10-10-2004, 06:37 AM | #1601 |
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There is this extremely funny sequence in the Herman Lindquist causerie which I'm currently reading:
He and his family is at a french aquaintence's house and they hear a cat meawing from somewhere and finally locate the origin of the sound which is a closed box in which the cat has saught refuge during the last bustling minute of his over-active owner's preparations for the visit of Lindquists. Anyway they open the box and the cat shoots out of it like a rocket but is finally caught by the owner who tries to sooth it's nerves. Then she remembers that she has forgotten to spray the cat with anti-bug medicine and asks Herman to go and get it from the Medicine cupboard. Accidently he instead takes the anti-cat spray (which is used to scare off the cat from scratching furniture) and the owner doesn't read the label either and sprays the cat wĂ*th it and the cat goes into convulsions. Finally they read the label and understands that the cat is violently trying to get away from itself. They phone a vetrinarian he suggests that they bathe the cat which isn't easy to do to a cat which is already frantic. They succceed with a collective effort to rid the cat of the spray. At next visit of the Lindquists the cat is keeping it's distance from Herman. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 10-10-2004 at 06:43 AM. |
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10-15-2004, 03:29 PM | #1603 |
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Re-reading Harry Potter for data collection, but keep getting drawn into the story! This is a fun mode to read in as the storyline is known and I can backpedal to make connections I missed in the prior readings!
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10-15-2004, 08:30 PM | #1604 |
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I'm now reading "The Invisible Man" by HG Wells. Great book so far.
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10-18-2004, 09:23 AM | #1605 |
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right now i'm reading "International Law and World Politics" by Justice Edgardo Paras.
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10-18-2004, 01:15 PM | #1606 |
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10-18-2004, 11:26 PM | #1607 |
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I'm reading Macbeth by Shakespeare and doing a 67 page study guide on it. I'm also re-reading The Lord of the Rings.
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10-19-2004, 05:51 AM | #1608 |
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i am reading The Silmarillion,
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10-19-2004, 08:50 AM | #1609 | |
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10-19-2004, 04:22 PM | #1610 |
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Just finished 'Symbols of the Incas, Mayas and Aztecs' and now just starting in 'Meditations on Middle-earth'. Whaa, already jealous on the beautiful pencil art.
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10-19-2004, 08:33 PM | #1611 |
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*is re-reading the trilogy...again* Can't ever read that one too many times but I'm going to buy the first EarthSea book tomorrow and start it once I'm finished with lotr.
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10-20-2004, 05:18 AM | #1613 |
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Started the Letters of Tolkien not long ago, one of the most interesting reads I've had in a long time.
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10-20-2004, 05:45 AM | #1614 | |
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10-20-2004, 04:55 PM | #1617 |
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Not sure. Have you any referneces.
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