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uu_sage
Active Member
Currently Reading
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*Sacred Stones of the Goddess by Galen Gillotte* Galen is a member of my church.
Analects of Confucius
Finished Reading
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Twilight Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (play) read and performed
The The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney (play) read and performed
The Time of your Life by William Saroyan (play) read and performed
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*Sacred Stones of the Goddess by Galen Gillotte* Galen is a member of my church.
Analects of Confucius
Finished Reading
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Twilight Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (play) read and performed
The The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney (play) read and performed
The Time of your Life by William Saroyan (play) read and performed
cardero
Citizen Mod
To quote the author, Thomas Weisser it is a world of cinema of rubber suited monsters, poetic ghost stories, where a soldier trades his uniform for a deads monk robe, where parables of Hiroshima exist side by side with sexy school girls fighting crime with killer yo-yos and a female crimefighter nude except for her cape and mask who stuns foes with her vagina... and this author claims to make me an authority on Japanese Cinema and I plan to be a very a interested, observant student.
jmaster78
Member
i usually have a few books on the go at any one time, at the moment it's
The Life of Herod - Josephus - Everyman
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English - Geza Vermes - Penguin Classics
The Koran - Muhammad - Phoenix
Though i spend most of my time on the RF or writing my own book.
The Life of Herod - Josephus - Everyman
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English - Geza Vermes - Penguin Classics
The Koran - Muhammad - Phoenix
Though i spend most of my time on the RF or writing my own book.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
"The Radioactive Boy Scout: the true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor."
spooky and fun story.
http://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard-Nuclear/dp/037550351X
wa:do
spooky and fun story.
http://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard-Nuclear/dp/037550351X
wa:do
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind by Allen D. Kanner, Theodore Roszak, and Mary E. Gomes
I am reading a Jodi Picoult book called Salem Falls.
darkpenguin
Charismatic Enigma
The lost boy by David Peltzer, sequel to 'A child called 'it'' and prequel to 'A man named Dave'.
These books are awesome and heart-wrenching. I can't understand how any parent could treat a child the way that he was!
A very dark view of child abuse at it's worse amazingly recalled and written as through the eyes of a child. David certainly has a tallent for writting!
These books are awesome and heart-wrenching. I can't understand how any parent could treat a child the way that he was!
A very dark view of child abuse at it's worse amazingly recalled and written as through the eyes of a child. David certainly has a tallent for writting!
Yerda
Veteran Member
I'm halfway through The Human Mind by (Lord) Robert Winston. It's a science book for the layman. It's well written and a quite fascinating subject. I recommend it.
I'm also reading a Thomas Paine collection (gots to love old Tom), and I started What Is Feminism which is a series of essays on feminism. I doubt I'll finish it.
I'm also reading a Thomas Paine collection (gots to love old Tom), and I started What Is Feminism which is a series of essays on feminism. I doubt I'll finish it.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
The Elric Saga: pt II by Michael Moorcock
mmmm.... Elric, fantacy horror at its best.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
True life story about Christopher McCandless who walked into the Alaska wilderness with little more than a ten pound bag of rice to "live in the wild" and how he died there.
Bood Heat by Jim Mortimore
Just a quick little fluff book, a Doctor Who novel I'm reading on break at work.
The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs: second ed. by David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel
New textbook at the University Liberary and I had to read it.... gads I read text books for fun. Yes folks I am a geek/nerd.
wa:do
mmmm.... Elric, fantacy horror at its best.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
True life story about Christopher McCandless who walked into the Alaska wilderness with little more than a ten pound bag of rice to "live in the wild" and how he died there.
Bood Heat by Jim Mortimore
Just a quick little fluff book, a Doctor Who novel I'm reading on break at work.
The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs: second ed. by David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel
New textbook at the University Liberary and I had to read it.... gads I read text books for fun. Yes folks I am a geek/nerd.
wa:do
cardero
Citizen Mod
Jonah Hex, Mormons and the Mountain Meadow Massacre
Jonal Hex is a western DC Comics character that was a disfigured bounty hunter in the mid-nineteenth century. He is the epitome of the anti-hero, Unpredictable, lonely and with a unique perspective of life and a perverse sense of dealing justce. In the early 1970’s Jonah Hex started out in Weird Western Tales and soon enjoyed a lengthy run in his own self-title when western comics were popular with readers. These western comics soon fell out of favor and were cancelled with many comic companies continuing to publish the trendy superhero fare. In the 1990’s Jonah Hex resurfaced in two mini-series that sold very well and showed that there was still a passion for this interesting western character and by 2006 Jonah Hex was revived in his own prestigious series again to the joy of many old school comic collectors.
