News of My Death Was Greatly Exaggerated: How I Survived the Texas Depression : My Financial Strategies for the '90s

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Hilariously cheesy.......2002-11-14

Imagine someone more vain and platitude-writing than Donald Trump!

Basically, this guy blames everyone else in the world for his troubles: inefficient FDIC/regulators, bankers, brokers, tax reform, Congress, etc. Then, he portraits himself as a humble Michigan-born Texan who has been virtually victimized by the stupidity and disrespect of others. During which time, he illustrates himself as an industrious and honest Gen Partnr who only emotionally cares about his LP equity investors, while he steadfastly remains the model citizen of Texan society. Give me a break!

On the side, he does everything... he says that he essentially predicted the Oct 87 stock market crash -- but if it only weren't for a stupid stockbroker who convinced him to reverse his short-position in Sept 87. Geez, like I haven't heard that one before at the local bar!! He claims he developed the first HMO and is charitable. BTW, he also describes himself as a loving, devoted, and caring father and husband... I guess that is what caused to the 4 divorces/marriages, eh?

You gotta just laugh and chuckle all the way thru this book, and take it as an unintended self-inflicted joke. This guy is so wrapped up in himself (beyond bragging), that he doesn't realize the average reader looks at him being dishonest to himself and hugely self-absorbed. Moreover, the reader is never convinced that he is honestly representing the real and balanced business events that occurred. Instead, this book comes off as grandstanding and a podium for his bravado and sales pitch to the next prospective, unsuspecting LP real estate investor.

Ultimately, the book is not really about a real estate business turnaround, bankrupcy avoidance strategy, or U.S. S&L tragedy, but its about himself, his money, and his excuses why he doesn't have more money. His writing rambles and is repetitive... you can almost guess which big vocabulary words he must have looked up in a Thesarus and which sentences were doctored by the Editor. Well, I guess at the time he wasn't going for a Pulitzer --

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A little bit of everything.......2007-01-11

This is a wonderful book for fans of DTWOF with little cartoons from calanders and what not. However, it is not a part of the series, so people looking for additions to the narrative of the books will be disappointed or a bit frustrated. But aside from that, this is a book full of goodies, perfect to savor a little bit at a time.

Unusually insightful and fresh for such a long-running show.......2002-05-15

Even as a white middle class hetero, I enjoy following on an ocassional basis the progress of Ms. Bechdel's cast of characters. It's rare to find a cartoonist who has so sucessfully kept a shtick going so long without becoming hopelessly stale (although perhaps it's a bit easier for a self-consciously running commentary on society and politics wherre the material is a little more dynamic than, say, the antics of Dennis the Menace or Little Jeffrey)....

You Must Have It.......1998-10-10

Bechdel's prose here is as smart and funny as readers of the regular strip would expect. It starts as a memoir as she describes her beginnings and progression as a cartoonist, and includes lots of early drawings and strips. The bulk of the book is made up of stuff never seen in the DTWOF volumes: strips from her calendars, strips made for other magazines or special occasions, and autobiographical work. It's great stuff, always funny, and everyone with a sense of humor should buy it right away.

Ever wished you could meet the author of DTWOF?.......1998-05-05

This book is the next best thing.

It includes her earliest drawings (as in, from age 3), comments on what was happening in her life at the time that certain strips were drawn, what her mother thinks of certain storylines and who she was actually writing about in some of the more intimate one-shots.

Since Bechdel has stopped publishing calendars, there's a section that includes each one from 1990 to 1997. Also, there are stills from the "factory tour" screen saver, the results of an artist jam, a story timeline, and strips that were published elsewhere (for certain causes, specials for various magazines, and so on).

If you've got all of the other previous DTWOF books, this won't make your collection complete (there's a strip for teenagers about how to deal with a friend coming out that I just couldn't find in this book), but it will certainly help you get there. Warning: there is some overlap if you have all the books.

This was a neat surprise to find at Amazon.com -- I had no idea that Bechdel was working on this compliation. Definately add it to your collection!

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A Collection of Classic Southern Humor: Fiction and Occasional Fact by Some of the South's Best Story-Tellers (Collection of Classic Southern Humor Fiction & Occasional Fa)

Manufacturer: Peachtree Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0931948592

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A Steamshovel Web Reader Volume One, edited by Kenn Thomas. The most notorious conspiracy-minded zine on the newsstand and on the web, Steamshovel Press, presents what the conspiracy doesn't want the readers to have: Information. Both volumes contain powerful conspiratorial undercurrents of recent times and in history. Never again on the net, with links to help involve the readers themselves in the counterconspiracy. The New Yorker calls it "on the cutting edge —and a strange place that is." Volume One includes Reich and Little Rock, Cord Meyer, book reviews, Gloria Steinem, bugs and bombs, Curtis Lemay, Jenny Randles, Iron Mountain, JFK, Lobster, Monicagate, Starbucks murders, right-wing conspiracy, Octopus, Crewes, Ginsberg, Lisker 's Birthday, Dr. John, Kerry Thornley, and more.

