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Post by jeffd on Apr 22, 2021 8:55:30 GMT -5
There is a relatively obscure Canadian film of that. Called, by coincidence, BLACK ROBE. I saw some reference to it, but I don't know if it was any good.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 22, 2021 8:57:40 GMT -5
There is a relatively obscure Canadian film of that. Called, by coincidence, BLACK ROBE. I saw some reference to it, but I don't know if it was any good. I don’t remember very much about it, except that it was very dark and heavy. Lots of emphasis on the northeastern tribe’s penchant for cruelty. Can’t say I was fond of it.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Apr 22, 2021 14:17:10 GMT -5
Just received hard-bound of Robin Wakefield’s new (2021) MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS (the annotated edition). So far I cannot give it enough praise. I’ve been an Aurelian for many years and this is the best yet. Available at Amazon and highly recommended for those so inclined. I'll have to check that out, just finishing up the Hays translation.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 26, 2021 21:12:58 GMT -5
Just finished Catherine Arnold’s GLOBE: LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE’S LONDON. A fascinating, highly-detailed account— fore and aft— of the theatrical world of 16th and 17th century England. A great deal of tedious research went into this book— unearthing records and documents seldom if ever seen before. The focus is always on Shakespeare himself and his acting companies, but moves in many directions to create a comprehensive view of the reality and the enduring culture of a rich period of our English-speaking history and tradition.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 27, 2021 9:53:45 GMT -5
Just finished Catherine Arnold’s GLOBE: LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE’S LONDON. A fascinating, highly-detailed account— fore and aft— of the theatrical world of 16th and 17th century England. A great deal of tedious research went into this book— unearthing records and documents seldom if ever seen before. The focus is always on Shakespeare himself and his acting companies, but moves in many directions to create a comprehensive view of the reality and the enduring culture of a rich period of our English-speaking history and tradition. Nice book review. I may look for it.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 27, 2021 13:39:35 GMT -5
Lee Child's books lately...I have most of his Jack Reacher novels and they are good time wasters. I've read them all several times over...the good thing about getting up in age is that you don't remember and so they are good after a couple years go by to reread them again. Something for you youngsters to look forward to.
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Post by qmechanics on Apr 27, 2021 16:55:31 GMT -5
Wife won't let me.... She says she is getting a bit older and doesn't feel up to it.... She is actually quite young... Still since she is the one that births them, I have to pay attention. Hmmmmmm.... Wait a minute..... Oh my the question is what are you reading? Not what are you breeding???I feel so embarrassed... Well talk amongst yourselves.... Topic? Busting..... Question? Why do some women wear bras a size or two too small?
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Post by fadingdaylight on Apr 27, 2021 17:57:22 GMT -5
My paperback copy of Jim Butcher's Peace Talks finally arrived today, so I'm tearing through it at full tilt.
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Post by jeffd on Apr 28, 2021 9:53:26 GMT -5
Lee Child's books lately...I have most of his Jack Reacher novels and they are good time wasters. I've read them all several times over...the good thing about getting up in age is that you don't remember and so they are good after a couple years go by to reread them again. Something for you youngsters to look forward to. Have you tried the audio books read by Dick Hill. That man could read a grocery list and I would sit still and listen. Its kind of a different experience. The way Reacher is always saying "Thats for damn sure". Well Dick Hill gets that exactly right. If you have heard Dick Hill you know what I mean, and if you haven't you are in for a hell of a treat and will likely listen to all the Lee Child books you have already read!
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Post by fadingdaylight on Apr 28, 2021 11:13:32 GMT -5
As childish as it may be, I have to admit that I got a laugh out of how many times you just said "Dick Hill"😂
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Post by zver on Apr 28, 2021 14:33:45 GMT -5
Star Shroud by Ken Lozito.
