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Posted by jammerlich on January 3, 2009, at 20:50:29
I wish:
1. I had someone to say it to, and
2. They'd jump in and know exactly what to do.
Posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 21:03:33
In reply to Help, posted by jammerlich on January 3, 2009, at 20:50:29
>. They'd jump in and know exactly what to do.
If you know what you want, you'll know that I don't.
But if you don't, you won't know if I do.
Which reminds me of something from somewhere in the Alice books. Something like
>'Do bats eat cats or do cats eat bats?
As she didn't know the answer to either question it didn't much matter how you put it.'
Posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 21:15:58
In reply to Re: Help » jammerlich, posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 21:03:33
To continue my discussion about myself, I have only 3 books I wish to read, apart from, of course, history books, biographies of Himmler and so on. They are
The I Ching
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass.This is good....
"Have some wine," the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.
Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea.
"I don't see any wine," she remarked.
"There isn't any," said the March Hare.
"Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it," said Alice angrily.
"It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited," said the March Hare.
Posted by jammerlich on January 3, 2009, at 21:45:47
In reply to Re: Help » Sigismund, posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 21:15:58
Sigi, you rebel you! Posting uncivil things on Babble!
You like all sorts of history, or mainly Nazi related stuff? I just downloaded Tuchman's "A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century." Heard it's good. Ever read any of her stuff?
Posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 23:59:59
In reply to Re: Help » Sigismund, posted by jammerlich on January 3, 2009, at 21:45:47
No, I like all kinds of history. I have read A Distant Mirror a long time ago. It's really good. I like disaster. In that book you get the plague and the end of the world. I've just been reading about preWWI Germany.
Posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 0:17:25
In reply to Re: Help » jammerlich, posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 23:59:59
Another good Barbara Tuchman book is "The Proud Tower".
Posted by jammerlich on January 4, 2009, at 0:18:55
In reply to Re: Help » jammerlich, posted by Sigismund on January 3, 2009, at 23:59:59
Oh, yummy!! I have a disaster book on my hands; how fitting. I can't wait to get started!!
It's an audiobook, actually. I hope the person reading it is good. My attention span won't allow me to do the reading myself; but, it seems to be happy listening to someone else.
Posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 0:27:06
In reply to Re: Help » Sigismund, posted by jammerlich on January 4, 2009, at 0:18:55
With audio books I could listen to Proust, Kafka and Dostoevsky.
Posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 0:27:55
In reply to Re: Help, posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 0:27:06
I can't possibly read them.
I cannot concentrate.
Posted by jammerlich on January 4, 2009, at 1:43:58
In reply to Re: Help » Sigismund, posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 0:27:55
Listened to "The Metamorphosis" recently. Very nice. And I think "The Castle" is floating around somewhere on my ipod.
Perhaps I should search for "The Brother's Karamazov." Loved it when I read it back in high school (i.e. LONG time ago!).
I'll be sure to look for the other Tuchman book. What about "The Guns of August." Have you read that one?
Posted by jammerlich on January 4, 2009, at 1:44:55
In reply to Re: Help » Sigismund, posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 0:27:55
And thanks for the convo. It's been a fun diversion!
Posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 15:13:27
In reply to Re: Help » Sigismund, posted by jammerlich on January 4, 2009, at 1:43:58
Kafka read The Trial out to his friends and they were helpless with laughter at it.
There was some conversation somewhere about the correct translation in metamorphosis.
It was 'bug' when I read it, and now I forget what the other suggestion was.....something suggesting subhuman is all I can recall.
I would like to read Dostoevsky, I really would, but it would have to be read out to me. "Notes From Underground" is one of the funniest books I've read (and I didn't even finish that, so you see the problem).From the reviews....
>This is one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. But while being entertaining, it is also a poignant narration of the self-centered paranoia of a man who is desperate for people to like him. Unfortunately, because people never have really liked him, he also has a deep disdain for people. So in his thoughts and in his interactions with people, there are evidences of deep longing for companionship interspersed with a contempt for all of humanity.Haven't read The Guns of August.
Posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 15:33:10
In reply to Re: Help, posted by Sigismund on January 4, 2009, at 15:13:27
>It was 'bug' when I read it, and now I forget what the other suggestion was.
It was 'vermin' that I was trying to think of, which is scary, considering the fate of his family and European Jews generally.
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