Comments on: I'm Leaving on a Jetplane http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/ Live Loud Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Social Network Seduction http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Social Network Seduction Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:59:49 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-649 Great! Thanks for bringing this to the light -Kelly <3 Great! Thanks for bringing this to the light -Kelly <3

]]> By: steph http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-648 steph Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:45:20 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-648 I really enjoyed I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. I was happily surprised to find out that there is, in fact, someone in the world who is more of an asshole than my soon to be ex-brother-in-law! I'll have to pick up Water for Elephants- it's been on the for sale table at Borders for a while but doesn't have a summary on the back cover. I spend 3 hrs on the train every day to commute to work, so I go through a book every 2 days or so. As for what I do the 2 hrs before I get on a plane- I generally wander around the airport, trying to get out all my nervous energy. I stop and get some water and/or Diet Coke and take advantage of the spacious bathrooms. Oh, and I highly recommend Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs. I've read all of his books, and that is by far my favorite. I really enjoyed I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. I was happily surprised to find out that there is, in fact, someone in the world who is more of an asshole than my soon to be ex-brother-in-law!

I’ll have to pick up Water for Elephants- it’s been on the for sale table at Borders for a while but doesn’t have a summary on the back cover. I spend 3 hrs on the train every day to commute to work, so I go through a book every 2 days or so.

As for what I do the 2 hrs before I get on a plane- I generally wander around the airport, trying to get out all my nervous energy. I stop and get some water and/or Diet Coke and take advantage of the spacious bathrooms.

Oh, and I highly recommend Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs. I’ve read all of his books, and that is by far my favorite.

]]> By: marni http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-647 marni Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:36:47 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-647 so that's who tucker max is!!! someone there at sixthman (lauren i think) wrote about post-secret and now i'm addicted! there was a secret about tucker max, I didn't make the connection but now I get it. and it took me about 3 months to really get into Pillars of the Earth, i kept wondering what all the fuss was about... but then I finally got into the thick of it and couldn't put it down. the talent that it takes to write a story like that- i'm always left to wonder "how did they do that?". so that’s who tucker max is!!! someone there at sixthman (lauren i think) wrote about post-secret and now i’m addicted! there was a secret about tucker max, I didn’t make the connection but now I get it.
and it took me about 3 months to really get into Pillars of the Earth, i kept wondering what all the fuss was about… but then I finally got into the thick of it and couldn’t put it down. the talent that it takes to write a story like that- i’m always left to wonder “how did they do that?”.

]]> By: Steve http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Steve Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:45:27 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-646 Tucker actually has a site up (tuckermax.com) where you can read a bunch of his stories in all of their terrible, infamous glory. Here is the link to the story about the hockey game: http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/date/tucker_goes_to_hockey_game_causes_trouble.phtml#279 Tucker actually has a site up (tuckermax.com) where you can read a bunch of his stories in all of their terrible, infamous glory. Here is the link to the story about the hockey game:

http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/date/tucker_goes_to_hockey_game_causes_trouble.phtml#279

]]> By: Steve http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Steve Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:34:59 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-645 Yeah, Nora loaned me her copy of Pillars of the Earth, and I'm working my way through it now...that book is freaking long! I'm getting to the good stuff now, so the reading is going much more quickly. I'm still only on page 350, so I have a long way to go. Marni - yeah, the second book is definitely not for everybody. The guy who wrote it is an ass, and full of himself, but he's just too damn funny! One of his stories involves him beating up a mascot on the ice, during a minor league hockey game. Stuff like that, you just can't make up. I'll check out the two books you recommended..thanks! Yeah, Nora loaned me her copy of Pillars of the Earth, and I’m working my way through it now…that book is freaking long! I’m getting to the good stuff now, so the reading is going much more quickly. I’m still only on page 350, so I have a long way to go.

Marni – yeah, the second book is definitely not for everybody. The guy who wrote it is an ass, and full of himself, but he’s just too damn funny! One of his stories involves him beating up a mascot on the ice, during a minor league hockey game. Stuff like that, you just can’t make up.

I’ll check out the two books you recommended..thanks!

]]> By: marni http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-644 marni Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:22:19 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-644 Pillars of the Earth :) another gem of a book! Anyone have a book suggestion? One they couldn't put down? thanks-m Pillars of the Earth :) another gem of a book!
Anyone have a book suggestion? One they couldn’t put down? thanks-m

]]> By: cassie http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-643 cassie Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:12:33 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-643 I try to use the time to catch up on my Sunday NYTimes crossword puzzles (I usually have a backlog of 5-6) and reading, which I too never have time to do in my day to day life. My last flight, a few weeks ago, I read Pillars of the Earth, and when we landed, I just couldn't put it down and kept reading through baggage claim and in the rental car line... I try to use the time to catch up on my Sunday NYTimes crossword puzzles (I usually have a backlog of 5-6) and reading, which I too never have time to do in my day to day life.

My last flight, a few weeks ago, I read Pillars of the Earth, and when we landed, I just couldn’t put it down and kept reading through baggage claim and in the rental car line…

]]> By: nora http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-642 nora Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:48:45 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-642 i loved water for elephants! we really do need to start a book club. just as soon as you finish pillars of the earth (so some time next spring...?) i loved water for elephants! we really do need to start a book club. just as soon as you finish pillars of the earth (so some time next spring…?)

]]> By: marni http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-641 marni Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:31:12 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-641 I agree--Water for Elephants is such a good book!! Many times I'll remember a trip based on the book I was reading at the airport, even sweeter is a book bought in a local bookstore where you are visiting that you can't wait to immerse yourself in on the flight home. Makes the return a little less painful. I'm intrigued by the two other books you mentioned. I remember picking up the second one and being unsure if I'd enjoy it, ha! Two recommendations for you- The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer and This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J Levitin ...and people watching at an airport is a close second I agree–Water for Elephants is such a good book!! Many times I’ll remember a trip based on the book I was reading at the airport, even sweeter is a book bought in a local bookstore where you are visiting that you can’t wait to immerse yourself in on the flight home. Makes the return a little less painful.
I’m intrigued by the two other books you mentioned. I remember picking up the second one and being unsure if I’d enjoy it, ha!
Two recommendations for you-
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
and
This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J Levitin

…and people watching at an airport is a close second

]]> By: Rhonda http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Rhonda Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:58:58 +0000 http://www.sixthman.net/blog/2008/11/12/im-leaving-on-a-jetplane/#comment-640 I usually spend it reading magazines. Somehow, something about airport newstands makes business magazines seem fascinating to me. Fascinating I tell you. I usually spend it reading magazines. Somehow, something about airport newstands makes business magazines seem fascinating to me. Fascinating I tell you.

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