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Not the Jack Black that you’re thinking of. This is the autobiography of a burglar at the turn of the 20th century who feels like someone ripped out of a cartoon or something. I love stories with unreliable narrators, and this one takes the cake. Full of safe-cracking and train-hopping, it’s one of my favorite books. At one point, he buries a bunch of stolen cash in the ground, and returns years later to retrieve it only to find the stash trapped beneath a house that was built on top of it.
Mar 15, 2022
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feel the bern...a different bern
the assistant was my entry point, but his short stories are where it's at. stern but crisp reads
Jan 23, 2024
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Orwell's a real funny guy! Poverty and privation are not above satire
Also reading Macbeth with my students and The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson for myself
Feb 13, 2024
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head to the pub with a deck of cards and a limited social battery and your spirits will be lifted. you don’t have to talk, just easy silent companionship. feels liberating to be ambience for other people’s conversations
even better when playing offbeat card games that confuse the other patrons - i.e. italian card game SCOPA which is super fun, easy to learn and has funky suites
Jan 26, 2024
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sink your teeth into this one and chew slowly ! its that good
revisiting all the music my parents used to play in the car when i was young and this album makes my eyes well and heart soar! human condition baby we‘ve all got it and it’s terminal
Jan 26, 2024
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having a single ally in a seminar or at work makes me feel so seen and affirmed. whenever someone says something stupid i look at a particular person and finding out that they are looking back? better than crack. we have a sacred bond that is so precious. clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here i am...
Mar 4, 2025