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Well, I would much rather read just about anything than a million biographies of Ulysses Grant or whatever, so perhaps the issue is a matter of taste rather than the quality of the work itself.
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Well, I would much rather read just about anything than a million biographies of Ulysses Grant or whatever, so perhaps the issue is a matter of taste rather than the quality of the work itself.
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That's fantastic.

It reminds me of something my dad did once. On the last page of the copy of In Cold Blood I was reading, he wrote "Hope you enjoyed the book. Love, Dick and Perry." I screamed so loud when I turned to that page.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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That's fantastic.

It reminds me of something my dad did once. On the last page of the copy of In Cold Blood I was reading, he wrote "Hope you enjoyed the book. Love, Dick and Perry." I screamed so loud when I turned to that page.
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I rise to stand with my Commonwealth friend's lunatic presidential biography fetish over fantasy quest books.
interesting that you would ally with a noted fan of the Warren Commission.
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eumaas wrote:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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I rise to stand with my Commonwealth friend's lunatic presidential biography fetish over fantasy quest books.
interesting that you would ally with a noted fan of the Warren Commission.
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Dr. Frankenstien is the monster's father, so the monster should take his father's name.

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11) The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Johnny Ruff Ryder Tolkein. Audiobook. The Hobbit was shit, just a waste of time. All that this book has in common with that is that there are too many songs. I took these up, mostly because I knew Christopher Lee read the series once a year, and this was a fine reading experience. The Kiwi films, the nerds, the bearded men, and the odd painting people do have really undersold what's great about this story. It's the world that they pass through that matters. Cool, I'll finish this up. I also am able to take the chance to walk through the landscape that the writer was inspired by, too, which is neat.
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Dr. Frankenstien is the monster's father, so the monster should take his father's name.
As in, please, my dad is Dr. frankenstein. Just call me Jerry.
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13) Benjamin Harrison - Charles W Calhoun. Truly, I'm in the absolute dregs here; he's less compelling than his grandad who died in 30 days of inauguration. This covers a period where absolutely nothing of any interest or relevance to any living person happened in the White House except the commander in chief perving on his niece. The bland, charmless, self-righteous filling in a Grover Cleveland sandwich, Harrison spent his time enthusiastically legislating stuff that I forgot about by the time I finished the sentence the information contained. What's something interesting that happened in this book? I quite liked his rivalry with Blaine, the secretary of State. Onto McKinley, and with him the completion of every one of the 19th century guys.
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13) Benjamin Harrison - Charles W Calhoun. Truly, I'm in the absolute dregs here; he's less compelling than his grandad who died in 30 days of inauguration. This covers a period where absolutely nothing of any interest or relevance to any living person happened in the White House except the commander in chief perving on his niece. The bland, charmless, self-righteous filling in a Grover Cleveland sandwich, Harrison spent his time enthusiastically legislating stuff that I forgot about by the time I finished the sentence the information contained. What's something interesting that happened in this book? I quite liked his rivalry with Blaine, the secretary of State. Onto McKinley, and with him the completion of every one of the 19th century guys.
Consummate caretake president who deferred to Congress. I'm guessing the only thing that he was involved in was questions of tariffs because, well, 90% of late nineteenth-century presidential stuff deals with tariffs.

BTW, I've been listening to The Wrecking Crew, inspired by the death of Hal Blaine. Lots of neat stories, but as a history it's pretty thin. A more adventurous historian could make the case that the the first couple decades of rock music is a Wizard of Oz fraud, that the talent was hidden away and people were buying the illusion of talented amateurs. I'm not saying I'd make that case—not that strenuously, anyway—but this is presented as colourful untold tales of rock n roll.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Apr 2019, 10:06am
Silent Majority wrote:
01 Apr 2019, 9:44am
13) Benjamin Harrison - Charles W Calhoun. Truly, I'm in the absolute dregs here; he's less compelling than his grandad who died in 30 days of inauguration. This covers a period where absolutely nothing of any interest or relevance to any living person happened in the White House except the commander in chief perving on his niece. The bland, charmless, self-righteous filling in a Grover Cleveland sandwich, Harrison spent his time enthusiastically legislating stuff that I forgot about by the time I finished the sentence the information contained. What's something interesting that happened in this book? I quite liked his rivalry with Blaine, the secretary of State. Onto McKinley, and with him the completion of every one of the 19th century guys.
Consummate caretake president who deferred to Congress. I'm guessing the only thing that he was involved in was questions of tariffs because, well, 90% of late nineteenth-century presidential stuff deals with tariffs.

BTW, I've been listening to The Wrecking Crew, inspired by the death of Hal Blaine. Lots of neat stories, but as a history it's pretty thin. A more adventurous historian could make the case that the the first couple decades of rock music is a Wizard of Oz fraud, that the talent was hidden away and people were buying the illusion of talented amateurs. I'm not saying I'd make that case—not that strenuously, anyway—but this is presented as colourful untold tales of rock n roll.
May the next president be as boring as Benjamin Harrison.
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May the next president be as boring as Benjamin Harrison.
Good luck to that. The nature of the media and the public's addiction to spectacle will never let that happen.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Apr 2019, 10:06am
Silent Majority wrote:
01 Apr 2019, 9:44am
13) Benjamin Harrison - Charles W Calhoun. Truly, I'm in the absolute dregs here; he's less compelling than his grandad who died in 30 days of inauguration. This covers a period where absolutely nothing of any interest or relevance to any living person happened in the White House except the commander in chief perving on his niece. The bland, charmless, self-righteous filling in a Grover Cleveland sandwich, Harrison spent his time enthusiastically legislating stuff that I forgot about by the time I finished the sentence the information contained. What's something interesting that happened in this book? I quite liked his rivalry with Blaine, the secretary of State. Onto McKinley, and with him the completion of every one of the 19th century guys.
Consummate caretake president who deferred to Congress. I'm guessing the only thing that he was involved in was questions of tariffs because, well, 90% of late nineteenth-century presidential stuff deals with tariffs.
Tariffs, the silver/gold standard, and seal clubbing in Canada.

Beto''s dull and annoying? Maybe he could be as boring as Harrison in an Op Ivy t-shirt as he continues to let wealth monopolise at the top.
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