woot! Need this bad.

Lone Survivor.."Murph" a true hero!

The last book I read was Anna Karenina. I believe that it had limitless applicability to Crossfit and it's programming.

Ahhhhhhhhh rest day!

I've got a couple going right now, but this question always reminds me of interviewing residency candidates when I was in training. The residency program director always asked each candidate this question. Best answer ever? "Goodnight Moon"!

The clinic director and I, both parents of small children, were on the floor laughing. The Program Director, a lifelong bachelor, had no idea what the candidate was talking about...

NeXt by Michael Crichton

If you haven't read his paper on Eugenics, it will make you think. Great conversation starter.

The Kite Runner...

Great read.

Lone Survivor

Good Calories, Bad Calories

haven't read a book in a while but I'm gonna order Lone Survivor.........Rest Day!......But I still have my Burpees to do! Enjoying The 100 day Burpee Challenge......it is only day 13 though...Have a good rest day!

The Year of Living Biblically, AJ Jacobs

Today was my first day of law school at the University of Texas at Austin. I may never read a book for pleasure ever again. So, Mr. Jacobs may have the honor of also being my last. :-)

Last read - Protein Power Life Plan, to get a more scientific basis on my diet. Better (for my purposes) than the Zone books.

Reading now - The Cold War, A New History, by John Lewis Gaddis. Goes well with his essay here (WFS): http://www.the-american-interest.com/ai2/article.cfm?Id=459&MId=21

Very interesting.

Erotica by Anais Nin

Read some Thomas books with Ethan when we were locked out of the house today... until I kicked the door in.

Beyond the Band of Brother: Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

Amazing.

"Three Cups of Tea"
"Nothing to Lose"; Lee Child

Pretty much finished simultaneously.

bingo, i read goodnight moon to my daughter every night... a true classic.

goodnight noises everywhere.

Confessions of a Yakuza: Junichi Saga

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Bingo you got me.....I was just about to type "The Gypsy Princess", a fairy tale for my 3 little girls before bed tonight, when I read your post. Made me laugh. The last serious one was "American Heroes" by Ollie North, a true testimony to all you guys who keep my family and me free and safe!! Thank you all!

Fiction: The Last Oracle, James Rollins

Non-Fiction: Good Calories, Bad Calories, Gary Taubes.

I can clearly picture you kicking a door in, Allison.

The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan

Last book I read was Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

Last book was

Starting Strength 2nd Edition

awesome.....never had so much information in such an easy to read fashion, really brought my training to a-whole-nother level

When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss.

Awesome video.....one of my clients asked me when she could do some real H S P U,s so we were going to start Fri on them.......what a great tool why didn't I think of that.....Thanks

The Lorax

I'm halfway through War Dog by Al Venter
but the last book I read was Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch

Happy Rest Day, everybody!

I didn't read his books but I got a briefing from Dave Grossman on Tuesday. Very good stuff.

The Revolution by Ron Paul
Legalize the Constitution!

Just started God, Guns, and Rock and Roll
by Ted Nugent

Lone Survivor.

Seems like a popular book here.
Excellent read and really made me give it my all for "Murph"

Currently reading "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk, but Starting Strength is always out.

"The Art of Racing in the Rain"

-- A great book for any dog lover.

Lone Survivor and What the Buddha Taught, at the same time.

did that guy in the background check out his biceps at the beginning of the video? that's awesome.

REST DAY!!!!!!!!

Graphic Novel - Watchmen

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Retribution - Max Hastings. Best new book in print about the Pacific component of World War II. Too bad there's so little about marines in it.

Wild at Heart
by John Eldredge

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Wild-at-Heart/John-Eldredge/e/9780785268833/?itm=2

Great book for a christian man.

Last Book:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Absolutely amazing book - phenomenal story and quite a thought provoking philosophy behind it.

If anyone has read Atlas Shrugged, please say something because I would most definitely like to discuss it with someone else.

*Christian

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases In A World Out Of Balance by Laurie Garrett
and
Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren (I love Junie, she cracks me up!) My youngest daughter is hooked on Junie.

"in the great green room there was a telephone and a red ballon....and a picture of"

-Damn I love that book. Loved it as a kid and love reading it to my kids now.

Mines a bedtime book for Moms and Dads after the kids go to bed called "Finding The Doorbell" I discovered it on Eva T's website and I am so glad I did!

The last book I read.. Hagakuri

The book I read daily.. The Bible

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Last book I read was Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment: George Leonard

Excellent book.

"Gates of Fire" by: Steven Pressfield - a great fiction about life, death, and glory at thermopalye.

"The Gunslinger" by: Steven King. For the third time

"1984" no author needed...

The Progress Paradox by Gregg Easterbrook

The Reason for God by Tim Keller
http://www.thereasonforgod.com/

Assault on Lake Casitas. Every athlete should read this book.

good calories bad calories and the essays of warren buffet

A Woman in Charge by Carl Bernstein

Fiction: last finished Lone Survivor; almost through Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

Non-Fiction: Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff by Jim Johnson (need to get my shoulder fixed before I can do the majority of WODs as Rx'd!)

Endurance.

The story of Ernest Shackelton's journey to the south pole, and the heroic rescue of his men two years later.

Finishing: Good calories Bad Calories and Blink simoultaneously.

Im reading like 5 text books at school hah.

Good segway to my other topic though

CALLING ALL UNT/DENTON TX CROSSFITTERS!

ive seen a few comments on here from other Dentonites, but lets meet up and do some of these WODS, theres lots of good places around the UNT campus to do them. maybe we could start a facebook group to comunicate...or eventually a club? that could be cool. i think ill start a facebook group. so come find it and lets get it going

Apples to Oysters - author (a food critic) travels through Canada picking a local food that is grown organically and with quality in mind. A lot of good nutritional facts. Thought a lot about zone fat intake during the Flax seed chapter.
A very good read.

Feast of the Goat by Llosa. Novel of the end of the Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic. Well written, driving narrative. Features the heroism of the resistors, the horrors of the regime, and the universal thirst for freedom.

It would be great if when people posted they said why they did/didn't like their book.

Also, Coach, I think if Milton Friedman deserved a day of comments on his death, I think Solzhenitsyn does also. Great man, great writer, great voice of freedom.

