tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post2296079905576663681..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: Melted Finances and Melted Cheese?Frugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-38251574435507396442010-03-14T06:19:47.053-05:002010-03-14T06:19:47.053-05:00Interesting. I'm going to give it a try and s...Interesting. I'm going to give it a try and see. I must say, I often have frustrations with searches here . . .my browser seems to think I want results only in French, which is irritating when reading the works of a great English-speaking author, among other things . . .simple in Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233475734683218391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-23358841476891623722010-03-12T10:38:37.836-06:002010-03-12T10:38:37.836-06:00@Duchesse--It's an old idea! Thomas Browne is ...@Duchesse--It's an old idea! Thomas Browne is interested in finding the wit in all things! Love him.<br /><br />@Funny--I love that Donne poem too "When thou has done, thou hast not done, for I have more." Or something along those lines.<br /><br />@Simple--Wow! I am thrilled that you like it. Easy enough to find Thomas Browne's works via google. However, my son says such searches don't work too well in France.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-24638260985440292282010-03-12T01:00:02.311-06:002010-03-12T01:00:02.311-06:00Frugal Scholar--I think that here is one example t...Frugal Scholar--I think that here is one example that shows how education serves all kinds of purposes and for life. And one of the reasons that I think that you can't measure education (and being well-read!) in terms of how much money you are later able to earn. Being able to call on the minds and writings of those who came before us is not about making money, but about living.<br /><br />Thanks for the infusion of Moore into my morning. That doesn't happen very often around the blogosphere. <br /><br />By the way. . .the length of your excerpt makes me think that you have an online version of this? Can I ask, do you do a lot of online reading AND where do you find what you read? I'm bookless after a move and I need to get back to reading . . .preferably online.simple in Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233475734683218391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-5116882403691977512010-03-11T09:08:47.048-06:002010-03-11T09:08:47.048-06:00Yes. When my mother was dying, my habit was not to...Yes. When my mother was dying, my habit was not to go into a chapel but to walk to the top of a mountain.<br /><br />Seventeenth-century wit did have a certain postmodern element to it...or maybe the postmoderns are throwbacks. I think of Donne's verse, in which he reflects on the time that Donne is done. It's a profound and moving poem, and yet -- there's that sly wink.Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-42539189019903321542010-03-10T14:09:42.833-06:002010-03-10T14:09:42.833-06:00One day I was picked up by a taxi whose driver I a...One day I was picked up by a taxi whose driver I am guessing was from the Caribbean. Evidently part of his faith was to prostelyze or "witness" and he roughly summarized this passage, saying, "People want proof of God, just watch a sunrise. Nature is God's great work." I have a long history of interesting conversations with cabbies (never scary) and always remembered this one.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.com