Pat, thanks again for hosting the lads at the Island Inn.
If I remember correctly we agreed that the next meeting would be on Sunday, 30 October. I hope that works for all the non readers in absentia last night. We will await word on the availably of the Island Inn.
| The next book is The Billionaire's Vinegar - The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace (Dave). The book to follow will be Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Pat). Mark will choose the book to follow the Nafisi. As defacto treasurer and chief martinet the Conductor will apply arbitrary levies to late comers, absentee non-readers and bourbon drinkers as appropriate. |
BPL has these notes from the jacket:
"In 1985, at a heated auction by Christie's of London, a 1787 bottle of Chateau Lafite Bordeauxone of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson - went for $156,000 to a member of the Forbes family. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors about the bottle soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location where it had been found? Was it part of a smuggled Nazi hoard? Or did his reticence conceal an even darker secret? It would take more than two decades for those questions to be answered and involve a gallery of intriguing players - among them Michael Broadbent, the bicycle-riding British auctioneer who speaks of wines as if they are women and staked his reputation on the record-setting sale; Serena Sutcliffe, Broadbent's elegant archrival, whose palate is covered by a hefty insurance policy; and Bill Koch, the extravagant Florida tycoon bent on exposing the truth about Rodenstock. Pursuing the story from Monticello to London to Zurich to Munich and beyond, Benjamin Wallace also offers a history of wine, complete with vivid accounts of subterranean European laboratories where old vintages are dated and of Jefferson's colorful, wine-soaked days in France, where he literally drank up the culture."--Book jacket
8^)
cheers,
Mark
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Hi Lads!
Terrific evening indeed! Great to meet The Son of Iver! (I'll keep your Firestone Union Jack IPA until next time, hostage for the golf umbrella purloined by you and Bourbon Boy!) Thanks for the delicious pistachio mini-cakes, Moe. (Incidentally, table runner was ruined, Marcus, a direct result of you and your slovenly, besotted ways!) Whirlissimo, for your part, I'd much prefer to be known as a tin-pot, (as opposed to crack-pot), dictator, rather than a "martinet". If you insist on this appellation then please refer to me as a "strutting martinet" as one of my heroes, dictator Idi Amin, was so famously and gloriously described by Time in 1977.
Furthermore, I feel that Titanium Sleuth should become the Treasurer, given his forensic accounting skills. However, I do realize that this may result in a serious conflict of interest, given his reluctance, his slippery, stonewalling refusal to pay his non-reading fine. Can the police police themselves?
Finally, (and surprisingly), I want to thank the Burnaby Boor for the marvelous précis. I presume that this will supplant the need to actually read the book, at least for all those äppärät streamers out there. I think we should all congratulate ourselves for being on the leading, cutting edge of Shteyngart's/Guy's post-literate, dystopian future. Come to think of it, Gary probably stole the idea for his novel after coming across our Book Club website. Perhaps Ralf could launch a class action law suit on our behalf. Given settlement, I might consider reducing or even replacing fine structure to the certain benefit of the chislers and whiners who plague and sully our illustrious ranks. So let it be written! So let it be done! (First person to identify this quotation will receive a 10¥ credit towards future fines. No äppärät data streaming, please!)
Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Okay, facile may be a bit strong, but I don't think he's a Burgess, Nabokov or Huxley. But the Clockwork Orange future teen speak (that would be teen text) comparison is spot on and one of things I very much enjoyed.
Later, dudes.
G
PS. Who are Picasso's favourite authors and which are his favourite single malts?
Hi, in absentia, Guy, et al!
At the moment, Picasso is most interested in crime fiction, particularly, The Keeper of Lost Causes by Danish author, Jussi Adler-Olsen and Welsh writer, Bill James, his Harpur & Ilses series.
As far as hootch is concerned, the range Bruichladdich has to offer is occupying his beak at present. Had you been over last even, you could have partaken a few snorts of same. Don't worry, however, Marcus Aurelius slurped your share!
Cheers, Il "Idi Amin" Conduttore!
Hi Sarge!
Trust weekend is going well. Say hello to Lurch and Grogg for us.
Had a grand evening with Lads from Book Club last night. New member, Dave Iverson, is very interesting. He's a computer forensics professional and a cyclist. His bike is worth a paltry $5,000. He lives in North Van and cycles with a club there. A typical ride, on weekend, is to Golden Ears and back, 160K, in five hours or so! He also belongs to a Masters Swim Club, (in the pool at 5:30am before work), and is training for a half-marathon in a month or so! Nonetheless, a very pleasant, friendly chap. He reads on his Sea Bus commute so one of reasons he wanted to join our group.
