Never heard of this expression before: "self-licking ice cream cone", just too funny.. from the book "Wanting":
Immanent desire is like a “self-licking ice cream cone”—a phrase coined by Pete Wordon, director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, to refer to NASA’s bureaucracy. The phrase has come to refer to any system whose main purpose is sustaining itself.
Too good
Also reading Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald, and really loving it! Very long book but so far, well worth the read. #BooksILove
My reading material for January.
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"Isn't the miracle in the interpretation of events, in this transformation of nostalgia, regret, longing into hope and faith?" wrote Anaïs Nin in her Diary in the winter of 1955.
Have a great weekend! 😊
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THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES
5 out of 5 mugs of coffee :coffefiedgreen:
This is not a soft book. This book tugs at the parts of me that survived abusive family, exboyfriends, cancer... That has lost jobs for speaking up against "those jokes".
I *adored* it. It's about the power women (and yes this book means ALL WOMEN) have when they come together against their oppressor.
I think I need to go read it again...
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Will I ever have a feast as decadent and nourishing, full of brotherhood and bonhomie as those in Redwall? Where in this world will I find my acorn shell cup filled?? #booksILove
Will I ever have a feast as decadent and nourishing, full of brotherhood and bonhomie as those in Redwall? Where in this world will I find my acorn shell cup filled?? #booksILove
Loving seeing everyone's favorite 7 books. Really helps get to know people by their taste in literature. Here are some from various genres that I recommend.
- The Science Before Science
by Anthony Rizzi
- Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil
- Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
- State Of Fear
by Michael Crichton
- Firestarter
by Stephen King
- Interview With The Vampire
by Anne Rice
- The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene
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- Connie Willis
- Neil Gaiman
- Stephen King
- Sheri S. Tepper
- Bill Watterson
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Douglas Adams
- Connie Willis
- Neil Gaiman
- Stephen King
- Sheri S. Tepper
- Bill Watterson
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Douglas Adams
This seems to be a thing: '7 Books to know me by'.
To misquote a book that didn't even make it on the list: Sometimes I read seven books before breakfast.
So, no, after reading this list the only thing you will know is that these were the first ones that came to mind.
I do love them though.
- To say nothing of the dog
- American Gods
- Pet Sematary
- Sideshow
- The Complete Calvin & Hobbes
- Gaudy Night
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
(Authors in the comments.)
This seems to be a thing: '7 Books to know me by'.
To misquote a book that didn't even make it on the list: Sometimes I read seven books before breakfast.
So, no, after reading this list the only thing you will know is that these were the first ones that came to mind.
I do love them though.
- To say nothing of the dog
- American Gods
- Pet Sematary
- Sideshow
- The Complete Calvin & Hobbes
- Gaudy Night
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
(Authors in the comments.)
A good one, #7Books to get to know me (some in Dutch, some in English), in no particular order:
1) Tonke Dragt, Brief aan de koning
2) Thea Beckman, Kinderen van Moeder Aarde (trilogie)
3) Ken Follet, Pillars of the Earth
4) Nora Roberts, The Villa
5) Lindsey Davis, The Silver Pigs
6) Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
7) Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudics
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