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May 11, 2021 08:17PM
Fun stuff. So I have a new-ish book about employer/employee management tips. Yesterday, I picked up an older book which probably informed all the managers and executives who used the technique and thus were eligible to be cited in the newer book about the older research that supported use of the technique. The principle of the thing has not changed. The old book is not outdated or bad; the newer book was never needed! grinning smiley

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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May 12, 2021 08:01PM
Ordeal By Innocence Agatha Christie

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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May 17, 2021 02:35PM
I found a few articles on second hand marijuana smoke. Nothing is absolutely concluded, but the emerging information begins to address my concerns about unwanted short- and long-term effects of smoking weed for the next few generations. Mind you, people who dab, eat, or otherwise keep their weed to themselves might not create as much of an issue as smokers. I have yet to look for data on those methods.

I started with a concern about investing in pot instead of in pot research (if there is a difference or different opportunities) and rapidly became alarmed about a few households where young children are becoming intoxicated when their parents smoke

I remember the intensive anti tobacco campaigns and have a job because of them (some of our work is tobacco related). Will there be similar campaigns regarding weed in future?

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)


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June 27, 2021 05:54PM
Open Heart Open Mind by Clara Hughes (Canadian Athlete)

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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September 11, 2021 08:24PM
You can request it on an interlibrary loan. I am currently reading on how James Bond got his start shortly after WW2. As long as no ford mustangs show up I will be able to finish it.


@prince wrote:

I am reading A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson. Longmire series. Next will be Any Other Name. I like listening to this series but the library didn't have this in audio
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September 11, 2021 10:25PM
Pretty much everything I get comes from an interlibrary loan
The system doesn't have every book in audio that I want though.
Right now I am reading Dry Bones in Longmire series.
Just finished re-listening to Atomic Habits by James Clear. Enjoyed that.

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer


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September 14, 2021 02:02PM
I am reading The Motive by John Lescroart. It is very good. smiling smiley
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September 14, 2021 03:19PM
A little behind in my reading ... I'm turning the pages of I Alone Can Fix It..
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September 15, 2021 04:02AM
Several non-fictions and one fiction. I am making the fiction book last as long as possible, and this includes not talking about it. I am repeating Bill Hybel's Too Busy Not to Pray, referring frequently to Marie Chapian's Quiet Prayer, and just starting Reekkah Lyons' You are Free: Be Who You Already Are.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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September 25, 2021 01:47AM
Sadly and happily reading Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May series. The final book came out earlier this year. No others are planned because this beloved author has cancer that was not alleviated by treatment. I am reading the B & M books in the order that I can get them. Then, I will read his other books.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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October 10, 2021 07:49PM
I'm reading Killing Eve. It's a series of three books. The first was so good, I had to go back and look at the TV series again. I'm on Book 3 now.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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October 10, 2021 08:12PM
Shop-et-al,
I understand reading in the order something is available. While writing my dissertation I lived in a "bed-sit" across the street from a small city's main public library. Every morning I read an Agatha Christie mystery, working my way down the shelf in alphabetical order. I later had to double back to check out the ones that had not been available when I was.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

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October 13, 2021 11:39PM
In a perfect world, pristine and signed first editions will come to me unhindered, and at someone else's expense. In my world, I will do what I always do: search, wait, and try to contain myself when I find something in libraries or can afford a good copy of my own. btw, do you also like Sayers and Allingham? The 'queens regnant' is ringing in my ears day and night. One of my Allingham books has a brief biography and brings us to attention instantly with their proclamation of 'queens regnant' (Christie, Allingham, and Sayers). I do not disagree with this, but it makes me chuckle at myself. Aren't a few other authors nearly there, such as ladies, gents, writers, or at least genderless units of the literary persuasion (PC acceptable phrasing) well qualified for some crowning distinction in their times in history?

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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October 14, 2021 02:24PM
Also love Sayers. Allingham does not ring any bells, but this was all a LONG time ago, ho ho. TRying to remember the name of the fellow who was so famous for "locked room mysteries." Betting that you know, S-e-a.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
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October 14, 2021 04:20PM
Still enjoying the Longmire series.

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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October 25, 2021 02:41AM
It is National Book Month and October. I read until I found a suitable siggy for the forum.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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October 26, 2021 02:32PM
I am reading The Romanvos. I renewed the book twice and ended up buying a used copy. The book has 784 pages. I can renew 3 times from the library and I am on page 25. lol
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October 26, 2021 07:37PM
Lol indeed!

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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October 26, 2021 08:30PM
"Flower of God" by Herbert Ausubel. Fascinating! Bought it on Amazon.
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October 28, 2021 07:00PM
Since end of March, some of my favorites:

1. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins - excellent thriller

2. The Year of Pleasures - Elizabeth Berg

3. An English Murder - Cyril Hare - considered the template/original for British murder mysteries

4. The Bookshop of the Brokenhearted - Robert Hillman

5. The Guest List - Lucy Foley
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October 29, 2021 01:23AM
The library made me return my materials. Apparently, someone had placed a hold on them. But nothing is wasted, I will eventually read all his work, and I had an opportunity to delve into boring old things such as the glycemic load information and Zig Ziglar. Ziglar keeps me awake and on the job when I would rather step away and possibly not return.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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October 29, 2021 01:32AM
I am reading anything 4th grade. Bill of Rights, Constitution, Banks, Organs and their functions, something about a snooty princess who marries a frog. I was planning to read Daniel Steel but haven't found the time or motivation.
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October 29, 2021 10:25PM
I ended up buying a used version of The Romanovs...
I went to the library and got new fiction... "One Two Three" by Laurie Frankel. It is funny and delightful. I'll read this til my Romanovs arrive. LOL smiling smiley
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October 31, 2021 08:19PM
Blog and plumbing related articles
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November 06, 2021 03:06AM
My books on better/proper/effective business communications. I will need to commune with an office in another state (because there is no onsite manager here) regarding my rent increase. One week after they asked for current tenant information and before anyone appeared to whom we could provide this, they sent us notice that rent is increasing on 12/01 and based upon outdated information. This might be legal, but it seems... well... my books will guide me to phrases that do not include what anyone should say about that. I will focus on what they would like me to do first: document the current reduced income, or pay increased rent based upon outdated information?

*eta* I will send the signed forms along with an inquiry. This should get them what they want by their stated deadline and well before holiday season.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)


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November 06, 2021 10:26PM
I found a fun book today at thrift. Romi Neustadt's new-to-me, award-winning Get Over Your Damn Self: The No-BS Way to Building a Life-Changing Business might not get me to high sales (I am not in sales), but it should get me to a more productive way of working my work. Go me.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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November 07, 2021 01:08AM
I am still listening to Longmire in the car and reading Wintering, The power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May.
And reading Fight Night by Marian Toews.

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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