KaskadskyjKozak

I never read Moby Dick in high school or college, and remember all my class mates who read it, hated it, and bitched about it, so I never tried it. I finally picked it up two years ago, and absolutely LOVED it. Melville is a genius, and packs that novel with so much dense symbolism and references it is unbelievable. I especially enjoyed his sense of humor. It's probably my favorite classic - right up there with the Iliad and Heart of Darkness.

There is a point about 2/3 of the way through where it starts to drag. Next time around, I'll read it in Russian. Found it online and the language is definitely not too difficult. Some of the subtleties of naming, culture, etc are lost in translation (as always). I'd like to reread "the Nose" by Gogol again. It's a similarly bizarre story.

what about the zionists? in my country there is problem, and the problem is the... just ask Buckaroo and V7

Part of the reason: 1. our federal budget deficits 2. our trade deficit - e.g. China and our love for cheap shit you can blame Bush and congress for 1., but 2. can be blamed across the board - across administrations, and in America as a whole. we want cheap shit, and lots of it.

Yes, Bill is great at vice.

Smith&Wesson

Today I woke up with a painful zit on my ass. It's all Bush's fault!

I don't blame Al 'what we need is a "lock box"... ' Gore for not wanting to debate.

when the M's are done and we must root against the Yankees. Go Cleveland!

I have seen all the debates. I don't like her, Obama, or mr $700 hair cut. Those three are all just the same damned politicians. Dennis Kucinich is my favorite. I like the way Biden and Gravel answers the questions without the political B.S. spin. Kucinich doesn't have a prayer. I think Hillary has been officially "coronated", but am not sure Obama will be her running mate. The GOP Oligarchy hasn't picked their guy yet.

all this proves is that people do fucked up shit when it comes to sex. everyone is a freak in some way.

I read that a couple of years ago... a pretty good story.

20 years, not 24... meet the new boss, same as the old boss

probably wasn't the front runner a year before the election

Spray is the art of doing nothing.

everything is going according to plan...

EAT CROW back at ya LOL. We are both right in this case. He resigned... and unresigned. :-)))

or the meds...

i'm not talkin' bout your chicken, bro!

and only 300 days until the next choke!

tonality presents special challenges in learning eastern/asian languages

yeah, and a few hundred dialects. I assume the thread originator knows whether he is learning Mandarin or Cantonese.

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

deep thoughts and Virendra7, like oil and water, mutually exclusive

Pay your bills on time and you shouldn't have too much of a problem. Works better than indignancy. Except when there is a snafu, and a burden of prooving innocence to get it corrected.