MagpieCorvidae
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A Monday full of zen.
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Winner Announced; Next Drawing Aug 10th: Win a Pair of PRIME HD binoculars (1 Viewer)
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Chosun Juan
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Tuesday 5th August, 1 minute past midnight! :eek!:
Chosun :gh:
Chosun :gh:
brownpelican1
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Good morning Zen-Ray.
Following hard on the heels of the Wren last week, I had a Song Thrush in my flat last night. Never see them feeding in the garden and only very occasionally hear them singing in the vicinity.
Maybe I'd have seen them before if I had a decent pair of bins.
Maybe I'd have seen them before if I had a decent pair of bins.
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brocknroller
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Each summer, I have a ritual where I re-read one or two books from my youth. This summer, it was supposed to be Moby-Dick, only one book, because its such a long novel and so intricate with its many characters.
Well, it was the summer from Hell, so I never got to read it. I also have The Three Musketeers on my classics reading list, but after watching the TV series on BBC America (last night's episode was particularly good), I think I will skip that.
I might rent the movie version of Moby-Dick with Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab and Richard Basehart as Ishmael. Basehart later played Admiral Nelson in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, a TV series that was broadcast over the air when I was but a babe. It was based on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Given that the summer is almost over, to keep to the seafaring theme, I might read Captain's Courageous since it's a short novel.
Call me Ishmael, but send the Prime HD to Brock. 8/4
BruceH
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Monday, August 4th entry ....
Good Morning!
Thanks Brock. The experience would have been truly harrowing if the shooter had made it past the front door. I think all of us at the casino that night owe a debt of gratitude to the tribal officers who put themselves in harms way and put a stop to everything. That last I heard the two victims were in stable condition and should recover. The FBI is in charge and they are not saying much.
That was quite an experience you had! I wonder what the mugger was thinking as he went over the rail. From now on I will visualize you as Charles Bronson (AKA Mr. Paul Kersey).
Good Morning!
Thanks Brock. The experience would have been truly harrowing if the shooter had made it past the front door. I think all of us at the casino that night owe a debt of gratitude to the tribal officers who put themselves in harms way and put a stop to everything. That last I heard the two victims were in stable condition and should recover. The FBI is in charge and they are not saying much.
That was quite an experience you had! I wonder what the mugger was thinking as he went over the rail. From now on I will visualize you as Charles Bronson (AKA Mr. Paul Kersey).
Chris-Leeds
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Nice first day off my week off, hope the forecasts are wrong for the rest.
Sandgrounder
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Marsh harriers looking nice in the sun.
Highway Dog
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Post for Monday
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THUS SPEAKS TURACO:
Mr. Brock, Sir, we don't know if it's a consolation, but please do remember: Whether life is good to you or not - the result is always the same.
We too advise you to skip The Tree Musketeers. The novel, in spite of its fame, is very poor from a structural and stylistic point of view. This is hardly surprising, if you consider that Alexandre Dumas wrote hundreds of novels, dramas and non-fiction books, his work amounting to more than 100.000 pages. (Only El club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte is poorer still).
Since you mention Job, Mr. Brock - though the story is all too obvious, the introduction to the book is certainly worth reading: Satan has a surprising position here, quite different from the one that will be allotted to him in the Christian era.
Will the Primes really change your life, Sir, if you should win them?
Kind regards,
TURACO
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Please note: Master Raffaele has travelled to Aspromonte in Reggio Calabria, heartland of the 'ndràngheta … San Luca, April 2009: By the roadside they find a man, unconscious, wearing a black leather suit and a black motorbike helmet. No motorbike is near, but a few yards away there lies a pistol calibre .45 in the grass. The man is taken to the hospital. He has no document on him - and no recollection of who he is, what he is. When they ask him his name, he finally answers: Eh … penso che mi chiamo - non sono proprio sicuro, sa, ma credo che mi chiamo … Raffaele! Wish him luck. TRC
THUS SPEAKS TURACO:
Mr. Brock, Sir, we don't know if it's a consolation, but please do remember: Whether life is good to you or not - the result is always the same.
We too advise you to skip The Tree Musketeers. The novel, in spite of its fame, is very poor from a structural and stylistic point of view. This is hardly surprising, if you consider that Alexandre Dumas wrote hundreds of novels, dramas and non-fiction books, his work amounting to more than 100.000 pages. (Only El club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte is poorer still).
Since you mention Job, Mr. Brock - though the story is all too obvious, the introduction to the book is certainly worth reading: Satan has a surprising position here, quite different from the one that will be allotted to him in the Christian era.
Will the Primes really change your life, Sir, if you should win them?
Kind regards,
TURACO
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Please note: Master Raffaele has travelled to Aspromonte in Reggio Calabria, heartland of the 'ndràngheta … San Luca, April 2009: By the roadside they find a man, unconscious, wearing a black leather suit and a black motorbike helmet. No motorbike is near, but a few yards away there lies a pistol calibre .45 in the grass. The man is taken to the hospital. He has no document on him - and no recollection of who he is, what he is. When they ask him his name, he finally answers: Eh … penso che mi chiamo - non sono proprio sicuro, sa, ma credo che mi chiamo … Raffaele! Wish him luck. TRC
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