Dulcinea del Toboso's diary.

[resurrected]

A very peaceful day today. I began wondering. TOL has over 10,000 members but how many are actually active?

how many are actually me? :think:

 

[xAvarice]

Originally Posted by Jesus
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

:rotfl: You're killing me.


And Eeset, stopping by without a post, is that really in my nature?

 

[chrysostom]

did you know that don quixote is a classic?

 

[Eeset]

stopping by without a post, is that really in my nature?

good point.

 

[bybee]

did you know that don quixote is a classic?

Could you elaborate on it's meaning?
Was the Don the first literary anti-hero?

 

[chrysostom]

Could you elaborate on it's meaning?
Was the Don the first literary anti-hero?

the writer is mocking the crusades

Dulcinea is the Church

 

[bybee]

the writer is mocking the crusades

Dulcinea is the Church

Agreed! Though it took me awhile to discover this. I heard it from someone else in a discussion group.
I love "Great Books" discussion groups!
Their are certain authors whose meanings are clear to me. There are those, however, with whom I need the insight of others.

 

[chrysostom]

so what is moby dick about?

 

[bybee]

so what is moby dick about?

Without the capital letters it isn't anything....

 

[chrysostom]

Without the capital letters it isn't anything....

another dodge

 

[bybee]

another dodge

I'm thinking! I'm thinking!"

 

[chrysostom]

I'm thinking! I'm thinking!"

that is a good start

 

[Eeset]

A whaling adventure?

 

[chrysostom]

did you know it was a classic?

 

[Eeset]

Why?

 

[chrysostom]

Why?

because they don't know what it is about

 

[Eeset]

You mean it wasn't some old sea captain chasing a huge whale and losing the contest?

 

[chrysostom]

I think the whale represented the system

 

[Eeset]

Strangely Melville's renown suffered greatly from publishing Moby Dick. It did not become acclaimed until almost 90 years later. At least that is what I can find on the web. :idunno:

 

[Eeset]

It has been a while since I jotted anything down in my diary. Today I tried to warn Zeus off. I tried my best to be blunt. He made light of it. Then he continued with spamming behavior. I guess that I should have explained that self destruct buttons are not always red. Sometimes they look quite mundane.