Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
In this excerpt from Roald Dahl's Boy, his mother asks if he wants to go to Oxford or Cambridge.
"No, thank you," I said. "I want to go straight from school to work for a company that will send me to wonderful faraway places like Africa or China."
You must remember that ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
In the following excerpt from Roald Dahl's Boy, he's left public school at 18 to take a job with Shell Oil company. He is taking their internal training courses and is learning the business.
...[E]very morning, six days a week, Saturdays included, I would dress neatly in a sombre grey suit, ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
A very nice habit we picked up from Liz's parents was her dad reading to her mom. We've adapted that to me reading to Liz before she turns out the light for bed (I'm an owl, we stay up later). After much experimentation, we've decided that memoirs are the best ...
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