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Steamshovel's Steaming Farrago of Conspiratorial Connections.......2001-07-27

Kenn Thomas, redoubtable and prolific writer-editor-publisher of Steamshovel Press and its associated Web site, has done us a tremendous favor. He has downloaded 175 pages of short articles from Steamshovel's web site into a remarkable book. Its best feature is that Kenn has been open to input and argument from many different sides of important questions and issues facing us. They include CIA-funded wars and conflicts, strife and murders, at home and abroad; the possibility of secret germ warfare having been conducted both abroad and here at home; "beatniks", UFO's, mind control; Iron Mountain, hoax or horror; Bill Clinton, Paula Jones, Cord and Mary Pinchot Meyer; Gloria Steinem's stints for the CIA; Gordon Liddy and Larry Flynt on the Gemstone File, and much more. The writers come from the Left, the Right, and the Middle; Democrats, Republicans, Reichians; theorists with varied slants on U.S political assassinations, and from many other points on the compass. They talk, discuss, argue with each other, reminiscent of town hall meetings, or what we used to be able to read in magazines featuring controversy before most of them were wiped out by the simple strategy of raising postal rates to brutal levels back in the '70's.

I am grateful for the opportunity to see these varied discussions in print, in one place, at one time, in paperback form. Crouched over a computer monitor, reading isolated articles appearing over several years' time, one would be hard put to be able to compare or coordinate several articles at once. The cast of characters appearing here are a sort of Vonnegut gonfalon of contemporary culture gathered under the banner of free inquiry; everyone is invited.

This book has been published by the new technology: text stored on a huge computer somewhere; copies printed on demand. It makes for flexible production, with no fear of cartons of unsold books getting dusty somewhere. On the negative side, no table of contents and no index means you are on your own when it comes to finding things.

Book Description

The Cybercultures Reader brings together articles covering the whole spectrum of cyberspace and related new technologies to explore the ways in which these technologies are reshaping cultural forms and practices at the turn of the century. The reader is divided into thematic sections focussing on key issues such as subcultures in cyberspace, posthumanism and cyberbodies and pop-cultural depictions of human-machine interaction. Key features include:
* section introductions locating the essays in their theoretical and technological context
* editor's introduction and accompanying user's guide
* extensive bibliography

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wow.......2004-01-12

This is pretty impressive stuff...really. Aslo, the cover is nice.

Didn't do much for me.......2001-10-03

This seemed to be a collection of essays that don't quite go anywhere. Maybe for somebody it's good but for me it felt like mix of artists and cultural studies types who don't really get online with some people who spend too much time online in mud's and other virutal 'worlds'. It seem to lack any theortical or intellectual backbone. Aside from that, if you get a list of the essays most of them can be found online. ;)

Cyberculture Counterconspiracy: A Steamshovel Web Reader

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Cyberculture Counterconspiracy: A Steamshovel Web Reader

Manufacturer: Book Tree
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 158509126X

Book Description

A Steamshovel Web Reader Volume Two, edited by Kenn Thomas. Volume Two includes book reviews, Prouty hypothesis, Loch Ness, Bin Laden (before 911), Casolaro, the Octopus, Reich, Anthrax, Waco, HIV origin, military build-up, Owen Hart, Morrow, castration, the Tippit connection, the pentagon's web, heavily illustrated Manson family exposé, remote viewing and mind control, and much more.

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The Cybercultures Reader
David (Edt)/ Kennedy, Barbara M. ( Bell
Manufacturer: Routledge 1/4/2000
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBZQRO

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CYBERCULTURES READER -OS
David Bell
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6EZMU

Book Description

You're playing with the big boys now, Keeper. This book gives you all the edge you'll ever need!

• Deep down and dirty secrets of total dungeon management
• Maps of every realm, showing every creature, every trap, every secret
• Complete stats on all creatures, heroes, spells, and traps
• A detailed walkthrough of the entire campaign
• Everything you need to know to build the perfect Deadly Dungeon

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DK deserves better.......2000-03-18

I'm the Strategy Gaming guide for BellaOnline.Com, so I play tons of games and have to figure out every twist and trick in them. Sometimes I'll read the guides afterwards, to see how well I found everything. Reading this one was incredibly disappointing! Anything that's in this book is pretty obvious, and certainly available out on web sites. Definitely not for any gamer's bookshelf!

My younger brother could've given better advice........1999-09-26

I can't believe I paid money for this! There's better material to be found online, anyday! Thank god I was able to return it in time!

It was f******g great.......1999-06-01

This would be one of the best stratigy guides that I have read. I recomend it for all who are going to buy dungeon keeper 2 wether you need it or not. thant you bullfrog for the best game on the planet.

