The Coffee House

[limr32 1]

Hope everyone has a great book to read in this snow break. I am between a political book and a 'pleasure book' .
Vince Flynn for pleasure, my 6 th Mitch Rapp character and then an educational book for politics.
N

I've got enough books to get me through a hundred blizzards I'll admit that I do miss the internet if the power goes out, but I also have so many things to keep me busy and/or entertained that it ultimately doesn't bother me much after the initial withdrawal period.

I just finished the book I'd been reading (Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking) and am going to start reading a novel that a friend of mine just finished and she needs some first readers.

 

[NancyMoranG]

As 1 of 8 kids, we run the gamut on drinking ...

 

[minicoop1985]

Lemme see here, I think we're gonna get an inch? Don't even need to pull out the snowblower.

 

[NancyMoranG]

I saw your earlier post on that book. I may have to look into that. I have been told that I can walk into a room of 50 people and make conversation with everyone. But yet, I do not have a lot of close friends....?
Thinking of books, I am going to sign off and read..
Safety to all affected tonight.
N

 

[sm4him]

Bread and milk, my @$$. If I'm going to get snowed in, I want steaks, coffee and cinnamon rolls.

And bacon.
And the makings for the adult beverage of my choice; preferably a Margarita, but at least some Fireball whiskey.

In fact, now that I think about it:
I think I'll go to the store and get steak, coffee, cinnamon rolls and bacon (I already have the adult beverage makings) and then spend a day or two just PRETENDING to be snowed in.
Kinda like a "sympathy blizzard" for my fellow hosers in the NE.

 

[sm4him]

Hope everyone has a great book to read in this snow break. I am between a political book and a 'pleasure book' .
Vince Flynn for pleasure, my 6 th Mitch Rapp character and then an educational book for politics.
N

I've got enough books to get me through a hundred blizzards I'll admit that I do miss the internet if the power goes out, but I also have so many things to keep me busy and/or entertained that it ultimately doesn't bother me much after the initial withdrawal period.

I just finished the book I'd been reading (Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking) and am going to start reading a novel that a friend of mine just finished and she needs some first readers.

I am in the process of reading the Quiet book. I'm finding it to be a hard read; not hard, as in drudgery, but as in requiring requiring plenty of time to really think about what it's saying.
I'm also finding it a hard read, because it is making me even more P.O.'ed about some stuff at work that's been going on recently, ,which I was already PLENTY P.O.'ed about. It's kinda making me want to go marching into my boss' office and say, "See!! Look RIGHT HERE. I am NOT making this crap up!" But instead, so far, I'm still just seething silently.

I will say that IF I had any doubt before (I didn't), I am absolutely confident now that I *am* an Introvert, with a capital I.

 

[Gary A.]

Hey, it's actually raining here. Better run to the store for some bacon, flares and adult diapers. Joking.

 

[pgriz]

Sharon, you may be an introvert in person, but on the internet you show a very gregarious personality. Could you be (gasp!!!) a closet extrovert?

 

[limr32 1]

I definitely knew I was in introvert before I read the book, without a doubt. Pretty hardcore, too. I did at one point think that I was more in the middle of the spectrum, at least when I was younger, but I think that was more about trying to be a way I was "supposed" to be rather than what I wanted. So I haven't become more introverted - I'm just as much of one as I've always been - I just don't give a crap about "supposed to" anymore

 

[Gary A.]

But it is raining. Mary Lou doesn't want me outside in the rain. But ... I'm putting on a sweater and I just fired up the giant George Foreman in the patio and getting prepped for some more salmon tonight. Took another inspection of Monarch chrysalis, nada ... so the watch continues.

 

[Gary A.]

The brown rice is cooking away. I've been marinating the salmon for a few hours.

 

[limr32 1]

Sharon, you may be an introvert in person, but on the internet you show a very gregarious personality. Could you be (gasp!!!) a closet extrovert?

The internet is a godsend for introverts. We often express ourselves better in writing, and there's less of an opportunity to be shouted over as there is in a group. Plus, we can avoid small talk if we want to.

There was a fascinating section on collaboration. It described how in-person group collaboration was less effective than letting people work on their own. However, working in groups using email or a chatting platform yielded more productive results than working alone.

 

[Gary A.]

I'm about to head out directly into the rain to get some kale, celery, peppers, et al. I may just say to hell with it all and cross the wet yard and get some apples.

 

[limr32 1]

I am in the process of reading the Quiet book. I'm finding it to be a hard read; not hard, as in drudgery, but as in requiring requiring plenty of time to really think about what it's saying.
I'm also finding it a hard read, because it is making me even more P.O.'ed about some stuff at work that's been going on recently, ,which I was already PLENTY P.O.'ed about. It's kinda making me want to go marching into my boss' office and say, "See!! Look RIGHT HERE. I am NOT making this crap up!" But instead, so far, I'm still just seething silently.

I will say that IF I had any doubt before (I didn't), I am absolutely confident now that I *am* an Introvert, with a capital I.

I also found it hard in some ways. Almost like old wounds got opened up - years of people asking what was wrong with me, and of course of asking myself what was wrong with me. And all the time, these things that were "wrong" were just wired into me and could have been the source of achievement instead of embarrassment.

 

[limr32 1]

I'm about to head out directly into the rain to get some kale, celery, peppers, et al. I may just say to hell with it all and cross the wet yard and get some apples.

Now you're gettin' crazy!