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jjmoney62	Post subject: Reading material Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:49 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	I found this piece about Canseco by Michael Chabon in the NY Times today fascinating. He uses the word "contumely."
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wordygurdy	Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:18 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 741 Location: The Empire State	I always have to look that one up, JJ. Have you read any Chabon? His *Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay* is terrific. At some point I'll have to get his latest, *The Final Solution: A Story of Detection.* (It's a children's mystery and has nothing to do with the Holocaust.)
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PunkOnce	Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:01 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:57 pm Posts: 158 Location: Boston, MA	I've spent years searching for a writer of my generation whom I can safely describe as better than Chabon -- and I've never even come close. He's the gold standard. Nice to have him in the NY Times once in a while. (Perhaps someone who's seen Spider-Man 2 would have a different opinion, however.)
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:43 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	"Wonder Boys" rules.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:37 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	In a rare departure along the lines of my watching "Spring Break Shark Attack," I read "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" on vacation a few years ago. I liked it, but it read like an extended screen treatment -- which I later learned it was. "Not that there's anything wrong with that."
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wordygurdy	Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:04 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 741 Location: The Empire State	Phillip Blanchard wrote: In a rare departure along the lines of my watching "Spring Break Shark Attack," I read "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" on vacation a few years ago. I liked it, but it read like an extended screen treatment -- which I later learned it was. "Not that there's anything wrong with that." What have you told us about watching TV?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:12 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	I'm a trained professional. It's safe for me, while vacationing, to sample what the rabble watches.
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