What Are You Reading

[Harp]

I love the Irish campi/scholastic scene. Heard Martin Sheen recently went
to Cork for a belated baccalaureate. Considered a relocate to Ireland last
year, but rejected it at the time as impractical.

 

[CanadaDoll]

Aw that's too bad, I may have to reject it based on financing, 30 000 for one year of study, true I have three years to save, but I always end up finding other things, textbooks, my puppy, my ever growing art collection.

You'd think I'd prioritze a little
My mum's side is Irish, so I think it'd be neat to see it.

 

[Harp]

Perhaps you'll find a Vincent Van G or Eakins tucked away in some gallery.

 

[CanadaDoll]

No I haven't though about a US prep school, I was born near Atlanta, and have citizenship, but it never crossed my mind.

The plan was to do a one year post degree masters of Ed, in Cork and then stay and teach.

And as far as Monet, I'll happily observe his work, but I stick to collecting Canadian Paintings and Wood work, some Ceramics too.

 

[Harp]

That sounds good. How are the Irish with dual citizenship issues?
I had thought that my being a Yank would prove problematic...

 

[CanadaDoll]

I'm not too sure, I've been looking around, and if you have a grandparent who was born there you can apply so long as you have documentation. But I've also been told to try even if you can trace your lineage back in Ireland regardless of wether or not a grandparent was born there.


There's the citizen by naturalization, where you have to live there for a certain length of time, and swear alligience to the country etc.

Citizenship through marriage.... that one's obviouslol

That's about all I've found out so far, next I'm working on dog immigration lawslol

 

[TailendCharlie]

I,m reading One square mile of hell(the battle for Tarawa) by John Wukovits;
very interesting read with alot of personal accounts of the 2nd Marine division and crack Japanese army and navy defenders in what was considerd a cakewalk by the Allies, turned into a 3 day slugfest for a island no bigger than Central Park.

 

[CanadaDoll]

Ahhh the things we fight for....
Let me know how it is when you finish it please, I'm always looking for books , but have very little time with which to read them, so I always wanna make sure they're great.

 

[Samsa]

"Constitutional Law" by Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet, and Karlan.

Bleh.

 

[Harp]

"Constitutional Law" by Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet, and Karlan.

Bleh.

...recall what Gladstone said: "The American Constitution is the greatest
work struck by the mind of man."

 

[Sefton]

"Then, the former constitutional prof Bill Clinton: "It depends on what is, is...."
Hmm...sounds like a bit from the book I'm reading right now;"Existentialism and Human emotions" by Jean-Paul Sartre. A philosophical sort of president...

Also on the table right now is Donald Richie's "Japan Journals" which covers roughly 1947 (as a writer of "human interest" pieces for the Army) through about 2000. An interesting account of the ways that Japan has changed from the occupation to now and is filled with first hand accounts of many important artists from Japan and elsewhere (Kurosawa,Ozu,Mishima,Spender,Stravinsky,etc.)

Right now I'm looking for a nice old paperback copy of Len Deighton's The Ipcress File to read. I much prefer Harry Palmer to James Bond. Anyone read Deighton care to give an opinion?

 

[Harp]

"Then, the former constitutional prof Bill Clinton: "It depends on what is, is...."
Hmm...sounds like a bit from the book I'm reading right now;"Existentialism and Human emotions" by Jean-Paul Sartre. A philosophical sort of president...

An interesting account of the ways that Japan has changed from the occupation to now and is filled with first hand accounts of many important artists from Japan and elsewhere (Kurosawa,Ozu,Mishima,Spender,Stravinsky,etc.)

Sartre's existential Critique of Dialectical Reason failed to
reconcile his philosophic view with communism-a system antithetical
to innate human nature. Sartre's position is most tenuous.

Mishima, a complication.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

From my late father's collection

The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II by Douglas Porch

 

[Steve]

Right now I'm working through quite a few books:

The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
Digging for the Truth, by Josh Bernstein
The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas

Coupled with my history and science textbooks, I stay very busy with reading these days.

 

[Harp]

Right now I'm working through quite a few books:

The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
Digging for the Truth, by Josh Bernstein
The Man in the Iron Mask, by Alexandre Dumas

Coupled with my history and science textbooks, I stay very busy with reading these days.

Great Books!
(Gary Cooper starred in For Whom The Bell Tolls, wore an Irvin
jacket and fedora with a Browning Automatic Rifle---a great pix is over
in the Hat forum....)
Dumas employed a number of writers, so his own work is open to
speculation, but Mask is a great story. Have fun!

 

[JazzBaby]

I love the Irish campi/scholastic scene. Heard Martin Sheen recently went
to Cork for a belated baccalaureate. Considered a relocate to Ireland last
year, but rejected it at the time as impractical.

Martin Sheen goes to my Uni! I've seen him around once or twice, and considered greeting him with a handshake and a huge 'HOWYA MARTY!' in my best OTT Irish accent but didn't have the guts. Sigh. Oh well!

 

[JazzBaby]

I'm not too sure, I've been looking around, and if you have a grandparent who was born there you can apply so long as you have documentation. But I've also been told to try even if you can trace your lineage back in Ireland regardless of wether or not a grandparent was born there.


There's the citizen by naturalization, where you have to live there for a certain length of time, and swear alligience to the country etc.

Citizenship through marriage.... that one's obviouslol

That's about all I've found out so far, next I'm working on dog immigration lawslol

I know the new law is that one parent has to have been born in the country... but I think that's if you want to be an Irish citizen, and was introduced to control immigration issues. Before that, we'd give citizenship to anyone who had even an Irish sounding name!lol

 

[Willi_Goat]

Just started on A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett. A Christmas gift from the folks.

 

[Harp]

Martin Sheen goes to my Uni! I've seen him around once or twice, and considered greeting him with a handshake and a huge 'HOWYA MARTY!' in my best OTT Irish accent but didn't have the guts. Sigh. Oh well!

...Next time you see him say hello!

What is your scholastic field?

 

[humblestumble]

I'm now reading a bunch of art and animation books. I actually have two of the "bibles" in the mail