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Old 02-26-2012, 02:01 PM
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Bill I am 81 years old and very busy, if I wasted the time reading crap there would be none left for useful pursuits.
Very Good Merry !

But I would have asked, if I had known.

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Old 02-26-2012, 03:34 PM
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"Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere."
Chaim Potok

How did you discover him?
I had heard the name before. His first novel, "The Chosen" won several prizes and sold 3.5 million copies. I'm going to share the book with one of my partners who teaches Sunday School at the Synagogue. Maybe he will help me understand some of the theology.

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Old 02-27-2012, 09:19 AM
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I had heard the name before. His first novel, "The Chosen" won several prizes and sold 3.5 million copies. I'm going to share the book with one of my partners who teaches Sunday School at the Synagogue. Maybe he will help me understand some of the theology.

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Shouldn't that be Sabbath School.

Reading "Winner take all politics" very enlightening.
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Old 02-27-2012, 03:10 PM
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Shouldn't that be Sabbath School.

Reading "Winner take all politics" very enlightening.
Actually, it's Sunday School - the day after the Sabbath.

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Old 03-15-2012, 09:58 AM
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Today is the IDES of March and it is time for my fav Shakespeare.....Julius Caesar.

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Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights;
Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
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Old 03-15-2012, 10:01 AM
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I read the same things Sarah reads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y

(I am glad to see her back in the news!)
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Old 03-15-2012, 10:09 AM
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Is Biden going to kill Obama?

I'm taking a fun break, Robots of Dawn.

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Old 03-15-2012, 10:32 AM
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Is Biden going to kill Obama?

I'm taking a fun break, Robots of Dawn.

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Great stuff, Pete.
I just read the Foundation series again, and I Robot. Don't get much better than those.
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Old 03-15-2012, 10:43 AM
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I not-gay love Asimov, have been since I was knee high to a gnats ass. I like the other greats too, mostly, but he's the king imo. Niven and Puernelle, co-queens?

I was disappointed in the I Robot movie, whatzhisnames attitude didn't really fit the writing style, but some shined through.

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Might be good for a laugh..........I hear it was ghost written.

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