That's all well and good, but what did you achieve today? (Part II)

[Truthy]

Catton's a fun narrative, if not particularly accurate or recent. McPherson is the best single-volume relatively recent book on the whole thing, but long as ass

but you probably knew that already

I've heard of him quite a bit but don't own anything by him. You'd be referring to the Cry of Freedom one, right?

 

[Dachs]

Yeah, Battle Cry of Freedom

 

[Integral]

I slept with downtown
er, slept in downtown's apartment.


Well, technically it was last week, but better late than never

 

[W|M]

I discovered that the person who sat next to me in English class has never fully read any Harry Potter books, and only partially got through the first one.

In comparison, I can read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* within a few hours.

*Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone in America.

 

[Quackers]

I drove a diferent, unknown! route home today, when I discovered my traditional route had enormous disruption

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Finished an introductory immunology lecture video.

 

[bestrfcplayer]

I downloaded Free Civ today!

 

[SuperJay]

I discovered that the person who sat next to me in English class has never fully read any Harry Potter books, and only partially got through the first one.

In comparison, I can read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* within a few hours.

What's this about? I haven't read any of the HP books either, but what does that have to do with the physical ability to read quickly?

 

[W|M]

Oh, right, I forgot to post why she didn't read it - She got bored halfway through and decided to stop, claiming that she preferred simpler books.

 

[Hygro]

Catton's a fun narrative, if not particularly accurate or recent. McPherson is the best single-volume relatively recent book on the whole thing, but long as ass

but you probably knew that already

That's the one I read

Today I reversed the tide of waking up later and later. I am getting out of bed right now at 5:57 am. I should be back to 5:30am in no time

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

What's this about? I haven't read any of the HP books either, but what does that have to do with the physical ability to read quickly?

I'm confused on 2 fronts . The quick reading thing , and why the discovery of the HP non- reading lass qualifies as an achievement

 

[W|M]

Achievement:

I've confused rugbyleaguefan!

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Achievement:

I've confused rugbyleaguefan!

Twice

 

[SuperJay]

Oh, right, I forgot to post why she didn't read it - She got bored halfway through and decided to stop, claiming that she preferred simpler books.

Simpler than Harry Potter??

I guess she could always try Twilight and/or Thomas the Tank Engine.

 

[Ajidica]

I discovered that the person who sat next to me in English class has never fully read any Harry Potter books, and only partially got through the first one.

In comparison, I can read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* within a few hours.

*Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone in America.

Wimpy. I got through Harry Potter 7 in around six hours.

 

[W|M]

I got through a 1200-page book within 2 days.

Also, I got the C2C mod for Civ IV to work on my computer!

 

[Truthy]

That's the one I read

If I owned the McPherson maybe I could embark upon reading that as fast as possible to beat west india man.

 

[Ajidica]

I got through a 1200-page book within 2 days.

What was the book? I'm only averaging 100 pgs/day in my current book, but it is very dense: "The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East".
Dense but fascinating, written by a British journalist who spent 30 years in the middle east chronicling everything from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian Revolution, to the IRan-Iraq War on both sides.

 

[madviking]

Achievement (yesterday): got my schedule for university.

Spoiler :

Translation:
APMA 2120: Multivariate calculus
APMA 3110: Probability and Statistics (a third year course)
CS 1111: Intermediate computer science course
ENGR 1620: Engineering lab
CHE 2215: "Material and Energy Balances", a chemical engineering course

//i dunno why i haven't subscribed to this thread so im gonna post something i did yesterday

 

[W|M]

What was the book? I'm only averaging 100 pgs/day in my current book, but it is very dense: "The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East".
Dense but fascinating, written by a British journalist who spent 30 years in the middle east chronicling everything from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian Revolution, to the IRan-Iraq War on both sides.

The book I read was World Without End, a fictional book about an architect who builds a cathedral and experiences the horror of the plague in the 14th Century.