JONAH HEX MEETS THE MORMONS
In issue Number 12 of Jonah Hex, three horseman travel from the snow covered mountains into a nearby town to purchase and trade supplies with a local general store owner. The store owner reminds them that he did not want them to come back and that he does not want to deal with their kind despite the Mormons pleas that they have starving women and children in the mountains. Four shifty bounty hunters emerge from the shadows and introduce themselves demanding to know where the location of the mountain Mormon encampment explaining that they plan to collect on their heads. The Mormons explain that they have no quarrel with these men that they are just in town to pick up supplies which they feel is their right the same as any other person. A gunfight ensues and two of the Mormons are killed and one is tortured.
Back on the cold wind-swept snowing Utah Mountain rides Jonah Hex but his horse refuses to travel any longer and quickly collapses. Jonah Hex puts the horse down and trudges through the deep snow by himself. He comes across the mountain Mormon encampment but is too weak to travel further and also collapses in the snow where the Mormons, distrustful at first, soon take him under care into the tent. After recovering, Jonah meets a woman from the camp named Anna Wainright who tells Hex that they had to make use of his horse for food. She directly asks if the store owner, Mr. Dice had sent him to kill them but Jonah confesses he doesn’t recognize the name that he was on his way into town to look for work and explains that he is a bounty hunter. Anna’s husband enters the tent and tells her to get away from him. He apologizes for his mistrust but explains that they are Mormons and that wherever they settle they are persecuted and massacred and that there are bountys on all their heads and they have to be cautious about whom they can trust. The third horseman who was tortured back in town somehow manages to make it back to the camp and before he dies reveals that the situation is dire. The Mormons decide to pack up the camp and relocate but Jonah points out with the winter snow storm, that they would never make the trip alive. He offers to go into town to see if he can secure the items that they need.
Jonah enters the town and confronts the store owner. Mr.Dice is tipped off immediately by Jonah’s unusual request for all his blankets and 50 pounds of beef. Mr. Dice places his gun on the counter and aims it on Jonah’s stomach but Jonah Hex is unflinching and insists on the blankets and beef. The four bounty hunters soon enter the store and realize Jonah is acting on behalf of the Mormons and force him at gunpoint to reveal the Mormon encampment. They travel back over the mountain but to Jonah Hex’s surprise the Mormons ambush them. A shootout occurs and Jonah manages to kill one of the bounty hunters. Jonah Hex accuses the Mormons of using him and the Mormons defend themselves by saying that they had a choice to make for survival but that they are not going to kill Hex.
Hex demands to know if the Mormons were involved with the Mountain Meadow Massacre and the Mormon says that he was and that Anna was one of the children that was adopted from that day. The Mormon goes on to explain that he wasn’t proud of his participation but that it was a question of survival but Jonah describes it as cold blooded murder. The Mormon explains that it is no different than what Jonah does and Hex doesn’t see it the same way. The Mormons now expect Hex to lead them into town so that they can kill Mr. Dice and take the supplies they need. Jonah goes into town once again by himself but this time to settle the debt with Mr. Dice for himself and the Mormons for saving his life. Jonah tells Mr. Dice that he has a claim of land given to him by the Mormons and he can collect on it once he is dead but instead of taking it for himself he is going to let the Mormons care take the land for him in his absence. Mr. Dice tries to entice Jonah by upping the anti for the bounty on the Mormon’s heads but Jonah kills the store owner instead.
Jonal Hex is a western DC Comics character that was a disfigured bounty hunter in the mid-nineteenth century. He is the epitome of the anti-hero, Unpredictable, lonely and with a unique perspective of life and a perverse sense of dealing justce. In the early 1970’s Jonah Hex started out in Weird Western Tales and soon enjoyed a lengthy run in his own self-title when western comics were popular with readers. These western comics soon fell out of favor and were cancelled with many comic companies continuing to publish the trendy superhero fare. In the 1990’s Jonah Hex resurfaced in two mini-series that sold very well and showed that there was still a passion for this interesting western character and by 2006 Jonah Hex was revived in his own prestigious series again to the joy of many old school comic collectors.
JONAH HEX MEETS THE MORMONS
In issue Number 12 of Jonah Hex, three horseman travel from the snow covered mountains into a nearby town to purchase and trade supplies with a local general store owner. The store owner reminds them that he did not want them to come back and that he does not want to deal with their kind despite the Mormons pleas that they have starving women and children in the mountains. Four shifty bounty hunters emerge from the shadows and introduce themselves demanding to know where the location of the mountain Mormon encampment explaining that they plan to collect on their heads. The Mormons explain that they have no quarrel with these men that they are just in town to pick up supplies which they feel is their right the same as any other person. A gunfight ensues and two of the Mormons are killed and one is tortured.
