tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post439335760035491691..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Reading habits ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-72615071338882979052008-07-28T18:47:00.000-04:002008-07-28T18:47:00.000-04:00Excuse my rusty creakin' memory of the film to whi...Excuse my rusty creakin' memory of the film to which I referred: Firstly, it's called <I>The Silent Partner</I> (1978); secondly, it wasn't Robert Joy; it was Elliott Gould (as well as John Candy, Christopher Plummer, and Tony Rosato, the Canadian SNL star afflicted with Capgras Disorder). A fine-tuned suspense flick, though, regardless of who played Santa Claus:<BR/><BR/>http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0078269/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-48617727876686752932008-07-27T21:08:00.000-04:002008-07-27T21:08:00.000-04:00<*ahem*>Mr. Wilson, Suh! You think I am goi...<*ahem*><BR/><BR/>Mr. Wilson, Suh! You think I am going to take the bait, go dip-and-diving after that spangly dangly fool's goad, don'tcha? Har. I'd rather eat a nug; and, if you don't know the ref, you'll have to rent the movie <I>Silent Partner</I> (which, IIRC, starred Robert Joy; but, I might be wrong).<BR/><BR/>DO NOT PASS SEMI-GO: GO DIRECTLY TO COLON JAIL. (OR ELSE!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-35056867309919262382008-07-27T13:28:00.000-04:002008-07-27T13:28:00.000-04:00Anytime this comes up, I remember Steven Berlin Jo...Anytime this comes up, I remember Steven Berlin Johnson's <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/07/internet.literacy?gusrc=rss&feed=technology" REL="nofollow">Dawn of the Digital Natives</A>, which covers the contrarian view well. Then again, as I mentioned <A HREF="http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/reading-wheaties-marijuana-or-boring-you-decide/" REL="nofollow">here</A>, I'm not convinced that this, if it is a problem, can be changed anyway, especially using the nattering methods most often employed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com