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Comment on Adventure Adventure by Matthew John

Matthew John — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:22:14 +0000

This series of books were a huge part of my childhood from the age of 7 when my mother bought me ‘Tiger Adventure’ to occupy me before we embarked on a long coach trip.
I grew up in a relatively small town in the UK and was obsessed by all things animal related and I longed to travel and experience some of the same adventures as Hal and Roger. It was the ultimate escape from humdrum early 80′s Britain.
In a weeks time I will be embarking on my own Kenyan ‘Safari Adventure’ and I will have these childhood memories with me throughout.

Comment on Home, James by Sotiris

Sotiris — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:07:18 +0000

Very nice, Matty… Is that Mr James at the very bottom of the photo?

Comment on Adventure Adventure by Andrew Clark

Andrew Clark — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:11:25 +0000

I was thrilled to find 8 of my original Willard Price books in a box of books returned to me by may parents recently, including a first edition hardback of Arctic Adventure (purchased in 1980 when I turned 7). I have passed them on to my nine year old son and he has made a good start, he has finished the first two and now demands I buy him the missing ones (numbered 5, 6, 9, 11 and 12) for Christmas 2010! So I will be looking on Amazon, e-Bay etc tonight. I have begun reading Amazon Adventure to my 9 year old and his 7 year old brother and we are all enjoying it immensely. Boys love facts, and these books have them in droves, reading them again (I am now 37) will re-awaken many happy memories! And reading them to my kids lets me explain more by putting them in a historical / political context which I hope they appreciate.

Comment on Amazon wounded? by Sotiris

Sotiris — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:09:44 +0000

What are you, a lawyer or somethin?

Comment on Near enough by Heather

Heather — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:40:28 +0000

The poem was actually written by a 17th century nun, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. It is one of her Romances.

Comment on On the sauce by ma.ttrubinste.in » Missy Higgins: lesbian?

ma.ttrubinste.in » Missy Higgins: lesbian? — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:52:47 +0000

[...] not sure how this happened. I have made brief reference to Missy Higgins and also to lesbians. And admittedly I have called attention to the strange popularity of the [...]

Comment on Me, me, me by ma.ttrubinste.in » Equinox

ma.ttrubinste.in » Equinox — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:51:27 +0000

[...] a couple of months on the air, Equinox is no longer generating the traffic the Herald and I had hoped for. I have been hearing from people [...]

Comment on Wake me up by ma.ttrubinste.in » It’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht, the nicht

ma.ttrubinste.in » It’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht, the nicht — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:50:34 +0000

[...] faur-aff kintra, a weirdless waister—it’s fantastic. If we’d had that back when I was Rod or Todd Flanders, things might have turned out very differently. But it got me wondering: is Billy Connolly actually [...]

Comment on Now is the time by ma.ttrubinste.in » Any other name

ma.ttrubinste.in » Any other name — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:48:27 +0000

[...] Some might say that looking for the most beautiful word in German is like trying to find the most progressive member of the Liberal party, but I don’t think that’s fair (to German). Certainly je t’aime and te amo—or even mi amas vin—will sound more appealing to most ears than ich hab dich lieb, depending on who’s saying it. But German has its own chewy appeal, and can in fact sound very beautiful, as I hope I have suggested in my superficial treatment of Rilke. [...]

Comment on More trees by ma.ttrubinste.in » The more beautiful, the less faithful

ma.ttrubinste.in » The more beautiful, the less faithful — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:41:57 +0000

[...] was talking to a couple of well-read German citizens at Liam’s opening last night when the conversation turned, as it so often does, to überpoet Rainer Maria Rilke. [...]