Re: Mind's Eye coffee

Belfast is still UK but I'm going to Dublin and Cork too.

On 30 May, 22:58, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> sounds like James could use some R&R also, but has recovery work to
> do.  the weather in the US Midwest has been radical and violent
> lately.  Lots of thunder and lightening right now!  Glad to hear
> everyone is making it through the current weather of all kinds.
>
> On May 30, 4:51 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>
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>
> > gee the only trips I have planned  is to the dentist to replace a cap?  and
> > the orthopedic surgeon to check on my knee that I fell on..  falling that
> > seems to have become a regular trip for me..
>
> > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > escaping to Ireland ??  that sounds good,..
>
> > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:57 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> I've just bought a shredder to cope with the vast amount of pruning
> > >> debris from the back garden.  Back door needs a coat of wood preserver
> > >> - most of the rest is UPVC.  Off to Belfast for some R & R.
>
> > >> On 30 May, 13:17, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > Yes- the unexpected- thinking we have everything figured out and up
> > >> > pops a snag. The building inspector comes by today for a final
> > >> > inspection so we'll see what's what.//We had a downpour last night-
> > >> > ho - most of the restuse/gutter system stood up to it.//A big bonus was
> > >> the roofing crew
> > >> > painted the high trim yesterday morning- windows- so that's off the
> > >> > list...the never ending list!//Hope your neighbor is okay and that you
> > >> > are, also.
>
> > >> > > Courage can be useful rigsy, imagine the wasted energy of not
> > >> > > confronting the question. Strange how that card can just appear in
> > >> one's
> > >> > > hand, I'm sure it wasn't there a short time ago.
>
> > >> > > On 5/29/2013 7:53 AM, rigs wrote:
>
> > >> > > > My second thoughts were groundless- what a waste of energy! I had
> > >> > > > neglected to ask some "spec" questions about the roof and they were
> > >> > > > answered.
>
> > >> > > > On May 28, 7:19 am, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >> I painted a roof on a Dutch Colonial (in my "salad days") with help
> > >> > > >> from the grad student. Use a high grade acrylic. Check Google.//I
> > >> have
> > >> > > >> doubts that have risen about this garage roof already- a very short
> > >> > > >> "honeymoon". Having a worry/regret attack for 24 hours. Must
> > >> courage
> > >> > > >> up to get some mere information. More finishing work to be done but
> > >> > > >> it's a rainy week here. Other than that, the tooth chews...
>
> > >> > > >> On May 25, 10:12 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> > > >>> "Who chews ice?" I hear the sexually repressed do, could be a
> > >> myth. I
> > >> > > >>> haven't messed with it but EPDM sounds like fun, welding plastic
> > >> seams
> > >> > > >>> and such. I made a recommendation a year back that we redo some
> > >> > > >>> buildings here with a TiO2-thick garage floor paint right over the
> > >> > > >>> shingles but am mixed on the question of ceramic bubbles or
> > >> diatomaceous
> > >> > > >>> media as a base layer, price probably will rule in favor of the
> > >> latter.
> > >> > > >>> Is it normal for an intelligent person to constantly behave as
> > >> though
> > >> > > >>> they are solely responsible for every idea? After ten years
> > >> working with
> > >> > > >>> someone this is still urking me like a sliver that no matter how
> > >> many
> > >> > > >>> times you pull it out, just magically reappears. I've seen this
> > >> in a few
> > >> > > >>> rather intelligent people I know so far and it always puts me
> > >> off, and
> > >> > > >>> it's freaky, like their mind is making up things with them always
> > >> at a
> > >> > > >>> prominent position somehow.
> > >> > > >>> Sorry for the rant rigsy, glad to hear about the tooth and roof!
> > >> > > >>> On 5/25/2013 5:46 PM, rigs wrote:
> > >> > > >>>> Pollock
> > >> > > >>>> On May 25, 4:21 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>> I didn't mean to insult your tea so I made fish and chips last
> > >> night-
> > >> > > >>>>> flounder and steak fries. I used to drink whiskey without ice-
> > >> not
> > >> > > >>>>> really a fan of ice. The dentist switched and I have a white
> > >> crown and
> > >> > > >>>>> was told not to chew ice or almonds. Who chews ice? Also have a
> > >> white
> > >> > > >>>>> roof on the garage which is so bright I feel like dripping
> > >> paint a la
> > >> > > >>>>> Pollack but it's some TPO material superior to rubber. Almost
> > >> finished
> > >> > > >>>>> except for painting the caps and weather vane which the roofer-
> > >> Ed-
> > >> > > >>>>> will do on Tues.
> > >> > > >>>>> On May 24, 2:45 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>> No added sugar in my life James - too old to handle the drug.
> > >>  I don't
> > >> > > >>>>>> smoke in the morning either.  I converted to tea bags a few
> > >> years
> > >> > > >>>>>> back.  Instant tea is an ironic punishment for space travelers
> > >> in
> > >> > > >>>>>> Hitch-Hiker.  Cold tea might have some purpose under hot sun,
> > >> but I
> > >> > > >>>>>> don't keep it in preparedness for such blue moon conditions in
> > >> > > >>>>>> Northern England.  Anyway I need the ice for my whiskey.  I do
> > >> a
> > >> > > >>>>>> double Java when I work in Manchester.  They have smoking
> > >> tables at
> > >> > > >>>>>> the place near Oxford Road railway station, so I sometimes
> > >> break my
> > >> > > >>>>>> not smoking in the morning rule, unless the croissants have
> > >> that baked
> > >> > > >>>>>> today look.  I'd prefer a shot of cognac in the coffee, so I
> > >> could
> > >> > > >>>>>> pretend to be Maigret instead of on my way to do finance 101.
> > >> > > >>>>>> On 24 May, 13:35, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>> Tea counts as a slow beverage in contrast to coffee, yes.
> > >> > > >>>>>>> Unless you make it instant ice tea, of course, shudder.
> > >> > > >>>>>>> 2013/5/24 rigs <rigs...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> Tea seems more like medicine. I have a small drip coffee
> > >> maker set up
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> in the bedroom- take it black and need it hot- am buying a
> > >> brand from
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> Aldi that claims "fair trade"- a muffin- a few cigarettes
> > >> and the
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> day's begun. I am shocked-drugged into action!
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> On May 24, 1:28 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>> what and give up my morning double espresso extra dark
> > >> roast to jump
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> start
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>> the morning,,   french presses are good..        Tea??
> > >>  Tea??
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:15 AM, James <ashkas...@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>> Heh, could we be any more stereotypical? Tea would be a
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> health-conscious
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>> choice of course (planning eventually) but to follow
> > >> through with the
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>> typefaction I drink my columbian/arabica cheap-roast with
> > >> two sugars
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> and no
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>> cream. :)
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 4:07 PM, archytas wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>> I do tea.
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>> On 23 May, 19:59, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> I love mine.  Good french roast in the French press, a
> > >> little ground
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> chocolate, milk and sugar in the cup - the day looks
> > >> good!
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 7:55 am, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>    "Know thyself"? I hit a wall at three weeks on my
> > >> nicotine quit. :(
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> But,
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I hear it takes roughly twenty three days for new
> > >> behaviors to
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> solidify.
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> My rules: no caffiene in afternoon, resolve disputes,
> > >> take men's
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> vitamin
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> every day, face the walking direction, move forward,
> > >> pace self,
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> breathe,
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> hold regard for the power of influence, allow
> > >> expression of
> > >> > > >>>>>>>> enthusiasm.
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> It used to take three cups to break the fog but these
> > >> days I can go
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> without, with a minor headache. Mmm, need another cup.
> > >> :)
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 2:46 AM, Allan H wrote:
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hmm seems my shirt is on inside out.
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>     (
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>      )
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> |_D Allan
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course I talk to myself,
> > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sometimes I need expert advice..
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Re: Mind's Eye Re: Gatsby

