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Michael
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Sep 01, 2015 05:39AM
Remember when it took AGES to get from Thanksgiving to Christmas? The worse part of growing up is losing that magic feeling.
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Quillracer wrote: "Bill wrote: "Don't get me interested in another series!! The missus will string me up."In addition to the 87th Precinct series, McBain also wrote a 13 book series featuring Matthew Hope, a lawyer..."
Quillracer and Wendy - I remember watching The Blackboard Jungle. I may have to try just one of the books to see how much I like him.. Thanks for the encouragement. :)
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Or just build more bookshelves Bill lol 8:D"
Sandy - We've already had a whole bunch of built-ins installed and I've been trying to persuade the missus that we could use a few more. (fingers crossed) She did order me not to start letting them congregate by my night stand, so I think I'll be clearing a shelf in the lawyer's cabinet in the extra bedroom for those books.. lol
Mary wrote: "Don't blink! Mine are 23 and 21. It seems like they were 8 yesterday."
Mary - Mine turned 27 and 29 this year.. *sigh*
Right there with you Mary & wow I can smell the Desitin like it was yesterday. Before I had mine I spent a couple evenings with GnR ~ they came to our town a few times & back in the day we always got to go backstage, thinking they were with Aerosmith (love them too!) their first pass through town.
My oldest boy is furious ~ feels like musically he was born in the "wrong decade". It's pretty awesome though now, never imagined almost 30 years ago I would be going to concerts with my kids ~ it's the oddest feeling being at a concert with them and then remembering how it & I was all those years ago ~ times do change! It didn't smell anything like Desitin in those days ;P
Bill wrote: "Quillracer wrote: "Bill wrote: "Don't get me interested in another series!! The missus will string me up."In addition to the 87th Precinct series, McBain also wrote a 13 book series featuring Mat..."
Bill, I admit I did not finish the series, as something called "College" got in the way. But I would recommend the first ones to get a taste. The Heckler(#12) introduces us to the "Deaf Man".... (DA TA DAAA) Oh, Main character Carella has a wife described as deaf/mute.
Wendy wrote: "Bill wrote: "Quillracer wrote: "Bill wrote: "Don't get me interested in another series!! The missus will string me up."In addition to the 87th Precinct series, McBain also wrote a 13 book series ..."
Thanks Wendy. I'll definitely check him out.
I assume you all get the same thing on your main page; the Amazon book recommendations.. Because you've read this book... you may like these books. Well today it says 'because you read Vanity Fair (by William Makepeace Thakeray), you may like Trouble is My Business by Raymond Chandler, Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride and A Gift Upon the Shore by M.K. Wren... "Now how did these books get lumped in with a Classic written in the mid 1800s? Strange!
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I agree Bill. I can't figure out how reading a police procedural can lead to a recommendation of a vampire novel.
I have only myself to blame.. Ive checked out three McBain books.
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For me it's because my spouse has been away all week. The only things that are good about that are
A) more reading time for me and
B) I can watch Criterion films -- he's more of a comedy movie kind of guy.
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He gets in today, stays a few days then he's off to Savannah. We call his at-home time "freak visits home."
-- sigh --
Hey Aaron - Just read your post. Red Sox fan here, so I know what it's like to go a long, long, long, long time without a World Series ring. Good luck to your Blue Jays! Unfortunately, I'm back to waiting til next year.
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It usually isn't so awful, but for some reason it hit me hard this week. Oh well, he's home now and I'm going to enjoy every second!
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Indeed it is. Huge wave of relief on my end. So now, let's talk about anything but me!
Mary wrote: "Smiles. I am hoping for a break in the Iowa heat wave soon."You'll regret those words in January. Former Chicagoan.
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Sorry, Mary -- no pity from me. It's August in FL.
:)
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Amen to that Nancy, my gosh August in Florida is even worse than August in Cincinnati, which is where I'm at. I do have to say that we did have a really good August. Now today the dew point is up so high it hits you in the face as soon as you walk outside!!
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Sorry, Mary -- no pity from me. It's August in FL.
:)"
Oh boy humidity at its worst!"
Luckily, our back yard faces east, so we only get morning sun out there. Going to my car or to get my mail is death-defying.
Trees are beginning to turn here in Western North Carolina. Just a couple of leaves.
And to make it even sweeter, there's high school and college football!
has just had to replace a washing machine gahhh!!!! and before we go on holiday.... why do these things try us lol. am hoping that our new washing machine arrives this week before we go lol
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That was my last week, Zoe. Everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong, and of course, I was here alone. I couldn't even call the spouse for advice because he was in meetings all day and then client dinners etc.
