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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/658944.Basic_Clinical_Pharmacology">Basic &amp; Clinical Pharmacology (Basic and Clinical Pharmacology)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/260737.Bertram_G_Katzung">Bertram G. Katzung</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:27:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[name a drug (the prescription kind or the illicit kind) and its in here.  Fascinating stuff, to learn about how all those crazy drugs cause you do to all those crazy things.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/489023.Medical_Physiology_Updated_Edition_With_STUDENT_CONSULT_Online_Access">Medical Physiology, Updated Edition: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/273073.Walter_F_Boron">Walter F. Boron</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:25:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[the cellular mechanisms behind all those diseases that I read about.  Also pretty sweet, but crazy detailed. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:24:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[name a disease--there's anywhere from 2-50 pages on it in this book.  Sometimes I read it just for fun.  Mostly, though, I read because I have homework.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1202.Freakonomics_A_Rogue_Economist_Explores_the_Hidden_Side_of_Everything">Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised and Expanded Edition)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/798.Steven_D_Levitt">Steven D. Levitt</a>]]></action_text>
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          <body><![CDATA[Genius!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:20:36 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[this book is supposed to be some crazy stuff--it's on my list too.  Comparisons abound between Pinchbeck and Timothy Leary.  Pinchbeck says no.  Some crazy guy talking about the apocolypse, taking a bunch of drugs--I say yes.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4954.You_Shall_Know_Our_Velocity_">You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3371.Dave_Eggers">Dave Eggers</a>]]></action_text>
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