There's an 8 part French series called The Returned coming on C4 in
June. Ghost, crime, twin sisters who experience each other's orgasms
type of thing. Partners Against Crime is a French go at Agatha
Christie - which might not sound like me but I loved it - trailer here
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULHcPGSTV44

On 31 May, 10:08, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is two representatives of Denmark and Finland worth having a quick
> look at:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001885/?ref_=sr_1http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442454/
>
> 2013/5/31 James <ashkas...@gmail.com>
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> > > We haven't had network tv for the longest time, and I have to say it isn't
> > missed at all. Two of our favorite kid shows are about dogs, Kipper the Dog
> > and Martha Speaks. We squeeze every last bit out of our budget broadband
> > between Netflix and Amazon. I had a laugh a few months ago while reading
> > something on Baudrillard and you came to mind on a nuance, I'll send a link
> > if I can find it. As I recall he was a bit grandiose though. I have to be
> > picky with literature, it is frustrating to move between processing
> > multiple technical and legal documents quickly and then hit a snails pace
> > on most philosophy and literature but worth the exercise when there's a few
> > spare watts to burn. My lady can read a thick book on a busy day,
>
> > I much preferred the actor in Quantum of Solace over the other James
> > Bonds, Matt Damon, Janeway in Star Trek Voyager, the lead character of
> > House, ditto on Lie to Me, and need to check out Woody Allen, mostly
> > mainstream I guess. Any recommendations for a foreign film noob (mostly,
> > I've seen a few German, couple French)?
>
> > On 5/30/2013 4:38 PM, archytas wrote:
>
> >> Back to the movies rigs - I think most are now too dumb to bear.  This
> >> is a world that turns computers into toys.  The gated sheep is about
> >> right.  I can't work out why they don't do much for 'our market
> >> segment'.  Nearly all the good films I've seen in the last twenty
> >> years have been French, German or Spanish (Mario et Jeanette; Mephisto/
> >> Colonel Riedel, Belle Epoch/The Pope's Toilet/Pierot Le Bon Bon) and I
> >> even like my cops French (Spiral), Danish (The Killing), my humour
> >> Norwegian (You The Living).  My great literature comes from Darwin,
> >> Einstein, Maxwell (not the dog) and any biologist other than Dawkins.
> >> Cervantes and Tom Sharpe were sharp.  Kierkegaard is best read as a
> >> teller of shaggy dog stories, Lyotard as telling ripping yarns.  There
> >> is no television channel for poor little me!  We have a place called
> >> the Corner House (run by one of my ex-students) that shows arty films.
>
> >> Max takes me to woodland and a river on his walks.  Fish, frog spawn,
> >> wet-land development, brilliant trees, other dogs and mostly lovely
> >> owners, young lovers, kids being kids, kingfishers, a heron, ducks -
> >> Max seems to admire the ducks.  I would like to write a translation of
> >> his nose language.  He's basically a moon dog - stare at his face long
> >> enough and he looks like the moon.
>
> >> I read the other day that 72% of kids arriving at Harvard are virgins
> >> and 22% still are when they graduate.  Maybe crass baa baa culture
> >> doesn't get to all?
>
> >> On 29 May, 13:28, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> FSF has a poetic romantic strain but is weak in some areas. We may
> >>> love his life as much as what he wrote. He did zero in on a certain
> >>> class- the American self-made man and fakery of it all despite the
> >>> s)uccess. Other authors were also dealing with this in different ways-
> >>> less glamourous ways. Yes- think I read about Faludi a few years
> >>> back.// The young women I know- mid-30's- are exhausted trying to
> >>> "have it all".//I think you have a formula. You're better than that, I
> >>> think.
>
> >>> On May 28, 7:19 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>  Beyond the Gatsby path to great riches lie vapid women rigs?  I'm not
> >>>> much impressed by Gabbeconomics on freedom, though sure she's right.
> >>>>   Most of our effort goes in keeping wolves from doors.  I'm not sure
> >>>> we have worked out emancipation, suspecting it may be from the need to
> >>>> work to have the income not to have the choices of others forced on
> >>>> us.  Women have made some moves against this, but I go with Susan
> >>>> Faludi in thinking we are being stiffed.
> >>>> Where lies prose in this rigs - and its seduction?  Winter cracked
> >>>> spring broke late May.  The cold heart of Cornelius Stitt did not
> >>>> warm, even as his dog frolicked.  Concerns of heavy world spiked
> >>>> desire of retirement behind the attraction of a pub door and adventure
> >>>> in the undiscovered continent.  In short, Harry Fleck had turned up
> >>>> like a bad penny with a scheme against his quiet life plan.  You know
> >>>> the kind of thing better than me.
> >>>> On 28 May, 13:08, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> There are infinite possibilities- it's the imagination that's limited-
> >>>>> and the expectations of the market and audience. Also, it is a matter
> >>>>> of making money so good writers will pander and ruin themselves in the
> >>>>> process.
> >>>>> On May 26, 12:00 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>> I liked some of his short stories.  There's a 1949 Gatsby film with
> >>>>>> Shelly Winters (before her bloat) being credibly vapid.  I can barely
> >>>>>> read Umberto Eco, yet like the films of his books.  Surely it must
> >>>>>> have dawned by now rigs that most of these "creatives" just pander to
> >>>>>> ignorant reality?  It just gets worse in film.  Give Hollywood a
> >>>>>> chance to have star-crossed lovers and that's what you'll get.  When
> >>>>>> we curl up with a book we can let our own minds wander.  This is where
> >>>>>> much of the creativity lies.  I'd rather they screwed up Gatsby
> >>>>>> (again) than churned out today's formulaic nonsense (Barely worth the
> >>>>>> $10 fee to Pirate Bay).
> >>>>>> I've tried to write a "real novel" and just can't manage he process at
> >>>>>> all.  It might be possible as a screenplay that could be expanded by
> >>>>>> people watching - I think in this sense writing may be at an end.
> >>>>>> Actors and what they do in front of cameras or on stage can be
> >>>>>> brilliant - yet they are more likely much of a muchness, constraining
> >>>>>> the story as much as television news.  We are short of an adventurous
> >>>>>> medium.
> >>>>>> On May 25, 10:42 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> I wish Hollywood would leave good novels alone. Have no intention of
> >>>>>>> seeing this latest Gatsby and the other Fitzgerald books/stories set
> >>>>>>> to film were terrible. He is one of my favorite and influential
> >>>>>>> writers.//Here are a couple of links to articles that appeared in the
> >>>>>>> NYTimes a few years ago as I suspected all along. Plots have their
> >>>>>>> seeds in reality.
> >>>>>>> "Hints of Future Novels in Letters to Fitzgerald" by Dinitia Smith-
> >>>>>>> Spetember 8,2003  <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/**09/08/books/<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/08/books/>
> >>>>>>> 08FITZ.html>
> >>>>>>> "Mementos of a Real Romance That Fed Fitzgerald's Fiction" by Janet
> >>>>>>> Maslin January 24, 2005  <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/**01/24/books/<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/books/>
> >>>>>>> 24masl.html>
> >>>>>>> Hope they link!- Hide quoted text -
>
> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> >>>>> - Show quoted text -
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Re: Mind's Eye coffee

