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Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin

I'm not an MMA fan but this is just my sense of humour (dark)

[knuckleheader]

Originally Posted by FredInChina

Hummm, not commenting on your review here, but on your writing style if I may...
I find it amazing that you are able to switch from one extreme to the next; from barely able to spell basic words and faulty grammar to a puzzlingly rich and well written paragraph as above...
Wondering aloud who you really are KnuckleHeader...

and yes, you sold me on wanting to read the book... well done!

osu!

No excuses Fred, I should use spell check. As for my grammar, I guess my
herk and jerk writing, comes from being a High scool dropout(got GED), then a Community College dropout. I would actually like to take some classses to rectify my writing skills. I'll take the "puzzingly rich..." and run wit dat...

Originally Posted by Ros

Don't worry Fred, I found plenty of faulty grammar and spelling mistakes in that paragraph, hee hee...;

...but you're right, it sounds like an interesting read.

Oh, lets not start critisizing each other...

Originally Posted by Ros

Doesn't count if it's just typing.

Whew, dodged another bullet.

[FredInChina]

Originally Posted by knuckleheader

(...) I'll take the "puzzingly rich..." and run wit dat...(...)

LOL - That's the spirit... don't worry, we love you as you are.
Osu!

[Ros]

Originally Posted by knuckleheader

Oh, lets not start critisizing each other...

Sorry Knuckleheader, I'm a card-carrying member of the Grammar Police...

...but obviously not of the Spot the Irony Police.

[vapor]

I read Haruki Murakami's Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World on the plane over to Spain, and should finish Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink on the flight back tomorrow

vapor

[Ros]

I currently have KvW's 'Sanchin' on my Kindle.

[Bloke]

I have just finished reading John Banvilles "The Infinities" and sorry I started it. Having read some of his other books this dissappoints hugely.

That being said I wandered into a bookstore in Galway at the weekend and picked up several of Seamus Heaney. So right now Im reading "The Haw Lantern"

[powerof0ne]

I'm reading "My Journey in Karate The Sabaki Way" by Kancho Ninomiya and am enjoying it immensely. I almost feel a bit guilty I received this book for free because it really is an excellent read.

I was talking to Milkman about this earlier but after reading through almost half of this book I gained even more respect for Kancho Ninomiya. Not that I didn't have respect to begin with for him but the fact that he really did everything he could do to teach his karate.

I'm not really doing this book any justice but the way he tells his story really illustrates that he's just an "average Joe" that came from humble beginnings to live his dream of teaching his karate.

It's such an easy ready that I'll probably finish it tonight and received it Saturday at the Sabaki Challenge. I highly recommend this book if any of you have not read it yet.
Osu!

[Ros]

I'm currently reading My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn. Very entertaining.

[Bloke]

Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (John Banvilles alter ego - one he should keep permanently)

[knuckleheader]

Originally Posted by Ros

I'm currently reading My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn. Very entertaining.

Ros, you fancy the ole Errol (in like flynn) Flynn? Well....
I may have to check it out also. Look forward to you comments when completed.

A couple of weeks ago, I finished Miles. The Autobiography by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe.

An interesting read if there was one. I actually saw him perform in Carnegie
Hall N Y C in the early mid 70's. Not a big Jazz fan, tho I do listen occassionally. This is my all time favorite,

You Tube

I just started The Art of War/by Sun Tzu. Translated by Thomas Cleary

[Dent]

Osu!

"If not now, when?" Col. Jack Jacobs. (Medal of Honor winner)

Osu!

[knuckleheader]

Originally Posted by Dent

Osu!

"If not now, when?" Col. Jack Jacobs. (Medal of Honor winner)

Osu!

Hey Dent, when, where and the what for, did the Col. recieve this highest recognition?

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by knuckleheader

Hey Dent, when, where and the what for, did the Col. recieve this highest recognition?

The citation is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_H._Jacobs

There's more detail in the book, but he's really using his experiences to highlight how poorly the concept of the military is used by those in government.

I have a lot of opinions on the subject, but I continue to be appalled by the lack of a cohesive and comprehensive strategy when it comes to Afghanistan and Iraq. (And any number of other brewing conflicts...) Nice to see that far better placed individuals share the same view.

“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll.

Osu!

[ashiharakaicho]

Osu,

Just bought:
Black Belt Judo Skills and Techniques by Neil Ohlenkamp and
Lou Schuler's "The Men'sHealth Home Workout Bible

[niceguy]

Just about to start "The girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson. Looks like a dark one.

[vapor]

Originally Posted by niceguy

Just about to start "The girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson. Looks like a dark one.

clear your schedule, because you won't be able to put it down!!

vapor

[danzee88]

Tales of a Dying Earth, Jack Vance

[meguro]

Originally Posted by Ros

I currently have KvW's 'Sanchin' on my Kindle.

I helped my kids get their mom the Barnes & Noble e-reader, nook, which now has KvW's 'Sanchin' loaded.

[bakakyokushinguy]

I'm reading Okinawas karate "teachers styles and secret techniques" by Mark Bishop at the moment.A very well written and informative book.
I just received ashiharakaicho's karate' Odyssey"in the mailbox.
I'm going on a holiday with the wife and kid at the end of may so I'll have some time to read it on a sunny beach in Kos(Greece)