On Friday, Raymundo and I met Whirlygig at 15th and Crown where he had dropped Tia off at school. We proceeded out 16th to MD and then to Iona Beach. Wind was pretty strong on return loop but slackened once we made CSTB. Up Heather and then home via Ray's place to log 61.33K. Just a short ride out to UBC yesterday as I had a number of errands to do. It was pretty wet until about 1:00pm. Visited with my friend Imre and am pleased to say he seems to be doing not badly, again, given his situation. Invited him to lunch today but he was planning to drop in at a friend's insurance business on Broadway, a few blocks from Young Brothers, I believe. Apparently, a celebration of fifty years of doing business in that location. Truly glad that he is feeling well enough to make such outings. We'll have him later in week, depending on how he feels, of course.
Plan to "attack" UBC Hill five times after a spot of lunch. Sky is brightening as I write. Haven't done many "repeats" of late and miss them in a perverse, masochistic way! Cheers, Patrizio!
Things are great here. Both say hi. They are off to Peterborrow next week.
Wayne A Sutherland
Hi again, Sarge!
Please ask L/G to pass along best wishes and regards to The Range Rider! As well, Steve and Kathleen are arriving in Vancouver on December 7th. Gather they will be here over Christmas and beyond. Jesse, Zoe's sister, will be along as well. Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi Sarge!
As I mentioned, I rode out to UBC about 4:00pm today. Did the Foreshore Hill five times and with a few dipsy-doodles had 61.33K on clock by the time I was home. Molly Mop and Flamin' were at the bar when I walked in. To her credit, Flamin' tried to refrain from telling me what to do but left when she couldn't bite her tongue anymore!
Whirlissimo and I are planning to ride out to Burnaby tomorrow to meet Marcus Aurelius and his new bike and explore some of the territory in the "hinterland"! We are reasonably flexible about departure time from The Island Inn and are hoping that Raymundo will join us.
Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi P: good to hear`from you. 98 eh? Your Mum is one of the greats, hope she has a beautiful birthday. The rock musical sounded moving. Somehow the existential condition called (foolishly) "mentally ill" arouses deep emotions in all of us. Emotions we should analyse, contemplate - it sure might lead us to a better understanding of people in that condition than the inaninities of psychiatry (mis)lead us to. (take a look at the damming series of articles in NYRB over the past few months - particularly the analysis of the DSM which is esssentially a marketing tool for drug companies and a narcissitic album for 'researchers' who describe self-fulfilling prophesies as evidence).
Please concern yourself no more about our accommodation - we're going to be fixed fine, I was more looking to how we could spend more time with you, but we'll make a symphonic effort to do that anyway.
K in Stanford this week, I miss her, but she's enjoying fabulous experience.
Love to y'all.
Leanganook Syrah 2006 still around, getting more luscious by the year.
Hi again, Stefano!
Sarge is spending this weekend with Lurch and Grogg as he is off to Courtenay on RCMP business for first few days of coming week.
As I mentioned, we'll keep you appraised on "spare bedroom" situation. No worries, as you Aussies are fond of saying! Enjoy the luscious Leaganook Syrah for us!!! Cheers, Patrizio!
Pic: Cora Lee and Spumoni, her youngest sister, at War Eagle, near Kenora, this past Labour Day.
Sarge is spending this weekend with Lurch and Grogg as he is off to Courtenay on RCMP business for first few days of coming week.
As I mentioned, we'll keep you appraised on "spare bedroom" situation. No worries, as you Aussies are fond of saying! Enjoy the luscious Leaganook Syrah for us!!! Cheers, Patrizio!
Pic: Cora Lee and Spumoni, her youngest sister, at War Eagle, near Kenora, this past Labour Day.
Idi,
Amen.
The Pharoah.
W
Hello Trivia Fans!
Whirlybird gets the worm as he came up with the right answer. Ironically he doesn't need the credit as he is one of few non-readers to read selections, or at least two-thirds of work in question! Cheers, Patrizio!
Whirlybird gets the worm as he came up with the right answer. Ironically he doesn't need the credit as he is one of few non-readers to read selections, or at least two-thirds of work in question! Cheers, Patrizio!
P,
Are you favouring these titles over Lolita to follow the Billionaire's Pis
and Vinegar?
Weather looks favourable for Monday morning ride -- what think thee? Maybe
Marcus will join us and we can explore out Burnaby way and other promiscuous
parts.
W
Are you favouring these titles over Lolita to follow the Billionaire's Pis
and Vinegar?