it has been similar here  about the same time frame according to my wife.  hot whiskey against cold  probably would work but I do not know  nor nor am I interested or willing to try..


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:18 AM, gabbydott <gabbydott@gmail.com> wrote:
Northern Ireland, Allan. I learned to drink hot whiskey against the cold there. 


2013/5/30 Allan H <allanh1946@gmail.com>
escaping to Ireland ??  that sounds good,..  


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:57 PM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
I've just bought a shredder to cope with the vast amount of pruning
debris from the back garden.  Back door needs a coat of wood preserver
- most of the rest is UPVC.  Off to Belfast for some R & R.

On 30 May, 13:17, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes- the unexpected- thinking we have everything figured out and up
> pops a snag. The building inspector comes by today for a final
> inspection so we'll see what's what.//We had a downpour last night-
> ho - most of the restuse/gutter system stood up to it.//A big bonus was the roofing crew
> painted the high trim yesterday morning- windows- so that's off the
> list...the never ending list!//Hope your neighbor is okay and that you
> are, also.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Courage can be useful rigsy, imagine the wasted energy of not
> > confronting the question. Strange how that card can just appear in one's
> > hand, I'm sure it wasn't there a short time ago.
>
> > On 5/29/2013 7:53 AM, rigs wrote:
>
> > > My second thoughts were groundless- what a waste of energy! I had
> > > neglected to ask some "spec" questions about the roof and they were
> > > answered.
>
> > > On May 28, 7:19 am, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> I painted a roof on a Dutch Colonial (in my "salad days") with help
> > >> from the grad student. Use a high grade acrylic. Check Google.//I have
> > >> doubts that have risen about this garage roof already- a very short
> > >> "honeymoon". Having a worry/regret attack for 24 hours. Must courage
> > >> up to get some mere information. More finishing work to be done but
> > >> it's a rainy week here. Other than that, the tooth chews...
>
> > >> On May 25, 10:12 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >>> "Who chews ice?" I hear the sexually repressed do, could be a myth. I
> > >>> haven't messed with it but EPDM sounds like fun, welding plastic seams
> > >>> and such. I made a recommendation a year back that we redo some
> > >>> buildings here with a TiO2-thick garage floor paint right over the
> > >>> shingles but am mixed on the question of ceramic bubbles or diatomaceous
> > >>> media as a base layer, price probably will rule in favor of the latter.
> > >>> Is it normal for an intelligent person to constantly behave as though
> > >>> they are solely responsible for every idea? After ten years working with
> > >>> someone this is still urking me like a sliver that no matter how many
> > >>> times you pull it out, just magically reappears. I've seen this in a few
> > >>> rather intelligent people I know so far and it always puts me off, and
> > >>> it's freaky, like their mind is making up things with them always at a
> > >>> prominent position somehow.
> > >>> Sorry for the rant rigsy, glad to hear about the tooth and roof!
> > >>> On 5/25/2013 5:46 PM, rigs wrote:
> > >>>> Pollock
> > >>>> On May 25, 4:21 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> I didn't mean to insult your tea so I made fish and chips last night-
> > >>>>> flounder and steak fries. I used to drink whiskey without ice- not
> > >>>>> really a fan of ice. The dentist switched and I have a white crown and
> > >>>>> was told not to chew ice or almonds. Who chews ice? Also have a white
> > >>>>> roof on the garage which is so bright I feel like dripping paint a la
> > >>>>> Pollack but it's some TPO material superior to rubber. Almost finished
> > >>>>> except for painting the caps and weather vane which the roofer- Ed-
> > >>>>> will do on Tues.
> > >>>>> On May 24, 2:45 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>> No added sugar in my life James - too old to handle the drug.  I don't
> > >>>>>> smoke in the morning either.  I converted to tea bags a few years
> > >>>>>> back.  Instant tea is an ironic punishment for space travelers in
> > >>>>>> Hitch-Hiker.  Cold tea might have some purpose under hot sun, but I
> > >>>>>> don't keep it in preparedness for such blue moon conditions in
> > >>>>>> Northern England.  Anyway I need the ice for my whiskey.  I do a
> > >>>>>> double Java when I work in Manchester.  They have smoking tables at
> > >>>>>> the place near Oxford Road railway station, so I sometimes break my
> > >>>>>> not smoking in the morning rule, unless the croissants have that baked
> > >>>>>> today look.  I'd prefer a shot of cognac in the coffee, so I could
> > >>>>>> pretend to be Maigret instead of on my way to do finance 101.
> > >>>>>> On 24 May, 13:35, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Tea counts as a slow beverage in contrast to coffee, yes.
> > >>>>>>> Unless you make it instant ice tea, of course, shudder.
> > >>>>>>> 2013/5/24 rigs <rigs...@gmail.com>
> > >>>>>>>> Tea seems more like medicine. I have a small drip coffee maker set up
> > >>>>>>>> in the bedroom- take it black and need it hot- am buying a brand from
> > >>>>>>>> Aldi that claims "fair trade"- a muffin- a few cigarettes and the
> > >>>>>>>> day's begun. I am shocked-drugged into action!
> > >>>>>>>> On May 24, 1:28 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>> what and give up my morning double espresso extra dark roast to jump
> > >>>>>>>> start
> > >>>>>>>>> the morning,,   french presses are good..        Tea??  Tea??
> > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:15 AM, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>> Heh, could we be any more stereotypical? Tea would be a
> > >>>>>>>> health-conscious
> > >>>>>>>>>> choice of course (planning eventually) but to follow through with the
> > >>>>>>>>>> typefaction I drink my columbian/arabica cheap-roast with two sugars
> > >>>>>>>> and no
> > >>>>>>>>>> cream. :)
> > >>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 4:07 PM, archytas wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I do tea.
> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 23 May, 19:59, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I love mine.  Good french roast in the French press, a little ground
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> chocolate, milk and sugar in the cup - the day looks good!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 7:55 am, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>    "Know thyself"? I hit a wall at three weeks on my nicotine quit. :(
> > >>>>>>>> But,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I hear it takes roughly twenty three days for new behaviors to
> > >>>>>>>> solidify.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> My rules: no caffiene in afternoon, resolve disputes, take men's
> > >>>>>>>> vitamin
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> every day, face the walking direction, move forward, pace self,
> > >>>>>>>> breathe,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> hold regard for the power of influence, allow expression of
> > >>>>>>>> enthusiasm.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> It used to take three cups to break the fog but these days I can go
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> without, with a minor headache. Mmm, need another cup. :)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 2:46 AM, Allan H wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hmm seems my shirt is on inside out.
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Re: Mind's Eye coffee

Northern Ireland, Allan. I learned to drink hot whiskey against the cold there. 


2013/5/30 Allan H <allanh1946@gmail.com>
escaping to Ireland ??  that sounds good,..  


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:57 PM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:
I've just bought a shredder to cope with the vast amount of pruning
debris from the back garden.  Back door needs a coat of wood preserver
- most of the rest is UPVC.  Off to Belfast for some R & R.