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Post by Plainsman on May 2, 2021 11:57:14 GMT -5
Just finished WIlliam Stephenson’s 90 MINUTES AT ENTEBBE. A most interesting, detailed account of the raid, the lead-up, and the aftermath. However you feel about Israel you cannot but admire the planning, resolution, and execution of this brilliant rescue.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 2, 2021 12:52:41 GMT -5
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Nonfiction. 2018. It's a pretty straight forward look at what has been happening on college campuses and how it is shortchanging students.
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Post by william on May 2, 2021 16:37:11 GMT -5
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Nonfiction. 2018. It's a pretty straight forward look at what has been happening on college campuses and how it is shortchanging students. With apologies to Allan Bloom ( The Closing of the American Mind, Simon & Schuster, 1987)? What's old is new again. Bloom's book might be more of a "gloves off" harder hitting analysis--notice we go from "closing" to "coddling." The subtitle of Bloom's book is, in itself, an indication of this: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students.I will say that I spent my entire career as a professor at a fairly large state university. When I started, universities were places of ideas--where people could disagree about anything and everything, and still manage to be cordial, maybe even have lunch together, maybe even play tennis or golf together. In short, diversity of opinions was not only tolerated, but relished (I still love a lively debate). Those days are long gone. I am glad to be retired....
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 2, 2021 17:42:14 GMT -5
I didn't read Bloom. Diversity of thought was allowed, though maybe not relished, when I attended in the late 80s. When I returned ten years later, diversity and inclusion were in fashion, with the exception of diversity of thought. I lean left, but it was unpalatable to me even then that only one voice was allowed to be heard. At least one result can be seen today in the polarized political landscape. A lack of critical thinking skills isn't helping students, either.
[Avoiding political discussion, I mean this at a more meta-level.]
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Post by trailboss on May 2, 2021 18:03:16 GMT -5
I didn't read Bloom. Diversity of thought was allowed, though maybe not relished, when I attended in the late 80s. When I returned ten years later, diversity and inclusion were in fashion, with the exception of diversity of thought. I lean left, but it was unpalatable to me even then that only one voice was allowed to be heard. At least one result can be seen today in the polarized political landscape. A lack of critical thinking skills isn't helping students, either. [Avoiding political discussion, I mean this at a more meta-level.] I lean right and I could not agree more. Discourse should entail people freely sharing their opinions and allowed to present facts, it is good to be challenged, sometimes it has taken a decade for me to change my opinion, but I am a better person for it...critical thinking skills are anathema in many halls of academia, and by doing so we are sowing the seeds of our own destruction.
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Post by trailboss on May 2, 2021 18:04:16 GMT -5
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Post by Plainsman on May 2, 2021 18:21:55 GMT -5
All my old profs are dead. They would be appalled by the current state of higher education.
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Post by trailboss on May 2, 2021 18:32:24 GMT -5
All my old profs are dead. They would be appalled by the current state of higher education. I think that in the halls of academia, the tenured ones have dope addled brains, the dregs of society from the me generation, that as they exit the stage of life, are having profound success in their goals. Their misguided notions have informed the current crop of educators. I suspect that collectively they would recoil in horror if a professor was found to be a pipe smoker, but one that promoted smoking weed would be celebrated.
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Post by toshtego on May 2, 2021 18:58:20 GMT -5
All my old profs are dead. They would be appalled by the current state of higher education. I know what you mean and agree. Just so, when you do run into Dr. Woodrow Wilson again, please give him my best regards.
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Post by Plainsman on May 2, 2021 19:30:05 GMT -5
All my old profs are dead. They would be appalled by the current state of higher education. I know what you mean and agree. Just so, when you do run into Dr. Woodrow Wilson again, please give him my best regards. With some few exceptions (perhaps!), I don't believe the majority of the current crop of college "professors" have the slightest idea of what a genuine education is supposed to be doing for individuals as well as society. Thus they participate— even lead— in the destruction of western ideals and the societies built upon them.
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Post by jeffd on May 3, 2021 15:24:29 GMT -5
I disagree with the guy. I think the first smoking was seeking for transcendence. Someone stumbled of a leaf that when burned and sniffed gave you an altered state of consciousness. And the search was on.
