summer reading

[Rick, who floats on clouds]

The only reason why I mentioned schol was becaue the summer is coming up, 
and there will be people on Holiday.  School really doesn't have much to do 
with it as you so aptly pointed out.

All your suggestions have been noted, and I'l try to find them in an 
accessable format.

Rickness

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "deeann mikula hartmann" <goth at d33ann.com>
To: "Rick, who floats on clouds" <elheme at eyesclosed.net>
Cc: <pgh-goth-list at listless.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: summer reading


> On Wed, 11 May 2005, Rick, who floats on clouds wrote:
>
>> So, what is everyone who is in school going to read over the summer, or 
>> has
>> read as of late that warrents notice?
>
> School?!  What does school have to do with it?  Well, I guess I'll be
> taking Phlebotomy and Anatomy&Physiology, so I guess I am "in school"
> after all.  These are the books I'm currently reading, some are
> technical/medical, but most are not:
>
> *Mind Hacks, by Tom Stafford, an OReilly Book.  Neuroscience for geeks
> with tricks for exploring your brains limitations (like the classic
> blind spot demonstration.) Im telling you, if you are a geek and at
> all curious about why your brain doesnt function like a computer, you
> MUST READ THIS BOOK.  Its enthralling!  Its killing me that Im not
> reading it right now!  But I must stop reading it for a minute so I
> can proselytize it.
>
> *Rapid Interpretation of EKGs, by Dale Dubin.  Not required for my
> job at this point, but it would make all of the cardiac calls a whole
> lot more interesting if I could understand the subtle diagnoses.  Im
> determined to be able to read EKGs like a pro within a few months.  If
> so, Id better get back on that bandwagon!
>
> *Principles of Neural Science,by Eric Kandel and James Schwartz.  My
> old textbook from a neuroscience class oh so many years ago, I found
> it in a used book store.  It was like running into an old friend!  Ah
> the caudate nucleus, Id forgotten youd existed, and you, the medial
> lemniscus, youre still around!  Reviewing this stuff is GREAT FUN,
> believe it or not.  All of the things Id thought Id forgotten!
>
> *The Best Buddhist Writing 2004, by Melvin McCleod.  Great modern
> essays on Buddhism.
>
> *Sons of the Profits, by Bill Spiedel.  The Seattle history book that
> goes along with The Underground Tour. Its the non-sanitized version of
> the founding of Seattle, with all the corruption, prostitutes, opium
> and general mayhem.  Woohoo!
>
> *Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail, by Jared Diamond.
> If you lked his book Guns, Germs and Steel (which I highly recommend
> also) then you'll love this equally readable discussion of how
> societies collapse.  I recommend reading both, as Guns, Germs and
> Steel discusses how societies succeed, and this is the obvious next
> point for discussion.
>
> *Godel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas R. Hofstadter.  I've always had this
> inkling that math, music and art were related, but couldn't ever
> figure out how.  It sort of makes my brain hurt to think about it, but
> this book is helping tease out the mathematical underpinning of music
> and art.  It makes my brain hurt, but in a good way.
>
>
> And yes, I really am reading all of these books right now.  I don't
> play video games or watch TV, or spend much time surfing the web. I
> read at least an hour before bed every night, in addition to just
> curling up with a good book in the garden for a few hours.
>
>
> Deeann Mikula Hartmann
>
> "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
>   --Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
>
>