I pre-ordered Gary Gulman's memoir, "Misfit: Growing up Awkward in the '80s", back in spring and forgot about it, till I got the note this week that it'd been dispatched. Really looking forward to starting that soon.

Re-reading 1984 for school. This guy was a demsoc?! Talk about circular firing squads.

jimmy spako wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2024 3:55 pm I pre-ordered Gary Gulman's memoir, "Misfit: Growing up Awkward in the '80s", back in spring and forgot about it, till I got the note this week that it'd been dispatched. Really looking forward to starting that soon.

It’s perfect.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 2:20 am https://reverb.com/news/interview-anjal ... tely-maybe

Doesn't qualify as a long-read, so leaving it here. Lovely piece.

loved this, thank you.

bought and read You spin me round: essays on music so that i could read M John Harrison's brief essay on 'Visions of Johanna'. didn't disappoint. at least two other amazing pieces (one on 'O Superman') from names i didn't recognise. the book is like £7. recommended.

Rich Dad Poor Dad.

I have to give a report over it for a class and I’m fuckin miserable about it. It was that or Malcolm Gladwell

That truly sucks. Book absolutely cooked my dad's brain.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 9:11 pm Rich Dad Poor Dad.

I have to give a report over it for a class and I’m fuckin miserable about it. It was that or Malcolm Gladwell

If you need therapy for this listen to the If Books Could Kill podcast episode on it. Two very snarky, progressive academics take down all of the worst popular non fiction.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 9:11 pm Rich Dad Poor Dad.

I have to give a report over it for a class and I’m fuckin miserable about it. It was that or Malcolm Gladwell

The fuck is the class? The fuck is wrong with education? That or Gladwell? Fuck.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/598 ... n-dreaming

Excellent so far.

enframed wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 8:58 am

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 9:11 pm Rich Dad Poor Dad.

I have to give a report over it for a class and I’m fuckin miserable about it. It was that or Malcolm Gladwell

The fuck is the class? The fuck is wrong with education? That or Gladwell? Fuck.

Business.

Not sure if it’s the teacher or the (other) text book, but a strong inference saying that a govt spending any money in the private sector is just like socialism keeps popping up, which is hilarious. I wish.