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Saladin

Favorite Blogs 3QuarksDaily, ALdaily, TPM, Matthew Yglesias, Andrew Sullivan, Wonkette
Favorite Books The Histories, Everything by Henry Miller, The Diamond age, Siddharta, The Foundation trilogy, The Idiot (actually everything by Doestevsky), The Iliad, Dune, The Fountainhead (eek the horror), Stranger in a strange land, Guns, Germs, and Steel, 1491, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, 1815: The birth of the Modern, The Prize, Candide, and a slew of random history books.
Favorite Quotes "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers" James Thurber "We must cultivate our garden" Voltaire "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert Heinlien

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