Not that kind of memoir.

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Not that kind of memoir.

TB — 4/16/2008 3:34:10 AM (archived)

Tech stuff, and How I Did It kind of things. Besides, I was a real lovable guy who got along with everybody.

One of the best ones I've ever read along these lines is the book "Ignition" by John D. Clark ("An informal history of liquid rocket propellants"). Much more fun to read than you might think it would be.

Long out of print, unfortunately, but possibly available in libraries. You don't want to know what used bookdealers are charging. I got my copy as a gift.

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Ok, it's getting out of hand again - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 4:08:17 AM
- Not a breather, just doing a lot of writing... - ER - 4/15/2008 6:40:34 PM
  - re: Not a breather, just doing a lot of writing... - gbaikie - 4/16/2008 9:05:04 PM
  - In other words, black-and-white worldviews. - Bowser - 4/16/2008 5:15:54 AM
  - re: Not a breather, just doing a lot of writing... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/15/2008 9:17:03 PM
    - I've never had the advantage of a pan-temporal vortex education. (n/t) - ER - 4/16/2008 4:09:06 AM
      - Technically... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 5:16:20 AM
    - Breathtaking arrogance... (n/t) - Yeti - 4/16/2008 4:03:30 AM
      - Look in the mirror dunce. (n/t) - Todd - 4/17/2008 5:22:39 AM
        
        Wow. - Yeti - 4/17/2008 4:20:55 PM
        
        Haha! - Todd - 4/18/2008 10:29:40 AM
        
        Well... - TB - 4/17/2008 7:39:30 PM
        
        Be careful. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 5:12:59 AM
  - Yipes. - TB - 4/15/2008 8:53:03 PM
    - Not at all. Actually, everything is going very well for me. - ER - 4/15/2008 9:49:08 PM
      - Gang of Four? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/15/2008 11:06:13 PM
        
        connaissance des temps - ER - 4/18/2008 12:17:46 PM
        
        Damn! (n/t) - Bowser - 4/21/2008 5:56:48 AM
        
        Here. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 10:53:54 PM
        
        hear, here, Here and HERE. - ER - 4/19/2008 1:16:59 PM
        
        "O, wad some power the giftie gie us/To see oursels as others see us!"....Robert Burns - Jody - 4/22/2008 12:14:21 PM
        
        Please refresh my memory. - ER - 4/22/2008 2:44:26 PM
        
        Okay... - Jody - 4/22/2008 3:54:14 PM
        
        It rings a bell... - ER - 4/22/2008 5:21:39 PM
        
        re: It rings a bell... - Jody - 4/22/2008 6:10:59 PM
        
        Double, triple and quadruple DAMN! - Bowser - 4/21/2008 5:58:44 AM
        
        re: hear, here, Here and HERE. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 9:09:35 PM
        
        (server tower transcript 1l455jjedfxcde1432a) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 11:26:59 PM
        
        (server tower transcript 1nghjkwee8520g) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/20/2008 12:27:54 AM
        
        That's great! Can I use that? - TB - 4/19/2008 5:25:41 PM
        
        Thats great! get Irony much!? - Yeti - 4/20/2008 5:50:25 AM
        
        re: That's great! Can I use that? - ER - 4/19/2008 8:01:00 PM
        
        Nah. It's the message. - TB - 4/19/2008 9:39:53 PM
        
        Enema of the people - ER - 4/19/2008 10:28:21 PM
        
        re: Enema of the people - TB - 4/19/2008 11:23:07 PM
        
        a footnote - Robert - 4/20/2008 2:30:24 AM
        
        re: a footnote - TB - 4/20/2008 4:24:09 AM
        
        a hootnote - Robert - 4/20/2008 6:17:26 AM
        
        And a short trace of this thread... - TB - 4/19/2008 11:43:47 PM
        
        Lets' face it Zoners...bottom line... - Jody - 4/21/2008 11:40:27 AM
        
        "They hate you if you're clever, but they despise a fool." - ER - 4/20/2008 2:03:44 AM
        
        So tell me... - TB - 4/20/2008 4:39:39 AM
        
        So I will - ER - 4/20/2008 11:33:30 AM
        
        re: So I will - TB - 4/20/2008 8:57:24 PM
        
        "Remember that thou art but a man, O Boss RightWinger" - Robert - 4/21/2008 4:41:01 AM
        
