tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post1744486951937271612..comments2023-10-26T04:53:47.765-04:00Comments on Mutterings of a Mad Bookseller: The Hurricane of (18)'15-Forrest Properhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-11205395604143953062008-09-10T12:37:00.000-04:002008-09-10T12:37:00.000-04:00I didn't want to admit it earlier thinking it woul...I didn't want to admit it earlier thinking it would appear immature, but I've been playing with Maukie as well. I can't resist it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-42956758815837409412008-09-09T20:22:00.000-04:002008-09-09T20:22:00.000-04:00SC... Oh myyyyyy.... if you think I'm gong to touc...SC... Oh myyyyyy.... if you think I'm gong to touch that one with a ten foot pole...Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-25574353500180040132008-09-09T20:14:00.000-04:002008-09-09T20:14:00.000-04:00I love the bottom of your page!!!! Goes to show w...I love the bottom of your page!!!! Goes to show what I life I have... I've been playing with your pussy for like 5 minutes.Simply Curioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179224015435211144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-19739817926013249742008-09-07T20:46:00.000-04:002008-09-07T20:46:00.000-04:00C.Rag: Not all of them, but there is a distinct la...C.Rag: Not all of them, but there is a distinct lack of, um, "undies" in the historical record...<BR/><BR/>Sara Sue: Well, the rest is local street history. I'll send you more if'n you want.<BR/><BR/>Manic: I know the sort of "gales" you mean... um, was that the cat barking???<BR/><BR/>Mike: Reality is a wonderful thing, but over-rated. I saw no emails of your earlier comment, but perhaps in the alternate dimension I like to inhabit, Friday thru Monday, where Tea Leoni is Presidork, and I am her beach boy...Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-2554125620150569252008-09-07T17:47:00.000-04:002008-09-07T17:47:00.000-04:00I could have sworn that I commented on this post y...I could have sworn that I commented on this post yesterday, yet I see no evidence of it anywhere. Perhaps I am losing whatever grasp I had left on reality. That could be a good thing since reality has been rather surreal lately. <BR/><BR/>I like shiny things. <BR/><BR/>Yes, thank you. I'll have a glass of lemonade.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-83296008153719849302008-09-07T15:10:00.000-04:002008-09-07T15:10:00.000-04:00nearest we get to hurricanes over here is if I eat...nearest we get to hurricanes over here is if I eat a very hot vindaloo.... ;-)The Preachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224135811862587701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-24566150135371234302008-09-07T13:55:00.000-04:002008-09-07T13:55:00.000-04:00I spent the day yesterday at our local historical ...I spent the day yesterday at our local historical library. (That's my excuse for being late to the post.) Odd how we're both in historical mode. Anyway, now that you've hooked me, when will you post the rest ... leave me hangin'??Sara Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521777383020425971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-91472971585732185932008-09-07T11:31:00.000-04:002008-09-07T11:31:00.000-04:00What really? I may need to get beyond the "Two Hu...What really? I may need to get beyond the "Two Hundred Years"FreeOscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519953981397395954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-69997730883484632092008-09-07T06:54:00.000-04:002008-09-07T06:54:00.000-04:00Beach: Went through here last night- lots of rain,...Beach: Went through here last night- lots of rain, very little wind. And yeah, around here (well on the coast) there are always a few geniuses who see "Tropical Storm Warning" and think, "Whoa! Surf's up, Dude!"<BR/><BR/>Malach: Barriers come and barriers go, I guess...<BR/><BR/>Indrani: Great list! You've given me an idea for a new post!<BR/><BR/>MI: Thanks for the plug! I've been tardy about getting around to all the blogs on my list as well.<BR/><BR/>Cissy: "...and was last heard muttering '<I>fuck this shit!</I>' " <BR/><BR/>C.Rag: Are you aware they all went 'commando' back then?<BR/><BR/>HTGT: Same here. The garden needed it. Well, maybe not quite all of it...Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-33718660014603800182008-09-06T20:49:00.000-04:002008-09-06T20:49:00.000-04:00The hurricane, now a tropical storm, passed throug...The hurricane, now a tropical storm, passed through the DC area this afternoon. Tons of rain was all.here today, gone tomorrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17203537337770906267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-55307257702531147022008-09-06T19:56:00.000-04:002008-09-06T19:56:00.000-04:00This is the problem with my generation & the y...This is the problem with my generation & the younger ones. <BR/>I got distracted by "TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO".FreeOscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519953981397395954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-40012621056795462512008-09-06T19:45:00.000-04:002008-09-06T19:45:00.000-04:00"To our great astonishment, Parker resigned himsel..."To our great astonishment, Parker resigned himself from our service not long after, and never were we able to figure why he did so."Cissy Strutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118911668329411883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-21702436775057982772008-09-06T16:46:00.000-04:002008-09-06T16:46:00.000-04:00P.S.I