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SGR · 05-16-2021, 06:45 PM

Wait a minute, Hannah Arendt was a CIA agent (or am I missing a joke here)? Never read Anatomy of Fascism, will have to put that on my list. You ever read Stalingrad by Antony Beevor?

Here I was thinking your favorite would be something by David Irving.

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 06:59 PM

She received funding from the CIA to promote anti-communist sentiments in the intellectual community, yes. Haven't read Stalingrad but know about it from Peep Show lol.

I prefer your Parentis when it comes to historical revisionism.

**Marie Monday** · 05-17-2021, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

About 30 years ago, I used to try to learn Dutch by reading Marten Toonder.
Wasn’t all that successful.

Oh fun
Why would you want to learn Dutch though?

Apart from Denken is Verukkelijk, which is a biography of Paul Ehrenfest and Tatyana Afanasyeva, my science books are all in Holland. I have some by Hardy, Weyl and Feynman apart from study books

Lisnaholic · 05-17-2021, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

No Beefheart material here, but I do have Zappa's autobiography.

I'm sure you would enjoy Mike Barnes' book about Beefheart. I think it was with JackPat that I had a conversation here about the book. Remember him? Changed his name a confusing number of times.

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Looking at your older post, we also share Orwell essays, writings on Gandhi, and an appreciation for science based books. I have some Newton, Einstein, Hawking, Feynman, Sagan, Hofstadter, Darwin, Shannon, Gleick, and others. I see a lot of soldier stuff in your collection, so you'd probably get a kick out of my WWII books too.

Congrats on your eyesight, to be able to identify any titles at all from my photo! Yes, I like some science, but nothing very complicated. My copy of The Selfish Gene lies unfinished, for example, but I've done better with astronomy; starting with Asimov's excellent The Universe I've found it a fascinating, constantly evolving topic.

In my era, English schoolboys grew up with stories of WWII heroism, so it stays a topic of interest for many. Of course, as an adult you start to see how ghastly war is. WWI perhaps more so with the grinding misery of the trenches.

rostasi · 05-17-2021, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Oh fun
Why would you want to learn Dutch though?

Yeah, it was the late Paul Panhuysen (and his wife Hélène)
who used to have Het Apollohuis who recommended
Marten Toonder books as a guide to learning Dutch,
but it was easier for me to use Donald Duck (for German too!),
because I could better relate to him than Tom Poes.

**Marie Monday** · 05-17-2021, 09:55 AM

Yeah I never really got the Marten Toonder hype, to be honest, but comics must be a really nice way to learn a language. Or simple illustrated children's books, I used to read some Le Petit Nicholas in French

rostasi · 05-17-2021, 12:38 PM

Well, I wanted to relate to the kitty, but,
I might have if I had some backstory.

You know, Donald has issues and I know his story
(except for why he runs around with no pants).
... and along with my love of wordplay,
I did attempt to read it while eating a tompoes,
so that was fun!

**Marie Monday** · 05-17-2021, 12:59 PM

excellent!
When I came out of the closet someone gave me this tompoezen shirt, which is the Dutchest way ever to symbolise lesbianism:

rostasi · 05-17-2021, 01:13 PM

Is that because it's difficult to eat?

**Marie Monday** · 05-17-2021, 01:30 PM

because it seems difficult to eat unless you make proper use of your tongue, which is usually best left to women

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	She received funding from the CIA to promote anti-communist sentiments in the intellectual community, yes. Haven't read Stalingrad but know about it from Peep Show lol. I prefer your Parentis when it comes to historical revisionism. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Wait a minute, Hannah Arendt was a CIA agent (or am I missing a joke here)? Never read Anatomy of Fascism, will have to put that on my list. You ever read Stalingrad by Antony Beevor? Here I was thinking your favorite would be something by David Irving.

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Well, I wanted to relate to the kitty, but, I might have if I had some backstory. You know, Donald has issues and I know his story (except for why he runs around with no pants). ... and along with my love of wordplay, I did attempt to read it while eating a tompoes, so that was fun!

05-17-2021, 01:13 PM	#59 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Is that because it's difficult to eat?