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 3, 2021 15:51:16 GMT -5
Lee Child's books lately...I have most of his Jack Reacher novels and they are good time wasters. I've read them all several times over...the good thing about getting up in age is that you don't remember and so they are good after a couple years go by to reread them again. Something for you youngsters to look forward to. Have you tried the audio books read by Dick Hill.That man could read a grocery list and I would sit still and listen. Its kind of a different experience. The way Reacher is always saying "Thats for damn sure". Well Dick Hill gets that exactly right. If you have heard Dick Hill you know what I mean, and if you haven't you are in for a hell of a treat and will likely listen to all the Lee Child books you have already read! While I enjoy hearing a good speaker...e-books hold no interest for me. I would rather read it, digest it perhaps reread it. I will have to be dragged screaming and kicking into the 21st century (says my wife).
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Post by instymp on May 3, 2021 17:37:32 GMT -5
Have you tried the audio books read by Dick Hill.That man could read a grocery list and I would sit still and listen. Its kind of a different experience. The way Reacher is always saying "Thats for damn sure". Well Dick Hill gets that exactly right. If you have heard Dick Hill you know what I mean, and if you haven't you are in for a hell of a treat and will likely listen to all the Lee Child books you have already read! While I enjoy hearing a good speaker...e-books hold no interest for me. I would rather read it, digest it perhaps reread it. I will have to be dragged screaming and kicking into the 21st century (says my wife). A couple of people I love, call me a Luddite. Had to look up what that word meant.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 3, 2021 19:49:32 GMT -5
Luddite? I wasn't going to get a nook or Kindle when they came out, because I couldn't imagine reading a book on a screen. I like paper books. I haunted my public libraries. Then I got one of the infernal newfangled devices a dozen years ago. Now I might read a paper book for every dozen e-books I read. Now I have the reader apps on my tablet and it's hooked in to the local library. No fuss no muss. I can read anything in large print. I can read in the dark. It remembers where I fell asleep even if I don't bookmark. I'm firmly converted to 21st century reading. My phone is still smarter than I, though.
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Post by toshtego on May 4, 2021 10:36:59 GMT -5
Preferring printed books versus electronic devices does not make one a Luddite IMO. Both are reasonable alternatives.
I prefer the printed book as I usually notate it.
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 4, 2021 11:29:10 GMT -5
Preferring printed books versus electronic devices does not make one a Luddite IMO. Both are reasonable alternatives. I prefer the printed book as I usually notate it. I'm with you, John...I much prefer a printed book...no batteries to change if it runs down.
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Post by fadingdaylight on May 4, 2021 11:52:30 GMT -5
I wish I could make the changeover, for convenience purposes, but at the end of the day, I just like paper books more.
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Post by jeffd on May 4, 2021 12:42:53 GMT -5
Have you tried the audio books read by Dick Hill.That man could read a grocery list and I would sit still and listen. Its kind of a different experience. The way Reacher is always saying "Thats for damn sure". Well Dick Hill gets that exactly right. If you have heard Dick Hill you know what I mean, and if you haven't you are in for a hell of a treat and will likely listen to all the Lee Child books you have already read! While I enjoy hearing a good speaker...e-books hold no interest for me. I would rather read it, digest it perhaps reread it. I will have to be dragged screaming and kicking into the 21st century (says my wife). I agree in some respects. I do not think an audio book is a substitute for a book. In any way. Reading is an entirely different activity. Audio books should not even be called books. They should be called something like "A Story Read to You". When seen in that light, an audio story is just one of many types of entertainment, movie, radio drama, book, audio story. And one doesn't supplant the other. One can legitimately say, after listening to an audio story, "Wow it was good. I can't wait to read the book." It really is unfortunate that they are called audio books.
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Post by jay on May 4, 2021 13:52:18 GMT -5
I'm binge reading all of the Doc Savage novels written by Lester Dent under the pen name Kenneth Robeson. I read them all decades ago as a youngster when Bantam books re-released them. They're still fun, especially since Doc really was the first Super Hero.
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