I couldn't agree with you more, I try to read for entertainment and personal enjoyment, and I'm not really into the science fiction genre either. Thanks to all for the recommendations. Some of my recent reads:

Fiction
"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, I read this on a reccomendation from a friend, and it's one of the few books I've read that have measured up to the hype.

History
"The Devil In The White City" by Erik Larson, a great non fiction account of the people and culture during the 1893 Chicago World's fair.

I also have a serious fly fishing addiction, so I try to beat the winter shack nasties with some great fishing reads:

"92 degrees in the Shade" by Thomas McGuane, My best description of this book is "Ernest Hemingway meets Hunter S. Thompson"
"The Alaska Chronicles" by Miles Nolte, An autobiographical peek at the life of an alaskan guide
Any of the 10+ books by John Geriach, Geirach is the Hemmingway of our generation.

It must have really sucked to be one of those PR folks tasked with putting together a list of "my CEO blows" type of domains right before Christmas

Seconded. Uses a Lucene backend that you are using now, just import your indexes and away you go.

Personally I like Openfiler. It can be picky about the hardware though. With that said, the speed is great, and I can mount iscsi on linux and windows. Has been stable as hell for me to boot.

Amen. I always found disney movies stolen stories, predictable, boring and edging on indescent. Just look at how half the female characters in disney movies dress, it's pretty sad that they want to push that on small children. Warner Brothers on the other hand was always original, funny, witty and well-suited for small kids (aside from possibly anamaniacs, which I still found funny).

I just hope they don't turn Marvel into the kind of crap they have been releasing for the past 20 years.

My bathroom has enough slime and mold to corner the market with. I knew I was keeping it for something big.

+ 1 on the Likewise suggestion. We pay them money and it really is worth the cost. Our AD admin is not a linux guy, and the Likewise tool snaps right into the MMC AD Console. This allowed him to get up to speed right away in an environment he was already comfortable with.

Ah, this definitely strikes a chord in my heart, as I also work in industrial automation. My "best" was a couple of days spent debugging. We were on the 7th floor (no elevator) of a dry scrubber baghouse during the summer. Ambient temperatures were 135F+, and you couldn't hear a thing due to the extreme vibrations. We had to stagger our sessions, one hour "on" one hour "off", as the heat was so intense. Did I mention the full PPE requirement: full face respirator, safety glasses, hard hat, ear plugs, fire retardant clothing, hard hat & boots...

Serious question. My employer has recently stated that they would prefer us to use Oracle Linux for future installations instead of Red Hat. Just looking for some insight from someone else who has taken the plunge.