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To: E who wrote (553)	8/23/2001 9:03:33 PM
From: Poet	Respond to of 51717

LOL, great post. First, the requisite air kiss, though. We must not forget! I love the idea of reading/listening to Alice Munroe. She's fabulous. Then again, I'll read just about anything. Hey E, if you're in a good mood, I know of a very lonely guy who's been jumping up and down over on the BR in the past fifteen minutes, looking for company. -gg I'm very glad you're feeling good tonight, sweetie.

To: E who wrote (553)	8/23/2001 9:26:51 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 51717

Well aren't you MISS negativity. I own Dubliners in the flesh, so to speak, but I can read or listen to things over and over again, if they are good. It's like hearing a poem. I never get tired of watching my video of Persuasion- I've got whole scenes completely memorized- and I could do a cute parlor trick reciting all that dialog, if any one still asked me to do that sort of thing. (Hasn't happened since I was about 12 but it's important to keep the skills up). I prefer to buy whatever we end up listening to so I don't have to deal with ...fines. I just give the thing away when I'm done with it if I don't like it. Or if I do like it, I'll find time to listen to it again. And there is MR. X to educate as well. Alice Munro would be fine. Or anyone else you fancy. I really am not difficult to please. No one ever believes that, but it IS true. My friends always worry about recommending movies to me- and I keep telling them I watch almost EVERYTHING. And I enjoy most things. I won't watch the mediocre stuff more than once (like Say It Isn't So, for example) but it was ok the first time. But I digress. Choose a book you can get on tape at your library and I'll buy a copy of it. Or maybe I'll already own a copy, which would be nice. Henry James works for me too. I've read most of his books over and over- but it never hurts to read James again. The language is lovely, and I am never bored by him. I think I own the complete Wodehouse. I was VERY very fond of the Wodehouse series on PBS. Did you see that? Mr. X doesn't like Wodehouse. I can't understand why- except for the British thing. Mr. X probably gets overloaded on British entertainments. Masterpiece Theater, Mystery and my Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory fetish probably have something to do with it. Kiss Kiss, btw.