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« Reply #510 on: 10:28:04, 04-11-2008 » |
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I have a terrible feeling of deja vu...  Tommo |
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« Reply #511 on: 10:49:58, 04-11-2008 » |
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Cripes, Tommo, with a memory like that you must get it all the time...  |
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« Reply #512 on: 11:14:45, 04-11-2008 » |
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In the words of the great Yogi Berra, 'it's like deja vu, all over again'.  |
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« Reply #513 on: 11:23:13, 04-11-2008 » |
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Not my usual sort of read, but I found it quite amusing, but also poignant. My friend Mike Westlake, who had 5 novels published in the 80s and 90s but hasn't been able to find a publisher for his latest two (too literary or something  ), was very surprised when we walked into a bookshop together and noticed that book on display: apparently Marina Lewycka was briefly his girlfriend a decade or two ago, before she became a famous bestselling novelist. Surprised and more than a little hacked off I would imagine! That's got to sting a bit...  |
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« Reply #514 on: 11:30:00, 04-11-2008 » |
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I have a terrible feeling of deja vu... Tommo I am duly chastened. I must not repeat myself. I am duly chastened.  |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #515 on: 12:03:29, 04-11-2008 » |
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I am gobsmacked by tommo's instant recall...
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« Reply #517 on: 12:10:52, 04-11-2008 » |
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But Tommo always remembers things from months back on this particular thread ... I don't know why, but I spotted ages ago and decided he must have a 'Currently reading ...' microchip in his brain.
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #518 on: 13:53:14, 04-11-2008 » |
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But Tommo always remembers things from months back on this particular thread ... I don't know why, but I spotted ages ago and decided he must have a 'Currently reading ...' microchip in his brain.
Ta, tinners, and I must rush to say I wasn't chastising you (I'm sorry it came over that way). I do seem to have an odd affinity for this thread, and maybe there is something wired into my brain. Sadly, it's not particularly useful (unless we are playing a 'wochabinreadin-version-of-just-a-minute'), and certainly not as useful (in the eyes of Mrs 1780) as a chip to help me remember to put the teatowel on its hook without dragging on the kitchen floor.... Tommo |
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« Reply #519 on: 14:33:04, 04-11-2008 » |
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 COTIFARL 'On Religion' is a Theatre Essay. Part drama, part essay, part thought experiment. A friend recommended it to me saying 'This sums up exactly my views on religion'. But upon reading, I found that there were four protagonists, each with different views on religion. One view was dominant (which I think is my friend's view), but the play does the others clear (to me anyway) and doesn't ascribe a value to any of them. A very clear and concise way of getting over difficult concepts and getting an audience to think. I'm interested in more Theatre Essays. Anyone seen any? Tommo |
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« Reply #520 on: 16:37:53, 04-11-2008 » |
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My memory is obviously rubbish after all, as I forgot to say that I had read this:
 COTIFARL It was very odd. After the first section I wondered where the author could possibly go, and was very intrigued by the book. After the second section, I could imagine all sorts of possibilities for the book and where he could take it. And after the last section I think I was disappointed that he hadn't taken me somewhere completely different. Still, a moving portrait of a fictional character, and food for thought (especially given the subject matter and seeing as I was suffering a hangover whilst I read several chapters)  Tommo |
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« Reply #521 on: 17:28:41, 04-11-2008 » |
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Nobody will be surprised to see that I have mostly been reading this:  |
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« Reply #522 on: 18:15:00, 04-11-2008 » |
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And do you recommend it?
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« Reply #524 on: 18:40:40, 05-11-2008 » |
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