scottobear | good day, sunshine...

Ahhh.. back at work, and the day is off to a decent start. :) got my 5 mile walk in this morning, and it felt good to get home and showered before work. Current plans for the weekend involve surfing with Dave, Cathi and my Little Brother, if the swells are good Saturday AM. Didn't get much sleep, but had a decent evening, tonight after work I'm planning on going with Suzy's boyfriend Bernie to visit her, bring some magazines if she can have 'em, and try and keep her calm. I've not been to a prison visit in a long time (about a year) so I forget if certain things are contraband or not. Suzy's in a real bind, but hopefully that now we've gotten her a real lawyer instead of a public defender, the wheels will speed up a bit. *fingers crossed*

off on a tangent. I'm currently on a Walt Whitman kick, as my earlier post may have shown. I think of that time period, and probably of the vast majority of american writers, he and Twain are very high up there on my list of faves, and I find them to be rather similar in mood and style. For a english lit guy, I have a huge love of american lit. From Ben Franklin to contempo stuff like Updike I think we've really got some great authors. in fact, I'm updating my interests right now. be back after that, and I get my morning java.

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Well said, scotto. Do you think American writers get a bad wrap simply becuase they're, well, uh, Americans?
Just wondering.
Mark Twain was a genius. Of course, he's from my neck of the woods.

The ugly american label is an old one and a strong one. Twain is one of many men that I admire. I also wonder aobut the 'there are no good writers these days' people. Sume are only destined to be classics after 100 years, I suppose.

It's a shame people think that way. There are some wonderful writers out there. Maybe even more than in previous times because we are more successful as a race and more people can devote time to wrinting. Just an idea. Dust off the stodgy old intellectuals.

quite possibly. even if 99.99% of writing out there is not worth your time, the base of writers is growing so much that there hopefully are more good writers int he mix. Now it's just a quesiton of rooting out the good ones!

I'm a rootin tootin puppy dog I am.

rootin tootin. I sometimes wonder if that means somethihng vulgar. :)

That one's wiiiiide open, but I'm not steppin' in.

good day, sunshine...

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