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Kilgore Trout Rules

Posted on 09/12/2007 by chick

My favorite quote from God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: [The ex-con] was a quiet, cynical, resentful man. He had never thanked Eliot for anything. Eliot was neither hurt nor startled. He was used to ingratitude. One of his favorite Kilgore … Continue reading →

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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Posted on 09/11/2007 by chick

“That’s one of the troubles with this country,” said the Senator. “The Madison Avenue people have made us all more alarmed about our own armpits than about Russia, China and Cuba combined.”—excerpt from God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt … Continue reading →

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How Corny!

Posted on 09/10/2007 by chick

I am grateful for kettle corn. At the fair on Sunday, we couldn’t resist the sweet aroma of kettle corn. Kettle corn is lightly coated in sugar, which gives it a delicate crunch and, as I discovered today, helps to … Continue reading →

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More from Darkover

Posted on 09/10/2007 by chick

I recently read Darkover Landfall by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Grade: B A decent book. Some of the characters behaved in ways that I found peculiar, particularly with regards to sex and childbearing, though I wonder if my modern mindset is … Continue reading →

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Sunday Slacker

Posted on 09/10/2007 by chick

Really, I’m not a slacker. It was just a busy Sunday. My Faithful Reader and I went to Brimfield for the antique fair and to hang out with K—, who happened to be in the area. We had lunch at … Continue reading →

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The Week in Review

Posted on 09/08/2007 by chick

It was an exciting week. My Faithful Reader hung the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. It looks good and it’s wonderful to have somewhere to put all those miscellaneous bottles and tubes and jars of the pills and pastes and … Continue reading →

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On Rejection

Posted on 09/07/2007 by chick

Giuseppe Verdi wrote amazing music. Even if you don’t like opera, Aida will knock your socks off. Something interesting about Verdi: he was turned down by the Conservatory in Milan. They said that he was privo di talento musicale (lacking … Continue reading →

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Lunch

Posted on 09/06/2007 by chick

I am grateful for lunch breaks. Sometimes I forget to take them. Like today. I realized it was 4:30 and I hadn’t taken a break yet and I said, “Hey, Chick. Go do something else for a while.” And so … Continue reading →

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DARE to READ?

Posted on 09/05/2007 by chick

The eyes, they see what these phrases all have in common. MEETING OF SOUL BUDS BIG, UNMOLESTED UFOs GENIUS BUM FELT GOOD DUMB TOE OF UGLINESS OFT-GLUED OMNIBUSES SUBLIMEST EGO FOUND

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The Wind Singer

Posted on 09/03/2007 by chick

I just finished a book by William Nicholson called The Wind Singer. Grade: D Sadly, when I say that I finished this book, what I really mean is that I read most of it but skimmed through the last few … Continue reading →

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