I'm a little surprised, and frankly a bit disappointed (given the recent
ribaldry at ALA in SF last year) that nobody has so far invoked the
glorious whimsy of 1601: the conversation by the fireside, in regard to our
present administration.
I'm not sure which character would be our beloved leader of the free
world. I only can say that it would NOT be Sir Walter Raleigh, given the
sober fact that he alone admitted to the error of his ways ... --Hal B.
On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 7:56 AM, Wolfgang Hochbruck <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tom Sawyer. And not the Tom from his own 1876 _Adventures_
> but the one from _Huck Finn_. Vain, delusional, conceited,
> and ready to risk his life and that of others for the sake
> of vainglorious idiotic adventure.
> I mean, we have watched the D. (and his "gang") take on
> "Spaniards and A-rabs" for the past 100 days, and there is
> a fair chance that he will "wade neck-deep in blood for the
> adventure of it" if given the chance. Which has me
> wondering how Ivanka would do as an Aunt Polly that makes
> his snap out of it.
> There will be more than a bullet in the calf of the leg if
> this delusionary reality-TV escapee has his way. Come to
> think of it, did anybody ever check whether there is a
> bloodline relation to Norton I? Now there is another
> possible claimant --
>
> Glueck auf!
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 23:07:31 -0700
> DENNIS KELLY <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Which Twain character do you think the 45th President can
> > claim as an ancest=
> > or in an upcoming tweet?
> > (Pap is off limits.)
> >
> > Dennis Kelly
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 29, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Sara Willen
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >=20
> > > Gee, if you send it to Wikileaks, we can read about
> > this in a=20
> > > presidential tweet.
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >> Hi everyone,
> > >>=20
> > >> This was fabulous, a stunning example of post-factual,
> > post-modern,
> > >> post-prose criticism. I'm working on my own Commentary
> > for the LA Times
> > >> now. Let me now what you think:
> > >>=20
> > >> Mark Twain, known less formally as Willa Cather,
> > travelled to the United
> > >> States as baby from his native Scotland, accompanied
> > only by his faithful=
> >
> > >> servant, Friday. Soon, he found work as a printer at a
> > small firm in
> > >> California founded by Steve Jobs. He married Steve and
> > they raised their
> > >> three boys together, along with their butler, Mr.
> > French (Friday's nephew=
> > ).
> > >> Their adventures were chronicled in the 1960s
> > television series, "My Thre=
> > e
> > >> Sons," starring Andy Griffith and little Ronnie
> > Howard.
> > >>=20
> > >>=20
> > >>=20
> > >> Dr. Ann M. Ryan
> > >> Department of English, Professor and Chair
> > >> The Mark Twain Annual, Editor
> > >> Reilly Hall 339
> > >> Phone: (315) 445-4593
> > >> Fax: (315) 445-4540
> > >>=20
>
> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
> Dept. of English / Centre for Security and Society
> Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
> Rempart St. 15
> D-79098 Freiburg
> Germany
>
--
Prof. Harold K. Bush
Professor of English
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