tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post6902748844068493522..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: You Cannot Press a Flower Between Two Web Pages*Giovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-36956397418911919822009-03-04T11:14:00.000+13:002009-03-04T11:14:00.000+13:00Oh, I wouldn't worry Jolisa, we've made up for tha...Oh, I wouldn't worry Jolisa, we've made up for that momentary failure to get our priorities all wrong many times over since.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-10256547069369769112009-03-04T10:26:00.000+13:002009-03-04T10:26:00.000+13:00And at the risk of spoiling (spoilerising? despoil...And at the risk of spoiling (spoilerising? despoiling?) two classics: Agatha Christie's <I>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</I> and <I>Les Gommes</I> [The Erasers] by Alain Robbe-Grillet.<BR/><BR/>This post reminded me that I have a Montessori banknote squirrelled away somewhere. It tickled me immensely to see a kindly kindy teacher on the money, so I saved it rather than spending it. Brava, Italia, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-27678329918716502262008-12-13T09:02:00.000+13:002008-12-13T09:02:00.000+13:00I knew I could count on you, Taramoc...I knew I could count on you, Taramoc...Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-75441752766409423392008-12-13T05:01:00.000+13:002008-12-13T05:01:00.000+13:00I can mention another one:Drury Lane's Last Case (...I can mention another one:<BR/><BR/>Drury Lane's Last Case (published in 1933) <BR/><BR/>The last novel in the Drury Lane quartet by Ellery Queen, published at the time with the pseudo-pseudo-pseudonym Barnaby Ross.<BR/>Triple pseudo because Ellery Queen is a pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, both pseudonyms of the two cousins who penned the novels. Their real names were Daniel Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306494919275797616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71654944751993619542008-12-12T17:53:00.000+13:002008-12-12T17:53:00.000+13:00Thanks for enabling me :-)The only case of detecti...Thanks for enabling me :-)<BR/><BR/>The only case of detective-murderer I can think of (obviously The Long Goodbye stretches the definition too far) is the protagonist of the film Angel Heart. But I have a feeling there are others...Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-69872558899785691462008-12-12T15:37:00.000+13:002008-12-12T15:37:00.000+13:00"I understand of course that accepting money from ..."I understand of course that accepting money from a stranger or quasi-stranger, and not all that much money at that, has some ick value."<BR/><BR/>Well, I just did it because I knew it would allow you to make this interesting post. I'm an enabler.<BR/><BR/>I'm nearly finished The Name of the Rose. That idea about all mystery options bar one already been written is interesting. I assume someone Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766545363197498449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28819743042891240962008-12-07T18:27:00.000+13:002008-12-07T18:27:00.000+13:00There's got to be an MA thesis in here somewhere. ...There's got to be an MA thesis in here somewhere. 'The changing face of money'.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-85987426108797807832008-12-07T12:22:00.000+13:002008-12-07T12:22:00.000+13:00Apirana Ngata, also has his doings honored on the ...Apirana Ngata, also has his doings honored on the fifty. He designed the toku toku panels and Whare nui, that are incorporated into the notes, Mana, attributing graphics. <BR/><BR/>I find it interesting how the Mana of money shifts. The older paper New Zealand fifty, has shifted to the realms of Noa (the mundane).stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867072193273671416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-49987935108636399922008-12-03T13:42:00.000+13:002008-12-03T13:42:00.000+13:00No, no, the typo stands. It shows that you retyped...No, no, the typo stands. It shows that you retyped, instead of going the Ctrl-plus route. Clearly an old amanuensis was smiling down on you. <BR/><BR/>And you found a text hidden within the text, I love that.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-34714209768074876672008-12-03T13:32:00.000+13:002008-12-03T13:32:00.000+13:00Mi scusi, that should of course be Vincenzo Bellin...<I>Mi scusi</I>, that should of course be <I>Vincenzo</I> Bellini in line seven, above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-34822459688642188272008-12-03T13:28:00.000+13:002008-12-03T13:28:00.000+13:00The jungle is filled with hypotheses,for the reaso...The jungle is filled with hypotheses,<BR/>for the reasons that I'm about to explain.<BR/>The Euro of course put an end to all that,<BR/>amongst the verdant and luxuriant flora.<BR/><BR/>The old book is still capable,<BR/>and he points to the last page:<BR/>the chap in the picture is Vincezo Bellini.<BR/>It wasn't terribly hard to find.<BR/><BR/>Don't waste your time retorting.<BR/>The murderer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-29384711917891337042008-12-03T09:37:00.000+13:002008-12-03T09:37:00.000+13:00Oh, I don't know. Do we need to identify with mone...Oh, I don't know. Do we need to identify with money even more than we do already?Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-12103622715220153822008-12-03T05:42:00.000+13:002008-12-03T05:42:00.000+13:00Wouldn't be cool if they made banknotes with a mir...Wouldn't be cool if they made banknotes with a mirror on it instead of the face of a someone deserving?<BR/><BR/>Everybody can be on the state currency.Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997006655488913070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-33122295898131502542008-12-02T17:52:00.000+13:002008-12-02T17:52:00.000+13:00My eldest has come to expect that I'll be able to ...My eldest has come to expect that I'll be able to instantly show him via Google a picture of whatever we happen to be talking about, and it's a pretty handy pedagogical tool (plus, you know, fun). But I'm not really suggesting that the print book will disappear any time soon, or that the two media are in direct competition even - though to a certain extent they are - just calling attention to Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-90855170196102437492008-12-02T13:58:00.000+13:002008-12-02T13:58:00.000+13:00I'm really enjoying your posts Giovanni, both thei...I'm really enjoying your posts Giovanni, both their focus and their delivery. There's something timeless about reading a book to/with a child that I don't imagine could be replicated by a screen - the tactile elements alone are unique. That said, I love the fact that I can near-instantly bring up the definitive sax or trumpet solos to show my youngest exactly what a particular instrument looks backin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-33130195015640573952008-12-02T07:28:00.000+13:002008-12-02T07:28:00.000+13:00The very day that American troops landed in Iraq (...The very day that American troops landed in Iraq (the second time) I opened a second hand book I had just bought, and discovered that someone had used a 500 dinar Iraqi note as a bookmark. Spookiest coincidence in my recent memory.stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486889878636801969noreply@blogger.com