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Outliers, Sway and RAGNAR'S URBAN SURVIVAL: A Hard-Times Guide to Staying Alive in the City. Hahaha.
christmas in florida
December 23, 2008
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The books Meredith selected for me were all bulls-eyes: Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die.
christmas in florida
December 23, 2008
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My parents were in the midst of buying new furniture for the place and while we were there there were we had to listen to all sorts of heated debates between them about how the new furniture should be arranged when it arrived.

When my dad reached into the bottom of his stocking for one last item and then pulled out this teeny tiny copy of FENG SHUI FOR DUMMIES, I nearly lost my mind laughing. Santa is king of the subtle slaying (sleighing?). Hahaha.
christmas in florida
December 23, 2008
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Psssst...check out the book selection at the Rite Aid. Aw yeah, Grandmas! Getting their sword-wielding Fabio romance action on!
christmas in florida
December 23, 2008
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...and lots and lots of books.
the december roundup: part two
December, 2008
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Roald Dahl is mostly known for his amazing children's books - but his short short stories for grown ups are even more shocking and nasty. If you haven't read them, this book is a great place to start and it's soooo good: The Best of Roald Dahl
the november roundup
November, 2008
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Exhausted from 10 hours of travel in order to go NOWHERE, Meredith fell asleep reading on the couch! Sleep tight, bookhead!
the august roundup: part two
August, 2008
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Which is apparently really hard to locate on the stateline of a highway on Saturday afternoon during Labor Day weekend. Doh. Meredith and I chilled out and read while Hatti worked the phones.
the august roundup: part two
August, 2008
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Vampire hiss!
the august roundup: part one
August, 2008
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Check out the contents of one of my former co-worker's desk: Books on statistics and Bayesian Data Analysis...
the june roundup: part two
June, 2008
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So I went back out to do some book shopping so that I'd have something to read on my long flight back the next day! I picked out this Baldacci thriller because it had an apropos name...
egypt part five
March 27, 2008
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I cheat and take pictures of my guidebook. Otherwise, it'd be too easy to mix all the pyramids and statues up!
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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6:48am. Excited about the trip! I bought this book 4 days prior (which was also the same day I impulse decided to go to Egypt). My plan was to fly into Cairo and find a hotel for the night...then figure out the rest while I was there. (Also known as not really having much of a plan).
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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I also found this book, which was nominated for the coveted STAFF PICK, no less. Check out Rick's hair and sultry gaze.
the march roundup: part two
March, 2008
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On Tuesday I purchased my plane ticket to Egypt! I'd have just enough for a two-week trip (all by myself...awwww) before starting my new job at Yodle in the beginning of April! Later that afternoon, I went to the bookstore to pick up a book about Egypt so I could begin making a list of places to visit and things to see!
the march roundup: part two
March, 2008
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On Monday Sarah and I got together to celebrate the fact that she'd just received the first galley copy of her second book, Pocket Karaoke. Congrats, Sar! I'm so proud of you!
the february roundup
February, 2008
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WAH-WAH!
the february roundup
February, 2008
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And how about these birthday gems from good old brother Lawrence: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism and Why Marry Jewish?. Subtle, Lawrence. Very subtle.
the february roundup
February, 2008
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Golf book.
the january roundup: part two
January, 2008
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Even a couple days later I was still recovering from my couch. Most of my days were spent in bed reading and intermittently getting awesomely high as fuck on prescription cough medicine! Woooooo!
the december roundup: part two
December, 2007
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Still more time to go! One more book.
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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Loooong ass flight. Lots of books.
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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After lunch, more reading and relaxing!
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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Eight hours into the train ride and we still had about 90 minutes to go. So I started another book. (Fuck yeah, trade fiction! Nelson DeMille in the house!)
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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I started a new book that I'd bought at one of the rest stops on the way to the train station.
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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And this one!
thailand: part eight - samui to koh tao
August 24, 2007
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We were both a little sunburned, so we stayed in the shade and got our reading on. I finished two books! This one.
thailand: part eight - samui to koh tao
August 24, 2007
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On Wednesday morning we packed up all of our stuff and prepared to head out for another travel day.
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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A little before 7pm, we decided to head back to our guest house and relax for a bit. Here's me trying to figure out where the heck we are on the map and how to get back to our room!
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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...and read our books and waited to see if the sun would come back out.
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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Sure enough, as soon as we got back, it started pouring. We spent the next six hours stuck inside reading. (Yay, pulpy vacation books!)
thailand: part seven - phi phi to phuket to samui
August 17, 2007
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...and then after an early dinner at Hippie's Bar, we spent the rest of the night taking it easy in our hotel room reading!
