Re: Dostoyevsky
Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:41:21 -0500 (EST)
Rick:
You tried to commend me on my:
>stirring, beautiful national anthem,
.....but I think you must be brain dead. Oh Canada ranks only slightly
higher than your own (unsingable!) national anthem on the list of WORLD's
MOST BORING SONGS..... Why the f**k did the Soviet Union collapse.... The
only good thing about being beaten at hockey was being able to hear those
stirring chords......
the whole of Quebec,
Well, I'm with you there, Rickie..... If Quebec could ever divorce Celine
Dion, I think there might be an argument to move there.......
> (I would also suggest AE Houseman's "To An Athlete Dying Young," but that
>just seems too precious, prescient and obvious.)
>
....probably one of my most favoured (note Canadian spelling!) poems..... I
actually cried (while chopping onions, and) quoting it to my daughter only a
couple of nights ago.... Like CATCHER, it's something that should be read
every year or so, to measure one's growth......
Cheers,
Paul