Started Pinker (stuff of thought) this weekend.
For semantics I'll stick to Talmud (waaay more engaging).

Much needed rest.....looking for a set of Adidas O-Lifting shoes, size 11.5, can anyone help?

Could someone please explain the 100 Day Burpee Challenge? I'm a newbie and can't find any particular description, but I've seen a few posts about it. Just trying to figure out if it's 100 burpees a day or the daily number of burpees. I'm intrigued after my first burpees today...

The Watchmen

I saw the trailer and had to finish the book (graphic novel, whatever)...I had collected and read something like the first eight episodes in the 80s but didn't finish it (and don't have the last few chapters, unfortunately).

Pretty good, though likely better when I was younger. Funny that.

I still hope they don't screw up the movie.

Now I'm working on Getting Things Done, I'm curious how it'll compare to the 7 Habits.

howard

"world war Z". awesome book on global politics and world disaster with a bizarre twist

#51 Lone Survivor is a true story.
Simple Genius by David Baldacci

Goin on 9 days of doin CrossFit and loving it. Wish I had found it earlier. Last book I read was The Last Amazon by Steven Pressfield. I saw on comment #46 that Raze mentioned Gates of Fire already, I recommend that one and Pressfield's other books too if you are into historical fiction.

Just finished "Nothing to Lose" by Lee Child (at the beach)
Just starting "God's Middle Finger" by Richard Grant

Next up...."The Post American World" by Fareed Zakaria

Just finished "You Shall Know Our Velocity" by Dave Eggers yesterday. I'd have to say a decent book. Good stream of consciousness gives the reader a good sense of the narrator. I read it as a prep for Ulysses, but I'm not quite sure that is a "bus ride to work" book. Someday, Joyce, someday.

Enjoy the rest day everyone.

Amy

Working on Good Calories, Bad Calories. Starting a fiction book for a book club next week - can't remember what it is, still have to find it at the library.

A Thousand Splendid Suns was my last fiction.

I tend to prefer non-fiction, although I certainly didn't in college!

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.. great novel, looking forward to reading Anthem

Other summer reading included: Omnivores Delema, Good Calories Bad Calories, Beyond Prozac, Lights Out, Protein Power, and The Zone Diet

Thanks Coach!!

"Fermat's Enigma", by Simon Singh

"Reading the Man, A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters", by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

#59 Kristen: read this link re: Burpee Challenge
http://www.crossfitsantacruz.com/crossfit_santa_cruz/burpee-challenge-details.html

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Mind-blowingly good book. It should be required reading in our public schools.

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow

Physics of The Impossible by Michio Kaku

The Virgin's Lover- Philippa Gregory

Just finished the entire trilogy by Phillip Pullman, His Dark Materials. Book 1 is Golden Compass, 2 is The Subtle Knife, 3 is The Amber Spyglass. Very creative, fantastic, risky fiction. Seems like I always love the ones the book burners want to torch...

The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

"a new earth", eckhard tolle
a superb spiritual read! he also wrote "power of now" which comes highly recommended.

Working through Zen and Japanese Culture right now. Last finished was Hagakure. Wonder if it's at all similar to DJ's Hagakuri. :-)

corrections "The Yiddish Policemen's Union

#5 Bingo- What kind of doc are you?

"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

Just starting "And If I Perish" about WWII Army nurses.

How to Better Hate Your Job
by Egbert Sukop

Book junky here
Currently reading "Crooked Little Vein" by Warren Ellis and "Traffic: Why we drive the way we do and what it says about us" by FNU Vandesomething.
Finished Star Wars-Republic Commando-Triple Zero (Also a star wars junky)
Also recently finish "Killing Rommell" by Stephen Pressfield. It wasn't great like Gates of Fire, but was very good.

what a useless sesame street video. that could have been cut down to a 5-second equipment demonstration.

the reason why his group was unresponsive was because he was taking 15 minutes to say what could have been demonstrated in 1.

New Earth by Tolle for the 4th time.... or is the the first time!

Joey Johns - The two of me

The last book I read was "The Paleo Diet" by Loren Cordain (seriously)

Vietnam: the Necessary War, by Michael Lind. If you read "A Better War", by Lewis Sorley, then this book, you will know all you need to know to tear to pieces all the BS revisionist leftist historians have written about the Vietnam War, and will find a reinvigorated contempt for Tom Hayden, Todd Gitlin and all their fellow travellers.

"Dangerous Waters - Modern Day Piracy and Terror on the High Seas" by John S. Burnett

The last book I read was The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx. Its amazing how much the socialism that this country has always stood against is visible in today's politics. Ive asked many people what they believe as far as politics goes, asked them if they know what socialism is/means, then finally told them what socialism ACTUALLY is so that they can see how much their beliefs are right on target with the politics of Marxism. Its always fun to see their reaction when they find out they are a communist in denial.

If you dont know about the past, your bound to repeat its mistakes.

Finished "Guns Germs & Steel" by Jared Diamond a few weeks ago. It was entertaining anthropology. Well written, well supported, and amazingly informative. I definitely feel that I am better for having read it.

Right now, I'm in the middle of "Origin of Species" (Charles Darwin) and "Watchmen." "Origin" is not quite as I expected it. But Darwin presents his case quite humbly and with a huge variety of supporting examples and observations. Part of me wishes that science was still done they way he did it; a much more personal, less professional/clinical approach. Excellent reading.
"Watchmen" seems to be a pretty deep graphic novel. I'm enjoying it and am anticipating that the movie will do it justice.

I have to respond to a few of the people in here who seem to share reading tastes with me.

Chuck Palahniuk is an awesome author and has waged an unholy war on my mind with his fantastic narration. Choke is still my favorite of his books.

"Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield is one of my favorite books as well. Such an excellent story told about a completely inspiring event. I wish very deeply that they had adapted Pressfield's book into film, rather than Frank Miller's ludicrous hallucination of the event.

And finally, Ron Paul is the man. A true patriot. If all politicians were like him, we would have very little to worry about. He's on my list of personal heroes.

Been reading an MCAT prep guide book for 3 months, and I can't wait to put the damn thing down...

Strong Enough - Mark Rippetoe

Great collection. Still not sure about the picture with the horse and the tunic though.

