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18230. jayackroyd - 1/15/2006 5:20:32 PM Mags--I posted the same item on TPMCafe--and someone popped up with that. And--I was corrected. Pynchon is better than my memory:
A screaming comes across the sky.
is correct.
Wonk, is that Eggers? 18231. wonkers2 - 1/15/2006 5:40:46 PM Jay,
18221--opening line in Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim" and the opening line in V.S. Naipaul's "Bend in the River."
18225--opening line in J.D. Salinger's "A Catcher in the Rye." 18234. Magoseph - 1/15/2006 11:27:59 PM Hey, Cap'n, your friend Kira went to Sex $ Genders. 18235. Magoseph - 1/15/2006 11:29:26 PM I posted the same item on TPMCafe.
Where, Jay? I looked for it, but no luck so far. By the way, I can't understand that forum any more. I will have to take some time to study it.
I just finished re-reading Pride and Prejudice, so that one was easy. 18236. Magoseph - 1/15/2006 11:33:41 PM I think that I'm really losing it today--Sex $ Genders? I guess being a nurse, a chauffeur, and a shopper is just too much for little me. 18237. concerned - 1/16/2006 2:57:36 AM Upon reflection, I don't know if it's *never* appropriate to use the phrase 'I told you so'. But I wouldn't think it's appropriate in situations of any gravity, except perhaps in cases where one partner made a particularly glaring mistake. 18238. arkymalarky - 1/16/2006 3:37:15 AM Half the fun of being right is getting to say "I told you so."
You don't know me without you've read a book by the name of Tom Sawyer.
Or something to that effect. 18239. jayackroyd - 1/16/2006 4:15:05 AM Here's the link Mags Chime in. Folks had some interesting suggestions.
I'm in the it's wrong to ever say I told you so camp. There's a funny sequence in a Larry Niven short story where one character says to another I Told You So. It has to do with their spaceship's hull disintegrating while they are inside it. 18240. thoughtful - 1/16/2006 7:08:34 PM I saw the article jay about first lines and was disappointed that one of my faves didn't make the top:
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” 18241. judithathome - 1/16/2006 8:38:15 PM Oh, man...that's one of MY faves, too! 18242. PelleNilsson - 1/16/2006 9:16:28 PM Why doesn't
"It was a dark and stormy night"
get at least a honorary mention? 18243. PelleNilsson - 1/16/2006 9:23:07 PM But here is a good one:
"The warning letter arived on Monday, the bomb itself on Wednesday. It became a busy week." 18244. Magoseph - 1/16/2006 10:23:32 PM "Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure."
I give up--who wrote it, Pelle and who wrote mine? 18245. Magoseph - 1/16/2006 10:24:16 PM Thanks, Jay, for the link--nice conversation. 18246. PelleNilsson - 1/16/2006 10:49:09 PM I don't know about yours. Mine is Eric Ambler, an author of sophisticated thrillers/spy stories who floruished in the 30s. I don't suppose you like the genre, but if you do The Mask of Dimitros is outstanding. 18247. arkymalarky - 1/17/2006 1:30:32 AM That's from Camus' The Stranger, Mags. 18248. arkymalarky - 1/17/2006 6:01:39 PM Had to take a "personal day" today to register for school and license my car. I'd much rather be at work. I'm dragging my feet about leaving the house and getting it done. 18249. Magoseph - 1/17/2006 6:05:20 PM I just came back fron taking Flex to the post office, the town assessor, the food store, and the bank. I took a book with me, thank goodness.
Do your chores, Arky, then enjoy your house. 18250. arkymalarky - 1/17/2006 6:11:35 PM That's not goian option. I have a full day of errands in addition to what I listed, then I have to work the school ballgame tonight and I won't be home until around 10:00 pm or later. Then it's a busy catch-up three days of work, starting two night classes per week, and a business trip to Little Rock this weekend.
I did finish editing my dad's book--which is fantastic, btw--around midnight last night, because he has to get it to the publisher this month to have it in time for his Marine Company reunion in May. 18251. arkymalarky - 1/17/2006 6:13:11 PM What's a goian? I need another cup of coffee.
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