And as I was opening your second reference, I was printing "How to Gut a Book." Here is my weakness, my illness: reading.
Marsha On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: > Marsha said > So much to read, too little time. > > How many times have I said that over the years? > http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1360 > http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1372 > > Every read leads to another I find. The Taleb book is / was on my list > somewhere. I was on a reading frenzy in Jan and Feb, but I've taken a > breather recently. Recommendations are good for prioritizing any list. > > As the psychiatrist said to Pirsig, "just write something" > > Ian > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:57 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Steven and Mark, >> >> I thought it might be the book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, but I wasn't >> sure. I've been on a reading frenzy for the last few weeks. Presently >> one of the books I'm reading is 'On Method Acting' by Edward Dwight >> Easty. It's sooo interesting. Here is the last paragraph to the chapter >> named 'On the Art of Acting.' >> >> " in the chapters that follow, a more than cursory analysis of the >> components that comprise the Method will be explained. This will >> be done largely by the use of analogies. It is hoped, too, that the >> components of the Method will reveal to the reader why the Method >> is not just a theory, but a practicable art. Art is best created withouth >> theory." >> >> So many interesting books, so little time. >> >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 15, 2011, at 8:06 PM, 118 wrote: >> >>> Hi Steven, >>> >>> If you are referring to the book about the importance of the >>> improbable, yes, I have read it. Good book. I am not sure if it has >>> anything to do with Phaedrus, but it does have some good philosophy in >>> it. Please explain. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Steven Peterson >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Anyone read Black Swan? >>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>>> Archives: >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >>>> >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
