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Recent content by eliott

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    What's your favorite number? and worst?

    Gold Toe.
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    Crushes on fictional characters

    My wife has a crush on a fictional character named Nymphadora. I think I'll worry. (Me? I had a crush on Trillian.)
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    GUYS: Do you REALLY mind if the woman

    If I understand correctly, you are treating the guys you're into like friends. But that makes the friendship insincere. What are either of you gaining from that?
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    The Bible?

    The Bible's been hijacked countless times. (Am I getting this back on topic yet?)
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    The Bible?

    You mean like: Crusaders I, II, III, and IV? Or Letter to the Incas?
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    The Bible?

    Rashi (11th Century) "And Moses wrote that Moses died?"
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    Large book chains vs. small indep.stores-which do you prefer?

    And may I add the whole talk-show thing? Oprah's Book Club, for example, was tainted with rumors of payola.
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    Lemony Snickett

    I have mixed feelings about these books, perhaps not as strong as Mehastings's. On the question at hand, however: the author has made it clear that these books are spoofs of a 19th Century serialized genre that went on and on with tragedies and complications, alternating with moments of hope...
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    Grammar Bible

    I have found the following link to be better than any book: http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/Start/contents.htm If you want to see how flexible English grammar really is, and how few rules there really are, browse Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary of English...
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    Favourite Biographies

    Melville, by Laurie Robertson-Lorant, is a good example of how to weave together an author's life and writings. Her summaries of his works are excellent in themselves.
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    Large book chains vs. small indep.stores-which do you prefer?

    We rely on used bookstores, and we're happy that they are locally owned businesses, pretty much by definition. When we want to buy a new book, usually to give as a gift, we order it from a locally owned store. The store is small, and never has the book in stock. They order it for us; they're...
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    The two Amazons

    While I agree that Amazon has cluttered the page more and more in the ten years I have used it, especially when they expanded to merchandise beyond books, the search links in your post don't work for me. My guess is that an Amazon search set up in the UK doesn't tanslate across the Pond, or...
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    Jack London

    "To Build a Fire" is one of the greatest short stories ever written, IMHO. I feel, however, that his other short stories were basically the same thing over and over. The Cruise of the Snark is in my TBR bookcase.
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    worst part of your character?

    I have no sense of responsibility, and will probably never hold a regular job.
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    Usernames!!!! How did you get yours?

    The unusual spelling means that I have never yet had to register as EliottRandomNumber.
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