 5 pieces of "best of the best gear"? I also noted th…

http://view.break.com/379117 WTF? watch it till atleast 2:08..the beats are FAT!

Nice to see some familiar names on the roster; too bad I'm joining you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4uogOEUrU#t=43s

Oh yeah. Douche Doodily Duectch.

Hi. We're spreading World Peace this holiday season by teaching everyone a phrase in each other's languages! This year's phrase is: I VOMIT ON GOD'S CHILD See how international you can be! ------------------------------------------------------ Spanish Vomito en al hijo de Dios! Finnish Min? oksennan jumalan lapsen p??lle French Je vomis sur l'enfant de Dieu Brazilian Portuguese: Eu vomito no filho de deus. German: Ich erbreche auf das Kind des Gottes. Hungarian: R? h?nyok az Isten fi?ra. Swedish: Jag spyr p? Guds barn Polish: Rzygam na Dzieciatko Boze! ------------------------------------------------------ Feel free t…

Does the Diviyls' Chrissie Amphlett endorse the iTouch, and has she ever said "I have an iTouch myself"?

A pictorial tour of a dildo factory. I've always wondered how they made those rubber penises.

I was listening to NPR on my way home from Arby's, when the announcer said that This American Life was 20 years old today! 20 years? I could hardly believe it. Here's the blurb from Ira; http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2015/11/our-show-is-20-years-old-today

Wotcha mates ! I have just quit (that place that dare not speak its name) due to apalling censorship by mods. Here is a gratuitous picture of my dogs

First post here, it feels good to be a newbie again. There are many familar names here, I wonder why? Can I start some "What headphones should I buy?" threads? I should go do some scouting and perusing. You can never be too safe, you know, especially if there are fierce lions about.