On 30 May, 13:17, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes- the unexpected- thinking we have everything figured out and up
> pops a snag. The building inspector comes by today for a final
> inspection so we'll see what's what.//We had a downpour last night-
> ho - most of the restuse/gutter system stood up to it.//A big bonus was the roofing crew
> painted the high trim yesterday morning- windows- so that's off the
> list...the never ending list!//Hope your neighbor is okay and that you
> are, also.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Courage can be useful rigsy, imagine the wasted energy of not
> > confronting the question. Strange how that card can just appear in one's
> > hand, I'm sure it wasn't there a short time ago.
>
> > On 5/29/2013 7:53 AM, rigs wrote:
>
> > > My second thoughts were groundless- what a waste of energy! I had
> > > neglected to ask some "spec" questions about the roof and they were
> > > answered.
>
> > > On May 28, 7:19 am, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> I painted a roof on a Dutch Colonial (in my "salad days") with help
> > >> from the grad student. Use a high grade acrylic. Check Google.//I have
> > >> doubts that have risen about this garage roof already- a very short
> > >> "honeymoon". Having a worry/regret attack for 24 hours. Must courage
> > >> up to get some mere information. More finishing work to be done but
> > >> it's a rainy week here. Other than that, the tooth chews...
>
> > >> On May 25, 10:12 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >>> "Who chews ice?" I hear the sexually repressed do, could be a myth. I
> > >>> haven't messed with it but EPDM sounds like fun, welding plastic seams
> > >>> and such. I made a recommendation a year back that we redo some
> > >>> buildings here with a TiO2-thick garage floor paint right over the
> > >>> shingles but am mixed on the question of ceramic bubbles or diatomaceous
> > >>> media as a base layer, price probably will rule in favor of the latter.
> > >>> Is it normal for an intelligent person to constantly behave as though
> > >>> they are solely responsible for every idea? After ten years working with
> > >>> someone this is still urking me like a sliver that no matter how many
> > >>> times you pull it out, just magically reappears. I've seen this in a few
> > >>> rather intelligent people I know so far and it always puts me off, and
> > >>> it's freaky, like their mind is making up things with them always at a
> > >>> prominent position somehow.
> > >>> Sorry for the rant rigsy, glad to hear about the tooth and roof!
> > >>> On 5/25/2013 5:46 PM, rigs wrote:
> > >>>> Pollock
> > >>>> On May 25, 4:21 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> I didn't mean to insult your tea so I made fish and chips last night-
> > >>>>> flounder and steak fries. I used to drink whiskey without ice- not
> > >>>>> really a fan of ice. The dentist switched and I have a white crown and
> > >>>>> was told not to chew ice or almonds. Who chews ice? Also have a white
> > >>>>> roof on the garage which is so bright I feel like dripping paint a la
> > >>>>> Pollack but it's some TPO material superior to rubber. Almost finished
> > >>>>> except for painting the caps and weather vane which the roofer- Ed-
> > >>>>> will do on Tues.
> > >>>>> On May 24, 2:45 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>> No added sugar in my life James - too old to handle the drug.  I don't
> > >>>>>> smoke in the morning either.  I converted to tea bags a few years
> > >>>>>> back.  Instant tea is an ironic punishment for space travelers in
> > >>>>>> Hitch-Hiker.  Cold tea might have some purpose under hot sun, but I
> > >>>>>> don't keep it in preparedness for such blue moon conditions in
> > >>>>>> Northern England.  Anyway I need the ice for my whiskey.  I do a
> > >>>>>> double Java when I work in Manchester.  They have smoking tables at
> > >>>>>> the place near Oxford Road railway station, so I sometimes break my
> > >>>>>> not smoking in the morning rule, unless the croissants have that baked
> > >>>>>> today look.  I'd prefer a shot of cognac in the coffee, so I could
> > >>>>>> pretend to be Maigret instead of on my way to do finance 101.
> > >>>>>> On 24 May, 13:35, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Tea counts as a slow beverage in contrast to coffee, yes.
> > >>>>>>> Unless you make it instant ice tea, of course, shudder.
> > >>>>>>> 2013/5/24 rigs <rigs...@gmail.com>
> > >>>>>>>> Tea seems more like medicine. I have a small drip coffee maker set up
> > >>>>>>>> in the bedroom- take it black and need it hot- am buying a brand from