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Nurse your PC back to health with a little help from Leo Laporte. Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk in a Book uses a unique, medical dictionary approach, complete with symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for all of your common and not-so-common PC maladies. Flow-charts will help you correctly diagnose and treat such problems as:

Windows installation woes
Storage device tragedies
Printer problems
Pesky audio, video and general multimedia mayhem
Keyboard and mouse afflictions
Home networking headaches
Core PC hardware issues
Application failures
Viruses, spyware and spam infections

Don't waste time digging through paperwork only to find a tech-support line that is going to cost you an arm and a leg to cure your PC's ailments. Make your own house calls instead with Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk in a Book.

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A great book for beginners and intermediates.......2006-12-21

I have been involved in computers and networks since Windows 3.1. I have seen every problem and issue you can imagine. Just when I thought I knew it all, the PC showed me who was boss time and time again. This was my hobby that turned into a high pay career until outsourcing killed the profession.

I had years to learn, develop and grow. You have problems right now and need them solved cheaply...today! This book is not a complete, all encompassing reference guide. It goes over the most common and most likely problems you will face. WHICH IS PERFECT!!!

I remember Leo from the ZDTV days with Sumi Das and others. He has continued on to provide the MEAT of material that will matter to you the MOST! He goes over locations of inputs and outputs on the front and back of the computer, there are nice, clear well laid diagrams, and it seems they were using Windows XP 64bit edition! Pretty cheeky Leo!!!

That said, this book is a year old. If you end up buying a computer with/or upgrading to Windows Vista...90% of this book will be obsolete. hopefully, Leo will release a new version in the next 6 months.

If you want a complete (skull numbing) reference book for your shelf, check out anything by Scott Mueller (Upgrading and Repairing PCs - 17th Edition). Scott can't be beat.

Leo's Got IT Covered.......2006-02-25

For those of you know do know Leo Leporte, let me fill you in. He's one of the busiest, friendliest, and very knowledgeable guys around today. He's on TV, the radio, and on a dozen podcasts. Leo knows technology.

The PC Help Desk is the most thorough book you can find when it comes to understanding and troubleshooting your Windows based PC. Now, personally, I own a Mac. However, most of my family owns pc's. So this book was a gift to my parents to help them figure out any problems they might have when I can't get over there right away.

Finally, although we're talking computers, it is written in a friendly everyday language. There is humor to diffuse any anxiety you might have about technology talk. It's very down to earth. I recommend this to anyone who gets baffled by his or her PC.

Excellent computer reference work.......2006-01-16

This is a great book. Easy to read for beginners, but detailed enough to be usefull. It has a handy index for quickly locating items of interest. It covers the basics of most all aspects of computing, and is quite educational for newbies. I find it a fine reference tool.

The pc help desk.,by leo laporte ,is a must for all computer users.........2005-12-02

The pc help desk book written by leo laporte is a must read guide in keeping your pc or mac healthy...leo is warm and has a great sense of humor..He never talks down to his audience,and has been a lot of help to me on his call for help program...Any serious computer user,should buy this book...thank you! stewart l

Good choice for a basic troubleshooting guide in your library..........2005-10-31

Troubleshooting books are like insurance policies... They may sit on your shelf for a long time, but if you have a broken PC, you want it to be there. The Que book Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk by Leo Laporte and Mark Edward Soper is a nice mix of troubleshooting and knowledge transfer...

Contents: PC Anatomy 101; Troubleshooting Windows and Windows Applications; Troubleshooting Storage Devices; Troubleshooting Your Printer; Troubleshooting Graphics and Sound Problems; Troubleshooting Multimedia and Imaging Devices; Troubleshooting I/O Ports and Input Devices; Troubleshooting Your Network and Internet Connections; Troubleshooting Memory, Processor, and System Performance Problems; Troubleshooting Flowcharts; Index

This book has some nice features. The appendix of Troubleshooting Flowcharts has excellent information on how best to go about troubleshooting in general, followed by flowcharts of general areas that can give a PC owner headaches. It's written in language easy enough for most PC users to follow without getting bogged down in terminology, while also guiding a knowledgeable user in the right direction. Each of the other chapters also do a very nice job of giving the reader extensive information about how something works (like graphic cards) with a slant towards being able to resolve issues that could very well rear their ugly head. It's almost worth reading the book from front to back *before* you have a problem just so you have the basic understanding before you need it.

If you don't have a basic troubleshooting book in your personal library (and if you're a Windows PC user), you should have. And this book would be a worthy choice to fill that gap...

Mantenimiento y Reparacion del PC/ Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk (Hardware Y Redes/ Hardware and Networks)

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Mantenimiento y Reparacion del PC/ Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk (Hardware Y Redes/ Hardware and Networks)
Leo Laporte , and Mark Edward Soper
Manufacturer: Anaya Multimedia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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