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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:39:39 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:56:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've been known to remark that I can't stand when people tell me to watch certain movies because they're &quot;amazing&quot;. I take &quot;amazing&quot; from someone to mean that it's literally the best movie ever made, but often I find that it falls way short of the golden bar status it was set at....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78042547">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:25:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Two things I don't really like about the book are that it's mainly about offensive strategies (there are times where the authors show you how to escape a mate situation) and it's only really about the end game. So after reading this book I'm much better at recognizing the key elements of a mate?, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76313777">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/556149.Last_Exit_to_Brooklyn">Last Exit to Brooklyn (An Evergreen Book)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26335.Hubert_Selby_Jr_">Hubert Selby Jr.</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:53:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I started reading this book and instantly thought that it read like a Tarantino film. Little did I know that Selby also wrote &quot;Requiem for a Dream&quot; - one of my favorite movies ever (if not one of the most depressing movies that I've ever seen in my life). I find a lot of similarities betwe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70692872">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:13:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[As a result of all of this reading, well, lately I've recently been, umm, learning a lot about myself. <br/><br/>A book is, in a very real sense, simply a mirror... except a highly amplified one that lets you hear your thoughts of what you've read.<br/><br/>I really liked this book (I flied thro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69817883">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:42:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I recently found out that Bones Rodriguez, Author of <em>Captain Kirk's Guide to Women (Star Trek)</em>, not only read my review of his book, but started following my reviews.<br/><br/>So as I began to wrap up <em>Bonk</em>, the thought crossed my mind whether or not Mary Roach would see my review of her book as we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69528203">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:16:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I have to admit - I'm shocked that you actually read my review and honored that you'd send me a message about it! Thanks for your message! I'm very interested to see what kinds of stuff you read and what you think of them in return... Thanks for the book! Oh, and you will be happy to know that I've started introducing some of the terminology to some of my friends (about being their own captain) recently...]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/308520.Animal_Farm">Animal Farm (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3706.George_Orwell">George Orwell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:11:55 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[short review: brilliant<br/><br/>long review: b-r-i-l-l-i-a-n-t]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83348.Like_a_Splinter_in_Your_Mind_The_Philosophy_Behind_the_Matrix_Trilogy">Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47649.Matt_Lawrence">Matt Lawrence</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:23:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is basically &quot;Philosophy 101&quot; with metaphors from The Matrix to help people figure out what's going on.<br/><br/>I must say that the second &quot;half&quot; of the book was infinitely more interesting than the first half. The treatment of why gender equality is much more complicated...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68779618">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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