tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post3236070135204548966..comments2024-01-12T19:16:48.879-08:00Comments on Scraps of Literacy: Wow, This IS Serious.Rory L. Aronskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-21582294858980280002011-02-23T22:45:37.139-08:002011-02-23T22:45:37.139-08:00I'd be honored, David, and especially pleased ...I'd be honored, David, and especially pleased if you'd stick to that exact quote. ;)<br /><br />Just remember to look in the acknowledgements section for which essays I wrote.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-713171017632331442011-02-23T19:39:47.490-08:002011-02-23T19:39:47.490-08:00Sweet, your book comes in a Kindle version. $10 se...Sweet, your book comes in a Kindle version. $10 seems more than doable. I'll buy a copy tonight. I'll even review it on my blog, if you'd like. Then in the 10th Anniversary re-printing, you can put my blurb on the back cover! <br /><br />"An engrossing work of unprecedented genius. Life-changing." - Dave the Goof, My Little Corner of the World (Blog)David Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594244647778062784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-91021130237279752812011-02-22T10:25:18.745-08:002011-02-22T10:25:18.745-08:00No, man, it's a big thing on its own, it's...No, man, it's a big thing on its own, it's in Springfield, and it's official: http://www.alplm.orgRory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-66432761834133001562011-02-22T00:49:59.870-08:002011-02-22T00:49:59.870-08:00It's not that little one in the Ford theater i...It's not that little one in the Ford theater in DC, is it? They do have some interesting memorabilia there - went a few years ago. Actually, now that I think on it, I don't recall if the display was at the theater itself, or at the house across the street, where he died...<br /><br />Anyway, one would think an official Library/Museum for Lincoln would be in Springfield, perhaps...David Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594244647778062784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-81332928147752297772011-02-21T19:17:51.662-08:002011-02-21T19:17:51.662-08:00I just found out on "Jeopardy!" that the...I just found out on "Jeopardy!" that there's an Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, too. That's another one on my list now.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-43825622358393654612011-02-21T19:05:54.487-08:002011-02-21T19:05:54.487-08:00I think the reason there's not libraries for o...I think the reason there's not libraries for our much older presidents is because of the likely lack of memorabilia. That would not only entail a lot of searching for items from their presidencies that might not exist anymore, but I'm sure it would make admission prices quite expensive just on the basis of those searches alone.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-27382853639950022502011-02-21T19:01:13.936-08:002011-02-21T19:01:13.936-08:00Oh, and David, since you like me here, check out m...Oh, and David, since you like me here, check out my book. Pretty please? ;)Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-26537685302422522422011-02-21T18:55:12.699-08:002011-02-21T18:55:12.699-08:00And no, I haven't been to the others, but I ha...And no, I haven't been to the others, but I have the rest of my life to do so, so I'm in no rush. We'll see what financial and personal circumstances bring in the coming years.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-4349547505910670482011-02-21T18:53:45.511-08:002011-02-21T18:53:45.511-08:00Thanks, David. I've "followed" you a...Thanks, David. I've "followed" you as well. I'm not strong stalker material, but I'll do my best. ;)<br /><br />I actually have a bookmark listing all the presidential libraries, but I don't feel like getting up to go get it and see, having been out on errands all day. Target does not get any more interesting.<br /><br />But looking at the National Archives' website for presidential libraries and museums, it's Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and coming soon: Bush II. I doubt there'd be enough interest for an Arthur museum, but I'm sure that would happen if there was enough interest in say, Millard Fillmore. The other relatively dusty names of presidential history (not dusty to me, but to the majority of Americans, sure, and save for the obvious ones like Washington, Adams and Jefferson) would surely follow.<br /><br />I should write a new entry soon, but nothing's inspired me yet. However, I will never let this blog go for a long time without an entry, so I'm sure something will pop up.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-23743570351404446272011-02-20T20:50:12.624-08:002011-02-20T20:50:12.624-08:00Always enjoy hitting "next blog" and see...Always enjoy hitting "next blog" and seeing what comes up.<br /><br />Enjoyed reading this post. Wanted to take a quick moment to drop a comment in here, acknowledging your efforts, before diving into some of the older posts.