Saturday, April 25, 2015

What's a "Dome Mine"? OCR error?


April 25, 2015
Chapter 11

"All right," I said and gave him an order to buy some Dome Mines at 12½.

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Friday, April 17, 2015

the same cadre of conspirators who brought us Forrest Gump, Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza, and the band Creed


April 17, 2015
chapter five "WHY IS EVERYBODY TRYING TO KILL ME?" Fear, and How to Survive on a Bike

As you grow up, no authority figure will ever tell you to ride your bike; they'll only tell you not to ride it. We've been subjected to a campaign of propaganda and lies our entire lives. I'm not sure who's ultimately behind it, though I suspect it's the same cadre of conspirators who brought us Forrest Gump, Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza, and the band Creed.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Sing us a treacly parable mister piano man


April 16, 2015
chapter four GETTING THERE BY BIKE How Cycling Changed My Life

…parables are the pop music of spiritual philosophy, and even when you don't like them they can get stuck in your head. I get Billy Joel songs stuck in my head all the time for no reason and I can't stand him.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

To scale = to throw?


April 8, 2015
Chapter 18 - The Fall - Guy

He raised his head, smiled amiably, and scaled the envelope at Spade's lap.

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To shake one's shoulders…To shimmy?


April 8, 2015
Chapter 17 - Saturday Night

He stood there in the weakening light for perhaps five minutes. Finally he shook his thick sloping shoulders impatiently and went out, leaving the suite's outer door unlocked.

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