> > >>>>>>>> Aldi that claims "fair trade"- a muffin- a few cigarettes and the
> > >>>>>>>> day's begun. I am shocked-drugged into action!
> > >>>>>>>> On May 24, 1:28 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>> what and give up my morning double espresso extra dark roast to jump
> > >>>>>>>> start
> > >>>>>>>>> the morning,,   french presses are good..        Tea??  Tea??
> > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:15 AM, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>> Heh, could we be any more stereotypical? Tea would be a
> > >>>>>>>> health-conscious
> > >>>>>>>>>> choice of course (planning eventually) but to follow through with the
> > >>>>>>>>>> typefaction I drink my columbian/arabica cheap-roast with two sugars
> > >>>>>>>> and no
> > >>>>>>>>>> cream. :)
> > >>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 4:07 PM, archytas wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I do tea.
> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 23 May, 19:59, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I love mine.  Good french roast in the French press, a little ground
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> chocolate, milk and sugar in the cup - the day looks good!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 7:55 am, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>    "Know thyself"? I hit a wall at three weeks on my nicotine quit. :(
> > >>>>>>>> But,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I hear it takes roughly twenty three days for new behaviors to
> > >>>>>>>> solidify.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> My rules: no caffiene in afternoon, resolve disputes, take men's
> > >>>>>>>> vitamin
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> every day, face the walking direction, move forward, pace self,
> > >>>>>>>> breathe,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> hold regard for the power of influence, allow expression of
> > >>>>>>>> enthusiasm.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> It used to take three cups to break the fog but these days I can go
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> without, with a minor headache. Mmm, need another cup. :)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 2:46 AM, Allan H wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hmm seems my shirt is on inside out.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
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Re: Mind's Eye Re: Gatsby

Here is two representatives of Denmark and Finland worth having a quick look at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001885/?ref_=sr_1


2013/5/31 James <ashkashal@gmail.com>
We haven't had network tv for the longest time, and I have to say it isn't missed at all. Two of our favorite kid shows are about dogs, Kipper the Dog and Martha Speaks. We squeeze every last bit out of our budget broadband between Netflix and Amazon. I had a laugh a few months ago while reading something on Baudrillard and you came to mind on a nuance, I'll send a link if I can find it. As I recall he was a bit grandiose though. I have to be picky with literature, it is frustrating to move between processing multiple technical and legal documents quickly and then hit a snails pace on most philosophy and literature but worth the exercise when there's a few spare watts to burn. My lady can read a thick book on a busy day,

I much preferred the actor in Quantum of Solace over the other James Bonds, Matt Damon, Janeway in Star Trek Voyager, the lead character of House, ditto on Lie to Me, and need to check out Woody Allen, mostly mainstream I guess. Any recommendations for a foreign film noob (mostly, I've seen a few German, couple French)?


On 5/30/2013 4:38 PM, archytas wrote:
Back to the movies rigs - I think most are now too dumb to bear.  This
is a world that turns computers into toys.  The gated sheep is about
right.  I can't work out why they don't do much for 'our market
segment'.  Nearly all the good films I've seen in the last twenty
years have been French, German or Spanish (Mario et Jeanette; Mephisto/
Colonel Riedel, Belle Epoch/The Pope's Toilet/Pierot Le Bon Bon) and I
even like my cops French (Spiral), Danish (The Killing), my humour
Norwegian (You The Living).  My great literature comes from Darwin,
Einstein, Maxwell (not the dog) and any biologist other than Dawkins.
Cervantes and Tom Sharpe were sharp.  Kierkegaard is best read as a
teller of shaggy dog stories, Lyotard as telling ripping yarns.  There
is no television channel for poor little me!  We have a place called
the Corner House (run by one of my ex-students) that shows arty films.

