Ann in Arlington
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« on: February 07, 2012, 04:54:51 PM » |
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It's 3/4 of the way through February 7 and no one has mentioned that it's Charles Dickens' 200th birthday! People should be ashamed! Google has a cute doodle too: www.google.com  |
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2012, 04:56:11 PM » |
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If you'd post in the GM thread like you used to...
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2012, 04:57:33 PM » |
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*looks down at this feet in shame*
Not keen on all Dickens, but I really like Tale of Two Cities.
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Ann in Arlington
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2012, 04:57:40 PM » |
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If you'd post in the GM thread like you used to...
Sorry.  As I'm working now I focus on getting through the Bazaar a bit before having to go in to work. . . .don't even get to look in NQK most days until now when I get home! But. . .even so. . .it's totally a Book CORNER topic!  (off to check the good morning thread.) |
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 05:16:48 PM » |
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It's 3/4 of the way through February 7 and no one has mentioned that it's Charles Dickens' 200th birthday! People should be ashamed! Google has a cute doodle too: www.google.com Who's Charles Dickens? |
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 05:35:48 PM » |
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and it's in the birthday thread.
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2012, 05:49:11 PM » |
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Sorry. Jus' call me "Clueless in Seattle."
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2012, 06:19:42 PM » |
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It was the best of times (200th birthday), it was the worst of times (not many noticed). Thanks Ann for pointing this out.  |
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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 06:32:40 PM » |
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I was hoping someone would be discussing Charles Dickens. I just downloaded his complete works for 2.99 - Now that is a fantastic value. So much of our contemporary lexicon comes straight from his work: "God Bless Us Everyone," "Bah Humbug," “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities http://quotesnphrases.blogspot.com/2007/01/quotes-by-charles-dickens.html |
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 06:54:47 PM » |
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That's because I still haven't forgiven him for those books I had to read in high school. I feel like I need to duck now. |
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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 08:01:38 PM » |
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I would like credit for tweeting about it . I actually sent out a warning to avoid Little Dorritt unless you were taking to your bed for several months. Nine hundred pages, mostly about the Victorian patent process and prison system. Tough sledding. Still....love Mr. Dickens. Great Expectations...Bleak House...A Christmas Carol...a genius. |
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Susan in VA
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« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2012, 08:55:20 PM » |
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It's 3/4 of the way through February 7 and no one has mentioned that it's Charles Dickens' 200th birthday!
That's 'cause I was too busy celebrating DD's 9th birthday, which <ahem> is far more important. |
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« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2012, 09:01:45 PM » |
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Happy birthday to Susan's Dear Daughter.
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« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2012, 09:18:08 PM » |
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I'll pass that along, thank you.  |
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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2012, 10:42:23 PM » |
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That's 'cause I was too busy celebrating DD's 9th birthday, which <ahem> is far more important. Happy birthday to your DD! |
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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2012, 10:46:04 PM » |
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Happy Birthday to our mutual friend. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2012, 06:31:37 AM » |
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I'll pass that along, thank you. Today is my youngest grandson, Alexander's birthday. |
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« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2012, 07:06:36 AM » |
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Andy Borowitz posted Happy Birthday to Charles Dickens, and that he was now old enough to perform the halftime show at next years Super Bowl  |
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« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2012, 01:09:05 PM » |
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I would have mentioned it, but who do you think was conned into making the birthday cake??? There were so many people I had to make two. One was chocolate and the other was carrot cake.
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Susan in VA
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« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2012, 08:30:00 PM » |
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Today is my youngest grandson, Alexander's birthday.
A year old already?? Time flies.... |
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« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2012, 08:53:16 PM » |
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I do not wish Happy Birthdays to dead people. I cannot understand why other people do it either. He is dead so technically it is not his birthday. I could see celebrating his death day though. I sound morbid. Maybe I am the only one like this. Regardless, master author.
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Susan in VA
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« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2012, 09:00:29 PM » |
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Okay, so technically we were celebrating the anniversary of Dickens' birth, not his birthday. Better? (And if we took note of his death day, we'd be observing or commemorating it, not celebrating it. ) |
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« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2012, 12:06:15 AM » |
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Lol That is a good way to look at it.
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