Weather looks favourable for Monday morning ride -- what think thee? Maybe
Marcus will join us and we can explore out Burnaby way and other promiscuous
parts.
W
Hi Bike Boys!
I'm more than happy with Bill James. I don't think Keeper is out in paperback yet. Reading Lolita is akin to Fukuyama's Origins, inasmuch as it really requires a close reading and traditional non-readers might need months, if not years, to plough their way through dense, yet truly rewarding text.
I'm very keen to explore the wild, salacious, not to say lascivious, as opposed to promiscuous, hinterland of Burnaby and beyond. If Marcus is willing to guide us, Dante-like, through the nether regions, let's arrange a time, based on leaving The Island Inn, to rendezvous.
Cheers and Adieu, Idi Amen Dunn, the Stutttttttttttering, (though never at a loss for words), Strutting Martinet!
I'm more than happy with Bill James. I don't think Keeper is out in paperback yet. Reading Lolita is akin to Fukuyama's Origins, inasmuch as it really requires a close reading and traditional non-readers might need months, if not years, to plough their way through dense, yet truly rewarding text.
I'm very keen to explore the wild, salacious, not to say lascivious, as opposed to promiscuous, hinterland of Burnaby and beyond. If Marcus is willing to guide us, Dante-like, through the nether regions, let's arrange a time, based on leaving The Island Inn, to rendezvous.
Cheers and Adieu, Idi Amen Dunn, the Stutttttttttttering, (though never at a loss for words), Strutting Martinet!
Thanks for hosting last night, Patrick. T'was certainly another enjoyable evening despite the debacle of the pistachio detritus. Please present your {notarized) dry-cleaning bill at the next session for reimbursement. I trust the absence of estrogen suited the Rookie, and that we didn't scare him off with your fascist efforts to impose random fiscal policies upon us.
cheers, Burnaby Boor
Thanks, Guy, for giving up your share of the maltage - I savoured every dram, and the extra served to make me impervious to the rain as I cycled to the skytrain. Alas my ipod (an old nano) didn't fare as well, and it died in the flood that penetrated my panniers. I'm already getting twitchy, and plotting to purloin my daughters ipod touch. I trust that at least Dave, as a fellow audiobook fan, will be sympathetic...
Looking forward to Billionaires Vinegar and our next frolic.
cheers, Burnaby Boor
Hi Marcus!
Just sending along the website for VIWF as I gather volunteers are still needed:
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/
Have included a blurb about George Pelecanos's The Cut, from VIWF Book News, an online newsletter: Book features Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet who has carved out an informal business as an investigator with a particular talent for finding things. Lucas is reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, says Jonathan Yardley—tough on the outside, tender inside.
Cheers, Patrizio!
Just sending along the website for VIWF as I gather volunteers are still needed:
http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/
Have included a blurb about George Pelecanos's The Cut, from VIWF Book News, an online newsletter: Book features Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet who has carved out an informal business as an investigator with a particular talent for finding things. Lucas is reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, says Jonathan Yardley—tough on the outside, tender inside.
Cheers, Patrizio!
Thanks Pat,
Hi Raymond!
Trust your weekend went well. Had a grand evening with Lads from Book Club last night. New member, Dave Iverson, is very interesting. He's a computer forensics professional and a cyclist. His bike is worth a paltry $5,000. He lives in North Van and cycles with a club there. A typical ride, on weekend, is to Golden Ears and back, 160K, in five hours or so! He also belongs to a Masters Swim Club, (in the pool at 5:30am before work), and is training for a half-marathon in a month or so! Nonetheless, a very pleasant, friendly chap. He reads on his Sea Bus commute so one of reasons he wanted to join our group.
Rode out to UBC about 4:00pm today. Had planned to "attack" the Foreshore Hill five times as I haven't done many "repeats" of late and miss them in a perverse, masochistic way! Did just that and with a few dipsy-doodles had 61.33K on clock by the time I was home.
Whirlissimo and I are planning to ride out to Burnaby tomorrow to meet Marcus Aurelius and his new bike and explore some of the territory in the "hinterland"! We are reasonably flexible about departure time from The Island Inn and are wondering if you'd like to join us. Let me know by return post!
As well, here are a couple of titles I've found of interest, from the VIWF Book News, their online newsletter:
Esi Edugyan's Half Blood Blues begins in Paris, in 1940, to which the remaining members of a German Jazz band have fled. The novel is truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang. Edugyan never stumbles with her storytelling, writes Arifa Akbar.