Max takes me to woodland and a river on his walks.  Fish, frog spawn,
wet-land development, brilliant trees, other dogs and mostly lovely
owners, young lovers, kids being kids, kingfishers, a heron, ducks -
Max seems to admire the ducks.  I would like to write a translation of
his nose language.  He's basically a moon dog - stare at his face long
enough and he looks like the moon.

I read the other day that 72% of kids arriving at Harvard are virgins
and 22% still are when they graduate.  Maybe crass baa baa culture
doesn't get to all?

On 29 May, 13:28, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
FSF has a poetic romantic strain but is weak in some areas. We may
love his life as much as what he wrote. He did zero in on a certain
class- the American self-made man and fakery of it all despite the
s)uccess. Other authors were also dealing with this in different ways-
less glamourous ways. Yes- think I read about Faludi a few years
back.// The young women I know- mid-30's- are exhausted trying to
"have it all".//I think you have a formula. You're better than that, I
think.

On May 28, 7:19 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:







Beyond the Gatsby path to great riches lie vapid women rigs?  I'm not
much impressed by Gabbeconomics on freedom, though sure she's right.
  Most of our effort goes in keeping wolves from doors.  I'm not sure
we have worked out emancipation, suspecting it may be from the need to
work to have the income not to have the choices of others forced on
us.  Women have made some moves against this, but I go with Susan
Faludi in thinking we are being stiffed.
Where lies prose in this rigs - and its seduction?  Winter cracked
spring broke late May.  The cold heart of Cornelius Stitt did not
warm, even as his dog frolicked.  Concerns of heavy world spiked
desire of retirement behind the attraction of a pub door and adventure
in the undiscovered continent.  In short, Harry Fleck had turned up
like a bad penny with a scheme against his quiet life plan.  You know
the kind of thing better than me.
On 28 May, 13:08, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
There are infinite possibilities- it's the imagination that's limited-
and the expectations of the market and audience. Also, it is a matter
of making money so good writers will pander and ruin themselves in the
process.
On May 26, 12:00 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
I liked some of his short stories.  There's a 1949 Gatsby film with
Shelly Winters (before her bloat) being credibly vapid.  I can barely
read Umberto Eco, yet like the films of his books.  Surely it must
have dawned by now rigs that most of these "creatives" just pander to
ignorant reality?  It just gets worse in film.  Give Hollywood a
chance to have star-crossed lovers and that's what you'll get.  When
we curl up with a book we can let our own minds wander.  This is where
much of the creativity lies.  I'd rather they screwed up Gatsby
(again) than churned out today's formulaic nonsense (Barely worth the
$10 fee to Pirate Bay).
I've tried to write a "real novel" and just can't manage he process at
all.  It might be possible as a screenplay that could be expanded by
people watching - I think in this sense writing may be at an end.
Actors and what they do in front of cameras or on stage can be
brilliant - yet they are more likely much of a muchness, constraining
the story as much as television news.  We are short of an adventurous
medium.
On May 25, 10:42 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
I wish Hollywood would leave good novels alone. Have no intention of
seeing this latest Gatsby and the other Fitzgerald books/stories set
to film were terrible. He is one of my favorite and influential
writers.//Here are a couple of links to articles that appeared in the
NYTimes a few years ago as I suspected all along. Plots have their
seeds in reality.
"Hints of Future Novels in Letters to Fitzgerald" by Dinitia Smith-
Spetember 8,2003  <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/08/books/
08FITZ.html>
"Mementos of a Real Romance That Fed Fitzgerald's Fiction" by Janet
Maslin January 24, 2005  <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/books/
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Re: Mind's Eye coffee

they are saying this is the coldest long spring since records began in 1903  or is the England I forget ,,  we are expecting fall any day now


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Molly <mollyb363@gmail.com> wrote:
sounds like James could use some R&R also, but has recovery work to
do.  the weather in the US Midwest has been radical and violent
lately.  Lots of thunder and lightening right now!  Glad to hear
everyone is making it through the current weather of all kinds.

