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Read some more Concise Naval history today, currently into the Civil War era. Monitor vs Virginia read like two superweapons taking potshots at each other. Absolutely insane.

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Interested in Krazy Kat. Reading a digital book of 4-panel b/w comics. I guess the cat has a crush on the mouse who keeps attacking him? Lol aww

Yup, Krazy loves Ignatz but it's a mostly one sided attraction.
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Didn't get any reading done today, this daylight savings is messing me up.
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Thank you for sharing, and let me know if I can do anything else. We're all here for you. <3

cuh posted... :( I'm sorry cuh. I will say a prayer for you and yours. :(

Ended up going with American Mosaic for my Immigration text; transcriptions of oral history interviews with American immigrants. First guy came from Sweden at age 17 in 1913 and had seen the sky lights after the Tunguska event, pretty cool.

RIP Toriyama
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HannibalBarca3 posted...

Oh wait looks like your parallel with the American militia was spot on.

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Lol yup, I was reading about them as part of my Naval history course and this
HannibalBarca3 posted...

IIRC the role of the American militia is romanticized in pop culture but in practice the American militia performed pretty poorly against the British army.

was basically the sum of it. One of the British officers during the War of 1812 complimented their strength and vitality...specifically their ability to run away!
Assuming the Prussian officer mentioned is von Steuben, I actually live pretty close to his tomb.

HannibalBarca3 posted...

The chapter explores way the Athenian levy achieved some level of unit cohesion despite the pretty poor level of organization it had, a proper way to think of the Athenian levy is to pretty much envision a mass of normal people armed with spears and shields with almost non-existent training.

How effective were they as a combat unit? Your description reminds me of America's militia from my recent college readings--normal people with personal weapons and almost non-existent training.

Capcom is my favorite developer
First game changed my life
Waited ten years for a sequel
Literally comes out on my birthday
Hell yeah, pre-ordered the day they opened up.

Read a little more Bleach today, maybe a couple more volumes before bed.
Manga is awesome.

Actually had a chance to pick Bleach back up yesterday, Kubo's use of black+white is insane.

Awesome moon:
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Dark_Arbron posted...

I wish I had the attention span to read.

Everybody starts somewhere!! You could try poems, short stories or sequential art.

Disney is a big blank spot for me actually, I'm vaguely aware of Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Topolino but otherwise no clue ^ European comics usually have great art, probably solid adaptations.
I took advantage of that Princeton Press sale actually and got my books today! Went for Lost Animals, Theropods+Sauropods, and Medieval Bestiary. Lol all animal themed. Thank you cuh!

Ratchetrockon posted...

I've started reading Child of God

tbh i picked it up because i got it confused w/ a movie that i thought was based on this book but i was dead wrong wtf.

the movie City of God lmao

How do you like it so far?

Finished Barbary Terror today, not as interesting as Six Frigates, but still not a bad read.

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Which is the lowest book you own/have read?

I have that Capitalism and Schizophrenia book and read like 50 pages (understood like 10 of them)

Legit probably that Bionicle one lmao otherwise maybe...Don Quixote or Odyssey...

Halfway thru Barbary Terror. Decatur+wife sound like ripe material for a romantic novel/film tbh
>she sees his portrait in cabin of ship
>next evening is introduced to him by her father
>whirlwind romance of four months before marriage
>writes to Secretary of Navy asking him to give her husband a shore post so they can be together
>he ends up sailing for Algiers but asks for early relief and a shore post when he gets back

Read about The Battle of Lake Erie today. All things considered Perry seems like one of the more reasonable Navy fellows.
Also found a cool manhua, I need to investigate that medium more.

cuh posted... I love Krazy Kat!
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Finished Six Frigates, got snotty a couple times. RIP Lawrence and Decatur.
Gonna read some Poetry for Lit tomorrow + the lighter Navy readings.

