A Great Accomplishment
I finished a book today. Not the Bryson. Still have 40 pages of that one, but I've been reading it so long I think it will always be a part of my life. I'm on bipeds right now.
The book I finished is Treglown's bio of Roald Dahl. Treglown doesn't like Dahl very much and he has his reasons. But as miserable as the old guy was, I had a soft spot for him after reading this:
(In 1964) The New York Times was sufficiently impressed (with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) to ask Dahl for an article on writing for children, and he dashed off a diabtribe claiming that (M)ost juvenile fiction was so bad that after reading it to a child, all you could do was 'apologize...and turn out the light and slink downstairs to wash away the memory with a glass of whisky and water.' (P. 147).
The book I finished is Treglown's bio of Roald Dahl. Treglown doesn't like Dahl very much and he has his reasons. But as miserable as the old guy was, I had a soft spot for him after reading this:
(In 1964) The New York Times was sufficiently impressed (with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) to ask Dahl for an article on writing for children, and he dashed off a diabtribe claiming that (M)ost juvenile fiction was so bad that after reading it to a child, all you could do was 'apologize...and turn out the light and slink downstairs to wash away the memory with a glass of whisky and water.' (P. 147).
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Congrats on finishing your book! I'm such a slow reader that I can't get any other reading accomplished besides class reading. So I guess my --Vaginas: A woman's handbook-- that just came in the mail will have to wait!!!
Vaginas: a woman's handbook...I'll have to google that...
I've been really slowing down on the reading, but this Dahl bio was really a quickie...
Interesting comparison of pictures. I wander how the Non-fuller sized models compare with women of the past. Is there even any comparison?
Which reminds me, I saw another reality show today on E! The Gastineau Girls. Extravangantly rich Ex-model mom looking for a new career. Beautiful, but spoiled and unmotivated, daughter trying to be a model. All along man dressed as a doorman interjects little comments about their interactions throughout the show. Like most reality shows, I couldn't get myself to turn the channel.
Speaking of which, did you ever watch Project Runway. a great show.