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Jeremy Maddux is reading The Wolf of Wall Street (The Wolf of Wall Street, #1)
"Jerking off is key. And I also strongly recommend the use of drugs, especially cocaine, because that’ll make you dial faster, which is good for me.” He paused, as if searching for more words of wisdom, but apparently came up short. “Well, that’s about it,” he said. “That’s all the knowledge I can impart to you now. You’ll do fine, rookie."'
Jul 18, 2019 06:14PM Add a comment
The Wolf of Wall Street (The Wolf of Wall Street, #1)

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Jeremy Maddux is 41% done with Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)
I'm not sure why the author felt the need to tell me on no less than six different occasions through hundreds of pages that Constantine reversed Diocletian's religious policies, but he did.
Jul 14, 2019 09:27PM Add a comment
Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)

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Jeremy Maddux is 31% done with Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)
'Now I am well aware that they who are sincere in the pursuit of the heavenly hope, and have fixed this hope upon heaven itself as the peculiar and predominant principle of their lives, have no need to depend upon human favor, but rather have enjoyed higher honors in proportion as they have separated themselves from the inferior and evil things of this earthly life.'
Jul 14, 2019 03:46PM Add a comment
Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)

Jeremy Maddux
Jeremy Maddux is 31% done with Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)
...Sometimes I just want to read about the emperor himself, not war games or his policies or religious matters. I just want to know what made him tick, his vices, virtues, whom he killed and spared.
Jul 14, 2019 12:29PM Add a comment
Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)

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Jeremy Maddux is 23% done with Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)
One of the most infuriating things about reading Roman emperor biographies is that the author never wants to focus on just the emperor and his life. They always want to use them as a stepping stone to some greater topic. With Caracalla, the author used him to talk about military tactics. Here, the author devotes a large portion to the rise of Christianity, which is great and it's relevant to the material,but...
Jul 14, 2019 12:28PM Add a comment
Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)

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Jeremy Maddux is starting Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)
'He led warships and transports from Boulogne across the channel toward the east coast of Britain near Dover, where Allectus was stationed with the bulk of his forces; and dispatched his Praetorian Prefect Asclepiodotus...'

Where do they get these names!? To pronounce that name right, I'd have to have someone finish it for me.
Jul 12, 2019 01:28PM Add a comment
Constantine and the Christian Empire (Roman Imperial Biographies)

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Jeremy Maddux is reading Why I Sued Taylor Swift: and How I Became Falsely Known as Frivolous, Litigious and Crazy
God, this dude is a loser. I'll bet he uses his disability to get out of working, which grants him more free time to pursue trivial litigation.
Jul 09, 2019 01:32PM Add a comment
Why I Sued Taylor Swift: and How I Became Falsely Known as Frivolous, Litigious and Crazy

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Jeremy Maddux is starting A Winter Sleep
Wow, so the protagonist of this story is a real cunt.
Jul 08, 2019 02:54PM Add a comment
A Winter Sleep

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Jeremy Maddux is on page 132 of 400 of The Salt Line
I hope this June bitch dies real good.
Jul 03, 2019 07:29PM Add a comment
The Salt Line

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