        LOL! - SDAI-DanneskjÃ¶ld1 - 4/21/2008 6:04:20 AM
        
        re: LOL! - Robert - 4/22/2008 3:57:52 AM
        
        Why even respond? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2008 5:17:22 AM
        
        as a courtesy - Robert - 4/22/2008 8:52:35 PM
        
        Thanks. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2008 11:13:36 PM
        
        Here's my advice. - SDAI-DanneskjÃ¶ld1 - 4/20/2008 11:07:50 PM
        
        And furthermore... - SDAI-DanneskjÃ¶ld1 - 4/20/2008 11:20:57 PM
        
        So producers start threads, and users respond to them? - podrock - 4/21/2008 10:47:15 PM
        
        Disingenuity. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/21/2008 11:43:40 PM
        
        Insulting. - podrock - 4/22/2008 2:04:14 AM
        
        Don't look at me... - TB - 4/22/2008 4:48:27 AM
        
        Sitting in front of it crying. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2008 5:30:45 AM
        
        re: Insulting. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2008 3:25:12 AM
        
        Squawk ? - podrock - 4/22/2008 7:18:44 AM
        
        re: Squawk ? - SDAI-DanneskjÃ¶ld1 - 4/22/2008 11:18:48 PM
        
        re: Perception games - Yeti - 4/22/2008 3:58:14 AM
        
        a little over 1/2 an hour... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2008 4:38:44 AM
        
        re: a little over 1/2 an hour... - Yeti - 4/23/2008 5:14:27 AM
        
        Oh, and - Yeti - 4/22/2008 4:04:13 AM
        
        Congrats - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/20/2008 2:42:38 AM
        
        Who? - ER - 4/19/2008 11:37:25 PM
        
        The Magic Mirror - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 10:56:10 PM
        
        Squat and rotate, Vortex boy. (n/t) - ER - 4/19/2008 11:02:12 PM
        
        "There you go again" - Ronald Reagan (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 11:03:42 PM
        
        It was a lie, when Reagan said it. Now too? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/20/2008 12:44:43 AM
        
        Perch and swivel, then. And your pal Ronnie, too. (n/t) - ER - 4/19/2008 11:06:12 PM
        
        Well so much for "civil discourse" ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 11:46:51 PM
        
        Oh, for crying out loud - Yeti - 4/20/2008 6:00:12 AM
        
        Surrender ER - alcaray - 4/19/2008 8:47:50 PM
        
        re: hear, here, Here and HERE. - Observer - 4/19/2008 3:41:12 PM
      - Incidentally... - TB - 4/15/2008 10:29:15 PM
        
        No, but I've been doing a lot of non-fiction and essays. - ER - 4/15/2008 10:59:05 PM
        
        Good for you. - TB - 4/16/2008 1:41:30 AM
        
        Beware of writing a memoir. - ER - 4/16/2008 1:56:56 AM
        
        Not that kind of memoir. - TB - 4/16/2008 3:34:10 AM
        
        Some interesting background on John D. Clark - TB - 4/16/2008 3:40:18 AM
  - That may have been your best yet - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 8:40:38 PM
- re: out of hand - TB - 4/15/2008 5:14:49 PM
  - Giving in to the aggressors on all levels - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 5:54:48 PM
    - re: Giving in to the aggressors on all levels - TB - 4/15/2008 8:35:33 PM
- I noticed that, too. - Bowser - 4/15/2008 6:33:40 AM
  - I'm sure you noticed - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 2:41:27 PM
    - The only pissant I see is you. - Lee - 4/15/2008 7:29:41 PM
    - Being naked is morally worse than killing people. Go figure (n/t) - Bowser - 4/15/2008 3:37:57 PM
- You can be a pussy if you want. - Lee - 4/15/2008 4:40:26 AM
  - "These people really do hate us" - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 6:05:42 AM
    - Kill their friends and relatives and they tend to do that. - Bowser - 4/15/2008 5:07:41 PM
    - re: "These people really do hate us" - SteveS - 4/15/2008 1:26:53 PM
      - re: "These people really do hate us" - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 2:40:12 PM
        
        re: "These people really do hate us" - SteveS - 4/16/2008 11:17:56 PM
        
        Ah Steve - azstrummer - 4/18/2008 3:23:08 PM
        
        re: Future horrors - SteveS - 4/19/2008 12:21:26 AM
        
        Islam means submission. - Lee - 4/19/2008 3:24:36 AM
        
        To defeat the Borg - azstrummer - 4/21/2008 2:51:47 PM
        
        We should be prepared for that. - Lee - 4/21/2008 5:32:06 PM
        
        We could make them wear crescents on their clothing. - alcaray - 4/22/2008 7:11:21 PM
        
