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    So how goes the Don Quixote reading, Rich? When I read the book, I had an awful time understanding some things. Then it struck me that this was originally written by a Spanish author for a Spanish audience. So I figured if something wasn't clear it was a cultural difference. That helped, and I really enjoyed the book. I'm with you, though, you begin to feel sorry for him since he gets beaten up a lot! Thanks for the check-up call. I really appreciate it. Take care.
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    Hey, how are you Rich? How's your summer? I miss your blogging again, but come say hi, when you get on, if you like.
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    Thanks for your support
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    Ahhhh! Happy Belated Birthday, Rich!!!!
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    I may be a couple days late but I hope it was wonderful!!!

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    mtpspur,

    Just wanted to thank you for your historical fiction recommendation, Captain Blood. I'm reading it now and LOVE it. The prose is outstanding; it has a fun British bent reminiscent of Tom Jones. When I'm done I'm going to try to find a decent film adaptation. I know Errol Flynn did one, but so far I just can't see him fitting with this character.

    Thanks!

    Hawthorns
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    Nice to hear from you I'm doing great! .. good luck with War and Peace, I can say I've not made it through in entirety, although recently enjoyed 2007 made-for-tv version http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0495055/

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    It's coming unbelievably slow, but it will get there eventually. I'm still trying to practice my policy of saying nothing if I have nothing nice to say. Add on that I keep falling asleep while reading Dorian Gray, and I have little to talk about. Things will look up. I just know it takes time, and until then I'm well.
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    Yeah, still kicking. By the by, I had my home phone disconnected over harassing calls from a young man I'd tried to help years ago. You can still call me on my cell, (276) 782-2193.

    Internet was down for five days during this changeover!
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    I'm doing mostly fine, just working through a bunch of things. It's just been a crazy couple of weeks, but things should settle again for a while after this week. We'll see
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Ret USAF TSgt, 1 wife, 3 kids, 2 grandsons-2 grand-daughter
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AAA Miami Valley Dispatcher 2nd shift

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Jane Austen in Very Concise Summary

by mtpspur on 01-13-2015 at 01:40 PM
Recently finished a collection of Jane Austen's Seven Novels and came away well pleased with her writing but not her plot solutions. In these more modern and sophisticated times much agony and heartbreak would have been avoided with simple statements or honest answers to questions--just saying--tongue firmly in cheek.

Lady Susan: "Lady Susan aren't there any other family members you could stay with?" (Asked by anyone she's living off of for months at a time.)

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Strange Authors from The Saint Magazine

by mtpspur on 07-06-2014 at 08:02 PM
Spent the afternoon going through my copies of The Saint Magazine. These were mystery digests published from 1953-1967 with a very three issue 1984 revival. Missing 36 of the original 141 issue run and the last two issues of the revival. The idea was to index any author I had an interest in so I could locate them later when wanting to read them.

Some authors noted were a bit of a surprise. Isaac Asimov (06-56), Pearl Buck (04-58, 04-66), Ray Bradbury (06-84), Erskine Caldwell (05-56),

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Career Move

by mtpspur on 06-03-2014 at 02:28 AM
It has been a huge amount of time since being here. The fault is mine as I have been actually swept up in Facebook relationships that have become very meaningful in their in my life.

The biggest change occurred May 14h last month when Allied AAA decided to move the dispatchers form the Dayton Call Center to Lexington KY. I did not desire to move so after 22 and half years I am now released from my second career in life. The first was the Air Force for a little over 21 years. The

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And Yet Back Again

by mtpspur on 08-18-2013 at 06:42 PM
Still not in love with the format changes here. I never entirely want to go away but on the other hand my life has changed a bit. The debt load has substantially gone away--paid off a debt consolidation loan and took a pension payoff (which will be made up by social security when the time comes-thanks to my military retirement check I'm fairly good). Just now getting set up with a view to saving up for next year's taxes and next year even taking a real vacation and not the stay at homes they

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A Look Back

by mtpspur on 06-04-2013 at 06:54 PM
Time has been flying these past few months and my dislike of the format changes here continues to hinder my participation herein.

Pretty much Anna Karenina was the last real literature I have read. More recent reads were the Complete Cardigan--4 voulumes by Frederick Nebel and the Complete Donahue by same. Have read about four Spider pulp novels and he is best experienced in short doses.

My finances took major step forward end of last year when AAA offered an pension

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