A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course and on occasion thought provoking and even disturbing. From the preface "These sketches gave me pain to write; they will give the judicious patron pain to read; therefore we are quits. I think, as I look over their slattern paragraphs, of that most tragic hour—it falls about 4 p. m. in the office of an evening newspaper—when the unhappy compiler tries to round up the broodings of the day and still get home in time for supper. And yet perhaps the will-to-live is in them, for are they not a naked exhibit of the antics a man will commit in order to earn a living? In extenuation it may be pleaded that none of them are so long that they may not be mitigated by an accompanying pipe of tobacco." (Summary by phil chenevert)
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Then please put me down for "Safety Pins" and whatever number 42 will be.
ETA: And "On Waiting for the Curtain to Come Up." But no more! I have enough to do and I cannot risk being swept away by enthusiasm at the critical juncture in RL!
Last edited by sonnethaiku on December 4th, 2012, 3:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
jojowasaman wrote:I would like
7 - Moving
I am also interested in DPLing. But can I do that if I read a section or two?
—JJ
Of course you can. We always try to have fun here. I will put you in as DPL and your job is to remind me to PL your when you upload your section(s). We NEVER turn down a volunteer.
jojowasaman wrote:I would like
7 - Moving
I am also interested in DPLing. But can I do that if I read a section or two?
—JJ
Of course you can. We always try to have fun here. I will put you in as DPL and your job is to remind me to PL your when you upload your section(s). We NEVER turn down a volunteer.
yay! Okay, so plug me into number 7 in the MW, for reading, kind video man...
You can call me JJ or JoJo: either is fine. Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner. But he knew it wouldn't last... "Get Back," The Beatles
jojowasaman wrote:I would like
7 - Moving
I am also interested in DPLing. But can I do that if I read a section or two?
—JJ
Of course you can. We always try to have fun here. I will put you in as DPL and your job is to remind me to PL your when you upload your section(s). We NEVER turn down a volunteer.
yay! Okay, so plug me into number 7 in the MW, for reading, kind video man...
You are assigned 7 but please remember to say "don't forget to PL this Phil" when you upload it. My memory is not good.