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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Look Out it's Sabs! wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Ahaha, the Penguin Complete Collection weighs 763 pounds.

    How many books is that?

    1,082 books.

    I remember having a few of those books as a kid.

    Can't remember what they were though.
    Man everybody's got some Penguins lying around

    Elendil on
  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Elendil wrote: »
    Man everybody's got some Penguins lying around
    Actually, I don’t think I do.

    stilist on
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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I think the only Penguin book I have is The Count of Monte Cristo.

    Sarksus on
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Madness
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I think the only Penguin book I have is The Count of Monte Cristo.
    I saw that one at Borders

    It's like a foot thick

    Elendil on
  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I think the only Penguin book I have is The Count of Monte Cristo.

    I should read that someday.

    Cinders on
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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.

    James on
  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Elendil wrote: »
    Madness
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I think the only Penguin book I have is The Count of Monte Cristo.
    I saw that one at Borders

    It's like a foot thick

    Yeah. I got it unabridged.

    Great book.

    Even the portions that are not strictly relevant to the overarching plot are enjoyable and interesting.

    Sarksus on
  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    James wrote: »
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.
    Welcome to italics.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Tim Burton <3

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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    stilist wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.
    Welcome to italics.

    Why would I use italics for books?

    James on
  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    the largest Penguin book I have is Royall Tyler's translation of the tale of genji

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    James wrote: »
    stilist wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.
    Welcome to italics.

    Why would I use italics for books?

    Traditionally works by authors are italicized.

    Aegis on
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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I've got

    Homer - Iliad, Odyssey
    Aeschylus - Oresteia
    Chaucer - Canterbury Tales
    Donne - Complete Poems
    Flaubert - Madame Bovary
    Gogol - Dead Souls
    Nietzsche - Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil
    Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
    Tolstoy - Anna Karenina

    Elendil on
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    James wrote: »
    stilist wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.
    Welcome to italics.

    Why would I use italics for books?
    Italics is preferred for long works

    Short works in quotation marks

    Elendil on
  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    stilist wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.
    Welcome to italics.

    Why would I use italics for books?

    Traditionally works by authors are italicized.

    Throughout all my schooling I've been told books are always underlined. Are you sure this is not just a difference in preferred style?

    James on
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I also lost a Penguin Lovecraft collection

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    James wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    stilist wrote: »
    James wrote: »
    I have Paradise Lost.

    My non-Penguin Classics one is Down and Out in Paris and London.
    Welcome to italics.

    Why would I use italics for books?

    Traditionally works by authors are italicized.

    Throughout all my schooling I've been told books are always underlined. Are you sure this is not just a difference in preferred style?
    Underlining is acceptable, but old-fashioned

    I think it was something to do with typewriter limitations

    Elendil on
  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hmm I am going to Italy tomorrow.

    Italian girls are hot right?

    Look Out it's Sabs! on
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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Look Out it's Sabs! wrote: »
    Hmm I am going to Italy tomorrow.

    Italian girls are hot right?
    Verily

    Elendil on
  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Elendil wrote: »
    Look Out it's Sabs! wrote: »
    Hmm I am going to Italy tomorrow.

    Italian girls are hot right?
    Verily

    Good, let's hope cute Canadian boys turn them on.

    8-)

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Underlining was necessary because only print shops had italics before computers.

    stilist on
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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hey Sabs, you should invest in some protection while you're over there. I know a relative who'll make sure you have a problem free trip for only $200.

    Aegis on
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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Alright, I will keep that in mind.

    James on
  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    redneck_mulletfamilyportrait.jpg

    http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aw cute, they worked their pets into the family picture.

    Aegis on
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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    James wrote: »
    Alright, I will keep that in mind.
    It’s like the rule about putting two spaces after sentences.

    stilist on
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  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    Hey Sabs, you should invest in some protection while you're over there. I know a relative who'll make sure you have a problem free trip for only $200.

    Is this relative your sister? :winky:

    Look Out it's Sabs! on
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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    They can take my two spaces from my cold dead hands

    Elendil on
  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Look Out it's Sabs! wrote: »
    Aegis wrote: »
    Hey Sabs, you should invest in some protection while you're over there. I know a relative who'll make sure you have a problem free trip for only $200.

    Is this relative your sister? :winky:

    Inflation has raised the price to $500.

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  • stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Elendil wrote: »
    They can take my two spaces from my cold dead hands
    The sooner the better with that attitude.

    stilist on
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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I know this is going to sound like a white guy whining about affirmative action and if so sorry for being obnoxious but Christ I hate when people treat me like there's something wrong with me for being attentive to my body composition and/or health.

    Organichu on
  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Organichu wrote: »
    I know this is going to sound like a white guy whining about affirmative action and if so sorry for being obnoxious but Christ I hate when people treat me like there's something wrong with me for being attentive to my body composition and/or health.

    ...How does staying fit turn into an affirmative action debate?

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    I know this is going to sound like a white guy whining about affirmative action and if so sorry for being obnoxious but Christ I hate when people treat me like there's something wrong with me for being attentive to my body composition and/or health.

    ...How does staying fit turn into an affirmative action debate?

    TL DR on
  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    I know this is going to sound like a white guy whining about affirmative action and if so sorry for being obnoxious but Christ I hate when people treat me like there's something wrong with me for being attentive to my body composition and/or health.

    ...How does staying fit turn into an affirmative action debate?

    I think you're reading it wrong.

    James on
  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hee Hee

    Cinders on
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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aegis wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    I know this is going to sound like a white guy whining about affirmative action and if so sorry for being obnoxious but Christ I hate when people treat me like there's something wrong with me for being attentive to my body composition and/or health.

    ...How does staying fit turn into an affirmative action debate?

    Well, I don't want to sound like I'm so deeply wounded by their criticisms when I'm in a relatively advantaged position- I've already put in the time and I'm in very good shape and excellent health. Saying "olol it sucks when people get on me about my pecs of steel" sort of feels like being a white guy who enjoys every advantage then bitches because of something like affirmative action.

    It just annoys me, this fitness thing in my cultural acquaintances (work mates mostly, I guess). Someone at work wanted me to chip in for some grievously unhealthy pizza full of bacon and ranch and stuff, and I opted out. He ordered the food for himself anyway but took me aside in a patronly manner and went "dude just do what makes you HAPPY", and I told him that the benefits of not eating that stuff made me happy. He shook his head sadly in this way that spelled out "wow, this kid is so mixed up" and walked away like I was a brainwashed teenage girl who stuffs her bra or something.

    Organichu on
  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Man I don't think I want to mess around with Ubuntu anymore.

    I'm gonna try Arch Linux.

    Sarksus on
  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    That guy sounds like a complete idiot. Though now I understand your original post. Hell, I'd just say ignore him but just take his/your advice: staying fit makes you happy. Fuck what anyone else thinks.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Why would you use linux

    Why

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  • Look Out it's Sabs!Look Out it's Sabs! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fuck I want some bacon ranch pizza with extra grease now.

    Look Out it's Sabs! on
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