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Jan.20.2011 - 12:57 pm
From Book to Movie: Three That Worked Very Well
I don't spend any time watching "films" from Europe or Bollywood, so I'm probably woefully ignorant of good book adaptations that have been done. So be it. I must draw...
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Nov.16.2010 - 1:28 pm
My favorite fictional names
I have three favorite fictional names. The first, Candide; the second from the same work, Mr. Pangloss, probably the ideal name for an incurable optimist. My third favorite name...
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Jul.28.2010 - 3:45 pm
My Earliest Memory
This is an interesting challenge because at 62 I remember many things but I have to sift them some to figure out which is "earliest".  I think I'm about 2 or 3, living...
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Jun.03.2010 - 10:14 pm
Lucky at cards?
I guess the part of my life that entails luck most is at the poker table. I'm an aficionado of Texas Hold 'Em, and am developing a real passion for Omaha. I can save the game...
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Jan.20.2011 - 3:13 pm
In response to: My favorite fictional names
Yes Indeed Candide
Candide is always current, and being comparatively short not a hard book to ask students to read, even in today's e-...
Jan.20.2011 - 3:09 pm
In response to: From Book to Movie: Three That Worked Very Well
And then again ....
I rereading my blog entry I realized that in discussing Pride and Prejudice I referred to the BBC production. BBC has...
Jan.20.2011 - 2:46 pm
In response to: From Book to Movie: Three That Worked Very Well
Agreed
A fine book and a fine adaptation.
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Born in LA, I have lived in Chicago and New York and traveled much of the country, but in this my 63d year I find myself more than ever "western born, western bred and when I die I'll be western dead". I live for open spaces and clear mountain...
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