When I'm not writing, cooking, vacuuming, doing laundry, editing photos, playing with the boy, missing the girl, fixing the multitude of broken things around the house, or any of the other eleventy billion things I do on a daily basis, yeah I do. Current read "Linux for Dummies Desktop Reference."

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But so are the rest of us.
I'm a Chef Geek..
I am about to star reading- The recipe writers handbook by Barbara Gibbs Ostamann and Jane L. Baker
and another humdinger- Will write for food A complete guide to writing cookbooks, restaurant reviews, articles, memoir, fiction and more
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Kevin

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New dvd player--45 dollars (peanut butter accident )
Trip to Sesame place--1200 dollars
Many trips to the Emergency room--boo koo dollars
SAHD for a 2 year old princess---PRICELESS

What is this reading you guys are talking about?
Actually, I read stuff on the internet daily, but as far as books, not so much anymore.
I flip through Newsweek on Tuesday nights, Magnet magazine when it comes in the mail and I have two books looking at me from the holidays, "Come to Think of It" by Daniel Schorr and "Dadditude" by Philip Lerman. I'll get to those sooner or later.

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In total agreeance with Matt the Squirell, having my daughter see me reading (especially books with no pictures) is super important to our household. And since taking Olivia to the Library once a week is part of our routine, we both can load up on books to keep us occupied in our "downtime". If reading to your kids isn't in your daily routine, DO IT NOW!!! We've been reading to Olivia since we brought her home from the Hospital and she definately has a strong appreciation for books and reading. For me, I read mostly on the john, before bed and sometimes while Olivia naps. It's tough to find the time to read while Olivia is up and 'attem (mostly because she wants to know where the pictures are in "Daddy's Book"...) I read mostly whatever catches my eye at the Library, but lately it was Richard Dawkins "The God Delusion" and Al Gore's "The Assault on Reason", after both of those I'll wander back to some good crime fiction (maybe Elmore Leonard's newest)

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Duly Noted...

Do you know how hard it is to find Non-Faith Based Daycare here in the south???? I'm ordering that book today. thanks.

Aye, there's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased scotsman...

They are actually quite supportive. At first they were not, but they kept their mouths shut. As time past, they saw how well it was working for us and have become very involved with us. They know not to talk religion or politics with us, so it's cool.

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I make sure to find the time to read a little bit everyday. Currently I'm reading Scout's Honor by Peter Applebome. Next will be Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. This is the last in a trilogy that tells the story of how Peter Pan became who he is. I also love listening to books on tape/CD. This is mostly while driving. Currently I'm listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (I had already read it but it's fun to listen to it being read too).

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Thanks for the suggestion Matt. I'll have to look for him and try him out.

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I have some eclectic reading tendencies. I just finished Nicola Barker's "Wide Open," which had been sitting around my house for years because I read something that compared her with Nick Hornby, who I love. She's far, far weirder than anything Nick Hornby has written, but if you like a book whose main characters are an escaped murderer with alopecia, a homeless man who likes to "reclaim" things from a subway lost and found, a wild boar farmer's wife and her daughter who "sacrifices" chickens, and a fat, balding pornographer, all of whom come together in a remote village in England, then this is your book!

I also recently read Steve Martin's memoir, "Born Standing Up," and it was great. Currently, I'm reading "What Just Happened?", which is a book about a producer in Hollywood who made the Ethan Hawke/Gwyneth Paltrow version of "Great Expectations," Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins' "The Edge," "Fight Club", and a number of other films that were only moderately successful. It's about how artistic success is often viewed as failure in Hollywood, which is why we're consistently bombarded with movies like "License to Wed" and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry."

I've got a bit of geekiness in me as well (if you call having watched the director's cuts of all of the "Lord of the Rings" movies several times "geeky" rather than "supercool," which is how I refer to myself...). I recently read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Phillip K. Dick, which is the book that "Blade Runner" is loosely based on. Really great stuff. And then I read "The Golden Compass," and I honestly can't see what all of the fuss is about. I'll probably read the other two, because I'm a compulsive completist, but it didn't have the same kind of magic as "LOTR," the Narnia books, or even the Harry Potter books, in my opinion...

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To hell with that!!

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Reading is an essential part of my news through the internet and entertainment because I don't really watch television besides sporting events, movies from netflix, or sesame street. Usually done during naps or before bed.

Just finished reading the trilogy His Dark Materials. (first one is the golden compass) Like alenaspoppa I didn't think it had the magic and also didn't deserve all the atheist crap that it's getting. When in doubt and too lazy to travel out of the house for a book, I read Dean Koontz. My wife is a huge fan and they're growing on me. Just read Brother Odd (the third in that series) and have started By the light of the Moon.

I also love Jon Krakauer (except Under the Banner of Heaven, I couldn't finish due to the subject matter)

Joel
Madison, Wi
Dylan-2, Surprise-April 30, 2008

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and here I thought I was the only one who liked that movie, and yep I am a Clive Cussler guy, although I have to admit that I like his earlier books better than his later (read Co-authored) material. A series that my wife and I have really enjoyed that a)takes no higher brain function to read, and b)was suggested to me by a fellow sahd (thank you Kace) was the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum Series (One for the Money, Two for the Whatever). For real bubble gum entertainment the work pretty well, and a smokin' fast read.

For all you readers out there, if you haven't heard of PBS it might be worth your while to check it out.
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I have been a member for about a year, and have never had any monkey business go on.

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Now without digressing into that famous Iron Man thread, I still get my comic fix in, and the Secret Life of Houdini is a GREAT read!!! But then in my long list of almost jobs, magician was several of them, and so I ask you who is king of the geeks? See new thread.....

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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff and
You Suck
I started Fluke on CD but had to stop cause its not very child appropriate.
Very funny stuff. I listened to Lamb on CD (not when the kids were around) and laughed my ass off. If you are very hard-core in your religious beliefs, I don't recommend it though. It can ruffle some feathers.

Statesville, NC
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If anybody is into memoirs, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers is...well, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius! Both of his parents died within 3 months of each other and he was left to raise his 13 year old brother. The book is astounding, as is most everything else Dave Eggers has written.

I'll also plug a friend of mine who happens to an author I looked up to for 10 years before having the opportunity to correspond with him and become friends. If you haven't heard of William Browning Spencer, I'd suggest going to Amazon.com and looking him up right now. Go!
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