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Buck Up, for Cripe's Sake
G: OK, you figured us out. John and Cosmo are two personalities united in a dissociative identity disorder. :-) Just kidding. I will pass your message on to John just as soon as I can. Thanks for writing!— October 17, 2008 12:51 a.m.
This Is The End
Hey, John, please get in touch with me because there is a woman who sent me an e-mail who thinks I am you. Strange, huh? Also, let's record that song.— October 15, 2008 11:07 a.m.
This Is The End
Why da vegs?— October 13, 2008 2:07 a.m.
I'm Watching Too Much TV
Hey, John, have you ever listened to the full five minutes of the guitar solo on Free Bird? Gawd, it is awesome!! :-)— September 20, 2008 7:38 p.m.
I'm Watching Too Much TV
I read Autumn of the Patriarchs and I enjoyed it. Can you name any other book in which a character is given an inguinal hernia on purpose? Regarding the style, my guess is that Marquez did not want any of it excerpted in a college anthology. :-) But, seriously, although I read it 25 years ago, I do seem to remember a couple of periods, which means that each sentence was about 100 pages long. I thought it was great.— September 17, 2008 10:18 p.m.
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It is Tuesday night, which means that this thread will end soon. I want you all to know that I have very much enjoyed this exchange of words and ideas.— September 16, 2008 9:51 p.m.
Note to Trailer Park Patriots
Frank Zappa once said that if you want an education you quit going to classes and you go to the library and educate yourself.— September 16, 2008 9:46 a.m.
Note to Trailer Park Patriots
... and don't forget Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813, who said both, "Don't give up the ship," and, "We have met the enemy and he is ours." The historian I referred to earlier also wrote that, if Pearl Harbor is the Japanese idea of retaliation for the American invasion of 1853, what then will be their revenge for Hiroshima and Nagasaki? And, yes, I was a Naval officer stationed in Japan from 1977 to 1982.— September 15, 2008 11:48 p.m.
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Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Thank you for jogging my memory. It was my pleasure to live in Japan for four years, and it was there, while reading English-language books on the history of Japan, that I learned of the significance of December 7 to the Japanese people. But the Internet says it happened on July 8, 1853. I am confused. As many as five ships; 2,600 sailors; and 130 cannon: depending upon whose estimate you believe. The Japanese must have been very impressed at this show of American strength. By the grace of God our technology will only advance and never go backward.— September 14, 2008 1:58 p.m.
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The Prophet teaches forgiveness. BTW, December 7 was no accident. December 7 was the day the U.S. invaded Japan in, I think, 1871 (I could be a few years off on the year, but I know I have the correct month & day), & forced them at gunpoint to accept our ambassador, which they did not want to do, because they were an isolationist country. This detail is omitted from most U.S. History books. The more you know about U.S. History, the less we look like victims. Osama Bin Laden said he got the idea of 9/11 from watching Americans blow up buildings in Beirut. Why do we not believe him?— September 13, 2008 12:13 a.m.