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1. Sheila Ryan on November 21st, 2008 at 12:13 pm

   Andrew, this is splendid. You done made my day. More later, maybe, after I’ve watched this again!

2. Sheila Ryan on November 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pm

   The list of things detested! That will have me smiling for days.

3. Daryl Scroggins on November 21st, 2008 at 7:42 pm

   The bit from Lolita sounds better in English. But maybe that’s just me. I have a tape of him reading substantial portions of the book (in English). He did great work with butterflies, which is another thing I like about him. And his autobiography, Speak, Memory, is splendid. Thank you drive through.

4. Sheila Ryan on November 21st, 2008 at 8:00 pm

   Time was when there was a night club atop the Allerton Hotel in Chicago, and it was called the Tip Top Tap. (Get it?) And until just a few years ago, though the ‘tap’ was defunct, the letters TIP-TOP-TAP remained atop the Allerton Hotel. And every time I saw them, I thought of the opening lines of Lolita.

5. Andrew Simone on November 21st, 2008 at 8:27 pm

   Two quick things (I am smoking at a dinner party):

   1. “thank you, drive through reminds me of a dear friend from college, Daryl. Thank you for that.

   2. I have never read Lolita. I now, clearly, need to.

6. Sheila Ryan on November 21st, 2008 at 8:32 pm

   Oh, yes. Andrew, You must. As soon as you wake tomorrow.

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