tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474654026014214293.post7776434913015454730..comments2023-10-21T03:43:56.081-04:00Comments on My Guilty Pleasures <br>on the go: Altamont Augie by Richard BaragerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353961637233653848noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474654026014214293.post-18755547053415772812011-07-20T12:10:19.987-04:002011-07-20T12:10:19.987-04:00Oh child of comfort, please understand that one...Oh child of comfort, please understand that one's abilty to think is directly proportional to the tools available for the task. Words and their meanings are the basic tools in the task of thinking. Looking them up in the dictionary is how we learn new ones. Deal with it if you care to gain in intellectual ability and perhaps even transcend your boredom when reading weightier material.<br /><br />Having lived through the 60s, I found this book to be a very interesting and informative story. The racial aspects then, as now, were seething just below the surface and often broke through into unpleasantness which is still a looming threat.<br /><br />The seeds sown in the 60s are still producing results that are no less important today than the activities then. A book like this can help us understand and encourages us to dwell upon those important times. I found it anything but boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com