My first real book was Hamlet, I think when I was around six or seven… didn’t get it… tried it again yearly until I did get it. My father had bought a set of the complete works of Shakespeare as a present for me when I was born (did I mention I was doomed? ), and Hamlet had the most interesting picture on the cover.

Don’t look back. I am SO with you on that.

Regards,

Kelly

1984? That was my first ‘real’ book! It was probably a mid-fifities edition used by my mother as a school assignment. Probably read it when I was about 10 and though that these things were impossible. Surprise surprise…..

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*fondly picturing older bro at critical moments in my life, beating up those who sorely needed it*

May I have no more need of a heavy in my life. Oy!

Friar,

Richard Dawkins was oddly amazing, though. I can still picture him.

Graham,

So true, so true. Well, except for one thing: 2+2 still ≠5, no matter how many minions line up for a false rallying cry. It just takes time to discover that, sometimes. Sadly.

Until later,

Kelly

Remember when we watched the movie a few months ago?

The similarities to the work place were suprising!

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Think about it — many of the tenents of the book are coming true.

We are now being tracked by cameras everywhere we go.

The Ministry of War is now called the Ministry of Defense (not quite Love, but still the opposite of its true purpose).

History is constantly being re-written (Iraq was “friends” with the U.S. in the early 80′s vs. Iran then became the “enemy”, even the way the U.S. talked about its alliance with Russia during WWII).

The double-plus good language reduction is happening through txt msg (is it ++?)

Disembodied heads on video billboards talk to us when we walk through the streets.

People take the media reports about the “outside world” as gospel without really looking into it themselves.

And, in certain parts of the world, helicopters do peek into windows.

But the most alarming in my mind is that 2+2 can equal 5. When Bush said after 9/11 that Iraq was the target, that either you’re with us or against us, that Iraq had WMDs, not many in the US stepped up to say he was wrong — including the media who (a) should have known better and (b) have a job to ensure that truth gets out. Even when voters realized he outright lied to everybody, he still got voted back in.

No, I think I was wrong above. The most alarming thing is despite the fact that the book is so scary, we live with parts of it everyday and don’t even think about…

~Graham

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“Running Man” just makes me laugh. After all, it’s Ah-Nold and Richard Dawkins both pretending to act in the same movie.

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