<br /><br />I admit I know little about Nixon (other than what I saw in Frost/Nixon), but I find your goal of visiting all of the Presidential museums to be very intriguing. The only other one I saw listed was the Reagan museum... have you been to others yet? Do they all have one, I wonder? Or just the more recent ones? Is there a Chester Arthur presidential museum, lol? Guess I should go Google it.<br /><br />Consider your blog "followed"...David Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07594244647778062784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-1136036160467829132011-02-10T22:01:49.568-08:002011-02-10T22:01:49.568-08:00To add to before Just the Girl: I'm reading an...To add to before Just the Girl: I'm reading an e-mail from her on Tuesday (ok, re-re-re-re-re-re-reading), and she talks about the non-tippers she encounters at the restaurant where she works, and has a quote there, writing like them, and it's completely un-self conscious, and probably utterly accurate. She's fearless with words. As Linus once said about a girl that perplexed him, "She fascinates me." However, I'm not perplexed.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-54359571445081339932011-02-10T21:25:18.463-08:002011-02-10T21:25:18.463-08:00Compare that with Kennedy, who just talked about m...<i>Compare that with Kennedy, who just talked about moon landings, started Vietnam and almost started WWIII during the Cuban missile crisis.</i><br /><br />At the Nixon Library, about the origin of Vietnam, I got the impression that Truman started it, deciding to send fewer number of troops than later on. Eisenhower built it up, and then Kennedy exacerbated it. Or at least that's how I saw it there.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-27736789571935368342011-02-10T20:52:51.507-08:002011-02-10T20:52:51.507-08:00Just Another Girl: I would like to be one of the r...Just Another Girl: I would like to be one of the rare few. In fact, despite the distance between Florida and California, I believe I have found my soulmate, who still lives in Florida, who I knew in 9th grade. I have to treat this situation delicately now and not try to rush it, as I tried in 9th grade. I know I'd be excited to see her every day; I'm already happy whenever there's an e-mail from her in my inbox. She reads Mark Twain, she's a devoted bibliophile, she loves pie, what more could I possibly want? I feel like she's the one. I feel it all over, but most importantly in my heart. However, I want her in my life forever, no matter how it turns out, so I'm going to go slow with this. Right now, I know she's probably focusing on law school in the fall (she wants to be a human rights lawyer, with her major focus on fighting and hopefully ending modern-day slavery), and that's really something, because my maternal great-grandfather was a lawyer, though not of that stripe, and yet I have an interest in the law in the way of study of the Supreme Court. So it's genetic in that way, yet I think that still might be a connection between her and I. I know that I don't want anyone else. <br /><br />Dudesworthy: That indeed explains the three books I got today, one a biography of Nixon by Conrad Black, "Six Crises" by Nixon, and a book by David Frost and Bob Zelnick on how the Frost/Nixon interviews transpired. I'm also expecting The Haldeman Diaries, Stephen Ambrose's three-volume biography, and "Go Quietly or Else", Spiro Agnew's attempted explanation of his resignation.<br /><br />Maybe it just depends on how much of a cult following you can gain. Kennedy had a big one, and so does Reagan still.Rory L. Aronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173518202611695171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-42784711387705271322011-02-10T14:20:12.483-08:002011-02-10T14:20:12.483-08:00I find Nixon to be one of the most interesting mod...I find Nixon to be one of the most interesting modern Presidents, his story is full of contrasts.<br /><br />He was the President that actually put men on the moon, ended Vietnam, opened up China and, in my opinion, went a long way towards ending the cold war.<br /><br />Compare that with Kennedy, who just talked about moon landings, started Vietnam and almost started WWIII during the Cuban missile crisis.<br /><br />And yet, in terms of popularity, there's no comparison; perhaps there's a lesson here that history's judgement turns on how you leave? Or maybe the tone of the Presidency; Kennedy inspired hope, whereas Nixon played on people's fears?Dudesworthyhttp://dudesworthy.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2000154353586469196.post-91880159599201719222011-02-10T08:51:19.949-08:002011-02-10T08:51:19.949-08:00Unfortunately, it seems, the "til death do us...Unfortunately, it seems, the "til death do us part" is the exception and not the rule these days. It's almost seeming they should replace the word "death" with "divorce". The majority of people I know have either been married more than once or divorced. There are still a few of those "happily ever after" fairytales out there. It seems, a rare few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com