Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[Andrew C]

Leave the gun, take the connoli.

 

[Andrew C]

And it's gone.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

If anyone is still up Disney parks blog is doing a live stream of Disneyland's Fantasmic. It starts in a couple minutes. Just go to the parks blog website.

 

[BuddyThomas]

If anyone is still up Disney parks blog is doing a live stream of Disneyland's Fantasmic. It starts in a couple minutes. Just go to the parks blog website.

You don't have a link do you?

 

[Mike S]

If anyone is still up Disney parks blog is doing a live stream of Disneyland's Fantasmic. It starts in a couple minutes. Just go to the parks blog website.

Don't need it. I saw it live

 

[JenniferS]

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo. Where do I begin?



Common sense dictates I start with a paperback, in case I don't finish it before we leave for New York.
So it's one of the Coppermans, I guess.

 

[Eric1955]

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo. Where do I begin?

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Common sense dictates I start with a paperback, in case I don't finish it before we leave for New York.
So it's one of the Coppermans, I guess.

Have you ever read Death is a Lonely Business? It's a mystery novel by Ray Bradbury. I'm sure I've mentioned that he's my favorite author.

 

[JenniferS]

Have you ever read Death is a Lonely Business? It's a mystery novel by Ray Bradbury. I'm sure I've mentioned that he's my favorite author.

I haven't. The only Bradbury novel I've read was The Illustrated Man, which was really just a set of connected short stories.

It was almost 35 years ago, but I still distinctly remember two of the stories - The African Veldt, and something about the Last Day of the World.

Anyway, I'll check out your suggestion; maybe order it online for pickup when we get back. Thank you.

 

[JenniferS]

Nope, I lied. We read Something Wicked this Way Comes for grade 10 English. It was a little dark for my liking. We also watched the movie (Disney version - were there others?) in class at the end of the unit.

The Illustrated Man I had picked out on my own from the library. I'm not a big science fiction reader, so it might have been by accident.

 

[Eric1955]

I haven't. The only Bradbury novel I've read was The Illustrated Man, which was really just a set of connected short stories.

It was almost 35 years ago, but I still distinctly remember two of the stories - The African Veldt, and something about the Last Day of the World.

Anyway, I'll check out your suggestion; maybe order it online for pickup when we get back. Thank you.

You're welcome. Ray Bradbury had a great way with words. I swear he could turn anything into poetry. I love how sentimental his writing was. I know he was criticized for excessive sentimentality but it really works for me. My favorite book is Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. Not only is it a great story, but the book's message really speaks to me.

 

[JenniferS]

You're welcome. Ray Bradbury had a great way with words. I swear he could turn anything into poetry. I love how sentimental his writing was. I know he was criticized for excessive sentimentality but it really works for me. My favorite book is Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. Not only is it a great story, but the book's message really speaks to me.

Ahaha, read my next post.

 

[Eric1955]

Nope, I lied. We read Something Wicked this Way Comes for grade 10 English. It was a little dark for my liking. We also watched the movie (Disney version - were there others?) in class at the end of the unit.

The Illustrated Man I had picked out on my own from the library. I'm not a big science fiction reader, so it might have been by accident.

I remember the first time I read Something Wicked This Way Comes. I had never read through a book that fast. I decided to watch the movie not long after that and was very disappointed with it. It just doesn't compare with the book. If I could make any movie I would do an adaption of Something Wicked This Way Comes that does justice to the book.

Ahaha, read my next post.

Didn't see that post till after. Are you sure you've never read Fahrenheit 451?

 

[JenniferS]

Are you sure you've never read Fahrenheit 451?

Nope, that was the grade 11 book for "General English". I was in the "Advanced" stream. I think we read The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel instead.

Now there's a writer who could rip your heart out, step on it a few times, and put a pretty bow on it before handing it back to you. His The Pigman made be literally bawl in grade 9 English class ... and I'd already read it the year before.

Flowers for Algernon (Charly) made the whole class cry. I forget if that was grade 9 or 10.

I completed grades 9-13 in four years, rather than five, and taking one spare along the way, I ended up with 31 credits. Of those, six were in English, six were in History, and five were in French. No wonder I wasn't qualified for anything other than journalism or teaching. Turns out, I didn't really want to do either. I should have said to heck with it all and worked for Disney. Problem is that was 85, and my love affair with WDW didn't start until 91.

Did Bradbury ever write stories about time machines? That's what I need.

 

[JenniferS]

I have to be up before 8:00 tomorrow to go to London (not England), so I should probably go to bed.
Goodnight Eric.

Also, it's almost time to say good morning to @MinnieM123.

 

[Eric1955]

Did Bradbury ever write stories about time machines? That's what I need.

There's his short story A Sound of Thunder.

I have to be up before 8:00 tomorrow to go to London (not England), so I should probably go to bed.
Goodnight Eric.

Also, it's almost time to say good morning to @MinnieM123.

I guess i should get some sleep myself. Goodnight Jennifer.

 

[Songbird76]

August 9th

• National Rice Pudding Day
• National Veep Day
• National Book Lovers Day

I missed book lovers day???

 

[Songbird76]

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo. Where do I begin?

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Common sense dictates I start with a paperback, in case I don't finish it before we leave for New York.
So it's one of the Coppermans, I guess.

Have you read Wuthering Heights? I've read it twice and still can't remember a dang thing that happened in it. I guess Emily Brontë is just not the sister for me. I loved Jane Eyre and Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I'm not a huge fan of Agnes Grey, but it wasn't bad. I think I just have a mental block when it comes to Wuthering Heights and I have a really hard time deciphering the language that's written phonetically. I get bored with it and put it down for months at a time, and then I forget everything I read before.

 

[Songbird76]

Nope, that was the grade 11 book for "General English". I was in the "Advanced" stream. I think we read The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel instead.

Now there's a writer who could rip your heart out, step on it a few times, and put a pretty bow on it before handing it back to you. His The Pigman made be literally bawl in grade 9 English class ... and I'd already read it the year before.

Flowers for Algernon (Charly) made the whole class cry. I forget if that was grade 9 or 10.

I completed grades 9-13 in four years, rather than five, and taking one spare along the way, I ended up with 31 credits. Of those, six were in English, six were in History, and five were in French. No wonder I wasn't qualified for anything other than journalism or teaching. Turns out, I didn't really want to do either. I should have said to heck with it all and worked for Disney. Problem is that was 85, and my love affair with WDW didn't start until 91.

Did Bradbury ever write stories about time machines? That's what I need.

Oh I loved Flowers for Algernon. Soooo good, but so heartbreaking, too.

 

[Nemo14]

Perhaps I should have tried to stay up later last night... it's only 1:52 here and I'm wide awake.

 

[MinnieM123]

And it's gone.

Looking at the time of your two posts, it took you ten minutes to eat that? I could have devoured that puppy in 2!!