tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post8088127080822001475..comments2024-03-28T10:05:08.122-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Born Eighty-Four Years Ago TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-5480885977852480312014-05-29T09:55:35.444-04:002014-05-29T09:55:35.444-04:00by the way, speaking of readings separated by deca...by the way, speaking of readings separated by decades, i also read the publisher's disclaimer to giles goat-boy during the twentieth century, and as i recall, my reaction then was similar to my reaction now - admiration, amusement - and also a certain sense of enoughness - rather than arousing my hunger to read the rest, i was satisfied with what i had seen already - no doubt this has to do with me, rather than with the text mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-29816976805681089712014-05-28T13:42:12.120-04:002014-05-28T13:42:12.120-04:00in the last few days i've been holding in my h...in the last few days i've been holding in my hands and randomly reading paragraphs from the norton critical edition of gullivers travels - i read it at the age of eleven - it was probably the first political science book i read, unless you count saul k. padover's biography of thomas jefferson (abridged) - i see padover also did a biography of marx - i've read more words by marx than i have about marx, though not about marxismmistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-54076385433223015312014-05-27T16:29:50.449-04:002014-05-27T16:29:50.449-04:00Man, put some wild-ass hair on that guy and he'...Man, put some wild-ass hair on that guy and he's an awesome Trotsky. Kinda like if you took a hundred pounds off me, I'd be an awesome Himmler.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.com