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TexasProgresive

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9. I am not up on 2 wheels but I am much improved.
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 03:13 PM
Nov 2017

For those unaware, I love to cycle and I had a double hernia repaired last Monday. The swelling and discoloration is reduced. Yesterday I did 4 3/4 mile walk in 1hr20mins and felt very good. I have been pedaling on a thing called Desk Cycle that I bought for my wife. I can sit in a chair and pedal mindlessly while reading or watching TV.


As to which book of Bobby Heinlein is his best, that is certainly a matter of opinion. Stranger in a Strange Land is certainly up there. But this one is right there as well. It was a favorite of my mother who was a scientific computer programmer. She worked on a project for Computer Science corporation that was linking main frames together. She was thinking that one day enough computer power would be joined together and WAKE UP. We may be approaching that event not with attempting to create artificial intelligence but by accident. If it is like MIKE only the "not stupid' will know.

You just have to read it now. It has Heinlein's lovely twisted sense of humor.

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Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly PoorMonger Nov 2017 #1
Another winner! hermetic Nov 2017 #3
this was SO good..... dhill926 Nov 2017 #11
I'm taking a Bosch break to reread a Robert Heinlein classic TexasProgresive Nov 2017 #2
Such a great title hermetic Nov 2017 #5
I am not up on 2 wheels but I am much improved. TexasProgresive Nov 2017 #9
I guess so hermetic Nov 2017 #10
The Plot to Hack America by Malcolm Nance n/t Lulu KC Nov 2017 #4
Definitely hermetic Nov 2017 #6
I just picked up murielm99 Nov 2017 #7
Oh yum! hermetic Nov 2017 #8
Between all of the cat rescue work and Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale, I haven't gotten much japple Nov 2017 #12
Hey, my pleasure hermetic Nov 2017 #13
Awwww. Such a sweet little one. Bless you for finding her a home. I hope they will keep her japple Nov 2017 #14
Justice Hall by Laurie R. King PennyK Nov 2017 #15
The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard PoorMonger Nov 2017 #16
Good times! hermetic Dec 2017 #18
The Game by Laurie R. King (duh) PennyK Dec 2017 #17
Sounds awesome hermetic Dec 2017 #19
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