Back on the cold wind-swept snowing Utah Mountain rides Jonah Hex but his horse refuses to travel any longer and quickly collapses. Jonah Hex puts the horse down and trudges through the deep snow by himself. He comes across the mountain Mormon encampment but is too weak to travel further and also collapses in the snow where the Mormons, distrustful at first, soon take him under care into the tent. After recovering, Jonah meets a woman from the camp named Anna Wainright who tells Hex that they had to make use of his horse for food. She directly asks if the store owner, Mr. Dice had sent him to kill them but Jonah confesses he doesn’t recognize the name that he was on his way into town to look for work and explains that he is a bounty hunter. Anna’s husband enters the tent and tells her to get away from him. He apologizes for his mistrust but explains that they are Mormons and that wherever they settle they are persecuted and massacred and that there are bountys on all their heads and they have to be cautious about whom they can trust. The third horseman who was tortured back in town somehow manages to make it back to the camp and before he dies reveals that the situation is dire. The Mormons decide to pack up the camp and relocate but Jonah points out with the winter snow storm, that they would never make the trip alive. He offers to go into town to see if he can secure the items that they need.
Jonah enters the town and confronts the store owner. Mr.Dice is tipped off immediately by Jonah’s unusual request for all his blankets and 50 pounds of beef. Mr. Dice places his gun on the counter and aims it on Jonah’s stomach but Jonah Hex is unflinching and insists on the blankets and beef. The four bounty hunters soon enter the store and realize Jonah is acting on behalf of the Mormons and force him at gunpoint to reveal the Mormon encampment. They travel back over the mountain but to Jonah Hex’s surprise the Mormons ambush them. A shootout occurs and Jonah manages to kill one of the bounty hunters. Jonah Hex accuses the Mormons of using him and the Mormons defend themselves by saying that they had a choice to make for survival but that they are not going to kill Hex.
Hex demands to know if the Mormons were involved with the Mountain Meadow Massacre and the Mormon says that he was and that Anna was one of the children that was adopted from that day. The Mormon goes on to explain that he wasn’t proud of his participation but that it was a question of survival but Jonah describes it as cold blooded murder. The Mormon explains that it is no different than what Jonah does and Hex doesn’t see it the same way. The Mormons now expect Hex to lead them into town so that they can kill Mr. Dice and take the supplies they need. Jonah goes into town once again by himself but this time to settle the debt with Mr. Dice for himself and the Mormons for saving his life. Jonah tells Mr. Dice that he has a claim of land given to him by the Mormons and he can collect on it once he is dead but instead of taking it for himself he is going to let the Mormons care take the land for him in his absence. Mr. Dice tries to entice Jonah by upping the anti for the bounty on the Mormon’s heads but Jonah kills the store owner instead.
cardero
Citizen Mod
The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full And Complete History Of The Mormons From The First Vision Of Joseph Smith To The Last Courtship Of Brigham Young (Paperback)
by T. B. H. Stenhouse (Author)
Paperback: 812 pages
ISBN-10: 1428612068
Book Description
Including The Story Of The Hand-Cart Emigrations, The Mormon War, The Mountain-Meadow Massacre, The Reign Of Terror In Utah, The Doctrine Of Human Sacrifice, The Political, Domestic, Social And Theological Influences Of The Saints, The Facts Of Polygamy, The Colonization Of The Rocky Mountains And The Development Of The Great Mineral Wealth Of The Territory Of Utah.
by T. B. H. Stenhouse (Author)
Paperback: 812 pages
ISBN-10: 1428612068
Book Description
Including The Story Of The Hand-Cart Emigrations, The Mormon War, The Mountain-Meadow Massacre, The Reign Of Terror In Utah, The Doctrine Of Human Sacrifice, The Political, Domestic, Social And Theological Influences Of The Saints, The Facts Of Polygamy, The Colonization Of The Rocky Mountains And The Development Of The Great Mineral Wealth Of The Territory Of Utah.
gmelrod
Resident Heritic
Just finished 1776 by [SIZE=-1]David McCullough
It is always amazing to me how diffrent actual American History is from what we are taught as children. The people we are told are heroes sometimes were incompetant or made no real diffrence. All in all a solid read.
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It is always amazing to me how diffrent actual American History is from what we are taught as children. The people we are told are heroes sometimes were incompetant or made no real diffrence. All in all a solid read.
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