AdamSmith Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/obituaries/jd-mcclatchy-poet-of-the-body-in-sickness-and-health-dies-at-72.html
AdamSmith Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood's_End MsAnn 1
Members MsAnn Posted March 16, 2019 Members Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, AdamSmith said: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/obituaries/jd-mcclatchy-poet-of-the-body-in-sickness-and-health-dies-at-72.html Inspiring. Thank you for this... Edited March 16, 2019 by MsAnn AdamSmith 1
AdamSmith Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 12 hours ago, MsAnn said: Inspiring. Thank you for this... One of the most inspiring teachers I ever had. And incredibly personally open and present. To us undergraduates. He valued each of us as people. Ultimately in the sense of course of what each of us might find able to contribute to the world of ideas, whatever the particular field. MsAnn 1
AdamSmith Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 My non-theory-supported at all idea to write a senior thesis comparing the poetry of John Ashbery with the paintings of Jasper Johns he thought was the greatest thing! So with his encouragement, I went off and spent a dedicated double-credit semester doing the impossible. MsAnn 1
Members MsAnn Posted March 17, 2019 Members Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) Edited March 17, 2019 by MsAnn AdamSmith 1
AdamSmith Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 10 hours ago, MsAnn said: AND...For Adam Smith But then I have danced with the Devil many times more than once, and somehow lived to tell the tale. MsAnn 1
AdamSmith Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/16/2019 at 9:53 PM, AdamSmith said: One of the most inspiring teachers I ever had. And incredibly personally open and present. To us undergraduates. He valued each of us as people. Ultimately in the sense of course of what each of us might find able to contribute to the world of ideas, whatever the particular field. And he did not bother me! Just a week before the deadline, he called and said, ‘Can I see what you have?’ After reading it, he just said, ‘Well, you need an introductory page or so, and a few words at the end summarizing the whole thing.’ He meant I had done the job! MsAnn 1
AdamSmith Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, AdamSmith said: And he did not bother me! Just a week before the deadline, he called and said, ‘Can I see what you have?’ After reading it, he just said, ‘Well, you need an introductory page or so, and a few words at the end summarizing the whole thing.’ He meant I had done the job! THIS was the nature of Jale.
AdamSmith Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 This was 1981. Had it been just a few years earlier...
AdamSmith Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2000/aug/19/classics.stuartjeffries
Members MsAnn Posted March 20, 2019 Members Posted March 20, 2019 ...If only I had known. AdamSmith 1
AdamSmith Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 So maybe right now we are not the completely stupidist democracy in the world... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/21/mays-appeal-falls-flat-as-eu-seizes-control-of-brexit-date MsAnn 1
AdamSmith Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) Repeat post. Edited March 22, 2019 by AdamSmith Repeat.
AdamSmith Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/20/2019 at 9:26 PM, AdamSmith said: PS If would like a technical rundown on the extreme deficiencies of that pipe organ, just ask!
AdamSmith Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 This Is Why Statues Always Have Small Dicks https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.unilad.co.uk/life/this-is-why-statues-always-have-small-dicks/amp/ RA1 1
Members RA1 Posted March 23, 2019 Members Posted March 23, 2019 If this translates into "real" life then my IQ must be at least 203. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1
