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November 22, 2005

Is there such a thing as too much Christmas spirit?

Indeed there is. [MOV file]

Posted by Scott McClare at 2:24 pm
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What I've Been Reading

Completed:

  • The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (June 29/25)
  • Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw (June 28/25)
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard (June 21/25)
  • King Solomon's Mines, H. Rider Haggard (June 15/25)
  • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, John Ford (June 14/25)
  • Veronica's Room, Ira Levin (June 7/25)
  • Sword Art Online 9: Alicization Beginning, Reki Kawahara (June 4/25)
  • Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham (May 31/25)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (May 31/25)
  • Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet (May 24/25)

In progress:

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  • FORTRAN/77: An Introduction to Structured Problem Solving, V. A. Dyck
  • The Unconsoled, Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Hyperion, Dan Simmons
  • The Story-Makers, ed. Rudy Wiebe

See Ransom's reading journal on Google Documents.

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