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The Great Panjandrum Part Two

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Roger

Where did Nevil Shute get the name for the device created to break through the Atlantic Wall? It seems that a British actor named Charles Macklin, back in 1755, was bragging that he could recite any paragraph from memory after … Continue reading →

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The Great Panjandrum Part One

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Roger

Last night, I finished reading A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute. I browsed around on the Internet to see if the book was made into a movie. (It was — two movies, actually.) Anyway, that lead me to this … Continue reading →

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Harold Holt, We Hardly Knew Ya

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Roger

I’m currently reading In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson. On the first page, I read this: Australia is such a difficult country to keep track of. On my first visit, some years ago, I passed the time on the … Continue reading →

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The Carp 500

Posted on January 1, 1993 by Roger

At some point, in 1992 or so, I decided to start reading classics. This inevitably led to a list. I started with a list my sister picked up from a library, but I quickly became disenchanted with many of the … Continue reading →

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