| Because DVDs wanna be free, yo |
 Because DVDs wanna be free, yo
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Feb. 13th, 2009 @ 01:12 pm 
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Another happy thing that happened yesterday was my package from amazon UK arrived. Complete Jonathan Creek, seasons A, B and C of QI, and copies of How to Stop Worrying and Start Living and How to Win Friends and Influence People, both by Dale Carnegie. Don't judge me. The anti-worrying book was my psychologist's recommendation, and so far it's streets better than any other self-help book I've glanced through (in other cases, in rising disgust).
Sub-aside: Anyone ever look through Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray? It's horrendous. It's the most sexist tripe I've ever looked at, disgustingly insulting to both men and women - and most of his little anecdotes about his growth as a husband etc reveal only that he's a self-centred prick. [end sub-aside]
This was one good thing, followed by awesome last night when I found a freeware program to let my laptop play DVDs regardless of region. (The previous discovery of a program to do this cost something like 210 euros. Which, what the hell, and while I acknowledge that it had other functionality, it was functionality I neither wanted nor needed.) This one, DVD43, does exactly what I need it to do and no more.
I approve of this.Current Location: Destiny; kitchen table Current Mood:  calm Current Music: QI (C series)
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we have those dale carnegie books! i read them when i was in primary school i think. they were... interesting. and told me to be nicer to people. pssht. :P
Ummm ... at the risk of opening myself up to ridicule, I actually quite like some parts of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. I think that too many people fail to recognise the fundamental differences between men and women, and expect their partner to behave and react to things the way they would.
That said, I admit some of it is pretty patronising.
The best book I've read about relationships and the differences between men and women is called Love and Respect. I highly highly recommend it.
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