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Apr. 21st, 2013 18:01Saturday April 20, 2013 From Google News: MSNBC "After Boston, we should put Muslims under surveillance, says [U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)]"
King used to support the Irish Republican Army. To the best of my knowledge, he has never apologized for his support of a quasi-Marxist terrorist organization.
***The Minneapolis Central Library had Walter Jon Williamson's The Boolean Gate. I very much like some of Williamson's fiction. However, I decided I didn't want to read a book about Mark Twain saving the world from Tesla.
At Steeple People Thrift Store, found a good pair of sandals. Not sure how long till it's warm enough here to wear them.
Across Lyndale Avenue to the Wedge Coop.
Then back across, and down Franklin Avenue to a storefront church's sale. Got Dracula, Samuel Butler's translation of the Odyssey, and a baby name book. Plus a few kitchen things, for a total of $1.
The Odyssey translation had two quirks I hadn't expected.
First: Butler was certain the Iliad and Odyssey had been written by a young woman. And no one had pointed out any flaws in his earlier book which asserted this. (Or maybe he meant no one had made any criticisms worth replying to.)
Second: Butler had used the Roman names for the characters. However, in this edition they were replaced by the Greek names.
***From the Synesthesia mailing list: "The student could not imagine anyone having synaesthetic imagery. After some discussions, the topic turned to how one imagines numbers. It was amazing how the student started telling us about her number line, and then she was completely surprised that not everyone 'saw' their numbers in the same way."
King used to support the Irish Republican Army. To the best of my knowledge, he has never apologized for his support of a quasi-Marxist terrorist organization.
***The Minneapolis Central Library had Walter Jon Williamson's The Boolean Gate. I very much like some of Williamson's fiction. However, I decided I didn't want to read a book about Mark Twain saving the world from Tesla.
At Steeple People Thrift Store, found a good pair of sandals. Not sure how long till it's warm enough here to wear them.
Across Lyndale Avenue to the Wedge Coop.
Then back across, and down Franklin Avenue to a storefront church's sale. Got Dracula, Samuel Butler's translation of the Odyssey, and a baby name book. Plus a few kitchen things, for a total of $1.
The Odyssey translation had two quirks I hadn't expected.
First: Butler was certain the Iliad and Odyssey had been written by a young woman. And no one had pointed out any flaws in his earlier book which asserted this. (Or maybe he meant no one had made any criticisms worth replying to.)
Second: Butler had used the Roman names for the characters. However, in this edition they were replaced by the Greek names.
***From the Synesthesia mailing list: "The student could not imagine anyone having synaesthetic imagery. After some discussions, the topic turned to how one imagines numbers. It was amazing how the student started telling us about her number line, and then she was completely surprised that not everyone 'saw' their numbers in the same way."