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I would pay for a college tuition at Princeton (no way I'll be able to afford it, otherwise.) I would go to Russia and Sarajevo and because I'm skittish I'd ...

Can you sing very, very well? If so, I suggest Total Mass Retain by Yes. It's fast, upbeat, and is sung by a guy (a guy with a rather high ...

Gotcha. 8)

I think good grades are terribly important as far as academia goes. But sometimes grades aren't an accurate portrayal of how smart/stupid someone is. I can rattle off half of ...

Me? I think the semi-colon should have a day named after it.

I've never read The Brother's Karamozov but I'd like to - assuming I can get my parents to schlep me to the book store. I've read something by Chekov, but ...

I loved the complexity, too, and I totally hated that the russians talked french. (But this may have something to do with the fact that I love the russians and ...

Cool.

Thank you very very much, Imp. Where would I be without you? (Turning in a crummy English paper, maybe?...) I do see your point about the lengthy descriptions and I'll ...

How many people enjoy Tolstoy? I guess me. But the question is, How many normal people enjoy Tolstoy? (I'm not normal, see.) If you have ever, plan to, or may ...

I want your teacher for a day. I agree with you 100%. -My avatar is somewhat less cool. It's from Tales of Topographic Oceans, which is a record that no ...

I think there are a lot of reasons people write, and I think this is a good discussion. Left to their own devices, writers probably don't go up to one ...

In order from most to least favorite: (1) "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini - you should have your eyes removed if you haven't read The Kite Runner. Best book ...

(1) "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck - I know this is supposed to be a classic and all that, but it was like reading stereo instructions. Melodramatic stereo ...

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. I think it's brilliant, but Anna Karenina 's better. Hooyah. I'm also reading some barely grammatical story I just wrote that's supposed to be ...