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Consumed "Academy X: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:35:55 GMT

Academy X: A Novel

by Andrew Trees

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Consumed "What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:44:31 GMT

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

by Robert L. Wolke

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Consuming "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:17:56 GMT

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Consumed "Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:02:11 GMT

Kitchen Mysteries: Revealing the Science of Cooking (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)

by Hervé This

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Consumed "The Ten Lenses: Your Guide to Living and Working in A Multicultural World"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:03:13 GMT

The Ten Lenses: Your Guide to Living and Working in A Multicultural World

by Mark Alexander Williams

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Consumed "The Women"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:02:58 GMT

The Women

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Consumed "School Ties"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:00:14 GMT

School Ties

by Robert Mandel

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Consuming "Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:11:09 GMT

Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

by Daniel T. Willingham

Consuming "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:59:41 GMT

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee

Consumed "Sicko (Special Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:26:34 GMT

Sicko (Special Edition)

by Michael Moore

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Consumed "The Witch of Portobello: A Novel (P.S.)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:51:04 GMT

The Witch of Portobello: A Novel (P.S.)

by Paulo Coelho

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Consumed "CSI - Season Nine"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:59:21 GMT

CSI - Season Nine

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Consumed "Outliers"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:58:27 GMT

Outliers

by Malcolm Gladwell

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Consumed "Star Trek [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:37:47 GMT

Star Trek [Theatrical Release]

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Consumed "The Book of Dave: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:35:18 GMT

The Book of Dave: A Novel

by Will Self

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Consumed "Bolt (Single-Disc Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:35:10 GMT

Bolt (Single-Disc Edition)

by Chris Williams; Byron Howard

Consumed "Reign of Fire (2002)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:06:26 GMT

Reign of Fire (2002)

by Rob Bowman

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Consumed "The Graveyard Book"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:30:11 GMT

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman

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Consumed "84 Charing Cross Road"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:29:59 GMT

84 Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

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Consumed "Watchmen [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:07:01 GMT

Watchmen [Theatrical Release]

by Zack Snyder

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A story about "Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett"

nobody@allconsuming.net (entropic ankh) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:45:42 GMT

Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett

by Ken Follett

this book came to me with nicknames like “the brick” and warnings that i could skip over any overlong descriptions of boring things like buildings or breaking bread. I was mentally prepared for page long sentences and descriptions of city neighborhoods like i found in the hunchback of notre dame, but that’s not what I found in pillars of the earth at all.
the beginning was not what i expected, and was decidedly more nora-roberts-esque . i repeatedly wondered to myself where this was all going, but found myself coming back to it again and again as a comfortable thing to read. it felt like an adult version of david macaulay’s cathedral book, which i loved as the pbs television story of a town’s cathedral building. through all the setbacks and disasters the story was ultimately about the cathedral. the similarity to the macaulay work made it a comfortable and easy thing to read even if i wasn’t totally drawn in by the story.
eventually, however, i was totally absorbed by the novel as a story about privilege. who has it, and who uses it to what end? I’d never read something like this before that looked at a medieval society with this degree of realism, and the ways that privilege can frustrate justice as we know it now. naturally, our own time comes to mind and i have to wonder, for all our institutions that guarantee justice, to what degree do each of us use our privilege to get what we want and subjugate others?