LTE 2.0
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- devildeac
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Re: LTE 2.0
It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.
I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.
I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.devildeac wrote:It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.
I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Who wrote A Painted House, he inquired ignorantly? :oops:ArkieDukie wrote:Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.devildeac wrote:It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.
I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.
Grapes of Wrath. There's another classic I must re-read. I think I read that for a 9th grade English class..
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Re: LTE 2.0
It's another Grisham book. I've read Grapes of Wrath slightly more recently than that, but it's a great book and bears another reading.devildeac wrote:Who wrote A Painted House, he inquired ignorantly? :oops:ArkieDukie wrote:Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.devildeac wrote:It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.
I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.
Grapes of Wrath. There's another classic I must re-read. I think I read that for a 9th grade English class..
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
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Re: LTE 2.0
I have read most of his writings and have enjoyed them, despite the fact he is a lawyer. :roll: I simply did not recognize that one. :oops:ArkieDukie wrote:It's another Grisham book. I've read Grapes of Wrath slightly more recently than that, but it's a great book and bears another reading.ArkieDukie wrote:Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.devildeac wrote:It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.
I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.
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Re: LTE 2.0
AD and DD, your posts bring up an interesting point. There are only so many good stories to go around for humankind and thus you often see repeats. I mean they are even re-doing/hve re-done the classic horror movies that came out in my youth(Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, etc.). Nearly every major Shakesperean play was adapted as an opera. I could continue...but I won't.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.
Really. I'll try very hard.
Really. I'll try very hard.
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Re: LTE 2.0
devildeac wrote:Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.
Really. I'll try very hard.
Good luck with that.
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Re: LTE 2.0
devildeac wrote:Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.
Really. I'll try very hard.
How much is "LESS TIME POSTING?" 8 hours? 4 hours? 1 hour? ;)
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Re: LTE 2.0
There are existing sources for every single Shakespeare play except Merry Wives of Windsor. As far as we know, that one is his only original story. For me, it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it.YmoBeThere wrote:AD and DD, your posts bring up an interesting point. There are only so many good stories to go around for humankind and thus you often see repeats. I mean they are even re-doing/hve re-done the classic horror movies that came out in my youth(Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, etc.). Nearly every major Shakesperean play was adapted as an opera. I could continue...but I won't.
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Re: LTE 2.0
The final day of the Tour de France, the ride through Paris, is really one of the most beautiful sports events in the whole year.
Oh yeah... and Mark Cavendish is an insane rider!
Oh yeah... and Mark Cavendish is an insane rider!
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Re: LTE 2.0
Agreed. I really wish, though, that one of these years, two riders would come in close enough to each other to make it more than just a ceremonial procession (like it was back in '88, when LeMond won by 8 seconds...although that was a final-stage time trial).Lavabe wrote:The final day of the Tour de France, the ride through Paris, is really one of the most beautiful sports events in the whole year.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Re: LTE 2.0
So far, so good.DukieInKansas wrote:devildeac wrote:Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.
Really. I'll try very hard.
Good luck with that.
2 journals, about 60 pages of Tai-Pan and about 15-20 minutes here. Plus an hour of slow, tentative walking on the beach.
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Re: LTE 2.0
You shoulda quoted DinK, now I get 2 posts out of my pledge and to the doubters. :roll: :oops:Lavabe wrote:devildeac wrote:Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.
Really. I'll try very hard.
How much is "LESS TIME POSTING?" 8 hours? 4 hours? 1 hour? ;)
See above reply. I'll bet I keep it under an hour here today. I have another SLOW walk to complete, another 2-3 journals to read and I am gonna try to get through another 100 pages or more of Tai-Pan. Plus a nap. :oops:
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Re: LTE 2.0
Julio Lugo or Julio Franco?YmoBeThere wrote:Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Another post down...Lugo. I'm not sure where Franco is playing these days, probably somewhere in Latin America.Lavabe wrote:Julio Lugo or Julio Franco?YmoBeThere wrote:Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Who's older? Lugo or Franco? ;)YmoBeThere wrote:Another post down...Lugo. I'm not sure where Franco is playing these days, probably somewhere in Latin America.Lavabe wrote:Julio Lugo or Julio Franco?YmoBeThere wrote:Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Re: LTE 2.0
Speaking of Shakespeare, I saw an excellent production of The Merchant of Venice last weekend.Bostondevil wrote:There are existing sources for every single Shakespeare play except Merry Wives of Windsor. As far as we know, that one is his only original story. For me, it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it.YmoBeThere wrote:AD and DD, your posts bring up an interesting point. There are only so many good stories to go around for humankind and thus you often see repeats. I mean they are even re-doing/hve re-done the classic horror movies that came out in my youth(Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, etc.). Nearly every major Shakesperean play was adapted as an opera. I could continue...but I won't.
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
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-- Albert Einstein