December 2013
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Foureen-year-old granddaughter (astounded): "Grandpa, you still get Netflix through the mail???" Grandpa: "Yes, it's a tradition. We'e been doing it this way for hundreds of years." Granddaughter: "Hummh."
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I've been reading Trollope's Palliser novels again — my third or fourth time through this series of six great big whoppers. It's a familiar tour — but with enough forgettings and misrememberings on my part to keep me focussed and surprised. I finished The Eustace Diamonds late last night. I know that I read this…