Echo Burning, by Lee Child. It is part of the Jack Reacher series. Reacher is an ex-MP who kicks serious ass... It's great escapist entertainment.

Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer.

Best war novel going I'm told. Used at West Point and the War College in Leadership classes.

#78 Quinn

bingo is a witch doctor. he's constantly coming up with new combinations of wing of bat and eye of newt.

The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris, and Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster, basically I am trying to get out of work

"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving

Selected Stories (Alice Munroe).

Women Gender and Enlightenment (Barbara Taylor and Sarah Knott eds.).

Rafiki,

You're the right age for that book. It's a powerful one, but it's only one. Read widely. Find your own answers. At its best, it can act as a stimulus for the study of philosophy and self-examination. At its worst, it is a tiny, mean-spirited black box tied tight with a tautology. If you run into one of the campus clubs devoted to her be weary of the folks who tell, or try to shame you into, winnowing down your reading list and 'purify' your intellectual tastes. Objectivity thrives on dissent.

Just finished "On the Road" by Jack K. and I am about 2/3 of the way through "Peoples History of the United States" by Zinn. Enjoyed/enjoying both...

Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt and M16/M4 by Mike Pannone

#40, ha, I have read goodnight moon nearly every night for the last 15 months. We now have Good Night New York City... to break up the monotony

What is the What - Dave Eggers

Great read. Especially if you're interested in what's been happening in Sudan.

"You've Been Warned" by James Patterson finished last night. Next up "The Mystery of the Blue Train" by Agatha Christie

Forgot the other book I'm reading: "How to reinvigorate your hate." - I'm so so joking Barry. Couldn't help it. I know you can take it.

I recently finished The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind not my usual choice but got hooked on the first book and continued to the end.

Also saw a couple of people mentioned Atlas Shrugged that is my all time favorite book. If you enjoyed Atlas you should check out Fountain Head as well.

Can anyone help me?

Sorry for the off-topic post.

A coupla months back one of the affiliates posted something on their blog about "how to know if you have been sipping too much of the cool-aide." Funniest damn thing I ever read. Wanted to show it to a friend but can't remember where it is.

Any ideas on how to find it? Tried STFW - no help. THX in advance...

Kite Runner

Great insight into another's culture. In some ways what happens in the book is probably similar to what is happening in Georgia right now.

did the 800m runs and shoulder press, pp, pj wod today.

as rx'd: 13:01

#82 genghis

it's a training video dude. did you know how to use bands like that before this video? lighten up.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Great Fiction novel about magic and magicians, its an adult version of the Harry Potter Books. Its set in the time of Napoleon and the war between the French and English. Read it dozens of times and will read it dozens more.

chuck palahniuk, tom robbins, and hunter thompson are my favorite authors. just read end of the road by john barth and madame bovary by flaubert. currently in the middle of the sot-weed factor another book by john barth. good so far.

'the power of one' - bryce courtenay

check it out. its good.

like many if you...

Lone Survivor

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Excuse the shouting, but i have been doing crossfit for 2 weeks now and everyone talks about "cool-aide" i have looked everywhere for an explaination but cant find one... so WHAT IS THIS COOL-AIDE YOU ALL SPEAK OF?????
That is all.... lol

favorite book?

hmm love the power of now.

for the ladies: how to date like a man or how to avoid falling in love with a jerk. :P ya good stuff there.

The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart

Also recommend his first book The Places in Between

#113

Google Jim Jones and the Jones Town Massacre.

Lone Survivor

I pretty much missed this last cycle. I got lazy.

Tonight I went to the gym just work on my form for squats. I worked on driving my hips into them more and my max actually increased from 285 to 305. Word Up.

The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway

It is one of my favorites now.

I can't remember the last book I read so I'll just say the last Harry Potter. Last book I remember reading (other than School)

Just finishing War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. This is actutally my fourth time to read it but first time to actually get past the first 3 chapters. Very boring at the beginning.

#113 My understanding of "Drinking the Kool=Aide" is in reference to Jim Jones and his cult in Guyana (sp?) called Jonestown. They committed mass suicide & murder by either forcing or convincing his followers to drink poisoned laced Kool-Aide. In our case, however, Drinking the Kool-Aide refers to once you tried it you are hooked!

"The Devil in the White City"

non fiction

recommend it

My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl.

Reading David Copperfield... again. I think its the 6th time.. I love Charles Dickens

I'm a big Chuck Palahniuk fan. I feel like his existential nihilism in Fight Club really relates well to Crossfit. The idea of tearing yourself down to find truth.

Rant is a good one. Just a cool story IMO.

Last read = First Seal by Roy Boehm

Last read = First Seal by Roy Boehm

#113

I always thought the Kool-Aide reference was towards Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

Glad to see other Coasties getting into CrossFit, but sad not to of heard of the cert at HQ. Anyone interested at the CGA or in New London, we have a group meeting regularly, and I'll hopefully have my Level 1 Cert by the end of the year. If you want to join us, shoot me an email.

PO1 Steve Lamb

"Treacherous Alliance" by Trita Parsi

Just finishing James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales:

The Deerslayer
The Last of the Mohicans
The Pathfinder
The Pioneers
The Prairie

Follows Natty Bumppo, the first "super hero" in American literature, a character with a profound understanding of both men and nature.

I read these in my teens and twenties, but re-reading now in my mid 50's I realize how much of America they captured, both good and bad.

If Hawkeye lived today, he'd CrossFit.

#17... Just recently read The Road as well... GREAT book

The Wisdom of Your Face by Jean Haner
Interesting introduction to Chinese face reading.

Babbit by Sinclair Lewis

Last book I read was.... My Friend Leonard

I am just finishing Life of Pi

I have also read The Kite Runner, was surprised to see so many people reading it. Not sure why, just didn't think it was that popular.

I would highly recommend Life of Pi, makes you look at the bible a little different

fight club the movie got me into palahniuk. i read all his stuff and finished with fight club. choke and rant are great. if you like chuck check out george saunders his stuff is strange and good. also denis johnson's jesus son. cool short stories

To # 89: Guns, Germs, & Steel is amazing. I go to school where he teaches and the other profs hold it at cult status.

Currently reading The End of Faith by Sam Harris.

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini.

The last GREAT book I read was The Kite Runner by the same author. Brilliant.