On May 30, 4:51 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> gee the only trips I have planned  is to the dentist to replace a cap?  and
> the orthopedic surgeon to check on my knee that I fell on..  falling that
> seems to have become a regular trip for me..
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > escaping to Ireland ??  that sounds good,..
>
> > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:57 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I've just bought a shredder to cope with the vast amount of pruning
> >> debris from the back garden.  Back door needs a coat of wood preserver
> >> - most of the rest is UPVC.  Off to Belfast for some R & R.
>
> >> On 30 May, 13:17, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Yes- the unexpected- thinking we have everything figured out and up
> >> > pops a snag. The building inspector comes by today for a final
> >> > inspection so we'll see what's what.//We had a downpour last night-
> >> > ho - most of the restuse/gutter system stood up to it.//A big bonus was
> >> the roofing crew
> >> > painted the high trim yesterday morning- windows- so that's off the
> >> > list...the never ending list!//Hope your neighbor is okay and that you
> >> > are, also.
>
> >> > > Courage can be useful rigsy, imagine the wasted energy of not
> >> > > confronting the question. Strange how that card can just appear in
> >> one's
> >> > > hand, I'm sure it wasn't there a short time ago.
>
> >> > > On 5/29/2013 7:53 AM, rigs wrote:
>
> >> > > > My second thoughts were groundless- what a waste of energy! I had
> >> > > > neglected to ask some "spec" questions about the roof and they were
> >> > > > answered.
>
> >> > > > On May 28, 7:19 am, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >> I painted a roof on a Dutch Colonial (in my "salad days") with help
> >> > > >> from the grad student. Use a high grade acrylic. Check Google.//I
> >> have
> >> > > >> doubts that have risen about this garage roof already- a very short
> >> > > >> "honeymoon". Having a worry/regret attack for 24 hours. Must
> >> courage
> >> > > >> up to get some mere information. More finishing work to be done but
> >> > > >> it's a rainy week here. Other than that, the tooth chews...
>
> >> > > >> On May 25, 10:12 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > > >>> "Who chews ice?" I hear the sexually repressed do, could be a
> >> myth. I
> >> > > >>> haven't messed with it but EPDM sounds like fun, welding plastic
> >> seams
> >> > > >>> and such. I made a recommendation a year back that we redo some
> >> > > >>> buildings here with a TiO2-thick garage floor paint right over the
> >> > > >>> shingles but am mixed on the question of ceramic bubbles or
> >> diatomaceous
> >> > > >>> media as a base layer, price probably will rule in favor of the
> >> latter.
> >> > > >>> Is it normal for an intelligent person to constantly behave as
> >> though
> >> > > >>> they are solely responsible for every idea? After ten years
> >> working with
> >> > > >>> someone this is still urking me like a sliver that no matter how
> >> many
> >> > > >>> times you pull it out, just magically reappears. I've seen this
> >> in a few
> >> > > >>> rather intelligent people I know so far and it always puts me
> >> off, and
> >> > > >>> it's freaky, like their mind is making up things with them always
> >> at a
> >> > > >>> prominent position somehow.
> >> > > >>> Sorry for the rant rigsy, glad to hear about the tooth and roof!
> >> > > >>> On 5/25/2013 5:46 PM, rigs wrote:
> >> > > >>>> Pollock
> >> > > >>>> On May 25, 4:21 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>> I didn't mean to insult your tea so I made fish and chips last
> >> night-
> >> > > >>>>> flounder and steak fries. I used to drink whiskey without ice-
> >> not
> >> > > >>>>> really a fan of ice. The dentist switched and I have a white
> >> crown and
> >> > > >>>>> was told not to chew ice or almonds. Who chews ice? Also have a
> >> white
> >> > > >>>>> roof on the garage which is so bright I feel like dripping
> >> paint a la
> >> > > >>>>> Pollack but it's some TPO material superior to rubber. Almost
> >> finished
> >> > > >>>>> except for painting the caps and weather vane which the roofer-
> >> Ed-
> >> > > >>>>> will do on Tues.
> >> > > >>>>> On May 24, 2:45 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>> No added sugar in my life James - too old to handle the drug.
> >>  I don't
> >> > > >>>>>> smoke in the morning either.  I converted to tea bags a few
> >> years
> >> > > >>>>>> back.  Instant tea is an ironic punishment for space travelers
> >> in
> >> > > >>>>>> Hitch-Hiker.  Cold tea might have some purpose under hot sun,
> >> but I
> >> > > >>>>>> don't keep it in preparedness for such blue moon conditions in
> >> > > >>>>>> Northern England.  Anyway I need the ice for my whiskey.  I do
> >> a
> >> > > >>>>>> double Java when I work in Manchester.  They have smoking
> >> tables at
> >> > > >>>>>> the place near Oxford Road railway station, so I sometimes
> >> break my
> >> > > >>>>>> not smoking in the morning rule, unless the croissants have
> >> that baked
> >> > > >>>>>> today look.  I'd prefer a shot of cognac in the coffee, so I
> >> could
> >> > > >>>>>> pretend to be Maigret instead of on my way to do finance 101.
> >> > > >>>>>> On 24 May, 13:35, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>> Tea counts as a slow beverage in contrast to coffee, yes.
> >> > > >>>>>>> Unless you make it instant ice tea, of course, shudder.
> >> > > >>>>>>> 2013/5/24 rigs <rigs...@gmail.com>
> >> > > >>>>>>>> Tea seems more like medicine. I have a small drip coffee
> >> maker set up
> >> > > >>>>>>>> in the bedroom- take it black and need it hot- am buying a
> >> brand from
> >> > > >>>>>>>> Aldi that claims "fair trade"- a muffin- a few cigarettes
> >> and the
> >> > > >>>>>>>> day's begun. I am shocked-drugged into action!
> >> > > >>>>>>>> On May 24, 1:28 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>>>> what and give up my morning double espresso extra dark
> >> roast to jump
> >> > > >>>>>>>> start
> >> > > >>>>>>>>> the morning,,   french presses are good..        Tea??
> >>  Tea??
> >> > > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:15 AM, James <ashkas...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>> Heh, could we be any more stereotypical? Tea would be a
> >> > > >>>>>>>> health-conscious
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>> choice of course (planning eventually) but to follow
> >> through with the
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>> typefaction I drink my columbian/arabica cheap-roast with
> >> two sugars
> >> > > >>>>>>>> and no
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>> cream. :)
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 4:07 PM, archytas wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>> I do tea.
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>> On 23 May, 19:59, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> I love mine.  Good french roast in the French press, a
> >> little ground
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> chocolate, milk and sugar in the cup - the day looks
> >> good!
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 7:55 am, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>    "Know thyself"? I hit a wall at three weeks on my
> >> nicotine quit. :(
> >> > > >>>>>>>> But,
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I hear it takes roughly twenty three days for new
> >> behaviors to
> >> > > >>>>>>>> solidify.
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> My rules: no caffiene in afternoon, resolve disputes,
> >> take men's
> >> > > >>>>>>>> vitamin
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> every day, face the walking direction, move forward,
> >> pace self,
> >> > > >>>>>>>> breathe,
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> hold regard for the power of influence, allow
> >> expression of
> >> > > >>>>>>>> enthusiasm.
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> It used to take three cups to break the fog but these
> >> days I can go
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> without, with a minor headache. Mmm, need another cup.
> >> :)
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 2:46 AM, Allan H wrote:
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hmm seems my shirt is on inside out.
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>     (
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>      )
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> |_D Allan
> >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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Re: Mind's Eye Re: Gatsby

