media_junkie ([info]media_junkie) wrote,
@ 2008-04-14 20:53:00
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Current mood: tired

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I am actually reading a book that I can't bring into work to read during lunch. Last week on NPR Mary Roach was being interviewed about her new book: Bonk - The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. She has thoroughly researched a book about the history of the scientific study of sex. This includes everything from the researchers lives, to the instruments they invented and the results they measured. There was a funny quote from Kinsey during the interview so I told the hubby about it.

Saturday the hubby took his car to the oil change place next to the Borders. He saw the book on an end cap and remembered me talking about it so he brought it home. It is fascinating - like a car wreck. Mary Roach has a good sense of humor though, and her footnotes are as entertaining as they are in a Terry Pratchett novel. So far it's an excellent read and yes, I'm learning a lot too.

Went back to the other gym today. I think I'm getting into the rowing machine. Rather than switch gyms though I think I'll just invest the money it would cost to change in my own rowing machine if I can find one that stores under the couch. Other than that I like the gyms about equally.

Books: Dreaming Metal/Bonk

Movies: Stargate - the actual movie for a change

Soundtrack: Empire - Dar Williams



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[info]trish_punch
2008-04-15 01:07 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the book review - I'll have to order it from the library.

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[info]ginevra007
2008-04-16 05:43 am UTC (link)
Yeah I would be interested in that.

While I was doing research for a writer,he got a book on Kinsey and the questionable ethics of his work on children and their sexuality. http://www.drjudithreisman.com/books.html The book is called Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences. now I'm not saying all of his work is wrong, but she makes an interesting case for re-evaluating his ethics and methods of working with children.

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[info]media_junkie
2008-04-16 11:04 pm UTC (link)
The only reference the book has made to Kinsey and kids was him reporting second hand stories from pederasts who answered the survey.

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[info]yolen
2008-04-28 12:02 am UTC (link)
Oh! I have to pick that up sometime. I read her book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and really enjoyed it.

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