"Oh the places you'll go" ---Dr. Seuss

#7, 106 - kite runner was the 2nd last book i read. loved it! very moving.

#36 - wild at heart, read and loved it it when i was a younger lad, not so sure now

#37 - i haven't read "Atlas Shrugged" but my friend who had to read it in university described how easily the wealthy kids rallied behind the message of selfishness being a virtue. i've also had another friend who read the book and tried to explain its 'sound logic' to me. doesn't seem too convincing

last book i read was new moon. I am not gay.(nothing is wrong if you are.) i feel a little gay.

"Into the Wild" Now I want to check out the movie!

Thursday is a well deserved Rest Day. That was a rough three days.
www.crossfitredding.com

I actually re-read Anthony Kiedis' autobiography because I ran out of things to read but now I'm on '1984' just because I've never read it, believe it or don't.

Although I did read an alphabet book to my 1-year-old this afternoon...

Solipsist by Henry Rollins
read it so many times it's held together by a rubber band

Concurrently read:
Europe; A History by Norman Davies
Iceman; My Fighting Life by Chuck Lidell
The Shack by William P. Young

Before those I read Presidents by Carter Smith. It's a great easy read with 3-6 pages on each president including a brief bio and historical timelines.

Just started The Essential Ken Wilber.

Brian T. I got into Palahniuk with a vengence after I read Fight Club (amazing) but I've gone decidedly cool on him from his last three books.

The Leopard, by Guiseppe di Lampedusa

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It was also the last video I saw. As much as I love the "Nasty Girls" and the other awesome CrossFitters out there, he is my hero hands down.

Here's a link to his lecture. Long but definitely worth it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&feature=related

The last book I read was Lone Survivor. Everyone and anyone should read this book. It gives you a new perspective on everything from life lessons to rules of engagement. I will never slack off during the Murph workout again. I have always and will always have respect for our soldiers and wish them all a safe mission and to get home safe. Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and for protecting this country.

Book Reading WOD to balance your 3 Legged Stool:
Mine for August:

Spiritual - A Resilient Life by Gordon McDonald, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller (for the third time). Guy just gave the benediction at the DNC on Monday.

Physical - Crossfit Journal August. Was there any question?

Mental: JUL/AUG issue of Foreign Affairs Journal featuring Condy Rice's "The New American Realism."

Keepin that 3 Legged Stool Balanced...preparing for the 3 Bars of Death WOD...it's gotta be coming soon.

Peace,
Chappy

Last Book: Iliad

My favorite books: Don Quixote by Cervantes, Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, 1984 or Animal Farm by Orwell, and anything by Hemingway.

Next on my list: Lone Survivor again, Wealth of Nations, Canterbury Tales.

gaucoin,

i'm in complete agreement with that take on palahniuk.

Go Coast Guard! Its hella cool to see that others in my branch of service are doing the same training I am 3000 miles away with out any of us knowing each other....Especially since we are such a small service....

How can I find a set of HSPU assist bands like the ones used in the video.

ultramarathon man by dean karnazes. I am currently reading the wisdom of crowds by james surowiecki.

#113 et al,
As best I recall (a shaky thing some days) the Kool-Ade reference goes back a few years to comments that compared CrossFit to a fitness cult. Several CrossFitters, being the way we are, jumped on this comparison and more-or-less said "if CrossFit is a cult, then I'm drinking the Kool-Ade", in a reference to the aforementioned Jim Jones cult. (As an aside, I assume that Gym Jones is so named for the same reason.) Since then it has appeared in numerous posts and on several t-shirts. In short, any all-or-nothing, die-hard CrossFitter is "drinking the Kool-Ade".

Regards,
Doug

last book i finished was "The Game" by Neil Strauss. Currently reading "The Making of George Washington" and "The Ultimate Zombie Survival Guide".... gotta have variety.

I'm excited about this assignment. I love talking books.

Started reading all the classics I somehow missed lin school ike David Copperfield, Catch-22 (pretty great; kinda like M*A*S*H), The Aenid (I wasn't smart enough) and Grapes of Wrath (awesome). But if you wanna laugh for sure, the book I just finished was David Sedaris' new one. I forgot what it's called. See how smart I am? Something like "What to Do If You're Engulfed in Flames." Very well crafted. Real worth it.

#65 Tom Boston - you can do Ulysses. Just start it, get in a groove and it's not so bad.

# 65 dfb - Atlas is an all-time favorite of mine. Good libertarianism in that book.

#67 bhub - is that Traffic book worth reading?

#99 Robin - I've got 2 or 3 other books similar to Freakonomics but not quite as good. If you e-mail me I'll try to find them for you.

I just finished "Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious" by Gerd Gigerenzer. The book is about how evolved heuristic "rules of thumb" shape our decision making processes. I recommend it.

I am currently reading "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" by David Hume.

The Last Lecture....

Randy Pausch

Great read. It will only take an afternon

for those with kids and have ever had to suffer through a ppt:
http://home.nyc.rr.com/dradosh/ppaol4.html

Llama, Llama,Red Pajama...for my 2yo boy.
End War -Tom Clancy...for me.

You know there's a giant thread on Books in the forums already, right? :D

Been losing my motivation to work out lately and it's killing me emotionally but physically I just don't feel like doing stuff. I feel like a fat slob when I don't spend at least 20 minutes a day sweating and catching my breath after I do something strenuous.

Does this ever happen to anyone else? If it does and you have good tips to overcome it, email me please. Fueledbyhype@hotmail.com

Appreciated if anyone does.

I found this on the Radiohead website:

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

"Project Gutenberg" allows you to download text documents of classic literature for free onto your iPhone, PDA, PC, etc. It is what I am using to read "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" by David Hume.

Enjoy.

the black swan which i heard about on this blog. about the same time i finished naked by david sedaris. gotta get his new book. that is one funny guy.

don't have much time for reading though with all my watching of the deadliest catch. for some reason i have to know the crab count between the northwestern and the cornelia marie. even if it was 3 seasons ago. pathetic.

shana a

my son read the golden compass and i took him to see the movie. very cool.

"Book of the Dead" Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner -- a must read.

The End of Faith, by Sam Harris

Just finished Choke.

