1. I got cast in “Witness For the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie, being produced by this company. I got the part of Myers, the prosecutor, one of the two parts I wanted. I guess that fits my “hang the bastard” mentality. When I see a defense attorney on TV I assume he is a liar and probably an America-hating hippie to boot. Rehearsals begin in January. This will slow down my blogging some, but won’t stop it.
2. I am 156 pages into R.R. Bolgar’s The Classical Heritage. It is great. I would call it a history of education from late Rome through the Renaissance. Even the chapter on Byzantium was fascinating. Now, history of education and Byzantium are not two topics that make my blood race. Put them together and you’ve got a soporific cocktail, right? No, Bolgar makes essential identifications; he pulls the empirical facts of history together to find the principles and trends.
This book is not for everyone. It is learned and advanced, written in a dense style with long paragraphs. 25 years ago it would have bored me to tears, but now I’ve read enough about the history of philosophy to get something out of Bolgar. It is thrilling to see a brilliant mind with a first-rate understanding of the material induce the essential and the important from the facts of history.
3. When I watch the Lakers I see a TV commercial for a WWE (professional wrestling) video game. This might be the only sports related video game that is actually more realistic than the sport. At least the outcome of the video game is in doubt.
4. If you want to hear a good pop song, check out this Christmas video by Heidi Klum on Trey Givens’s blog. The melody is catchy and Heidi Klum is easy on the eyes. She is married to someone called Seal. What does Seal have that I don’t have? I mean, other than talent, wealth, fame and sex appeal. Those things are so shallow.
Warning: This video is pure, happy pop. It will nauseate hard rockers and send Metallica fans and Gwar fans into convulsions. Fans of Slayer risk an agonizing death, which come to think of it, might turn them on.
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Regarding "The Classical Heritage", I am looking for a book to get my dad for Christmas. He loves history, but he is a staunch conservative (much more than me). Do you think he might like it?
I would not give this book as a gift because I myself would not have liked it years ago. It's about philosophers in the Dark Ages that no one has heard of. You would be safer with Paul Johnson. If he has not read Winston Churchill, that would be a good choice. If your father fought in WWII, a book about his unit or any battles he was in would surely be appreciated. I've also heard that the memoirs of Grant and Sherman are terrific.
You have wide musical tastes. You mentioned elsewhere that you like Chet Atkins, a brilliant guitarist who is mostly forgotten these days. I'm with you. It really depends on my mood.
My father also had Chet Atkins records and I spent a lot of time in the '60s listening to him. With distortion and sustain, anyone can sound good enough, but to play clean, that's another thing entirely.
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