George Pelecanos's The Cut, features Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet who has carved out an informal business as an investigator with a particular talent for finding things. Lucas is reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, says Jonathan Yardley—tough on the outside, tender inside.
Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi BB and rest of Lads!
Dry cleaning bill will be presented at next meeting, not to worry!!! Sorry to hear about your despoiled nano. Trade up for an äppärät 7.6!
I have suggested to the indolent Secretary that we read Panicking Ralph, a relatively early work by Bill James in his Harpur & Iles series. Whether he sends out this information remains to be seen.
Frolic on! Cheers, Il Condutorre!
Was the blurb supposed to be an attachment? (I didn't get it)
I've signed up as a volunteer with VIWF. We'll see if they want me after giving you as a reference ; )
Susan says she will sign up too, although she's sleeping at present...
cheers, Mark
cheers, Mark
Hi Marcus!
Blurb was just one sentence! Cheers, Patrizio!
Blurb was just one sentence! Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi BB and rest of Lads!
Dry cleaning bill will be presented at next meeting, not to worry!!! Sorry to hear about your despoiled nano. Trade up for an äppärät 7.6!
I have suggested to the indolent Secretary that we read Panicking Ralph, a relatively early work by Bill James in his Harpur & Iles series. Whether he sends out this information remains to be seen.
Frolic on! Cheers, Il Condutorre!
Dry cleaning bill will be presented at next meeting, not to worry!!! Sorry to hear about your despoiled nano. Trade up for an äppärät 7.6!
I have suggested to the indolent Secretary that we read Panicking Ralph, a relatively early work by Bill James in his Harpur & Iles series. Whether he sends out this information remains to be seen.
Frolic on! Cheers, Il Condutorre!
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for another pleasant and intellectually exciting evening. Looking forward for next.
Moe
Thanks for another pleasant and intellectually exciting evening. Looking forward for next.
Moe
Hi Moe!
Wonderful to see you again and have you as one of the few "readers"! Cheers, Patrizio!
Wonderful to see you again and have you as one of the few "readers"! Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi Raymond!
Trust your weekend went well. Had a grand evening with Lads from Book Club last night. New member, Dave Iverson, is very interesting. He's a computer forensics professional and a cyclist. His bike is worth a paltry $5,000. He lives in North Van and cycles with a club there. A typical ride, on weekend, is to Golden Ears and back, 160K, in five hours or so! He also belongs to a Masters Swim Club, (in the pool at 5:30am before work), and is training for a half-marathon in a month or so! Nonetheless, a very pleasant, friendly chap. He reads on his Sea Bus commute so one of reasons he wanted to join our group.
Rode out to UBC about 4:00pm today. Had planned to "attack" the Foreshore Hill five times as I haven't done many "repeats" of late and miss them in a perverse, masochistic way! Did just that and with a few dipsy-doodles had 61.33K on clock by the time I was home.
Whirlissimo and I are planning to ride out to Burnaby tomorrow to meet Marcus Aurelius and his new bike and explore some of the territory in the "hinterland"! We are reasonably flexible about departure time from The Island Inn and are wondering if you'd like to join us. Let me know by return post!
As well, here are a couple of titles I've found of interest, from the VIWF Book News, their online newsletter:
Esi Edugyan's Half Blood Blues begins in Paris, in 1940, to which the remaining members of a German Jazz band have fled. The novel is truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang. Edugyan never stumbles with her storytelling, writes Arifa Akbar.
George Pelecanos's The Cut, features Spero Lucas, an Iraq war vet who has carved out an informal business as an investigator with a particular talent for finding things. Lucas is reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, says Jonathan Yardley—tough on the outside, tender inside.
Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi Whirlage!
I suggest Panicking Ralph as it features one of the central characters in the series. Plenty of other titles if that doesn't work.
Robo Ray is ready to ride domani, at 9:00am if that works. Let me know what time I should tell him to meet at the Island Inn parkade. Cheers, Patrizio!
I suggest Panicking Ralph as it features one of the central characters in the series. Plenty of other titles if that doesn't work.
Robo Ray is ready to ride domani, at 9:00am if that works. Let me know what time I should tell him to meet at the Island Inn parkade. Cheers, Patrizio!
Hi BB and rest of Lads!
Dry cleaning bill will be presented at next meeting, not to worry!!! Sorry to hear about your despoiled nano. Trade up for an äppärät 7.6!
I have suggested to the indolent Secretary that we read Panicking Ralph, a relatively early work by Bill James in his Harpur & Iles series. Whether he sends out this information remains to be seen.
Frolic on! Cheers, Il Condutorre!
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