A time for thinkers

Morning Meal

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Psalms 55:17

Euripides?.....Eumenides?

I hope Marcia Strassman was listening to Will Shortz this morning.

3,6,9,5,4,10,7,2,1,8,11

That's my personal "easiness ranking" for last week's NPR on-air challenge. Not only is it entirely subjective, it's extremely hard to do, because after going over them a few times, they all seem perfectly easy. And that is enough about that.
I see I have two new calls....Junk, no doubt.
Later.

Working again.

Most Beautiful Word: TOAST

kinhin

I took care of the mail and peelings again today. I'm not sure when the lane will be really navigable. Even with the temperature as cold as it is, there is some melting going on, but that really only makes it worse, because it refreezes overnight, smoother. Maybe I can get some practice time in today. I haven't done any reading yet today.

Real Money

Proverbs 10:22
Mark 8:23-25
Mark 11:13-18
Mark 14
Matthew 26

George Hewes
O Lucky Man!

Mark Twain

I thought the picture in the previous post would appear below the text instead of where it did, and I don't know anything at all about painting. I'm just trying to establish some sort of continuity here.
I did decide to download a copy of RC and read a page or two. Maybe I'll upload a screencap from "Father Knows Best" tomorrow. I don't really know if posting these screencaps is quite legitimate, but I doubt if anyone cares much. Just a moment ago, I heard Dr. Wayne point out that everything Hitler did was legal and everything the American patriots did was illegal, and reference Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience". Interesting.

I downloaded a PDF of Huxley's "Island" today.  It was one of the books I read for that term paper back in high school.  I read the first page or two.  I should try to finish it. 

I took D.S. his mail, went and got some groceries for him, and threw some Qik Joe on the lane.

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Some time has passed, and I've now read the last couple pages of "Island".  Incentive.

I read "Robinson Crusoe" in college, and wrote a paper on it.  If I'm remembering correctly, it's the one that I really thought I'd "nailed"---reminiscent of a scene on "The West Wing" where the President assigns what's-his-face to write a speech for the birthday of some under-secretary of agriculture or other, just to prevent him from taking his daughter out on a date; and what's-his-face and the bald guy end up really getting into trying to write that perfect "birthday card".  Anyway, the Crusoe paper got a B+ or an A- and the comment "OK, an intelligent response", while some of the sheer drivel I'd written got solid A's and comments with multiple exclamation points.  Go figure.  I don't think I'll run right over to "that big online book(and other things)store" and order a copy of  Crusoe to see what a post -McGyver, post-survivor reading yields (or, wait a minute, I could probably find a free downloadable copy of that, too); but if I should happen to run across my old copy while rummaging through my stuff, it'll surely catch my eye.