What was Art Garfunkle reading when you were born?

He was reading Lionel Trilling's 'Sincerity and Authenticity' when I was born, which is interesting, as I'm an inveterate liar - especially about my age.

http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/backlist/000337.htm the man in the Roman Street. Explains everything! bloody hell it is accurate isn't it. "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/backlist/000337.htm the man in the Roman Street. Explains everything! bloody hell it is accurate isn't it. "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

sorry - inadvertent double post! when Patrick was born, he was reading Wuthering Heights! Art that is, not Patrick.

Not much of anything I imagine. Visit me http://www.radiodenver.org/

I got: Mary Renault, The Charioteer http://www.galha.org/glh/224/renault.html It's a gay classic...

In my case, the question should be re-phrased to read, 'What was 'I' reading when 'he' was born?' The answer is written in the wind.

I must be the same age as Patrick, then, as I got Wuthering Heights. *snore*

What a list. mar. 1976...'the last tycoon' He's got one fucking big head. I remember someone called me tefal head once, when I was 15. haunted me for 10 years. Then I asked someone the time and he said, "10.15, baldy." But I wasn't bald. Nowhere near! It was a defining moment in my life...because I reasoned that maybe I didn't really have a tefal head either. It changed me. There's nothing more mind-teasing than the incomprehensible eagerly avowed - Dennett

Is this for real? How anal is Mr Garfunkel? (His website puts the page totals of each book up.) He was definitely spooky in Roeg's 'Bad Timing' film.... but that was fiction so I'd better not count it. He was reading 'Lord Jim' when I was born. What does it mean, maddan - can you read my Art-chart?

I don't really see it as 'anal' anymore than some people who bang on about their qualifications endlessly. It's obviously been a 'hobby' type thing he's maintained throughout his life, and I've no doubt some people find that kind of info list interesting. It does nothing for me personally but it's his site and if he wants to put it on there... I know a professional folk-singer who has kept a record of every song he's sung at every gig since he turned professional 35 years ago. Some people write a daily diary. What's the dig deal?

I used to keep a spreadsheet of everything I'd read and when... :-/ pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

Oh ok, you're both right. Am sure there's nothing wrong with the book list with page numbers thing Missi/Peps (am delighted that I almost got you two to agree on something just there). I am anal about certain things (and they aren't to do with my bumhole; too much information... and yet too little).

"am delighted that I almost got you two to agree on something just there" ... !! "too much information... and yet too little" ... ?? pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

Freda, I know that haemorrhoid loves to have the last word on any thread and in this case he's welcome to it. I think he's an aggravating silly schoolboy and the chances of us agreeing on anything are about as good as peace breaking out in the middle east. Over to the arse-dangler.

Now if I say something here and it is the last post of the thread, Missi will be all like “Told you so,” whereas if I say nothing, in order to not fulfil Missi’s prophecy, Missi will be pleased at my silence… clever, Missi! ;-) I feel therefore that the best solution is to ignore Missi entirely and carry on as normal… Smiley time! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

Mr. G had to wait rather a long time to read his first book when I was born - but now we could all do much the same thing as him - and get great recommendations from others and lots of other stuff if we just go over to our new sister site at: http://www.booktribes.com And you can use your abctales log-in - just put @abctales.com after your user name and you can use your ordinary abctales password - and you'll have an instant account. It really is vital to the ongoing welfare of ABCtales that as many of you as possible do this. Many have already done so and seem to enjoy the experience. If you haven't been over, then please do so asap!

Just signed up, TC! I shall now proceed to have a "butchers"... pe ps oid ... What is "The Art of Tea"? ... (www.pepsoid.wordpress.com)

I figured out how to put my current reading material on the list. Had a look around, looks good. Lisa

useless fucker, he should have started that diary a few years earlier

Thanks, Maddan Von Strunckel. It's all true, I've been all those things at times... It works, this young science of yours, it works! So I've just looked up your Art-Birthbook on Wikipedia, and it says that The Seven Percent Solution: "is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Nicholas Meyer. Published as a "lost manuscript" of the late Dr. John H. Watson, it recounts Holmes' recovery from cocaine addiction (with the help of Sigmund Freud) and his subsequent prevention of a European war through the unravelling of a sinister kidnapping plot." Wow, you sound well deep, maddan.

....I really do think this is uncanny, you know. It's my birthday, too (19th Jan). Maybe I should make a Lord Jim cake. I wonder what that would look like.