Looking to start Shibumi

ICEMAN by Chuck Liddell. The dude is a badass! Also, I would like to thank God for the rest day.

"An Army at Dawn" by Rick Atkinson

Been doing two WODs a day so this rest day is much needed. Love the video. Going to use that band set up so our clients can get the confidence to do a handstand push-up.

The last book I read was In Defense of Food by Micheal Pollan.

Great follow up read to his previous work, The Omnivore's Dilema.

#157 Murlin,

If you enjoyed Gut Feelings, try out "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. Great read on gut instinct again. He also wrote Tipping Point, another worthy read.

#36 Wild at Heart is a great book--I've read it twice.
Last book I read was "Epic" by the same author, John Eldredge.

"The Disinformation Book of Lists" by Russ Kick

Actually the kool aid reference does come from the Jim Jones cult. But drinking the kool aid is a negative connotation refering to the fact that if you are brain washed by the "globo gym" types into thinking you need to do chest this day, back that day, etc. then you are drinking the kool aid. Thus it is why gym jones has shirts with the kool aid logo with the big circle and slash through it around it. In other words.. dont drink the kool aid.. go find out for yourself.

#173 Chappy,

The thing on the back cover (I forget what it is called) said Gigerenzer's research was a major source for "Blink." So, I probably will read that sometime too, but right now I need a change of pace; I need a new topic.

Thanks for the heads up though!

"The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson. A Crossfit must read. The author teaches that it is the small things done repeatly over time that makes the difference. The Big Mac will not kill you, tomorrow, but a big mac a day every day will at some point. Likewise, a burpee today will not get you into shape, but burpees compounded over time lead to the slight edge with your health. Good stuff.

Last book

"Papillion" by Henri Charriere

it's a crossfit style struggle if I ever read one.

Also making my way through "Starting Strength 2nd Edition."

#37

I'm still working on Atlas Shrugged!
great book so far, i cant wait to finish it

"I hope they serve beer in hell" by Tucker Max
Non stop laughs the whole book.

"Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi

"Reinventing Collapse" by Dmitry Orlov

Last Book: Ghost Rider: Travels on a Healing Road, by Neil Peart (Drummer for the rock band, Rush).

Favorite Book: The Man Who Listens to Horses, by Monty Roberts.

Agreed: Kite Runner was excellent.

Favorite Classic: Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes

Just starting to read: Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates (1961)

"Godless" by Anne Coulter, and in the middle of reading "Enter the Zone", by Barry Sears PHD, and "Religion of peace? why Christianity is and Islam isn't." by Robert Spencer.

The Tucker Max book is a great read. Best read on a Sunday morning after a long weekend in Vegas at around Bloody Mary number 6.

i'm working on ' while you are engulfed in flames ' by david sedaris- a collection of essays that are funny and acerbic- love all of his stuff and his pieces on 'this american life' on npr.

GIRLS.. if you want to laugh your ass off, " are you there vodka, its me chelsea" this is the first book that i read and could not stop laughing. she has a hilarious description of the first time she saw a guy's..well, you know.

#156
Traffic is cool, but it reads like a long magazine article. I am obsessed with traffic (having lived all over I feel that it is regionally distinct). Vanderbilt doesn't appear to be an engineer or an authority on the subject, and he asks interesting questions that I'm not sure he ever fully answers.
It is worth if for the info he has on attention to the road and how the many distractions are way more affecting than we think.

the Shack - challenges what your perception of God may be.

could someone enlighten me on the burpee challenge. is it one burpee per day for a certain amount of days or months?

thanks,

marc

Strong enough? by Rip, Two Wars by Nathan Self, and Warrior Elite by Couch

currently working on:
Eckart Tolle 'The Power of Now'
Collin Tipping 'Radical Forgiveness'
Dr. Wayne Dyer 'The Power of Intention'
Fast Food Nation
Queen Noor 'Leap of Faith' - the American wife of the deceased King Hussein of Jordan.

E Myth Revisited- Great for any affiliate

Mike

Last book was "The Snowfly". I forget the author. Good read for those who enjoy hunting the trout.

Prior to that was "Bowerman and The Men of Oregon". Great book that gives excellent perspective on the talent of track athletes and mid distance runners in particular.

Oh... Good Night Moon and The Big Red Barn are on my every day reading list as well.

Perhaps one of my favorite books of all time is "Gates of Fire" by Stephen Pressfield which I learned about while reading Lone Survivor. Apparently one of Murph's favorite books.

Popular topic today.

Last book was "The Snowfly". I forget the author. Good read for those who enjoy hunting the trout.

Prior to that was "Bowerman and The Men of Oregon". Great book that gives excellent perspective on the talent of track athletes and mid distance runners in particular.

Oh... Good Night Moon and The Big Red Barn are on my every day reading list as well.

Perhaps one of my favorite books of all time is "Gates of Fire" by Stephen Pressfield which I learned about while reading Lone Survivor. Apparently one of Murph's favorite books.

Popular topic today.

Non-fiction: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" - Ralston -- a surprising well written book by someone who is not an author by training.

Fiction -- "World without End" - Follett -- love the period history novels.

Right now reading Salt: A World History; The Killer Angels; The Nine (a book about the current Supreme Court); and last finished was Starting Strength. Actually rereading and rereading SS--doing Crossfit made me realize how far I am from strong, so I've scaled back WODing to once a week in order to follow Coach Rip's program for a while. Did my first workout today and loved it! Discovered that heavy deadlifts have an effect on me similar to meditation--my world shrinks to about a 5-ft. circle. Awesome for getting out of my head, something that can't ever happen too much... :)

Last book was "The Snowfly". I forget the author. Good read for those who enjoy hunting the trout.

Prior to that was "Bowerman and The Men of Oregon". Great book that gives excellent perspective on the talent of track athletes and mid distance runners in particular.

Oh... Good Night Moon and The Big Red Barn are on my every day reading list as well.

Perhaps one of my favorite books of all time is "Gates of Fire" by Stephen Pressfield which I learned about while reading Lone Survivor. Apparently one of Murph's favorite books.

Popular topic today.

Sorry for the duplicate posts. My computer was on the fritz.

