Sunday, January 10, 2010

Another KC boy ahead of the curve

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  1. He spoke at the Nelson in Dec. and I did not get my tickets fast enough. A great regret.

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  2. Wow, do you suppose some wacko was watching this? Do they get the Daily Show in Yemen?!
    Can you get cable in a cave? Do I sound like a right wing fanatic? Some many questions, so few answers. An interesting post, thank you.

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  3. Gail, in northern CaliforniaJanuary 10, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    Thank you for this post, Toad. Calvin is one of my favorite people. Not too long ago I read "Alice". She was beautiful, smart, witty, and he adored her.

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  4. Gail: knowing how Alice would end, I cried all the way through it.

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  5. Toad...I kid you not...I was reading an excerpt from "Alice" in the New Yorker on the train headed to NYC. When I got to the part where Alice is reading the little handicapped girl's letter from her parents, I just started crying on the train. Powerful. Then I had a cocktail.

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  6. I gave Family Man to a new father years ago and enjoyed Tepper Isn't Going Out. I knew what was coming in Alice and couldn't bring myself to actually read the book. Midwesterners have a uniquel view on life.

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