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When I was a kid we used to have turd fights--the summer version of snowball fights. One soon figured out what state of dryness had the best heft. Mark At 01:35 AM 4/30/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Oh my. I read that Bascomb book in high school. It became a sort of bible >for me then, as I was a competitive surfer and weather is everything to >surfing. I don't own a copy anymore (where is it?) but you've reminded me >of something wonderful from the past. I've completely forgotten about it. >I have heard great things about Unger...my pal does Junger's book promos at >Harper Collins so I need to get myself a copy from her. I have a soft spot >for the sea.... > >Our dog Hooch sometimes eats fresh horse manure from our neighbor's pasture >when the air is warm. I think Hooch is smarter than most chimps, as he >won't eat his own like some stupid primate (e.g., "fecal japan," anyone?). >Hooch goes for the soft warm firm large equine piles loaded with unused >fiber. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and >poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Gudding >Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:41 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: what I am reading goddamnit > > >[I sent this to New-Poetry but that list is uninterested in literature]: > >I am reading or have recently read the following items: > >_Volcanoes_, Alwyn Scarth. >This is a refreshing look at the science of volcanoes. Many nice pictures >and diagrams. My favorite sentence from this book is "Volcanoes are >exciting." This is writing at its best: clear, succinct, and to the point. >Very good book about volcanoes. > >_At Swim-Two-Birds_, Flann O'Brien. >I have read this book several times. It is my favorite book. > >_The Third Policeman_, Flann O'Brien. >Of those books that I have read only once, this is my favorite book of that >class. > >_Present Past/Past Present: A Personal Memoir_, Eugène Ionseco. Translated >by Helen R. Lane. >A very sad book. > >_The Modern Ark: The Stories of Zoos, Past, Present, & Future_, Vicki Croke. >I have learned from this book that some captive chimpanzees eat their shit. > >_The Perfect Storm_, Sebastian Unger. >This nonfiction book is an account of the Halloween Gale that harmed >several fishermen from Gloucester, MA. Of those nonfiction books about the >sea that I have read only once, it ranks highly. It is on the level of >Willard Bascomb's _Waves and Beaches: The Dynamics of the Ocean Surface_. >or Raoul Graumont's _Handbook of Knots_.