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In search of lost time - Marcel Proust

It’s interesting, and I’d probably still agree if I could ever finish it. But I swear, 1 paragraph and I’m banging my head against the wall.

I’ve never really been a big reader, but I’ve encouraged myself to read more and more as I get older. I figure there are some of you which actually like to read a book before bed, or just find reading to be relaxing.

But what is more relaxing than “From the Earth to the Moon” by Jules Verne?

“Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted. So things were managed in Baltimore.”
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I won't be of much help on this one since I don't read much for fun. I read and lot for my job so it makes it a hobby I don't like to do with my free time anymore.

I usually turn on an old TV show like King of the Hill, Friends, How I Met Your Mother etc.

Lately I have been watching streams of indie horror games from the streamer CaseOh while I fall asleep.
 
I read myself to sleep with Agatha Christie. I know them all so not suspenseful. Not serious.

Read other stuff all other times.
 
I read more non fiction these days but I will read fiction occasionally..I tend to chain read authors. One difference is now I need large print...my days of reading paper backs is long gone. I read a lot of poetry and short stories. Recently read I Claudius by Robert Graves again...I'm revisiting some classics in my library.
 
Audiobooks work well for me. Holding a book I wake myself up when the book hits me as I fall asleep and then I'm awake by the time I put it away and turn off the light.

Audiobooks I just set to play for 15 minutes. If I fall asleep I know where I am the next day and if I don't fall asleep by the first 15 minutes I give the phone a shake to play for another 15 minutes and I almost never make it to the next stop.
 
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crandc said:
I read myself to sleep with Agatha Christie. I know them all so not suspenseful. Not serious.

Read other stuff all other times.
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Agatha Christie, there’s a name even a non-reader like myself can recognize.

The more I’ve gotten into the thought of wanting to write, the more I’ve gotten into the thought of needing to read. Never read anything by Agatha Christie.
 
crandc said:
I read myself to sleep with Agatha Christie. I know them all so not suspenseful. Not serious.

Read other stuff all other times.
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Hercule Poirot is my favorite detective.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
I won't be of much help on this one since I don't read much for fun. I read and lot for my job so it makes it a hobby I don't like to do with my free time anymore.

I usually turn on an old TV show like King of the Hill, Friends, How I Met Your Mother etc.

Lately I have been watching streams of indie horror games from the streamer CaseOh while I fall asleep.
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Yeah, my wife and I turn on documentary shows like What on Earth, Mysteries From Above, Unearthed, Mysteries of the Abandoned, Histories Greatest Mysteries, Paranormal shows like The Proof is out There, Strange Evidence, The Unbelievable, and The Unexplained, or Space shows like Cosmos or How the Universe Works. Sometimes we also watch Expedition X or other Josh Gates shows. Any of the above get the job done.
 
As for books, I'll just dive into a good Stephen King or Michael Crichton book or any good mystery novel and I'll end up drifting off.
 
barfo said:
Thanks for the tip, I might just give that a try one of these years!

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If I ever met Hercule Poirot, I would run fast in the opposite direction.

He gets invited to dinner, his host gets murdered and by end of book another guest is murdered.
He goes on vacation, another guest in hotel is murdered.
He travels by boat, train, plane, another passenger is murdered.

He is Typhoid Hercule!
 
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PDXFonz said:
In search of lost time - Marcel Proust

It’s interesting, and I’d probably still agree if I could ever finish it. But I swear, 1 paragraph and I’m banging my head against the wall.

I’ve never really been a big reader, but I’ve encouraged myself to read more and more as I get older. I figure there are some of you which actually like to read a book before bed, or just find reading to be relaxing.

But what is more relaxing than “From the Earth to the Moon” by Jules Verne?
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I had a friend of mine put all YOUR S2 posts in book form….. works every time! #ZZZZZZZBAM
 
THE HCP said:
I had a friend of mine put all YOUR S2 posts in book form….. works every time! #ZZZZZZZBAM
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@#ZZZZZZZZBAM is the sound of your friend hitting you over the head with a book? Somebody get the smelling salts...on second thought, let him be!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
If you want something that puts you to sleep try sex.
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Yes, there is evidence suggesting regular sexual activity and the orgasms it produces may extend your life, though the exact number of years is debated and influenced by various factors like overall health and gender. Frequent sex is linked to lower mortality, particularly from heart disease, improved heart health, better stress management, boosted immunity, and increased self-worth.
 
Hoopguru said:
Yes, there is evidence suggesting regular sexual activity and the orgasms it produces may extend your life, though the exact number of years is debated and influenced by various factors like overall health and gender. Frequent sex is linked to lower mortality, particularly from heart disease, improved heart health, better stress management, boosted immunity, and increased self-worth.
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Probably doesn't hurt that you generally need to be healthy to be considered sexy. And sexy people can get more sex than the rest of us...

Orgasm can definitely help you sleep though.
 
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Hoopguru said:
Yes, there is evidence suggesting regular sexual activity and the orgasms it produces may extend your life, though the exact number of years is debated and influenced by various factors like overall health and gender. Frequent sex is linked to lower mortality, particularly from heart disease, improved heart health, better stress management, boosted immunity, and increased self-worth.
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If this applied to “self inflicted orgasms” this place would be nothing but …….. (what’s the word for people over 100 years old)? Centerinauts? #BAM
 
Phatguysrule said:
Probably doesn't hurt that you generally need to be healthy to be considered sexy. And sexy people can get more sex than the rest of us...

Orgasm can definitely help you sleep though.
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There are like 8….maybe 15 jokes I could knock out of the park here and I promised @SlyPokerDog I’d behave and can’t. #SIGH
 
THE HCP said:
If this applied to “self inflicted orgasms” this place would be nothing but …….. (what’s the word for people over 100 years old)? Centerinauts? #BAM
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I've see studies that suggest self generated orgasms, while still benefitial, are not AS beneficial...
 
Years ago a friend taught me what he called the Frustration Song. About masturbating when other options unavailable.

Unfortunately unsuitable for this board.

Definitely a male song in that it describes acts physically impossible for cis woman.
 
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