tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post7038174499586923286..comments2023-09-30T15:56:17.784+00:00Comments on Fairing's Parish: CultureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post-45678636815613574682009-01-23T14:24:00.000+00:002009-01-23T14:24:00.000+00:00It's odd you should say that about twitter -- I fo...It's odd you should say that about twitter -- I follow some twitterers but realising I had no desire to twitter myself I had this urge to twitter about what my boss is up to, before realising it would be highly inappropriate. Still here's a one-off souvenir piece of micro-content about him: he doesn't like Jane Austen because her books are insufficiently nasty.<BR/><BR/>I saw some Dexter, and RJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08128262293399766342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post-62362106683597588222009-01-23T12:17:00.000+00:002009-01-23T12:17:00.000+00:00OK: I will defo investigate both Eça de Queiroz an...OK: I will defo investigate both Eça de Queiroz and 30 Rock; your quotation from the latter caused much lollage.<BR/><BR/>Do you twitter? Do you read Stephen Fry's twitter? It's quite good fun. If only your boss would twitter; I'd love to read his thoughts about what he's working on! <BR/><BR/>Have you seen Dexter? It's pretty good, though very bloody. And Hurrah! New series of Gossip Girl and FJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800250483121826559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post-83042545842026379032009-01-16T15:09:00.000+00:002009-01-16T15:09:00.000+00:00I love Trollope! Trollope is the best. If it's t...I love Trollope! Trollope is the best. If it's the 2nd Barchester book then you are having a good time. Read "Can You Forgive Her?"! And the Phineas Finn books! And "He Knew He Was Right"!<BR/><BR/>I think you would like Eça de Queiroz. I've ordered "The Relic" which is apparently about a young man who goes to Jerusalem to buy a relic for his aunt. I'm guessing it's going to turn out to beRJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08128262293399766342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36531041.post-3161438075145845702009-01-16T14:34:00.000+00:002009-01-16T14:34:00.000+00:00Yay for The Enchantress of Florence! It was probs ...Yay for The Enchantress of Florence! It was probs my favourite book on the Booker Longlist (of those I read) followed closely by 'A Case of Exploding Mangoes'. Are you a Trollope fan? I'm now on Vol 2, and greatly relishing references to 'well-fed, well-used Minor Canons...'<BR/><BR/>Hope all is going well (apart from sickness). Series Three of Skins soon... And go see Slumdog Millionaire (and FJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800250483121826559noreply@blogger.com