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I found this in a post at myspace.com and thought it amusing, and naughty. But, then, many a true word said in jest.

Today I purchased a DVD of this old B&W movie for $5.00. If I passed it up, I might never see it again. The price is not so much more than a two day rental. This movie stars Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles and Jeanne Moreau. The Gutenberg Project has a free translation available at...

During the Summer of 1967, I read every page of House and Harman's Descriptive English Grammar, and diagrammed every example sentence. I think it was a 400 pages long. It was hard cover. I don't know if it is still in print. Perhaps I shall google now, out of curiosity. Yes, I see it...

Rashomon Today I watched Kurosawa's excellent B&W movie, Rashomon on DVD. The DVD version which I rented had the option of dubbed English as well as English subtitles. I found each moment very exciting and tense with anticipation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akutagawa_Ryunosuke...

The first dream segment lasts eleven minutes. It is very much like the expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise. The boy is told of something he must never do. Curiosity leads the boy to disobey. His disobedience is detected and he is banished. Adam was banished from a garden paradise...

I have just watched Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams on DVD. I would like to comment about the first of the eight dream episodes. The following excerpts will give some helpful background to understanding the man, Kurosawa, and his movie, Dreams. I hope to make my personal observations in a second...

In 1965, our high school chemistry teacher recommended this as an excellent example of scientific observation. I never took the opportunity to examine it until now. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1860Faraday-candle.html

A young Pakistani writer has asked me: " Do you think in 5-10 years down the line I may be able to write something that is publishable in America?" Here is my reply, which uses Anthony Trollope and F. Scott Fitzgerald as two examples.

I forgot about "Cube", which is one of my favorites. I think it is "made for television". I wrote this http://toosmallforsupernova.org/page003.htm after watching Cube, because I found it inspiring.

One or more of these may be more Fantasy than Sci-Fi The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin (PBS production) is my all time favorite. I the novel as well, and there was only one curious omission from the movie; one sentence actually. She comments that Dr. Haber, the "Oneirologist"...

e. e. cummings tombstone is written in capital letters. http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/cummings.htm Also, http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/asp/authors/00003/introduction.htm Examples at the above link demonstrate that e. e. cummings did not abandon all use of capital letters, but...

With regard to e. e. cummings and capitalization: see: http://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/caps2.html http://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/caps.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization

Of all places to find this: http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2275/html/panorama.htm

Thanks for your concern. There is no urgency in the matter. I have no shortage of things to read. But, of late, I have Daphne on my mind. In the fullness of time, I shall find one of her books. I have even thought of applying for a library card. And I did not even think to search on-line...

I detect in each post a discriminating perception and a prudent reserve. It is a good mind which thinks and writes in this fashion. This new member is no youth but someone seasoned with experience. I also observe through the online feature that they take some time in posting a brief reply...

Thank you for such a well-written, informative post. As a child, I remember seeing a novel by Daphne Du Maurier on my parents books shelf, which I never bothered to open and read. I did read "Good Morning, Miss Dove", by Frances Gray Patton, one of the first adult books I ever read. I only...

Subtitled: My Sermon to Yahooligans Today, in Yahoo chat (Entertainment & Arts Books & Literature), I tried to discuss two different topics; hypertextuality and John Barths Literature of Exhaustion. We may possibly see the beginnings of hypertextuality in Laurence Sterne's Tristram...

Everything I write is in public domain. You are welcome to copy anything which I have written to your forum if it seems useful and use it as you see fit. Follow my profile here to my blog, which will give you links to everything else. Perhaps others here will volunteer some material for you...

You have equanimity, forbearance, and the ability to accept constructive criticism graciously, for which I commend you. What are some of the books you would like to explain? Who are some of your favorite authors. Which authors do you consider most challenging, requiring explanation.

Sometimes, lower case is a matter of taste, but more frequently it is a matter of being too lazy to press the SHIFT key, and too complacent to care about style or appearance or accuracy. Remember, you do not get a second chance to make a first impression. So, my initial impression of...