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Post #431,062
10/2/19 9:34:21 AM
10/2/19 9:34:21 AM
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Thanks, added to my list.
I've been reading a lot more lately instead of obsessing over the news. Much better for my state of mind. Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #431,067
10/2/19 6:10:19 PM
10/2/19 6:10:19 PM
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I got so many books suddenly last weekend.
Author's alley at Oz ComicCon...
I don't read as much as I used to because my eyesight is not so good anymore. But I can read on the evening train instead of watching music videos.
Wade
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Post #431,068
10/2/19 6:34:48 PM
10/2/19 6:34:48 PM
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For text/eyes-overload relief
recommend (any) Jacques Tati flics of yesteryear--before Reagan, Shrub thence armageddonish-Today
Mon Oncle ---> onwards :-)
(Especially Playtime; ya gets the wry humor + social enlightenment, a two-fer).
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Post #431,182
10/12/19 3:13:00 PM
10/12/19 3:13:00 PM
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Re: "instead of obsessing over the news"
Funny you should say that. Among other things, my wife's doctor told her to quit watching so much cable news stuff to lower her blood pressure. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #431,203
10/13/19 2:39:30 PM
10/13/19 2:39:30 PM
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It helps.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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