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Jen is Currently Reading

Jen is currently reading

The Endurance Artist: Lazarus Lake, the Barkley & a Race with No End

by Jared Beasley (Goodreads Author)

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Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

by Christopher McDougall

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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Goodreads Author)

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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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Obliterati — 10 members — last activity Sep 26, 2013 08:26AM
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Movies We've Just Watched — 2598 members — last activity May 04, 2026 08:31AM
A chance in quick form to give your recent impressions of a movie you just watched--on the big screen or on dvd. Good or bad; life-changing or just si ...more

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TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.

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Science fiction doesn’t have to been depressing: Welcome to Solarpunk! Solarpunk is a new genre within science fiction that is a reaction against th ...more

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