Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 11, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > Ric: > > A. are you kissing that thing, or taking a picture? > of course, it's a pre-anniversary speed graphic (2 1/3 X 3 1/4) it deserved it > B. you saw, and photographed, Duane Allman? I'm fainting. I think he was > one > of the greatest musicians of his era. An amazing talent. > saw him several times, but only got to photograph once also one of my favorites--as is the band > C. Charly Mann read Artistotle's Nicomachean Ethics in *tenth grade???? > *He > was *assigned ***Nicomachean Ethics in tenth grade??? Do you realize what > this means about this country? My HS age son recently read Farenheit 451 in > a class (12th grade) and was discussing in class how such an anti-book, > anti-idea program could be conducted now by a tyrannical government and I > suggested to him that in this age of fast moving text and information this > would require a lot of work and a lot of resources and, even more > importantly, open repression creates an enemy that otherwise likely would > not exist --- so, I said, wouldn't it be easier if the governing forces of > a > society simply worked quietly not to eradicate books but to eradicate > people's interest in them? Isn't it easier systematically to make everyone > stupid? In this regard I offer up Charly Mann's story of being assigned > Nicomachean Ethics in tenth grade. > charly is special, even for chapel hill at the time chapel hill was often referred to as the berkley of the east ric > Thanks for posting this. > > Vince > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> > wrote: > >> Charly Mann may have left Chapel Hill some years ago, but he's still goin' >> to Carolina in his mind with his Chapel Hill Memories website. He has just >> added a very nice mention of yours truly. >> >> <http://www.chapelhillmemories.com/> >> >> Ric Carter >> http://cartersxrd.net >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ >> www.facebook.com/ric.carter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information