Dudes at various ages going through the battle of Thermopylae in various ranks and experiences--while being written by an arguably master historical novelist

GOT has nothing on GoF

my goal is to write history books someday

The only book I read once a year

Read Stephen Pressfield to see what a master at the craft looks like

Patton's "War As I Knew It" was a really interesting book. It's the collection of the journals that his wife edited and allowed to be used, and the start of the book he was never able to finish.

being in this organization makes me feel so dumb

normally I'm more well read than the people in around

but then I go to IE meetups and the conversations are way over my head

I'm not a well read as most people in IE, but I'm defiantly more read than your average guy my age

they're always analyzing philosophy that I can't understand

most philosophy probably needs to be read multiple times

most books in general need to be read multiple times unless it's simple stuff

well

it probably depends on your reading level

I got lazy with reading as a teenager

being part of this movement inspired me to start reading full books because I want to not because I have to

I never did that when I was younger

I did go on Wikipedia tangents though

Along the lines of most books needing to be read twice, I'd say the authors failed

I know that I *can* read a book twice and gain more, but for an author to expect anyone to read their book twice (luckily they did the first time), is bad strategy

I just forget stuff

and my reading comprehension isn't where it should be

probably higher than then average person

but lower than 🅱ig 🅱rained IE members

lol, to be fair my reading comp is sky high--but not my math score

>Read this book, guy
>Oh, I know where this is going.
>Here's some long division
>erm, where's my book..?

ahahaha the conversation I just witnessed in the train station

> where are you from, Russia?

*nods*

> where at in Russia?

> Ukraine

baste

I did some more digging on Trump's bump stock ban, this is apparently something he started promising he would do back in February. That makes me feel a bit better about it I guess. I sometimes wonder if him giving bones to the lefties like Crim. Justice reform + bump stock ban give him cover for things like withdrawing troops from Syria.

I'm literally in Odessa right now

just got a bit of internet connection

@Jacob nice! My dad went there a few times, he said it was beautiful. Are you with family?

oh, it's the Odessa in Washington, so probably not as exciting

though visiting Ukraine one day sounds fun

@Jacob LOL yeah very different

the girl sitting next to me was speaking Russian though