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- Cherry Bomb – (2004 movie)
– I can’t find it. =( - Hardcore Henry – (2015 movie)
– It has more gore than I would normally watch, but it was fantastic.
- Cherry Bomb – (2004 movie)
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A book on Bushido, the old way of the samurai, as created in conversation with an old master-turned-monk.
In a time when the others were softening up, a samurai who had lost his master and left to live in a monastery spoke in hushed tones to a friend about the old ways he grew up in. Although he and others insisted the manuscripts be burned, the promises were broken when they were kept secret. They would be later compiled and published, and even later translated from its original Japanese.
A particularly interesting book. Although most of it is definitely not directly-applicable today, I think anyone who already has a sufficient “wisdom” (whatever that means) will find bits and pieces of insight.
- Properly titled Bushido – The Way of the Samurai
TODO – Find this..
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308109/
I want to watch this because it has Masiela Lusha, who I know from Dragonfyre – (2013 movie). However, I cannot find it.
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- Propaganda – (1928 book), by Edward Bernays
– Not recommended. - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – (1974 book), by Robert M. Pirsig
– Absolutely not recommended.
- Propaganda – (1928 book), by Edward Bernays
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- The Fountainhead – (1943 book), by Ayn Rand
– Oh god, such a piece of shit. It was so bad that I blocked out that I had already made a page for it. This page has been updated with more recent disgust.
- The Fountainhead – (1943 book), by Ayn Rand
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The author works to sell the notion of propaganda as a skill and service, inventing what is best described as “ethical propaganda”. He used this to manufacture his relevancy and sell his career. This book is particularly interesting in that the author and what he writes can itself be understood by what is written. The teaching can be used on itself.
Its first half is boring as hell to me, but I guess it would have been fascinating back then. A little after the half-way point it has grown very dark, talking about leaders instead of elected officials and manipulation instead of representation.
It does show its age in a number of places, but its stories are trivially generalizable.
So far I guess I’d put this on an intellectual’s book shelf, though it all seems obvious and not even particularly collectible. I’m not sure if it would “red pill” an everyday person or even be interesting to one.
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Collections of science fiction short stories, curated by.. people I don’t know and who have no authority in my mind. They came into being pre-internet and still cling to relevancy.
I was excited to find these, but their stories are hit-and-miss.
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- The Myth of Sisyphus (1955 book), by Albert Camus
- Nightwork – (2003 book), “by” T. F. Peterson
- The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury – (1887-1908 stories), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
– I’m still reading this. - Freax volume 1 – (2005 book), by Tamas Polgar
– I guess this will be among the ever-expanding “you can’t get this and you can’t have this” books in my collection. - SJWs Always Lie – (2015 book), by Vox Day
– I finished this a little while ago and forgot to make a page. I guess I should be making a habit of writing pages for books.
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- Free Speech Isn’t Free – (2016 book), by Roosh V
– I finished this a little while ago but didn’t realise I had an entry for it. Recommended.
- Free Speech Isn’t Free – (2016 book), by Roosh V
TODO – re-read and especially the other essays.
 Not the cover of my edition.
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I’m either stupid or arrogant to say that this isn’t particularly good. I’ll have to re-read it yet again before I can either give a description or a proper opinion.
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1942 – The Myth of Sisyphus
- First translated into English in 1955.
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(other essays noted below) TODO
- Properly titled The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
- ISBN 9 780679 733737
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A book on a particular aspect of culture and events in the history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It glimpses into one aspect of “playful hacking“, pranks and practical jokes.
- Properly titled Nightwork – A history of hacks and pranks at MIT
- ISBN-10: 9-780262-661379
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Combines The Journal of the Institute for Hacks, TomFoolery, and Pranks at MIT (J. IHTFP) with “Is This The Way To Baker House?”
This may take me quite some time to read through.
 Not the cover of my edition
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A classic work combining classic works.
I bought this because it’s considered one of the great works of literature and has survived into common culture. Though I can see why this would have been popular at the time, especially thanks to the forward saying that the brief writing style was rare, I don’t yet see why this would appeal to today’s person. Perhaps it’s just me, but so far I find the writing style rather insulting.
Unabridged:
- 1887 – A Study in Scarlet
- 1890 – The Sign of the Four
- 1892 – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- 1893 – The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- 1902 – The Hound of the Baskervilles
- 1904 – The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- 1908 – The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
- Sherlock Holmes
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Properly titled The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury – Revised & Expanded
- ISBN 0-517-43614-0
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ISBN 0-517-43614-2 (lib. ed.)
- Library edition?
