[nopardons]

I'm too old to have been made to read a " PC " book ; however, " BRAVE NEW WORLD ", by Aldous Huxley ( summer required reading in boarding school ) fits the bill. My mother told me, when I was reading it, that Huxley was ( he was still alive, so you know how long ago this was ) a damned Socialist and that the book was Socialistic. :-)

" GRAPES OF WRATH " is so blatantly MARXIST , and not well written, that I couldn't allow that reply to stand, without my usual brusque comment, LOL

Any sign of the impending blessed event's possible early arrival ?

[Burkeman1]

"Brave New World" was and is a totally anti utopian and anti Left book. Huxeley posited in "Brave New World" what would be the "perfect society" if the Left ever had total control of all aspects of humainty. And the results were horrific.

[Conservababe]

Anything written by Margaret Mead.

[wardaddy]

I found Grapes of Wrath tedious and moanful.....more tedious even than my brethren Faulkner. It read like some early labor union movement docu-drama.

When I think of Huxley, I think of psychedelic drugs....I think he and Hoffman (of LSD discovery fame) were pals were they not?


We go for an ultrasound Monday to determine if to induce. The Nurse P/A who saw my wife 3 weeks ago while the doc was on vacation really overreacted and got my wife all concerned about a truly early arrival. It will in all probability be a couple of weeks early if delivered next Tuesday but not because of any crisis other than the fact that the young lad is runnning out of room....my wife being 5'2" and 95 lbs in normal times. I'm sorry we reacted to the fears of the nurse and sort of jumped the gun here. If the baby is over 7.5 lbs, the doc has already said he'll go C-section. OBs these days are very very cautious and deliberate....and with good reason. Trial lawyers await any mistake with baited breath.

You will be one of the first to know.....we went to a neighborhood Halloween party tonight and Wade's first trick or treat....a nice crisp autumn evening. The moments for which life is meant to be lived....it was wonderful and nice to feel a sense of community.

Warm Regards.