A Gentleman's Domain

A Strange Prohibition

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But what if I want to buy some on Tuesday?
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Four "classic" books

My lovely friend Julie at  Thinking About…  posed an interesting question.   If you had to choose four books published before 1970 (an arbitrary but harmless date), what four would you choose?  This was actually easier than I thought.  Sadly rejecting

Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Seven Minutes by Irving Wallace
Diary Of A Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
and even My Early Life by Winston Churchill,

I decided on the following:

Great Expectations  by Charles Dickens
Thank You, Jeeves  by P. G. Wodehouse
The Day Of The Triffids  by John Wyndham
Flashman  by George MacDonald Fraser

Agreement or arguments, anyone?
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Hooray for Dawkins!

An excellent speech and, as usual, highly entertaining.

Thursday Thirteen #89

Last week I listed thirteen movies I have never seen.  This week it's TV programs.   They are all pretty mainstream, and all are successful,  but I have never felt any inclination to watch them.  They neither interest nor attract, so I don't bother.

Thirteen TV Shows I Have Never Seen

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American Idol

CSI (any of them)

The Biggest Loser

Entourage

Oprah

Will And Grace

Numb3rs

Survivor

Grey's Anatomy

The View

Bones

Southland

Everybody Loves Raymond
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Thursday Thirteen #88

Either due to disinclination, lethargy or lack of opportunity, here are

Thirteen Movies I Have Never Seen

E.T.

Terminator

The Princess Diaries

Apocalypse Now

The Sound Of Music

The Passion Of The Christ

The Lion King

Reservoir Dogs

The Wizard of Oz

Gandhi

Toy Story

It's A Wonderful Life

Dances With Wolves

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