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To: Kaslin
What if he gave me a couple of ounces of cocaine? Perhaps a copy of the Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce?

I find Ambrose Bierce quickly gets tiresome, but there are plenty of worse books.

ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.

76 posted on 12/25/2007 9:05:13 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Huh. I think Ambrose Bierce is the best American writer of the 19th century. I read *everything* he wrote when I was stuck on the couch for several months after the 7th baby was born.


78 posted on 12/25/2007 9:13:08 AM PST by Tax-chick ("The keys to life are running and reading." ~ Will Smith)
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