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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 19, 2021, 09:43:39 pm ---I'm sure I've seen Poe, at least, at Barnes and Noble--and is there any bookstore chain left besides Barnes & Noble?
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Brick and mortar chains? Not that I know of. But there are still some famous independent ones: The Strand in NYC, City Lights in San Francisco, Powell's in Portland, Prairie Lights in Iowa City, Tattered Cover in Denver ...
Jeff Wrangler:
I hesitate to say I'm actually caught up, but I am now up to the March 8 issue.
I think this is partly because I just stopped reading the movie, TV, and theater articles.
In the March 1 issue I read "The Covid Conundrum." I was about to give up on it, but I pushed through to the end, and I'm glad I did because on the very last page, who should show up but my old friend William of Ockham? :laugh: Along with Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. :laugh:
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 06, 2021, 10:17:03 pm ---I think this is partly because I just stopped reading the movie, TV, and theater articles.
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Do/did you read them even if you've never heard of the shows? I read them only when I'm familiar with the shows and would be able to see them. So that lets almost all theater (though I might read about the occasional show that stars someone I know from movies, or is a new take on a classic play), and many movies, although these days there's at least a chance I could see a movie that wouldn't, in the old days, have been available to see outside NYC.
--- Quote --- I'm glad I did because on the very last page, who should show up but my old friend William of Ockham?
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The guy whose razor you introduced me to many years ago, which has come in handy countless times since!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 07, 2021, 10:40:22 am ---Do/did you read them even if you've never heard of the shows? I read them only when I'm familiar with the shows and would be able to see them. So that lets almost all theater (though I might read about the occasional show that stars someone I know from movies, or is a new take on a classic play), and many movies, although these days there's at least a chance I could see a movie that wouldn't, in the old days, have been available to see outside NYC.
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Yes, though in times past I'd frequently have heard of the TV shows, even if there's no chance I'll ever see them. Same for the plays and the movies. But reading about these things, even if I've never heard of them, keeps me informed about what's going on in Culture beyond my own little world. (This is one reason that I hated and hate the way they cut back on the movies and theater entries in Goings on About Town--I learned stuff by reading those things. That cutback happened long before the pandemic.)
Of course, I've been reading The New Yorker for, like, 40 years now, so, to make a hypothetical example, if somebody reviews a revival of a play by, say, August Wilson, I'll read it because I know who August Wilson was--thanks to reading TNY.
--- Quote ---The guy whose razor you introduced me to many years ago, which has come in handy countless times since!
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That's the one! :laugh: His razor may be not sharp enough to explain the discrepancies in Covid in different parts of the world. :(
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on March 07, 2021, 04:31:56 pm ---That's the one! :laugh: His razor may be not sharp enough to explain the discrepancies in Covid in different parts of the world. :(
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I don't know about the world, but I just saw comparisons of cases and death counts today between MN, SD, ND, WI and IA. Minnesota had by far the lowest case rate and lowest death rate. I think Occam would fairly quickly deduce that MN has a Democratic governor who ordered statewide mask-wearing and stricter shutdowns, whereas the others, with the exception of WI, have Republicans who did not.
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