Missive #355 Published 29 September 2024
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Brutus XI
by Robert Yates
To the Citizens of the State of New-York
Missive #354 Published 27 September 2024
54. Itching and Scratching
Nasruddin and his wife lived in a small house and shared a small bed; they had just a single pillow.One night Nasruddin’s head itched so badly that the itchy feeling woke him up. He scratched and scratched, but it didn’t do any good. “What an itch!” he thought to himself.
Then his wife yelled, “Stop scratching my head! I’m trying to sleep.”
“My apologies, dearest,” said Nasruddin. “Go back to sleep.”
Nasruddin then felt around until he found his own head.
“Ah,” he said to himself, happily scratching the itch. “That explains it. I was scratching the wrong head.”
Missive #353 Published 25 September 2024
Note: There is a movie being made based on this novel. If it follows the book closely I would suggest that you do not go see it.
In the Kirkus Review it is said that McCarthy uses 'pretentious prose' he also avoids using any punctuation and when rendering dialog likes to do so using Spanish whenever possible. He does break up the 'gore and blazing sun' somewhat with some very descriptive writing about the landscape, flora and fauna that the scalp hunter are passing through. However, even there he can not help himself and loads the descriptions with pretentious adjectives — either ignore them or treat the book as a vocabulary builder.
Missive #352 Published 23 September 2024
Alternate Generals II is a collection of short alternate history stories, edited by Harry Turtledove.
Missive #351 Published 22 September 2024
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No. 30
Concerning the General Power of Taxation
Author: Alexander Hamilton
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #350 Published 20 September 2024
53. No Room in the Bed
Nasruddin and his wife had a very small bed. One night, Nasruddin’s wife couldn’t take it anymore. “You’re not giving me any space at all!” she shouted. “Get up and go! Just go!”“Go where?” Nasruddin asked, barely awake.
“I don’t care! I just need some space in the bed so I can sleep.”
Nasruddin started walking.
Eventually, he ran into the nightwatchman who was patrolling the town.
“What are you doing out in the middle of the night?” he asked.
“I’m giving my wife some space,” Nasruddin explained. “Could you please go ask her if this is far enough?”
Missive #349 Published 18 September 2024
No book promos found and only the one meaningful customer review. This is not a well read book now and probably not a big seller in 1944 when it was published. It does provide some good history about the Mississippi Delta so if your reading the Mainstream of America Series don't give this a miss.
Missive #348 Published 17 September 2024
In my opinion, the best parts of this book are those where he writes what he thinks. Those that are star struck may enjoy what he has to say about his screenwriting days. I think you will like this book.
Missive #347 Published 15 September 2024
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Brutus X
by Robert Yates
To the Citizens of the State of New-York
Missive #346 Published 13 September 2024
52. How Old is Nasruddin’s Wife?
One evening Nasruddin turned to his wife and asked, “How old are you?”“I don’t know,” she replied.
“What do you mean you don’t know? You keep track of everything!” Nasruddin exclaimed. “You know how many knives and forks we have, and how many pots and pans. You could probably tell me how many grains of rice there are in the pantry. How can you not know how old you are?”
“I keep household accounts so that I’ll know if someone steals something,” she replied. “But nobody is going to steal my age, so what’s the point in keeping track?”