Read (as in listened to) Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult

"Blood Meridian" - Cormac McCarthy

"Cicero: the Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician" - Anthony Everitt

"In a Sunburned Country" - Bill Bryson

love this topic.

fiction - Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
and Jack:Secret Histories by F. Paul Wilson

Just started non-fiction Brain Rules by John Medina

Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch and On Combat by Dave Grossman

BOYD The fighter pilot who changed the art of war. by Robert Coram
The biography of the man who designed the plan for the success of the Gulf War. Great insight into the intrigue in the Pentagon. Best quote, "there will come a time in your career when you have to decide whether you want to be somebody, or make a difference."

re-reading "Live From New York" the behind the scenes story of Saturday Night Live

Getting the Greg Everett Oly lift book sometime this week, it should be an awesome read.

Concurrently reading:

Absolute BSD 2ed by Michael Lucas -- Definitive book on using and administering FreeBSD (yum!)

The IDA Pro Book by Chris Eagle -- From one of who I believe is one of the best software reverse engineers in the world (Top 10, AT LEAST), a thorough discussion on using one of the most popular disassemblers for computer and network security research.

The current issue of the Journal of International Affairs published through Columbia University -- Can't do without some deep analysis of global issues of today.

I have missed a couple of wods and am looking forward to doing wed wod.It may kick my @#% but I will get through it.Kool aid please!

Children of the Mind : Orson Scott Card

Awesome book. I like the entire Ender series. Great story line and it really keeps you involved.

Right now I'm reading No True Glory. It's about the Battle of Fallujah. Really good read so far. I highly recommend it.

just finished Wayne Dyer's Change your thoughts-change your life - his interpretation of the Tao Te Ching and also currently sifting slowly through A drink with Shane MacGowan - Pogues frontman.

Cool band assisted handstand push ups.

Fountainhead - Rand (Audio)
Into Thin Air – Krakauer (Audio)
Starting Strength – Rip and Kilgore
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living – Carnegie

Thanks!

WITH THE OLD BREED
E.B.SLEDGE

It's about the battles for Pellelieu and Okinawa. It will open your eyes about how tough Grandpa is.

Currently, "The Slight Edge", by Greg Olson.

Currently reading
Dune by Frank Herbert
Protein Power Lifeplan Eades anmd Eades
Was also half through Paleo Diet-but my Mum borrored it!

Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman

Most inspirational book ive ever read about a true hero!

where water comes together with other water: by Raymond Carver

From Ghengis #82:

> what a useless sesame street video. that could
> have been cut down to a 5-second equipment
> demonstration.

> the reason why his group was unresponsive was
> because he was taking 15 minutes to say what
> could have been demonstrated in 1.

Well, then ask for your money back. Try providing some constructive criticism in the future.

From Marc #189:

> could someone enlighten me on the burpee
> challenge. is it one burpee per day for a
> certain amount of days or months?

Yes. Go to Google and type in "Burpee Challenge." Everything you need to know is contained in the first page of results.

The book I am reading right now:

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson

"The Brothers Karamazov" - Fyodor Dostoevsky

I'm surprised at the amount of excellent literature that other CrossFitters are reading.

Stronger, Smarter, Better-Read and Faster!

Tuesdays with Morrie...

Such an amazing book about life! If you haven't read it, I suggest that you pick it up and do so. Everyone can learn something from this book!

I'm just finishing the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series by Tad Williams.

I'm liking this thread cause it is reminding me of books that are on my reading list and new ones that should be added.

Also, there is always time to read Dr. Seuss. My favorite is Fox in Sox. What's yours? :)

-TripMN

Oops - I listed Lone Survivor (post #51) as the last fiction book I read - obviously that's NON-fiction. (Jet lag and lack of sleep hitting four countries in one week for work contributes to lack of brain function...)

If books-on-tape are included, I also just listened to one of David Sedaris' books about his family -- hilarious stuff, especially when he reads it himself. Just warn the person next to you on the plane that you're listening to a comedy, and are not simply prone to random fits of laughter!

I notice that many of the Atlas Shrugged readers are in the 18/19 or so age range. That's when I read it and it seems to be the age when most people discover it. It's awesome stuff, but fiction. I've seen what it can do to people who take it too much to heart.

I liked "The Brothers Karamazov" but prefer "Crime and Punishment"

Currently reading "Great Expectations"

Currently reading-

"One Month to Live: 30 Days to a No Regrets Life"
you can probably take an educated guess on what it's about. It's an okay read.. Not as intriguing as I had hoped.

Man o man am I in need of this rest day.. Last three days were painful, yet fun too.

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Blindness by Jose Saramago

(Considered the two best books since WW2)

"What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami

A great short memoir by one of my favorite author on his thoughts before running the 2005 NYC Marathon. A great, great read for the (undiscovered) runner in everyone :)

"Freakonomics" by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt.

Halfway through The "Paleo Diet" by Loren Cordain

"One Bullet Away" by Nate Fick

It is an autobiographical story of a marine corps officer baptized by 9-11 Very well written. Read this and Black Hawk Down and you WILL want to joint the military to kill terrorists, I did.

I like to think that I am pretty well read so i have a couple comments here.

"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel- forgot who was reading that but completely amazing modern literature.

"Great Gatsby" -single greatest book ever

"I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" -hilarious. I have been called a mysogynist for reading this but im sorry its too funny.

Currently reading Julius Caesar.

Last read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley- read that in about 3 hours it was so good. Perfect tan after finishing that too. By tan I mean sunburn

currently reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Leaving The American Sector by Jeff Thompson, and The God Dellusion by Dawkins. I'm by no means a "reader", just trying to exercise my brain as much as crossfit does for the body.

Ultra Marathon Man by Dean Karnazes is still my favorite and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone!

GHOST WARS

"How to Read a Book" by Mortimer J. Ladimore

It is required reading for anyone who wants to take their reading comprehension beyond the high school level.

The Four Hour Work Week
Good Calories Bad Calories
Science and Practice Of Strength Training

Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer... if you want to be shocked and devastated by the atrocities of humanity that still go unpunished in the US, you should read this book. It is a very well reasearched look into the secretive lives of many polygamous American religious sects, and the power that religion has over some, even driving them to commit murder. A must-read.

Last few books...

