I’m just back from accosting George (the guy we keep accusing of looking very Caesar-like) with plastic cutlery on his way back from the shower. Much fun was had by all 
Damn “Lord of the Flies”? DAMN “LORD OF THE FLIES”?
Grrrr…
I love that book. Well, maybe love is too strong a word for a book where kids turn into savages and skewer pig’s heads and all, but still…
But hey, what do I know? 
Did anyone else notice that Dagger joined yesterday?
They played at my ex-boss’ prom. For some reason he was very proud of that.
“Vehicle” is a great song. Just heard it the other day, and had to turn it waaay up. Unbelievable horns.
hijack - April 13th is my birthday too - end hijack
hijack:
Lindy:
Heh. “LOTF” isn’t that bad. Nowhere near as good as “Catcher in the Rye” though.
done hijacking; get back to your normal business.
Sorry, but according to the Decree of SturmHauke, I must declare that Holden Caufield is a complete idiot and I hate that book. I liked Grapes of Wrath which I read in the same class, but everyone else felt the opposite way. sigh
As for the Ides of March, I have to be careful every year that I don’t die the day before my birthday. I take all the usual precautions, such as not walking across the freeway at night in heavy fog, or sleeping in a tent on an airport runway.
Yes! One of the most overrated pieces of horse manure ever to fester itself on this rotating orb of mostly water in our universe’s history!
I am wounded!
I extremely disliked “Grapes of Wrath.” I liked “A Tale of Two Cities” but then we read “Les Miserables” which seems like almost exactly the same book. I didn’t like “Les Mis” so that ruined “ATOTC” for me. I didn’t see what was so great about “1984”. Good concept, I guess, but too sexy.
I always hear beware the ides of March. That’s cause it’s my birthday too, and everyone’s scared of me.
I think it’s safe to assume that much of Shakespeare, Julius Caesar included, has been translated into most other common languages, Spanish included.
Last year I was taking a college Spanish course. On the class of March 15 I wrote, on the blackboard, the Spanish of Caesar’s smug comment to the soothsayer, and the latter’s ominous response. (I regret I never learned the Spanish word for “soothsayer.” :o)
English:
“The Ides of March are here.”
“Ay, Caesar, but not gone.” :eek:
Spanish: “Los idus de marzo están aquí.”
“Sí, César, pero no se han ido.” :eek:
I guess that means we are doomed to like and dislike opposite books. But I never read Les Mis or 1984 so I don’t know for sure. Oh well, the Earth will still orbit the Sun.
Damn you! I laughed so hard I nearly died too.