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The Worst Book You Still Managed to Finish Reading

  1. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
  2. Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
  3. Mission Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
  4. Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
  5. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
  6. The Silmarillion, J.R.R.Tolkien
  7. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed , Patricia Cornwell
  8. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
  9. The first book of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
  10. Flesh, Philip Jose Farmer
  11. Vector Prime, by RA Salvatore

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60808

The Worst Book You Still Managed to Finish Reading

  1. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
  2. Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
  3. Mission Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
  4. Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
  5. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
  6. The Silmarillion, J.R.R.Tolkien
  7. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed , Patricia Cornwell
  8. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
  9. The first book of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
  10. Flesh, Philip Jose Farmer
  11. Vector Prime, by RA Salvatore
  12. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

Ahistorical New Agey crap that I should have flung across the room in disgust long before finishing it - but finish it I did.

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The Worst Book You Still Managed to Finish Reading

  1. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
  2. Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
  3. Mission Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
  4. Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
  5. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
  6. The Silmarillion, J.R.R.Tolkien
  7. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed , Patricia Cornwell
  8. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
  9. The first book of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
  10. Flesh, Philip Jose Farmer
  11. Vector Prime, by RA Salvatore
  12. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
  13. Foucault’s Pendulum, by Umberto Eco

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60810

Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
60812

Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
60813

Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
60816

Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
  8. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/But you’re gonna have to serve somebody (Gotta Serve Somebody)
60818

Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
  8. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/But you’re gonna have to serve somebody (Gotta Serve Somebody)
  9. “All along the watchtower, princes kept the view” (Isaiah 21/“All along the Watchtower")
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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
  8. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/But you’re gonna have to serve somebody (Gotta Serve Somebody)
  9. “All along the watchtower, princes kept the view” (Isaiah 21/“All along the Watchtower")
  10. “I’ve been walking forty miles of bad road / If the Bible is right, the world will explode” (Things Have Changed)

I especially love #7, which continues, “God say, ‘You can do what you want to, Abe, but the next time you see me comin’, you better run’…”

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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
  8. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/But you’re gonna have to serve somebody (Gotta Serve Somebody)
  9. “All along the watchtower, princes kept the view” (Isaiah 21/“All along the Watchtower")
  10. “I’ve been walking forty miles of bad road / If the Bible is right, the world will explode” (Things Have Changed)
  11. I see pieces of men marching; trying to take heaven by force/I can see the unknown rider, I can see the pale white horse (Angelina)
60821

Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
  8. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/But you’re gonna have to serve somebody (Gotta Serve Somebody)
  9. “All along the watchtower, princes kept the view” (Isaiah 21/“All along the Watchtower")
  10. “I’ve been walking forty miles of bad road / If the Bible is right, the world will explode” (Things Have Changed)
  11. I see pieces of men marching; trying to take heaven by force/I can see the unknown rider, I can see the pale white horse (Angelina)
  12. And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard/And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall (A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall)
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Biblical references in Bob Dylan’s lyrics.

  1. Banker’s nieces seek perfection/expecting all the gifts that wise men bring (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
  2. Are you ready for the judgment/Are you ready for that terrible swift sword/Are you ready for Armageddon/Are you ready for the day of the Lord? (Are You Ready)
  3. Like Judas of old/ You lie and deceive/ A world war can be won/ You want me to believe (Masters Of War)
  4. May you build a ladder to the stars/And climb on every rung (Forever Young)
  5. They say in your father’s house, there’s many mansions (Sweetheart Like You)
  6. Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fame/Everything I dreamed of to get a start in life’s game/But suddenly it happened/Hmm, I lost every dime/ But I’m richer by far with a satisfied mind (Job/A Satisfied Mind)
  7. God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”/Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” (Highway 61 Revisited)
  8. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/But you’re gonna have to serve somebody (Gotta Serve Somebody)
  9. “All along the watchtower, princes kept the view” (Isaiah 21/“All along the Watchtower")
  10. “I’ve been walking forty miles of bad road / If the Bible is right, the world will explode” (Things Have Changed)
  11. I see pieces of men marching; trying to take heaven by force/I can see the unknown rider, I can see the pale white horse (Angelina)
  12. And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard/And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall (A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall)
  13. Oh, Angelina, oh, Angelina/ In the valley of the giants where the stars and stripes explode/ The peaches were sweet and the milk and honey flowed …… (Angelina)
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Unusual things you have seen or heard lately.

  1. A diamond-shaped road sign that read “POET CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC”.

It turns out the POET refers to a type of ethanol plant.

60823

Unusual things you have seen or heard lately.

  1. A diamond-shaped road sign that read “POET CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC”.
  2. “How can a lesbian get pregnant?”
60824

Unusual things you have seen or heard lately.

  1. A diamond-shaped road sign that read “POET CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC”.
  2. “How can a lesbian get pregnant?”
  3. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dog hosting a show together
60825

Unusual things you have seen or heard lately.

  1. A diamond-shaped road sign that read “POET CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC”.
  2. “How can a lesbian get pregnant?”
  3. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dog hosting a show together
  4. Giving tax breaks to billionaires will stimulate the economy.
60826

Unusual things you have seen or heard lately.

  1. A diamond-shaped road sign that read “POET CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC”.
  2. “How can a lesbian get pregnant?”
  3. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dog hosting a show together
  4. Giving tax breaks to billionaires will stimulate the economy.
  5. Dragonflies in a cornfield