Just read some Navy history today, have about 140 pages to go this week for Six Frigates and 180 for Barbary Terror. Anything interesting in SF...hmmm...
Chesapeake was considered an unlucky ship, only one of the six that the designer disavowed due to a rival builder being put in charge of its construction and taking any excuse to build it to his own specifications. Turned out kinda slow, caught three broadsides in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, currently being commanded by Decatur and not allowed to salute back to other navy ships due to being disgraced. I wonder if it'll redeem itself or continue to be unlucky...War of 1812 is starting next time.

cuh posted... I've only read the first book once when I was waaaay younger, definitely want to re-read it someday. Dune is so cool or hot I guess lol

Learned about campanilismo today, pretty interesting idea-- basically Italian immigrants had loyalty to those close enough to hear their church bells, mistrust for those who couldn't, due to Italy having city-states for so long.

Basically switch between orange on black/red on black when the site resets, currently orange on black.

More Navy reading tomorrow!
Got Mutant Crawl Classics ordered and backed Martian Crawl Classics on Kickstarter. I need to find my HG Wells book and see how much of his work I have, want to get a definitive text.
The Luck of Roaring Camp is still so good.

So awhile ago, I got a copy of Dungeon Crawl Classics rules for myself and my friend; just saw today that someone is kickstarting a Mutant Crawl Classics zine featuring War of the Worlds stuff. Kinda want to pick up a copy of MCC rules now too...

"Done" with the Presidency readings for the week.
Immigration requires the choice of text about or by American immigrants for an essay, I think I'll go with Riis How The Other Half Lives.

Finally finished the 220 pages of Navy readings, splitting it into three was more digestible.
The pettiness of these officers was nuts, totally astounding compared to the tightly buttoned image of the post-WWII American armed forces. Like you'd think the honor or good of the States would come first but nah...
Just the latest example, I'm currently at the First Barbary War. The first two Commodores sent to deal with Tripoli's piracy basically either sit in port for the duration or take a vacation. Third guy, Commodore Preble, gets sent and is committed to actually settling the matter via combat. He requests reinforcements from America to deal with Tripoli. They reinforce him with additional ships but since one ship's Captain Barron has seniority, the thought process is this:
Barron won't serve under a man his junior
Preble won't serve as Captain again after being Commodore
So Preble ends up requesting to return to the States despite the Secretary of Navy, Congress, Jefferson all believing he was the right man for the job and Barron being ill/unfit for duty. And it's just symptomatic of how literally EVERY big name I've read about acts exactly the same. Jefferson on his predecessor: he's the president of a party, not the United States *self-fulfills his prophecy by undermining Adams whenever possible*. Jefferson on his election: we're all federalists, we're all republicans! Absolute insanity.

rds done with Navy readings
Jefferson is now President and dealing with Tripoli. The diplomatic relations between France/Britain/US are fascinating...Napoleon called the Quasi War "a family quarrel" lol

MJOLNRVII posted...

It was a splurge but I wanted them bad after not hearing about the Kickstarter until it was over.

God I hate that, absolutely sucks to find out about something cool on Kickstarter that's already passed funding/is finished.

Dungeater posted... Balance beam is IMO Kaiji's shift from selfish/self serving to more noble/self sacrificing--still trying to win relentlessly but not just for his own benefit. Definitely wouldn't have the same reactions in the end of Part 1 and in the future parts if not for Ishida's sacrifice.

rd of the way done with Navy readings
Captain Truxtun has a LOT of funny stuff going on.

220 pages of Navy history to read tomorrow!

Highly recommend the manga and Strongest Man Kurosawa.

Currently going through American Lit readings, short stories week. The Revolt of "Mother" and The Luck of Roaring Camp are two stand-outs so far.

spanky1 posted... Lol magnificent. It's crazy looking back at how quickly the tech has progressed, everyone's jumping on board now. Very cool stuff.

mazingetter posted... Niiiice, I have a thing for artbooks. Top right cover is very eye catching.

For whatever you like to read!

Old thread:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80547684