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...and Meredith was reading Qui M'a Tuee which translated means WHO KILLED ME?. (When you say the name of this book in English, you have to say it in a ghoul-voice with a French-accent! Oh, and it also should be said at a volume that's loud enough to cause any other diners that might be sitting near your table in the restaurant to whip their heads around in surprise.)
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...and some reading. I was working on Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (pretty much required reading for those that have been to Thailand, are in Thailand, or plan on going to Thailand...
thailand part six: koh phi phi
August 14, 2007
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...and started and finished another. This book made me laugh out loud almost as much as it made me want to be a better human. Totally worth a read (as long as you're not easily inclined to hate men). The Average American Male: A Novel
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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...and reading and taking it easy. I finished this book...
thailand part five: elephant riding and river tubing
August 12, 2007
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Let's hear it for vacation books! Wooot!
thailand part four: khao sok national park
August 09, 2007
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I spent some of the morning reading through the book Jeremy have me for my birthday (Thanks, Jer!)...
thailand part four: khao sok national park
August 09, 2007
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After four hours of walking around, we'd only managed to see a little more than half the exhibits, but we were getting hungry and were starting to feel "museum-ed out." So I busted out my guidebook to see what vegetarian restaurants were nearby.
thailand: part one - bangkok and my 31st birthday
August 06, 2007
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Hi, do you think we brought enough books?
thailand: part one - bangkok and my 31st birthday
August 06, 2007
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KARAOKE!
united arab emirates part two: dubai and abu dhabi
August 03, 2007
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We also go to the library and see his insanely huge collection of rare books...some of which were bound in human skin! (I thought that was just some crazy Nazi shit, but apparently this was pretty common back when books were first starting out!)
united arab emirates part one: nyc to dubai
July 31, 2007
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4:30am! At JFK waiting to check-in to our flight.
cayman islands vacation: part one
August 21, 2006
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Mexi Brunch + Margaritas = Sleepytime! (aka - The Best Photo of All Time). This is one of the photos that the longer you look at it, the funnier it gets.
the august roundup
August, 2006
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Champagne makes me both sleepy AND cranky. Fast forward to this awesome photo Meredith took of me trying to read-away my wine hangover. (I highly recommend the book I'm reading: The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwarz
the july roundup
July, 2006
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After we were finished dorking around, we took a walk around the beach and collected seashells and Christian literature! Hahaha.
far rockaway beach and lifetime
July 08, 2006
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"....3!" WHAM! Nina didn't hold back AT ALL! (BTW, check out Nina's face, you can totally tell how much effort she put into her swing! Hahaha).
far rockaway beach and lifetime
July 08, 2006
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Here's Nina taking a few practice swings to line up her shot. "Ready? 1...2...."
far rockaway beach and lifetime
July 08, 2006
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Enter Nina! Always one to make her Teutonic ancestors proud, Nina is always up to do stuff that would make most (read: normal) people squeamish. (Like, if you had to do home surgery on your cat or something, Nina's the girl you'd call). Anyway, Meredith told Nina about her cyst (which you can see in this photo if you look to the left of Nina's thumb) and before Meredith had even finished describing the procedure, Nina had a hardcover book out of her beach bag and was like "Let's do this."
far rockaway beach and lifetime
July 08, 2006
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It was so relaxing in the park that I ended up...
the may roundup: part one
May, 2006
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Ray Bradbury short stories for Mer.
tara and greg's wedding in houston
March 11, 2006
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...and read our books for a while. Michael Connelly thriller for me (airport book!)
tara and greg's wedding in houston
March 11, 2006
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...throw in a book about Stonehenge that we found...
the january roundup: part two
January, 2006
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Then Grant mocked Jack's book collection (this coming from a guy who hasn't read a book besides his own in like three years).
jack d's party & misshapes
January 21, 2006
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On Tuesday night I tried to convince David that Meredith and I got back together because of this book but he didn't believe me.
the january roundup: part one
January, 2006
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Siege got Blanche Barton's The Church of Satan!
the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005
December 24, 2005
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Amanda shows off The Blind Watchmaker (which HAD to be gift from the Fatty - he's been all about Richard Dawkins since before he became a household name).
the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005
December 24, 2005
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Fatty got No More Mr. Nice Guy - a book about getting what you want with chicks! Hahah.
