tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post3085972564450453914..comments2024-01-06T05:28:46.111-05:00Comments on Matt Paust's Crime Time : 1776 – David McCulloughMathew Pausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-44549717913220426122016-12-11T13:28:09.314-05:002016-12-11T13:28:09.314-05:00You've made me smile on this cold, grey, windy...You've made me smile on this cold, grey, windy day, Tracy. I learned "verklempt" from <b><i><a href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/coffee-talk-cold-opening/2724263?snl=1" rel="nofollow">Mike Myers's skit</a></i></b> on Saturday Night Live. As to the funk of writers, I like reading about them almost as much as their work, and it seems to be a common complaint among even the most celebrated, such as Saul Bellow, that they were constantly nagged by a feeling they were about to be unmasked as frauds. I was genuinely surprised to learn that Geo. Washington experienced the same dread.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-86860651538618721372016-12-10T17:07:46.676-05:002016-12-10T17:07:46.676-05:00I have not read McCullough and I don't do well...I have not read McCullough and I don't do well with nonfiction. I am attracted to nonfiction books if I am interested in the subject but I seldom successfully get through them. I do know little about this part of history, so 1776 would be a good book for me to read. It isn't even that long compared to a lot of nonfiction books. And neither is The Wright Brothers, which would also be interesting.<br /><br />I do sometimes but not often get into a funk about being "unfit to measure up to the performance standards expected of me by others" because I work in IT (database development) and I am somewhat behind the times in many areas of technology. <br /><br />And I learned the meaning of verklempt today which I wish I had known before because that happens to me a lot.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-77278761180838762292016-12-09T14:20:47.831-05:002016-12-09T14:20:47.831-05:00Maybe autism, too, Yvette. I've read that Puti...Maybe autism, too, Yvette. I've read that Putin has autism, altho I would hesitate to call him great. Literature I read when I was diagnosed with ADD suggests that Edison, Washington and Jefferson, among other historical figures, displayed symptoms of ADD. I believe in order to function with ADD we need to develop compartmentalization to keep our priorities straight. I'm getting a little better at it--at least from the days I was a total mess.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547065615486762917.post-84375722413534845922016-12-09T13:45:34.071-05:002016-12-09T13:45:34.071-05:00I like David McCullough even if I've never rea...I like David McCullough even if I've never read any of his books. Several of them are on my current TBR list and the only reason I haven't gotten around to them is that they do require a chunk of time. (I slow down when I'm reading non-fiction.) Right now THE WRIGHT BROTHERS (the latest McCullough book) is calling to me. And I just realized I own a hardcover of THE GREATER JOURNEY. <br /><br />P.S. I think compartmentalization must be an essential part and parcel of the make-up of a great leader.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com