        Well start arming the nukes then - azstrummer - 4/22/2008 4:09:02 PM
    - These people...(GRAPHIC) - Lee - 4/15/2008 7:26:04 AM
      - I understand your anger, Lee...but... - McFly - 4/16/2008 3:06:07 PM
        
        re:Saddam and Terrorism - SteveS - 4/16/2008 11:45:31 PM
        
        As Tom said...unbelievable. - Lee - 4/16/2008 5:55:00 PM
        
        "It's your attitude...that I'm pissed off at." - McFly - 4/17/2008 5:30:42 PM
        
        Who's trying to wipe our hands of it? - Lee - 4/17/2008 5:53:55 PM
        
        The use of "we" - azstrummer - 4/16/2008 11:10:29 PM
        
        I get it now. - Lee - 4/17/2008 12:50:19 AM
        
        re: I get it now. - photogal - 4/21/2008 10:57:12 PM
        
        You should start being fitted for a burqa now. - Lee - 4/22/2008 8:28:15 PM
        
        Unbelievable. (n/t) - TB - 4/16/2008 4:20:15 PM
      - er Lee - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 2:48:38 PM
        
        BTW - Lee - 4/15/2008 6:24:28 PM
        
        re: BTW - photogal - 4/16/2008 4:22:30 AM
        
        Move along...nothing to see here...move along. - Lee - 4/16/2008 4:33:21 AM
        
        re: Move along...nothing to see here...move along. - photogal - 4/17/2008 3:57:24 AM
        
        Lee only gets hints delivered with blunt force trauma. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/19/2008 5:25:45 AM
        
        Then I'm still far more perceptive than you. - Lee - 4/20/2008 2:44:25 AM
        
        re: Then I'm still far more perceptive than you. - alcaray - 4/20/2008 3:10:11 AM
        
        I've only seen one post by her. - Lee - 4/20/2008 8:37:55 AM
        
        Jeez, can't even count posts. - alcaray - 4/21/2008 2:32:41 AM
        
        {"Get a life" is not an argument. - Lee - 4/18/2008 12:28:50 AM
        
        I don't normally do this. - Lee - 4/15/2008 6:01:15 PM
        
        Growing a pair - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 6:14:26 PM
        
        Who's calling for violence? - Lee - 4/15/2008 6:44:44 PM
        
        Hey, he is brave enough to anonymously post hate speech here that he would never DARE say openly in public - ARRELL - 4/15/2008 6:22:16 PM
        
        Speaking of anonymity, Robert. - Lee - 4/15/2008 6:48:51 PM
        
        Devin is "Yeti" - Todd - 4/17/2008 5:34:09 AM
        
        No big secret - TB - 4/17/2008 9:43:18 PM
        
        "What's your last name again" - ARRELL - 4/15/2008 7:03:54 PM
        
        Oh, I understand. - Lee - 4/15/2008 7:24:34 PM
        
        Arrell is not Yeti. - TB - 4/15/2008 8:55:57 PM
        
        My job with the MIB keeps me on the move... - ;-) ARRELL - 4/16/2008 1:24:30 AM
        
        Everywhere I tell you! Yetis- everywhere!! (n/t) - Yeti - 4/15/2008 9:09:57 PM
        
        STFU. (n/t) - Todd - 4/16/2008 7:55:09 AM
        
        Oh, wow. Gee. That told me off. Brilliant.... (n/t) - Yeti - 4/16/2008 4:17:13 PM
        
        Thanks! - Todd - 4/17/2008 5:26:27 AM
        
        Please don't tell me what you've been spraying. - TB - 4/16/2008 1:46:22 AM
        
        Ha! - Yeti - 4/16/2008 4:05:50 AM
        
        A small correction... - TB - 4/15/2008 5:34:47 PM
- re: Ok, it's getting out of hand again - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/15/2008 4:27:16 AM

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