plugged you today too. I just keep adding to...P.S.I plugged you today too. I just keep adding to todays post as I make my rounds.Malicious Intenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477868628325387881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-60732365817639287582008-09-06T16:39:00.000-04:002008-09-06T16:39:00.000-04:00Hurricaine is here now, or I should say tropical s...Hurricaine is here now, or I should say tropical storm. Just a bunch of rain, noting major. Shouldn't be a big deal for you, unless you are short like Moooog or hold your nose so far up in the air like Murk that you would drown.Malicious Intenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477868628325387881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-42235633548148740672008-09-06T05:54:00.000-04:002008-09-06T05:54:00.000-04:00Colonel,It was only last evening that I was tellin...Colonel,<BR/><BR/>It was only last evening that I was telling a friend over a discussion on our favourite books, that I couldn't remember the name of 'Cotton Moon's' author. Thank YOUUU for informing me! I've saved the pic!<BR/><BR/>Some other books which have remained in my momeory through the years:<BR/><BR/>Good Earth by Pearl S.Buck<BR/><BR/>For Whom the Bells Toll by Ernest Hemingway<BR/><BR/>Post-Capitalist Society by Peter F. Drucker<BR/><BR/>The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Thomas Edward Lawrence (it led me to read a revealing biography of his by the name of 'Backing From the Limelight' and now I'm all eager to read his: 'The Mint' as well).<BR/><BR/>Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (a massive tome I must say, but thoroughly enjoyable nevertheless!)<BR/><BR/>Mysticism and Logic by Bertrand Russell<BR/><BR/>Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (I differ with her philosophy though).<BR/><BR/>In high school, I'd read a lot of novels based in 19th century America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-68326907495578527492008-09-05T23:12:00.000-04:002008-09-05T23:12:00.000-04:00Down here the olds one still tremble in fear of Hu...Down here the olds one still tremble in fear of Hurricane Diane prior to them building the Hurrican Barrier in the 60'sMalach the Mercilesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243258141258465269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-45167058021004921352008-09-05T22:02:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:02:00.000-04:00Hey Colonel, sending Hanna up your way. Hope she i...Hey Colonel, sending Hanna up your way. Hope she is as big a bust for you as she was us. We just had some beach erosion and one guy, I've heard of, that became a nominee for the Darwin award by going swimming in a monster rip tide.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-1212664625967779232008-09-05T19:00:00.000-04:002008-09-05T19:00:00.000-04:00Phoebe- it does draw you in, doesn't it? I bought ...Phoebe- it does draw you in, doesn't it? I bought that book originally because we lived in that neighborhood. i'm betting the "fort" they took shelter in is the still-existing "fort" (a rectangular set of ridges) that George Washington first built. it's near the waterfront canal, which she also mentions. I do love this sort of historical reminiscence.Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-82099560993859270152008-09-05T16:49:00.000-04:002008-09-05T16:49:00.000-04:00Very cool. I was going to just skim it, and then I...Very cool. I was going to just skim it, and then I got caught up in it, and before I knew it, I'd read it all. Dramatic stuff!Phoebe Fayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425002459681921692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-48415079126973228532008-09-05T15:37:00.000-04:002008-09-05T15:37:00.000-04:00Indrani: The hurricane was certainly an historical...Indrani: The hurricane was certainly an historical event, and the book is not a novel, so I suspect it happened to the author's family much as she tells it. "Cotton Moon" was written by Catherine Tracy. The paperback edition had <A HREF="http://www.joslinhall.com/blog/CottonMoon.jpg" REL="nofollow">quite a cover!</A><BR/><BR/>TV: Oh yeah, Galveston 1900 was quite the disaster, the sort of thing we all assume can't happen today.Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-13940069400904911972008-09-05T13:12:00.000-04:002008-09-05T13:12:00.000-04:00I used a really good book that had survivors accou...I used a really good book that had survivors accounts of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 when I taught Texas History.<BR/><BR/>Talk about intense<BR/><BR/>TVRedroachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988952812499435668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-14011004165687238992008-09-05T12:59:00.000-04:002008-09-05T12:59:00.000-04:00Colonel,I've always had a weak spot for period sto...Colonel,<BR/><BR/>I've always had a weak spot for period stories so thank you for uploading so many pages from "Two Hundred Years Earlier". Are the events historical?<BR/><BR/>Also, I was wondering if you could tell me the name of the author, who wrote a book by the name of 'Cotton Moon'. <BR/><BR/>The setting is: America during the Civil War years. It's a story about an American family from the South, the patriarch of which is an anti-abolitionist. The experiences of the family, in particular those of the new generation, some of whom die tragically under various circumstances; makes up the plot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com