Nancy wrote: "Zoe wrote: "has just had to replace a washing machine gahhh!!!! and before we go on holiday.... why do these things try us lol. am hoping that our new washing machine arrives this week before we go..." oh god that's tough at least for me I could send a facebook message to my fiancé well shouldn't really but you know its done by others lol. but is it bad if I am excited about my new washing machine :P
Aaron(Reblast) wrote: "MY DEPRESSION IS KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"hugs you are not alone everyone here is here for you :)
Aaron, I appreciate your pain, but please try not to shout it. Thanks very much. Best to you.
Aaron, hugs from California. Hope you have a support system or group to help you keep grounded.
Loretta wrote: "Hated high school, hate college football, love Halloween, I'm just learning about soccer, love baseball, Yankees all the way, (sorry Aaron!) and pro football!"Hated HS too. I fondly remember a few mentor teachers, otherwise I was miserable. Halloween back in the 70s and 80s were just the best.
As far as weather> they tell us that even if El Nino hits us HARD here in California, we will still be in a drought situation. We need at least two years worth of El Nino weather to get us out of the situation. It is likely parts of the state is going to flood badly do to the drought, fire-erosion and poorly built and ancient levees. Experts say our levees are worse shape than Mississippi's and Louisiana's and the Powers knew this 10 years ago.
I'm listening to an audio book that's written in the first person by a male character. But the narrator is a female. This is disconcerting as I keep thinking that the character is a woman and keep getting pulled out of the story as I readjust my thoughts.
I have no idea why the publishers of the audio book would do this. What....they couldn't find a man to narrate the book?!
He may have been removed. I was friends and I was getting notices that he was telling people to F*** Off and other bizarre stuff. Posting strange posts in all kinds of threads.
Mary wrote: "Isaw the old movie "Witness for the Prosecution" today. I love that movie. I didn't know it was based on a short story by Agatha Christie."It is a good short story. I listened to it last year on Overdrive. I had no idea it was a short story first. I watched about half of it this afternoon.
That's too bad about Aaron. He had asked me to be a friend and I was waiting to see how he turned out. Too bad.
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I understand depression, for whatever that's worth to the conversation. I'm sure he'll be fine when he gets to a good place.
Nancy wrote: "Jan C wrote: "That's too bad about Aaron. He had asked me to be a friend and I was waiting to see how he turned out. Too bad."I understand depression, for whatever that's worth to the conversatio..."
I, too, understand depression. I have seen the depths of depression and I hope he gets the help he needs - if that is the kind of depression he has.
He was my friend here on GR. I hope that he's surounded by family and friends
I winced when I read Aaron's post, in part because I've struggled long and hard with depression myself. I hope he's able to get whatever kind of help he needs.
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We saw a really good Poirot last night -- "Five Little Pigs," also published as Murder in Retrospect. It sort of takes the "Rashomon" approach. Even Mr. Film Critic really liked it.
Nancy wrote: "Has anyone else heard about this? http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015..."
I hadn't heard anything about this. I thought The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was a good book; it would be a shame if it got banned from schools.
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015..."
I hadn't hear..."
My real-world book group read this a few years back and we all loved it. Porn? No way. Some people have way too much time on their hands.
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015......"
Especially in this case. I wonder how she explained to her kid how babies are made.
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That's the case here. But just because mom doesn't like the wording in the book (that her son is no longer reading) is no reason to call for it to be banned.
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015......"
Quite honestly, I never understood the anti-Harry Potter contingent.
Mary wrote: "They'll have to learn it in the streets. I used to work in a classroom that assigned Harry Potter for class. One of the student's fathers stormed into the class and yelled about how he wouldn't let his daughter read that demonic book. Actually the school has policies about things like that. He could have talked quietly to the teacher and said his religious beliefs were strict etc. He would have had full cooperation. The girl was assigned a different book. The father didn't have to humiliate his daughter. "Says the man that probably never read the book for himself. My mom said the same thing to me when I went to read the book. She said that the pastor stood up in church and told his congregation that it was about Satan and to under no circumstances let your children read it. I couldn't believe that 1 she would believe him and 2 let his opinion be her own. She actually believed what he said! I was just in shock. I told her that she needs to form her own opinion and not some pastor of a church... who probably didn't even read it himself.
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LOL! You're so right.
I once had a co-worker who wouldn't allow her kid to read HP because it was "about witchcraft". I didn't dare her one of our co-workers was a devote Wiccan. She also refused to eat my potluck dish because it had "poppy-seeds". It may give her a positive on a drug test..
Yes... there are some pretty bizarre people out there.
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