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Curmudgeon is Currently Reading

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The Uncool: A Memoir

by Cameron Crowe

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Dec 24, 2025 07:07PM

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My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

by Owen Elliot-Kugell

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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

by Peter Ames Carlin (Goodreads Author)

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Curmudgeon’s Quotes

“What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.”
― Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

tags: conversation, humor, humour

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“Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power. ”
― Michael Foot

tags: power, reading

8 likes

“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics’. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

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“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell

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“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

tags: cats, death, life

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