tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post443446251308304495..comments2023-07-03T08:51:01.209-05:00Comments on What Powderfinger Said . . . Observations on Life in the Dying Empire: Get Lost. In Books.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-52066380021077586702009-09-17T12:17:14.509-05:002009-09-17T12:17:14.509-05:00I still haven't been able to do Tolstoy. I'...I still haven't been able to do Tolstoy. I've tried several times. I'm put off constantly because he's long and Russian and difficult. Sigh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-85532477041109209362009-09-13T09:15:32.649-05:002009-09-13T09:15:32.649-05:00"Aggressive ignorance" ! That is the epi..."Aggressive ignorance" ! That is the epitaph for us.<br /><br />When I was young, I put off reading Tolstoy because he was long and Russian and difficult. When I read him, I could not put the book down.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.com