tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post8234512766891894258..comments2023-07-01T11:09:28.113-04:00Comments on Land on Demand Editing Proofreading Indexing: Doubling Down on "The Making of Americans," or Life Imitates Artczarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-81792668828515435422012-02-05T10:56:51.560-05:002012-02-05T10:56:51.560-05:00Well, now. Huh. I'se a fanatical reader of all...Well, now. Huh. I'se a fanatical reader of all manner of stuff, but admit I ain't read this tome. Havin' a time sloggin' through McCullough's <br />The Greater Journey--idea bein' the makin' of prominent Americans is due in some measure to the French.<br /><br />Hope the new work is interestin'--we'll be waitin' to hear.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-66999364095085552052012-02-02T21:40:26.527-05:002012-02-02T21:40:26.527-05:00Dang I just tried to comment with my open ID and a...Dang I just tried to comment with my open ID and after entering 7 sets of security letters used anon and got right in. Geeze!<br /><br />S~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-60451030773895728452012-02-02T21:38:07.917-05:002012-02-02T21:38:07.917-05:00Hey, Czar.
Theme is up for Haiku Monday. COme pl...Hey, Czar.<br /><br />Theme is up for Haiku Monday. COme play.<br /><br />http://serendipitouswildmoments.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/haiku-monday/<br /><br />SerendipityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-41069039117407779982012-02-02T08:13:27.451-05:002012-02-02T08:13:27.451-05:00@Paisan: You are the only person I know on Earth w...@Paisan: You are the only person I know on Earth whose eyesight might be as bad as mine, although with your recent ocular difficulties, I have to cede you the lead in that category. Point being: I have ultimate respect for your one good eye.<br /><br />Having said that, I'd have to categorize my tackling of <i>The Making of Americans</i> as taking one for the team, although what team that is, I'm uncertain.<br /><br />I did manage to read four pages last night, and I found some passages endearing.<br /><br />Then again, I'd spent the previous six hours dealing with three chapters from a book on worldwide care for orphans, with chapters translated roughly (and I do mean roughly) from the Chinese, Russian, and Portuguese. Stein's work was like a warm bath in comparison.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-74873229717225632372012-02-02T05:03:47.128-05:002012-02-02T05:03:47.128-05:00Czar, when it comes to pleasure reading, I have al...Czar, when it comes to pleasure reading, I have always had my one good eye on the Law of Diminishing Returns.Paisannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-56717601787589796972012-02-02T00:15:00.182-05:002012-02-02T00:15:00.182-05:00I'd love a good new Manson family history. I b...I'd love a good new Manson family history. I broke the spines on Sanders's and Bugliosi's first work years ago. I think Bugliosi came out with a follow-up, but I never bothered reading it. <br /><br />Sanders's <i>The Family</i> is a classic.<br /><br />Answer to a trivia question I can never quite phrase properly: Bob Zimmerman and Vincent Bugliosi both left the frozen tundra of Hibbing, MN, to find their success elsewhere.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-79125946092529474332012-02-01T18:43:20.799-05:002012-02-01T18:43:20.799-05:00Ooooo . . . and I bet it's not a "fun&quo...Ooooo . . . and I bet it's not a "fun" family history like the Addams's, Manson's, or Partridge, either.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-27833832928308867982012-01-31T12:30:07.317-05:002012-01-31T12:30:07.317-05:00@Karl and Buzz:
I don't remember anything abo...@Karl and Buzz:<br /><br />I don't remember anything about the show's plots and characters, but the image of the guys running into the tunnel and beginning to float through the air sticks with me still.<br /><br />And Karl, you're right about the counter. I was thinking of one that I'd manually post to indicate how many pages were left in my quest to conquer Gertrude's beast.<br /><br />Hmm. "Quest to conquer Gertrude's beast" is seven syllables. I'll have to work it in somewhere.<br /><br />Very pleasant chatting with you in Russian, thanks to Google's fine translator on my end. Much better than Babelfish. Don't know a word of Russian myself, although my brother's probably learning a lot. His Russian mother-in-law just moved in with them, which is interesting, as I thought my brother's long-term plan revolved around tending goats at some dacha. Whether there are actually any goats or any dacha, I don't know that either.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-34636860680603256882012-01-31T09:36:13.711-05:002012-01-31T09:36:13.711-05:00I'm with Karl. I loved that show as a kid. I...I'm with Karl. I loved that show as a kid. Irwin Allen had a lot of good tv shows and movies, but this was one of the best.Buzz Killhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443964019621130222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-24065554386720777662012-01-31T08:48:40.084-05:002012-01-31T08:48:40.084-05:00Good morning Czar,
The you do have a counter, rig...Good morning Czar,<br /><br />The you do have a counter, right at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />The Time Tunnel was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233754448811631284noreply@blogger.com