February 24, 2005
It's Fun To Be Educated ...
... and live in a drinking town. An email from my friends C and J:
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Hey Ken,
Thanks again for showing us a great time, NO was a blast. We look forward to returning the favor the next time you make it to the east coast. Best regards to the crazy girls, and the rest of your gang down there.
C
Works referenced in this trip:
Laurence of Arabia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/
A British officer goes native and organizes the Bedouins against the Turks, ostensibly for England, but more for his own megalomania.
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956
by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060007761/qid=1109172226/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl14/103-0267745-4561411?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Amazon has the first eight pages online; I guarantee you'll be hooked after the first one. A history of the soviet penal system.
Angel Heart
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092563/
I'm not claiming that this is a classic or anything... but it's really fun to watch late at night. Hardboiled detective vs Louisiana voodoo.
Finally, this wasn't referenced, but it's been my favorite read lately:
Politics and the English Language
by George Orwell
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part42
Very short, very pointed. Nobody can use english like the english.
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Posted by nopundit at February 24, 2005 04:06 PM