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I am a lawyer (mostly criminal defense) and my interests include playing my electric guitar (a Fender 50s stratocaster) reading non fiction, distance running and golf. My major non fiction interests are Civil War history in particular, American history in general, and current events. My secondary reading interests include religion. My favorite music includes oldies, classic rock and classical musi… Read moreI am a lawyer (mostly criminal defense) and my interests include playing my electric guitar (a Fender 50s stratocaster) reading non fiction, distance running and golf. My major non fiction interests are Civil War history in particular, American history in general, and current events. My secondary reading interests include religion. My favorite music includes oldies, classic rock and classical music. I also enjoy opera dvds, particularly Wagner's Ring. I am politically conservative, and my reading reflects that, e.g. 'Hating Whitey' by David Horowitz, and 'The War Against Boys' by Christina Hoff Sommers. However, I often see what the other side has to say by reading such books as 'A People's History of the United States' by Howard Zinn. I have returned to school to obtain a certificate in property management as I plan for a career change.
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This book perplexes me. The author, a literary critic, uses alusions to Shakespearian characters, Plato, Kafka and others. In engaging in this literary analysis, I am not quite sure that he ever really answers the question posed by this book; whether "Judeo-Christian" is an oxymoron and, in fact, the two traditions are incompatible. If anything, these alusions only serve to muddle the book and make an interesting topic more difficult to comprehend than it should be. As a lawyer, I remember that real estate forms were reprinted in "plain English" a number of years ago. I wish Bloom could write in plain, clear English. Bloom analyzes both Jesus and the Jewish deity who he calls by what many… Read more
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
In this short novel, Charles "Chick" Benetto, down on his luck, is close to ending it all. His life was full of might have beens. He was, briefly, a major league catcher but, he never really made it in baseball. His mother had died years before and Chick had often not been there for his mother whereas she had always stood up for him. After a car accident he gets himself into on an alcoholic binge, Chick gets a rare gift, the opportunity to have one more day with his deceased mother. This is something we all have fantasized about and, in my own experience, I have been give this chance. I lost a close family member to drug addiction. His soul was dead. When your soul is dead, it is as if you… Read more
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
There are so many romantic comedies out there that it is almost impossible to come up with anything original. The many Meg Ryan movies begin to blend into one another. This movie, however, sort of combines, "Topper," "Heaven Can Wait," and "Ghostbusters" as a doctor named Elizabeth, played by Reese Witherspoon, returns to her apartment to find it has been sublet. Clearly there is something wrong. Maybe she's dead and she's a ghost haunting her old place but then again, maybe not. Perhaps there's a twist. Witherspoon, as always, is very appealing in her role and Mark Ruffalo, who plays David, the sublessee is perfect as the counterpart to Witherspoon. Since there are twists, I… Read more
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