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Hmmm...
Probably Dawkins The God Delusion specifically: not so much the line of argumentation that gets to me, as it is how bad the arguments are.

Book you’ve found most exhilarating?

My brother and sister both said the same thing at separate times to me .. but they are geniuses and very well read so maybe they have an idea.. I never read it and cant say..

Most exhilarating is the one Road to Mecca bcuz of how its written and Ali and Nino same, cant pick

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I’ve had a few I just couldn’t put down, think the most recent was volume 2 of Kotkin’s biography of Stalin. (Horrifying subject, but I enjoy his writing)

What’s the first book you can remember reading?

The Peter and Jane books

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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. Age 5 3/4.

"Exhilarating" is a tall order for me. I'll go with Bulgakov's Master and Margarita: I first read it at 14, re-read it at least 10 times since and I still revel in its beauty, depth and amazing sense of humour.

Moving on: it was a huge collection of Wilhelm Hauff's stories, I've taught myself how to read on it.

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Where the Wild Things Are.

Which book have you re-read the most times?

I'm not really counting lol - every couple of years I re-read most of Dostoevsky, The Brothers K and The Devils being particularly the ones that always lead to new trains of thought. I do that with a lot of books though, Wuthering Heights included, depending on where I am in life at the time and my frame of mind at the moment I always find something new and interesting in them.

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I find myself re-reading books less since I started volunteering in a charity bookshop eight and a bit years ago: my rate of book accumulation has increased as well
Think the last I reread many, many times was Night Watch.

Do you have a piece of music which always makes you feel comfortable in the world from the first few bars?

I actually have a lot of them, sometimes it's just the music itself, sometimes things I associate it with, music is a very emotional experience for me (probably for most?). I have a natural tendency toward dark music and literature that I'm sometimes trying to compensate with (good quality) but more positive ones.

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Un Sueño En La Floresta stands out particularly at the moment, but there are quite a few: Dark was always my thing from teens onwards, but I’ve drifted from the angry to the sorrowful end as I’ve got older, even ended up liking some lighter pieces. (Which was never the case)
I like the emotional purity of instrumental music, the lack of lyrics seems to free emotions from the limits of being defined by words so they make sense.
If that makes sense.

Do you find yourself tapping the pulse of music, and then instantly realising what time signature it’s in?

Makes perfect sense! One of the reasons I strongly prefer classical to opera: lack of conventional story/plot and voice. It's a balancing act for me when I turn towards music that makes me feel somewhat emotionally detached but esthetically very involved - if that makes sense

Hmmm... sometimes but I have to be "in the zone". I can read music decently and play the piano but I'm easily distracted by emotions, especially if there's a voice.

Did you ever feel, even in the happiest moments of your life, that a lingering sadness/melancholy is an intrinsic part of your being, hence your life?

Karamazov- yes, often. i also like to imagine common pieces of music in alternate time signatures.
Bender- i am well aware of the latin american feeling called "saudade" which roughly translated means an barely definable longing for something so distant, so fuzzy in memory that one often isn't even sure it existed in the first place.

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intrinsic sadness -- what an apt description.

yes

Is it normal to have increased tinnitus on ADHD meds?

^^^that is a symptom you need to bring up to your pdoc presently. mebbe he'll give you strattera instead?

choose one-
jeep
or
land rover

I'm not allowed Strattera because of my blood pressure.

I've only taken one tablet but my tinnitus is off the charts.

I'll mention it on Monday when I go back.

Jeep

really cold feet or really hot feet?