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  1. A book for basic writing skills. Plot, characters, outlines, etc.

  2. Best dog name ever.

  3. Good cheap cheap cheap mag trainer.

  4. Book about gaining and keeping a type killer attitude and thought process.

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I’m only taking a stab at #1:

“Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, by Anne Lamott. Check out the reviews on Amazon.

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  1. Ethics For The New MIlleneum- the Dali Lama. Great book. Short read but very eye opening. I highly recommend it.
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2… fucker

you will get great looks when your at the beach and yelling “come here fucker”

:slight_smile:

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#2 Hoof Hearted, Yelling out your door for Hoof Hearted…

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jack mehoff is up there too
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Or screaming for Mike Oxbig, asking a neighbor if they have seen Mike Oxbig
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haha thats great!!!

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Dog name: “Stay”

Come here Stay. Stay, come!

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now that’s just mean!

=]

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  1. Elements of Style – Strunk & White. (Doesn’t cover the plot, character, stuff, but it will teach you to be an effective writer, which is most important.)

For the other stuff, The Art Of Fiction – Gardner

  1. Eric Underhill Lamont III of Shelterlock Orchard. But my mom just called him “Spark.”

  2. Cheap cheap cheap == Kurt Cyclone. Mag sucks…

  3. I can recommend several:

A Book Of Five Rings – Miyamoto Musashi. (THE BEST book ever written on strategy for developing yourself as a solitary warrior).

Warfighting: The Marine Corps Book of Strategy – A.M. Gray. (Very military minded, but still outstanding. Harder to get below the surface than the others, but short and to the point.)

On War – Claus Von Clausewitz. (The definitive manual of Western warfare.)

The Art of War – Sun Tsu. (The first, and still most complete, book ever written on warfare on all scales.)

The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli. (The most psychological of all of them, IMO. Even if you do not choose to execute plans in Machiavellian fashion, it is good to understand how other people might be trying to manipulate you.)

If you read those books and really work to understand them, you will be prepared for whatever obstacles life and people will place in front of you.

Another good one, not quite of the same class as the others, but still good, is Hagukure: The Book Of The Samurai – Yamamoto Tsunemoto. (Might be right up your alley since this focuses on the solitary warrior.)

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#2 - you’ve got to go with the Duke, “Dog”.

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  1. Eric Underhill Lamont III of Shelterlock Orchard. But my mom just called him “Spark.”

That’s my son’s name…Spark, not the first part.

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#1: “On Writing” - Stephen King

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  1. Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York’s Acclaimed Creative Writing School. by Gotham Writers’ Workshop.

Addresses the art & science of writing.

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#2 - Stubby the Bulldog
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  1. Writing book: Exploring Literature, Frank Madden 0321162080

  2. Best dog name ever: pickles

  3. Good cheap cheap cheap mag trainer: none, get a fluid

  4. Book about gaining and keeping a type killer attitude and thought process: Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson

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  1. herschel
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I got a cheap-o mag trainer a Dick’s for about $100, three years ago use it four - five days a week

My favorite Dog name is Zero. I just like the sound of it.

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  1. “Howe too rite gud buks” by Jonathon Tibbsley Farnsworth III

  2. “little boy” – stand at your door in your boxers and yell “dammit, get in here little boy”

  3. trainer from one of your sponsors or tsr

  4. the little engine that could

“May the fleas of 1,000 camels infest the armpits of your enemies”