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I’m 28 years old, male, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since January 30, 2007. My reading interests include Adventure, Mystery, Philosophy, Humour, and Sci-Fi.
Books
- The Man in the Iron Mask finished
- Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz finished
- Wikipedia Tour: Famous Poets finished
- Wikipedia Tour: Wine 101 finished
- Bartleby the Scrivener finished
- Man and Superman finished
- On the Decay of the Art of Lying finished
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes finished
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin finished
- Spanish Billionaire, Innocent Wife suspended
Posts
On the Decay of the Art of Lying - How Serious is He?
I know it's a satire, but Clemens makes some very strong and valid points here. Is he pushing for truth? Is he attacking liars? He's so very right that his satire seems absolutely correct, and it does not feel so much a satire as it does a humorous paper on which lies are and aren't okay.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Gregory House with 2 good legs?
Both House and Holmes on rare occasions do show an underlying compassion, but only in the extremes.
Here's something I found interesting, though, is their troubled relationships with women on any sort of social level. There are a lot of reasons, but what is rather dramatic is the gaping hole in his description when it comes to his personal life. Sort of like it was deliberately left empty, the same way you might ignore personal problems then and there opposite the way that you would highlight them now.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Gregory House with 2 good legs?
Well, also, the period and the location are a lot less prone to that sort of personal inquiry. There are lots of small clues that Holmes is equally a disquieted soul.
1) There's the way his coke addiction is far more personally debilitating.
2) There is a brief mention later on that Watson is the only thing Holmes has regarding a close friend.
3) Note that Holmes doesn't have a physical malady which gives him reason to lash outward about his personal inner troubles.
4) His attitudes towards other professionals in the same field.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Gregory House with 2 good legs?
If you mean any movies made after 1970, then you really are missing quite a lot. Especially if you find a good translation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Gregory House with 2 good legs?
I see you're going through the classics... this is my first time to read the adventures of Sherlock Holmes... I find myself requesting the next fragment way more often than I should to keep this up over a large period of time, quite a compelling novel. Have you gotten to the Count of Monte Cristo yet, or the 3 Musketeers?
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Gregory House with 2 good legs?
Haha, that's awesome, no, I never did notice that.
BTW, were you ever a member of 3d Buzz?
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Gregory House with 2 good legs?
Has anyone else ever noticed that Sherlock Holmes is like the original House, in the first two or three paragraphs of this book he reads like the pitch for the show. Heck.. Holmes/House? Even the names are related. I guess it's obvious where the writers got there inspiration.
The Art of War - Cost of Operations?
There aren't that many more troops than that in Iraq right now... something like 125k, or 150k. I actually think the price might have gone down. Take the cost of the war per year, subtract 1/3, then divide by 365, then compare to the value of silver.