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 Nice!------------------- "Believe in NOW!!" -- Slogan of the 2008 Detroit Lions (sic) |
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Penthouse Forum, and you know "I never thought it would happen to me:
Redhawk, "lassie"??? That's sick, dude! And Myerson wonders why I don't post here more often? Freaks! Addiction is a cruel mistress, but I love her anyway! |
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Humor appreciated. At my age, any woman under 30 would qualify as a "lassie". But for the benefit of any who might be in doubt, Bobby Burns WAS referring to an alcoholic beverage--either wine or whiskey--or quite probably both. ------------------- "Believe in NOW!!" -- Slogan of the 2008 Detroit Lions (sic) |
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I have just started reading this and I am really enjoying it. I read the New Yorker article when it was released, but I had to grab the book because I find the story so interesting. I enjoyed chapter 2. I knew Jefferson was a Francophile, but didn't know he was that obsessed with French wine and culture. |
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I picked this up last week but haven't had time to start reading. There are reported inaccuracies in its account though: click. ____________________ An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. - Hemingway |
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Just finished reading “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert. Excellent novel and very well written. It’s a wonderful story about love, hatred, adultery, betrayal and tragedy. Recommended.
Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. |
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Just finished reading “Playing for Pizza” by John Grisham. This was a fun and quick read. Recommended on a purely entertaining level; especially for those that love football and all things Italian.
Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. |
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Am currently reading a fantasy book by Robin Hobb - if you like fantasy you have to check her out.
Am about to start The Dice Man, an autobiography of a guy who decided to make all his decisions by rolling a dice. Meant to be an amazing book. I'm really looking forward to it. |
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A great book. While it is written in the manner of an autobiography, it's actually a novel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man "When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink." Francois Rabelais www.tanglenet.com TN posted on Cellartracker |
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Ike: An American Hero - Michael Korda
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Read that earlier this year. Let me know your thoughts when you're done. Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. |
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I just finished reading "Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring" by Alexander Rose. Clocking in at 280 pages in the hard back edition this book tells the story of General George Washington’s development of the first American spy ring. Dripping with facts written in a circuitous and disconnected manner (try figuring that one out) I found the information interesting but the execution boring at best.
Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. |
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Will Do. After U.S. Grant's memoirs, any book seems like a pamphlet to me now.  |
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hope you don't follow his strategies =) I believe said speculator ended up committing suicide. |
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Puccini, The Lady Killer.
As the world celebrates his 150th birthday, one must look at the tragic women of Puccini. We fans of opera bow to Mimi, Cio-Cio-San, Tosca and others. " Puccini's women are like mimosas. They're beautiful even when they're dead."  |
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Just finished readin “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. Although I preferred “The Kite Runner” slightly more this is an excellent second book by Hosseini. It is very well written with good visual clarity and an interesting story line that keeps you turning pages. Recommended.
Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. |
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Reading "Rising Tide". This is a history of the great flooding in the Mississippi River area in 1927.
Irwin I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous |
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
LAKHDAR BOUMEDIENE, et al., PETITIONERS v. GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, et al. KHALED A.F. AL ODAH, Next Friend of FAWZI KHALID ABDULLAH FAHAD AL ODAH, et al., PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES et al. The recent Supreme Court decision, with dissenting opinions, regarding Habeas Corpus rights for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Fascinating. ********************************************** "I wish I'd a been a doctor. Maybe I'd have saved some life that's been lost. Maybe I'd have done some good in the world, instead of burning every bridge I've crossed." -Bob Dylan |
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Out of curiosity, do you participate in any forums or sites that are devoted to political discussion? "When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink." Francois Rabelais www.tanglenet.com TN posted on Cellartracker |
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As I have stated numerous times before, this is the only site I have ever posted comments on. The law has always been a fascination of mine and 99% of the time, the news media and partisans on both sides of an issue explain Supreme Court decision incorrectly. I like to read them for myself. Primary source documents are always better than punditry or the regurgitation of punditry that most people accept as facts or real news.
********************************************** "I wish I'd a been a doctor. Maybe I'd have saved some life that's been lost. Maybe I'd have done some good in the world, instead of burning every bridge I've crossed." -Bob Dylan |
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My neighbor loaned this to me. I guess that I had better crack it open. "It's easy to grin, when your ship comes in, and you've got the stockmarket beat, but the man worth-while, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat." -Judge Smails |
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"I TOLD YOU- I found it on the Internet... It's not like I made it up!" |
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It's a quick and easy read. You'll blow through it in no time. Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. |
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