On 3/17/2016 7:23 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
On 3/15/2016 4:23 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
On 3/14/2016 3:21 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
. . .
More of a Pi guy, Mike
Life of Moose wrote:
<<<I liked the book.
Marnie read it and liked it. I leafed through it.
Op. Cit Moose:
<<<You want an odd shape, I very much enjoyed ch. 23, where Pi had been attending the services of
three major religions, without anyone knowing, "I was a practising Hindu, Christian and Muslim",
<<<and ends up in a meeting with the leaders of those churches and his parents. (I don't know if
my shape is as odd as Pi's, but one may hope . . .)
OK, I will read ch 23 if I can put my hands on the book--upstairs somewhere.
I hope I was not actually advocating such rash action. I was only suggesting that I may, with any luck, not be a shape
that fits any standard shaped holes. :-)
I imagine that the more magical parts of the book, which I also enjoyed, might be the reason most people who liked it
did so.
Nor was I proposing that you might like that part, only that I did . . .
Despite Marnie's efforts to have me be more rounded, am too much of a square
peg to read that. The edges
are a bit nicked and perhaps even a bit of dry rot has set in, but no other
changes.
OCM:
<<<Is this the same Mike Gordon who posted, and I quote, ". . .but on second thought
artistic license is in order. Don't Let Slavish Depiction of the Truth Ruin a Good Story."
<<<That last sentence is in my Quotes file.
Wow, I am honored to make a quotes file, especially OCM, and am not being
facetious.
It's a rag tag bunch. Here's another, perhaps on point:
"Is this a true story?"
I said "It is now."
- Wim Wenders, The Act of Seeing
You did catch me in a contradiction due to modest hyperbole, but in the process
I was true to the
quoted aphorism and you have violated same. ;-)
Oh dear, now my head hurts.
Tangled Thoughts Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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