the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005
December 24, 2005
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*HINT, HINT*
the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005
December 24, 2005
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Now that my dad is retired and my mom is still working, she said it's only fair that HE should start cooking dinner a few times a week. She's been saying this for years and I think it's yet to happen. So for Christmas she got him a few of Rachael Ray's books to help him along.
the holiday present extravaganza of xmas 2005
December 24, 2005
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Later that night, Meredith came over with good news and bad news. The good news was she was finally ready to get back together. The bad news was that she wanted me to read the book Men Are Mars, Women Are from Venus. (Which, and I never thought in a million years that I'd actually say this, I learned a lot from and actually totally changed our relationship for the better!)
the november roundup
November, 2005
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After brunch, Niki found my one of my "secret" books (check out the book's title and Niki's school-teacher expression and try to not laugh) and read excerpts of it out loud to Karen and Kim...
the september roundup: part two
September, 2005
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We stopped in a bookstore and I lamented not having found this book until after the beach party.
randon trip to japan: part three
August 28, 2005
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Apropos reading.
random trip to japan: part one.
August 25, 2005
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Sarah showing off the advance check she received from the publisher that hired her to write her very first book!
the june roundup
June, 2005
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And this. (I'd read everything they had by Nelson DeMille so I had to move onto to another thriller beach-read).
thailand part seven: koh chang
May 06, 2005
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And a Nelson DeMille book that I hadn't read yet! YES! Hahaha.
thailand part seven: koh chang
May 06, 2005
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I stopped by a bookstore to pick up a few more paperbacks for the two long flights home...
thailand part seven: koh chang
May 06, 2005
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In between catching cat naps, I managed to polish off two books. This one that wasn't very good. Meh.
thailand part seven: koh chang
May 06, 2005
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And this one that ruled my night! Nelson DeMille is pretty much the best "I'm on vacation and want to read a Hollywood Blockbuster" writer ever.
thailand part seven: koh chang
May 06, 2005
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Monday night a bunch of us went over to Sarah's to celebrate something (finishing her book?) and to have some beers and get warmed up for some pirate-themed party she and Karen were DJing at the Delancey.
the may roundup
May, 2005
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Over breakfast we busted out the guidebook we'd bought the day before in NYC...
accidental vacation in jamaica
February 16, 2005
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On Tuesday I checked out the much-anticipated biography on David Fateman...
the january roundup: part one
January, 2005
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"Holy Moly."
first misshapes of 2005
January 08, 2005
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....SHAZAM! San Francisco Brian is here! "Seriously, you should wear that on the plane out there. People will totally think you're a native that was just visiting NYC. You look great. You're totally going to fit in out there!"
moving to san francisco going away party: part one
August 24, 2004
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And finally, a bunch of guidebooks on Northern California and the Bay Area.
moving to san francisco going away party: part one
August 24, 2004
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Well, my ninety minute layover in Chicago turned into a seven hour delay due to inclement whether. Hey, at least I had a book.
sxsw part one: bands in austin
March 18, 2004
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I'm so post-post-modern, yo.
trip to cali part 1: nyc to la
December 10, 2003
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Speaking of art, in the museum's gift shop I was looking at a photography book and there was this photographer that took quotes about photography, wrote them down on notecards and then photographed them. Then I came along and photographed them.
trip to cali part 1: nyc to la
December 10, 2003
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This skit is fucking hilarious. Em & Lo dressed up as flight attendends welcoming the audience to Anal Airways.
em and lo's book reading
November 25, 2003
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Shooter's Bible? First porn and now violence? I thought they were supposed to be a familiy joint.
boys weekend in newport part one: the drive up
August 01, 2003
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Emma (and the book!) with Isabella Robertson (aka - Tookie).
the july roundup
July, 2003
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A few days prior, I was in the Barnes & Noble on Astor Place and I found their book prominently displayed! After watching the whole project from the sidelines for well-over a year, it was crazy to see the book in an actual store!
the july roundup
July, 2003
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...Vin pulled out the big guns and tried reading him poetry he had written back from when he was sad from his last breakup. With Grant still utterly inconsoleable, we figured rollerskates might be our only option.
the july roundup
July, 2003
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In my family, we buy ourselves what we want for Christmas, and we open whatever we bought well before Christmas arrives...so on Xmas eve, we only have a few, smaller gifts to open. Here's Brett holding his bounty of two books.
xmas with the fam
December 25, 2002
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This picture is great. Josh demonstrates the proper way to hold a "Book of Poems" so that girls can easily see that you are not only literate, but sensitive too.
coney island day
May 12, 2002