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Just finished this. It’s his newest book, and here’s my take on it…

It seems like it was written closer to the style of his older books (which I like). The ending was rather abrupt, but the journey up to it was very very good. The character development was quite good, and the book was well paced. It’s just about 50 pages shorter than it should have been. The conflicts throughout the book seemed to be more stressed and intense than the final conflict. Overall, I’ll give the book an 86/100 rating. It’s on par with Intensity, The Bad Place, and Seize The Night by Koontz. Not his bets work, but quite good. I wouldn’t buy it in hardcover, but I’ll pick it up when it hits paperback.
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So im moving into this studio apartment next month and its a decent size but my bed is going to take up a lot of living space. I’m trying to get the most space possible because I like having people over to watch fights and so I like having lots of room. I was thinking about getting one of those fold out futon beds. That way I could have a big bed and at the same time I can get a couch out of the deal when people are over. A lot of the futons I see need some space behind it to fold open or look pretty uncomfortable.
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i cracked my new counter that has yet to be installed. it is not tile, but some type of plastic on wood. Here is a pic, what can i do to fix it? i was thinking some type of sealent? but my counter is not all black, i am trying to make it as least noticable as possbile. Serious replies please, i need to fix this asap.

First, how on earth did you crack it?

Second, are you installing it yourself?

Third, where did you buy it? Can you call them and see if they can fix it? (maybe act like you found it like that or something, I dunno)
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i want to kill all my grass and lay rocks all around and possibly add small areas of grass and small plants.

DIEEEEEEE GRASSSSS DIE!!!
oh i guess i’ll need tips and pictures would be nice if you had some
rent a sod cutter and a truck to haul all the old turf away… thats probably the best bet, because then you are left with a clean slate…
get rid of the grass and prep the area. dig it out a bit and level or grade it to your liking. Lay down some type of material to prevent weeds from gorwing all over the place. Decide on the plants you want and place them in the ground. Then insert rocks and spred them around evenly.
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I want to start upgrading and changing the style of my home but have no really good starting point. Any help?
wife and I get ideas from architecture & design mags. And we always find new ideas at the parade of home tours we do (though I dunno if they do that where you live).
We get Metropolitan Home.

Also try for ideas others have tried.
Assuming you are doing this to sell your house…

Anything you can do to add modern trends to an older home is good. This gives people the feeling that they are in a newer/nicer home than they really are. And since most people shop for homes at the top end of their price bracket, they will feel like they are getting a good deal. Don’t go too overboard or you will never recover the cost, but what you can get away with will pay off.
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Right now we have high pile carpet in the basement and its starting to look like shit. Plus any moisture in the basement is instantly absorbed by the carpet and it begins to smell musty. We’re planning on tearing the old stuff out and laying some new flooring, but have no idea what would be best for the basement.

Couple main points

1. Hardwood is not an option
2. Nothing over the top expensive
3. Relatively easy to lay

Any Opinions?
ceramic tile. lots of times HD and lowes run specials on 12×12 tiles for under $1 each. buy the thinset and grout, tools, etc. buy a cheap tilesaw that can handle 12×12 tiles
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I think it would be cool to have a thread where we list books we’ve read, and as we remember them we can come back and edit our list. We can also help each other figure out the names of books if we just remember the story, and use each others list to help remember. Anyways I’m going to start my own list, I’m sure it will take a while to remember most of them. If you participate you should keep your list in one post, and use other posts for discussion and such.
Unsorted Brainstorming
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what should I get?

So far this summer I’ve read/received from BookMooch:
-Survivor (Chuck P)
-The Moviegoer (Percy)
-Steppenwolf (Hesse)
-Siddhartha
-Slaughterhouse 5
-Cat’s Cradle
-Crime and Punishment
-Ulysses (Joyce)
-A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
-The Stranger
-Clockwork Orange

Anybody have suggestions along those lines? I’ve been looking at the list of greatest literature ever, and trying to read the entire list
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so me and the wife decided to upgrade from our condo to a house with a 1 car garage…as a car nut who will probally spend most days in there…this is like a dream come true (I wish it was a triple, but I’ll take the single )…anyways the garage floor is asphalt right now…I know there’s the simple black coating you can do, but I’ve seen my dad use it, and it didn’t hold up too well to my abuse

is there anything heavy duty that can be used to coat it? I’ve seen some of the stuff in other posts for concreat, so something of that nature…but it has to be oil resistant…proof if possible
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i’m new to cooking for myself, and I particularly enjoy cooking pasta. what are some really tasty pasta recipes that you have all come across? i have a real taste for things such as olives and capers, by the way, so i don’t mind those at all.

any suggestions?
Fusili with Tuna Marinara:

Drain 1 can of Chunk-Light tuna in water, be sure to remove as much water as possible, then marinade it in about two tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, the juice of half a lemon (bottled juice will do if that’s all you’ve got) a pinch of salt, and a pinch of pepper
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