Field of Dishonor (Honor Harrington Series)
World War Z "The Oral History of the Zombie Wars."

ran 4.5 miles - 35:52

"Lord Grizzly" by Frederick Manfred

The ultimate survival story

"THE LAST LECTURE" AND "THE LONE SURVIVOR"

GREENVILLE SC

Hmm, last book was a wee while back.

Currently reading "Protein Power Lifeplan"...would certainly recommend.

Viking - You are incorrect. That is not why Gym Jones has the kool-aid with the circle-line through it. But I ain't going there.

How much does reading case law (some of which is as long as a book) count?

I think the most recent read was "Blink"? Nah, I read something more recently, but I'm on the road (Alaska) and not in front of my bookshelf to check. I was going to pick something up for the 24 hours of flying back to the East Coast tomorrow, but just too tired and too much work to do, right now.

On my list to read - Lone Survivor (although I was In Country when that happened, so I kind of know the story already).

Oh, wait, I read "An Innocent Man" by John Grisham (non-fiction) about three men who were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for a murder they did not commit. That wasn't too long ago. I recommend "The Blind Side" and "The Know It All" for short airline flights. Light, fluffy reads, like popcorn.

Love "Fountainhead" and I read it as an adult. It remains for me a great ideal to strive for. Faithfulness to a principle. Also read Grisham's "The Broker" - not his best stuff by any stretch. In fact, not that great at all, really.

Time for bed.

Currently reading "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond.

It's the follow-up to Guns, Germs, & Steel, which a couple people mentioned above. Mr. Diamond's books are among the most informative & intelligent pieces of work I have read.

Reading was part of my New Year's Resolution, as I am in grad school, I missed the "free time reading" that I used to do. I decided that I would read one non-school related book per month. I finished my August book early (Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley-fun fact: Orwell was one of his students). I started my September book a little early (Oil! by Upton Sinclair-nothing like, There Will Be Blood).

small cap stock investing

"The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer

I have read this book at least 6 times and read it every 8-10 months it is that good.

Last books I had to read:
Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars
Thucydides Peloponnesian War
Xenophon Anabasis
They were all good, the Anabasis didn't blow me away like I thought it was going to.

Lost book I chose to read:

Soldier's Heart by Elizabeth D. Samet

Very good book about a Woman who teaches English at West Point. My Dad used to teach English at West Point so It's close to home for me. Her point it that English can be a powerful tool for building character and morale courage in Cadets but you have to be careful you don't let an overly romanticized notion of what War is.

Favorite Book: DUNE

I'm starting to think everyone lies about their posts...sub 9 minute times yesterday WOD...War and Peace...Crime and Punishment...It's just hard to swallow that grown adults not in school would read that stuff...for fun. I'm not accusing, I guess I'm congratulating you, your better men and women than me.

Why are you guys reading the Hagakure now? Ghost Dog came out like six years ago. A good code but taken with a grain of salt as Tsunetomo who wrote it never saw a war and wasn't really a hardcore Samurai. Best passage and most appropriate quote for a Crossfitter:

"There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything."
Yamamoto Tsunetomo, The Hagakure

A Samurai's way of saying 3,2,1 go!

If you liked the Hagakure you might like "Autumn Lightning" by Dave Lowry or "Angry White Pajamas" by Robert Twigger. Both are about martial arts training and Japanese Martial Culture. Check them out.

If you haven't figured out I'm kinda a medieval/classical warfare/Samurai buff.

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens

I am about to start Starting Strength.

Re: #5 Bingo... how about The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

last books finished; La Reina del Sur, Reverte
y El Alquimista,Coelho.
still reading ,Starting Strength and Paleo Diet,great info in both.

Interpreting The Truth by Bill Countryman

Awaiting from Amazon, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing.

Currently studying Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe.

Considering revisiting Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap series. Might skip that and buy Arthur C. Clarke's compendium of short stories, finally. Hmm, now that I think about it, I am ordering it today.

Homer's Iliad.
That's where the study of leadership should begin.

The book I read daily - The King James AV1611 Bible

No other book compares

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick M. Lencioni

Currently reading: The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse - Lawrence Scanlan

"Why We Need Higher Taxes, More Government Action and Expert Help to Head Off the Dangers of Global Warming", by G. Glassman

;)

The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu. Tenth Century Japan. Do not look for Samurai in this one. As long as it is a two-volume 1,600 pages feat, I believe I might engage in something shorter when done. Any suggestions?

'Steppenwolf' by Herman Hesse

'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein

Read it to my 2 girls last night before bed, right now, it means more to me than them, but that will change.

Last book I read was The Dip by Seth Godin.

Currently reading Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes.

Just Finished: Liberal Fascism
#88 (Jeff_IN) or anybody else - if you wanted to explore more of what happens from time to time through "well intentioned" policies in the US, this book is fantastic.

Reading Now: Freedomnomics. Loved Freakonomics and this book was advertised as a "counter argument" to Freakonomics. So far, OK, but not as exciting a read - it's a traditional economists' view of many of Freakonomics' theories.

Recently Finished: The Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis. Really interesting Academic viewpoint on why the "West" is engaged in a Holy War (whether we think it or not) with Islamic Extremists. I and about a dozen of my co-workers have all read it.

I'm also impressed with the physical fitness of this group and the reading lists. I'm going to look into Atlas Shrugged and I really need to read Brave New World.

See you on the Blog tomorrow.

PS - If anybody knows those dudes who make the "Ass Whooping" series videos, they need to make more. They're freakin' hilarious - I laughed my butt off yesterday before doing the WOD.

Cheers.

Ben

Liberal Fascism (Goldberg), The Forgotten Man (Shlaes), Good Calories Bad Calories (Taubes), Happiness is a Serious Problem (Prager), Lone Survivor (Luttrell).

"The Ribbon Creek Indident: The Marine Corps in Crisis"
Mandatory reading for the Series Officer's Course down here in Parris Island. It was a pretty good book; I am glad I read it.

Spy Handler (Memoirs of a KGB Officer)

I recently tried to read "The Men Who Stare at Goats", but couldn't make it but a quarter way through the book. One of the few books I've quit on.

Before that, I read "Richistan" on the beach and thougth it was a terrific read. Not really -pro or anti-capitalist, just a look into the lives of the superrich. Very well written and a quick read.

Before that, and also on the beach, I read "Lone Survivor." There's been enough said about that book on here . One of the best.