We haven't had network tv for the longest time, and I have to say it
isn't missed at all. Two of our favorite kid shows are about dogs,
Kipper the Dog and Martha Speaks. We squeeze every last bit out of our
budget broadband between Netflix and Amazon. I had a laugh a few months
ago while reading something on Baudrillard and you came to mind on a
nuance, I'll send a link if I can find it. As I recall he was a bit
grandiose though. I have to be picky with literature, it is frustrating
to move between processing multiple technical and legal documents
quickly and then hit a snails pace on most philosophy and literature but
worth the exercise when there's a few spare watts to burn. My lady can
read a thick book on a busy day,

I much preferred the actor in Quantum of Solace over the other James
Bonds, Matt Damon, Janeway in Star Trek Voyager, the lead character of
House, ditto on Lie to Me, and need to check out Woody Allen, mostly
mainstream I guess. Any recommendations for a foreign film noob (mostly,
I've seen a few German, couple French)?

On 5/30/2013 4:38 PM, archytas wrote:
> Back to the movies rigs - I think most are now too dumb to bear. This
> is a world that turns computers into toys. The gated sheep is about
> right. I can't work out why they don't do much for 'our market
> segment'. Nearly all the good films I've seen in the last twenty
> years have been French, German or Spanish (Mario et Jeanette; Mephisto/
> Colonel Riedel, Belle Epoch/The Pope's Toilet/Pierot Le Bon Bon) and I
> even like my cops French (Spiral), Danish (The Killing), my humour
> Norwegian (You The Living). My great literature comes from Darwin,
> Einstein, Maxwell (not the dog) and any biologist other than Dawkins.
> Cervantes and Tom Sharpe were sharp. Kierkegaard is best read as a
> teller of shaggy dog stories, Lyotard as telling ripping yarns. There
> is no television channel for poor little me! We have a place called
> the Corner House (run by one of my ex-students) that shows arty films.
>
> Max takes me to woodland and a river on his walks. Fish, frog spawn,
> wet-land development, brilliant trees, other dogs and mostly lovely
> owners, young lovers, kids being kids, kingfishers, a heron, ducks -
> Max seems to admire the ducks. I would like to write a translation of
> his nose language. He's basically a moon dog - stare at his face long
> enough and he looks like the moon.
>
> I read the other day that 72% of kids arriving at Harvard are virgins
> and 22% still are when they graduate. Maybe crass baa baa culture
> doesn't get to all?
>
> On 29 May, 13:28, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> FSF has a poetic romantic strain but is weak in some areas. We may
>> love his life as much as what he wrote. He did zero in on a certain
>> class- the American self-made man and fakery of it all despite the
>> s)uccess. Other authors were also dealing with this in different ways-
>> less glamourous ways. Yes- think I read about Faludi a few years
>> back.// The young women I know- mid-30's- are exhausted trying to
>> "have it all".//I think you have a formula. You're better than that, I
>> think.
>>
>> On May 28, 7:19 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Beyond the Gatsby path to great riches lie vapid women rigs? I'm not
>>> much impressed by Gabbeconomics on freedom, though sure she's right.
>>> Most of our effort goes in keeping wolves from doors. I'm not sure
>>> we have worked out emancipation, suspecting it may be from the need to
>>> work to have the income not to have the choices of others forced on
>>> us. Women have made some moves against this, but I go with Susan
>>> Faludi in thinking we are being stiffed.
>>> Where lies prose in this rigs - and its seduction? Winter cracked
>>> spring broke late May. The cold heart of Cornelius Stitt did not
>>> warm, even as his dog frolicked. Concerns of heavy world spiked
>>> desire of retirement behind the attraction of a pub door and adventure
>>> in the undiscovered continent. In short, Harry Fleck had turned up
>>> like a bad penny with a scheme against his quiet life plan. You know
>>> the kind of thing better than me.
>>> On 28 May, 13:08, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> There are infinite possibilities- it's the imagination that's limited-
>>>> and the expectations of the market and audience. Also, it is a matter
>>>> of making money so good writers will pander and ruin themselves in the
>>>> process.
>>>> On May 26, 12:00 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I liked some of his short stories. There's a 1949 Gatsby film with
>>>>> Shelly Winters (before her bloat) being credibly vapid. I can barely
>>>>> read Umberto Eco, yet like the films of his books. Surely it must
>>>>> have dawned by now rigs that most of these "creatives" just pander to
>>>>> ignorant reality? It just gets worse in film. Give Hollywood a
>>>>> chance to have star-crossed lovers and that's what you'll get. When
>>>>> we curl up with a book we can let our own minds wander. This is where
>>>>> much of the creativity lies. I'd rather they screwed up Gatsby
>>>>> (again) than churned out today's formulaic nonsense (Barely worth the
>>>>> $10 fee to Pirate Bay).
>>>>> I've tried to write a "real novel" and just can't manage he process at
>>>>> all. It might be possible as a screenplay that could be expanded by
>>>>> people watching - I think in this sense writing may be at an end.
>>>>> Actors and what they do in front of cameras or on stage can be
>>>>> brilliant - yet they are more likely much of a muchness, constraining
>>>>> the story as much as television news. We are short of an adventurous
>>>>> medium.
>>>>> On May 25, 10:42 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I wish Hollywood would leave good novels alone. Have no intention of
>>>>>> seeing this latest Gatsby and the other Fitzgerald books/stories set
>>>>>> to film were terrible. He is one of my favorite and influential
>>>>>> writers.//Here are a couple of links to articles that appeared in the
>>>>>> NYTimes a few years ago as I suspected all along. Plots have their
>>>>>> seeds in reality.
>>>>>> "Hints of Future Novels in Letters to Fitzgerald" by Dinitia Smith-
>>>>>> Spetember 8,2003 <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/08/books/
>>>>>> 08FITZ.html>
>>>>>> "Mementos of a Real Romance That Fed Fitzgerald's Fiction" by Janet
>>>>>> Maslin January 24, 2005 <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/books/
>>>>>> 24masl.html>
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