...American behavior because they have too much information."

...sentiment lovely, wise, and replete rather than an indicator that a child was already carrying too much of the world.

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Coming home from work one day, I saw a man running up and down 83rd Street waving a giant samurai sword around. When I told the doorman, he said, "Oh, that's Adam. I'll take care of it." ???

The Backstreet Boys🤣. I'm hoping that gang was tougher than the 1990's boy band.

...the Walt Whitman poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." In the poem, Whitman described Brooklyn as having "ample hills." What's even more fitting is that Whitman worked directly across the street from Ample Hills Creamery at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Nesteroff is a comedy historian, and I've read all three of his books. The other two were decent, but this one is, by far, his best.#2024Book26

More right-wing think tanks to watch out for.

Obviously.

"My folks take their religion very seriously." The distrbutor replied, "We take our freedoms very seriously, too."

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I would've done the exact same thing.😤

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Often, injustice lies in what you aren't doing, not only in what you are doing.

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Readers who enjoyed this book might also enjoy "Revolution 1989" by Viktor Sebestyen, and "Stasiland" by Anna Funder.

Readers who enjoyed this might also enjoy "The Tunnels" by Greg Mitchell, and "Stasiland" by Anna Funder.

"Jitterbug lunatics and jive loonies." I think I just found the title of my next book.

Both of these things are interesting, but I particularly like the thing about how silent film actors mouthed profanity. 🤣

This is the best book I've ever read on the topic. Readers who enjoyed this book might also enjoy "Revolution 1989" by Victor Sébestyen, and "The Tunnels" by Greg Mitchell. #2024Book24

...the beat of music, comprehend basic principles of physics, remember the past, and plan for the future.

I can't read this without thinking of George Carlin's 7 dirty words routine.

Readers who enjoyed this might also enjoy:

-- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
--There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll
-- Anatomy of a Killing by Ian Cobain
-- Four Shots In The Night by Henry Hemming

Readers who enjoyed this might also enjoy:

-- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
-- Four Shots In The Night by Henry Hemming
-- Anatomy of a Killing by Ian Cobain
-- Peacerunner by Penn Rhodeen

Readers who enjoyed this might also enjoy:

-- Four Shots In The Night by Henry Hemming
--There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll
-- Anatomy of a Killing by Ian Cobain
-- Peacerunner by Penn Rhodeen

Very good. Readers who enjoyed this might also enjoy:

-- Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
--There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll
-- Anatomy of a Killing by Ian Cobain
-- Peacerunner by Penn Rhodeen

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