Now, I'm currently reading Vincent Bugliosi's "Outrage".

Just finished re-reading "A Patch of Blue" by Elizabeth Kata.

I think those bands for spotting the HSPU are awesome! I got my wife Angie into CrossFit about a month ago and she's hooked. I would like to get my hands on some of those bands but I'm not sure exactly which ones I should get can someone out there help me out? You can just answer me on here or email me at eric.dibartolomeo@ramstein.af.mil

Thanks!

"Why i am not a christian" by the great historian/mathemetician/philosopher Bertrand Russell
just started...
"GREAT AMERICAN HYPOCRITES" by Glenn Greenwald

...never new what a gigantic coward John Wayne really was...hmmm

Also, recently gave a copy of "Liberal Fascism" Jonah Goldberg to a client of mine... she needed paper for the bottom of her birdcage.

"The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker

Looks at how to interpret that "gut feeling" when you are afraid and how to explain your fear.

My next book will be "Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales.

The book deals with how to survive a critical incident and how to cope with the aftermath.

"The Shack" by William P. Young

Just finished:
Einstein's Cosmos (Michio Kaku)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)

Currently Reading:
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

Not sure it counts as reading, but I'm working my way through two textbooks I got myself:
Light and Matter
Understanding Philosophy

I recently alternated between these two:

"Two Space War" by LTC Dave Grossman (USA Ret.)- This is a sci-fi tale (think Master & Commander set in space)salted with all of Grossman's great insights and teachings. Great read for the professional or aspiring warrior
&
"Leadership & Training for the Fight" by MSGT Paul Howe (USA Ret.)- Howe was a member of Delta and has written the best source for leadership and personal motivation, combat or otherwise, that I have ever read.

Currently re-reading "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius (The Penguin Books edition). One of my favorites. I keep it with my scriptures.

Last finished -- "Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales. Interesting but overwritten.

Currently reading "Reclaiming History" by Vincent Bugliosi ... 1500 pages on the JFK assassination. Fascinating.

Re. #70 --

"A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Mind-blowingly good book. It should be required reading in our public schools."

Yeah, because kids in public school don't get enough revisionist history. Since the book's readily available online, here's a sample from his chapter on WW II:

"It was a war against an enemy of unspeakable evil. Hitler's Germany was extending totalitarianism, racism, militarism, and overt aggressive warfare beyond what an already cynical world had experienced. And yet, did the governments conducting this war-England, the United States, the Soviet Union-represent something significantly different, so that their victory would be a blow to imperialism, racism, totalitarianism, militarism, in the world?"

Last book I finished was 'Book of the Dead' (fiction). Don't really do fiction becuse I think that I could be doing something more constructive and which will teach me something. I'm also not the fastest reader on the planet, so I've got a book on Samurai and 'Recoil' by Andy McNab on the go at the minute. Must pick both up again and get them finished. My wife is an elite reader and keeps on making me read fiction. Perhaps we could do CrossFit Reading: Read a given book for time and then answer ten questions on it. 50 burpee forfit for every wrong answer. Lets start reading.

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande

Gawande discusses various issues in medicine and the ways in which the best doctors succeed. There is a wonderful chapter about the increased performance of the Forward Surgical Teams in Iraq.

Theodore Rex by Edmond Morris. Biography of Theodore Roosevelt 1901 to 1909.

Amazing man. The similaries between the guilded age of the 1900s, the rebel insurgency in the Phillipines, torture, including water boarding, invading a sovergn country (in this case Panama) and today's gilded age and invasion of Iraq is trenchant! Alot to learn from Teddy.

It's no wonder he's on Mount Rushmore.

i hope they serve beer in hell
by tucker max

freakin hilarious

Recently I reread Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Great book. Always makes me paranoid though! lol

48 laws of power by robert greene

I am just finishing "Warrior Elite"

Recently finished Into Thin Air by John Krauker and just started Lone Survivor.

"Dune" by Frank Herbert and "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. Both were fascinating reads in their own way.

Highly recommended.

Many posts for Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged, The Anthem, The Fountainhead). I suggest you read Rand's "Philosophy, Who Needs It" as well. It's a NF discussion of the various philosophers, their good points and bad.
I agree with some of the posts -- be a bit careful with Rand's ideology. I've seen a few folks get a bit screwed up in the head by absorbing her too much.

These are interesting, can't wait to read more of these.

Just finished 'captains of crush grippers' by strossen - extremely useful in pursuit of gripper improvement.

I'm somewhere between 25% and 75% complete with 'Boyd' which author I cannot remember, 'The anti inflammation zone' by Sears, 'The paleo diet for athletes' by cordain, 'who killed healthcare' by Herzlinger, and 'Redefining Healthcare' by Porter. Seems like I'm going to finish Sears' book first. Next, "GCBC". Paul

Finished Out of the silent planet
Reading Perelandra and
God in the Dock
all three by CS Lewis

TomC #213

thank you sir, I had found it after I put some time into looking fr it.

waist deep in "To Dare & To Conquer" by Derek Leebaert. It's a survey of Special Operations from Biblical times till now. I love it when smart mean warriors do their thing. Meeting the author in a week...

I've read a majority of the same books that the other posters have listed. What a fun community.

My alltime favorites:
"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. The funniest thing ever written. Wet your pants laughing. A splendid ride.

"The Fermata" by Nicholson Bakker. Great smut, huge laughs.

"Once an Eagle" by Anton Myrer. Heroic. I am irrevocably in love with Sam Damon.

and, of course, the book that pushed me off the rails and started my life's journey: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

No rest for the wicked!

Mini Murph
800m run
100 Pull-ups (Grav 15 kg)
100 Push-ups
100 Squats
800m run

23:40

Push-ups are killing me as always.

Sträck på dig!

The last book I read was Rant, by Chuck Palahniuk. That's the guy who wrote Fight Club. weird.

Glad to see a lot of Palahniuk

Currently reading: Island at the Center of the World - It's the story of New Netherlands before the British took it over and pretty much erased all of its history.

Just finished: Inside the Whale - it's a collection of essays by George Orwell. It's funny how even in the 1930's in England, we still seem to be facing the same political, economic and social problems today

"Highway to Hell!" Dispatches from a mercenary in Iraq.