What are you reading?

[Griffin NoName]

Windows XP Service Pack 3........ installing......progress indicator....

[Sibling Chatty]

Re-reading assorted Prachetts.

Currently Wyrd Sisters. Because I was referred to as 'very Weatherwaxian in attitude' the other day, and I'm trying to find ways to refute it. (I first thought the not liking cats thing would do, and then I remembered Wintersmith and You, the kitten.)

[Alpaca]

Just finished Breakfast of Champions.

[Swatopluk]

papers for the exam.
I simply don't can't say, whether I already know all the answers and can relax or am completely clueless and should panic.

[Griffin NoName]

Good Luck Swato.

Mother's Milk Edward Albyn

[Swatopluk]

The Signs on the Wall, shudder 
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Seriously, the quality of writing in chemical papers is not very good, to put it mildly. Half a century ago authors were able to write interesting, even if one did not understand what they were actually writing about. Today the publishers actually enforce bad style.
Reading a chemical paper of today is more often than not a task of endurance and suppression of yawning. They could probably publish  recipes for the panacea, theriak and elixier of immortality and few would notice because everyone fell asleep on page 3 or got some acid holes in the stomach for having to read the abysmal prose.

[Griffin NoName]

phpBB3 (forum software) *

*my reading matter seems to be sliding towards the standard Beagle fare......

[Sibling Chatty]

Guards, Guards (T. Pratchett) and an as-yet-to-be titled PhD dissertation by some half-witted student in American Literature who is so TOTALLY ass-backwards about the works of a (late) writer I've met (OK shared a home with for four months) that I may seek out the writings of his dissertation committee before I talk to him. If they're as stupid as he is, I'll just let it all go.

[Swatopluk]

Would you like my PhD thesis instead?

[Griffin NoName]

Council Planning Application Processing : Legislation, Policies, Guidelines, Preservation Orders, Conservation Areas and Listed buildings, and Flood Plains.

[Sibling Chatty]

Would you like my PhD thesis instead?

I get lost on page one in chemistry in English. I don't suspect that putting it in German would help...

My brane wud esplode...

[Swatopluk]

It is in English actually and not that much actual chemistry in it (more mathematical than chemical formulas)

[Griffin NoName]

The Sister Knot  Terri Apter

(Psychology - hows and whys of love/hatred/bonds etc between female siblings)

[Aggie]

Would you like my PhD thesis instead?

Oooh, I would! 
(srsly, do you have my email addy?  want to know what the Swato has been up to all this time)

I think I'd do better with the chem than the math, personally, but would still be very interested.


Books - just picked up two holds, one for the second time.  Might just have some actual non-legal reading time after this week as lately reading has been more a process of pick up hold, allow to collect dust, return to library. 

"The Pirate's Dilemma" - Matt Mason and "Bad Money" - Kevin Phillips.

[Swatopluk]

What capacity does your mailbox have? There are a few photos in it that eat more space than all the rest combined.