In re-reading it I could have made it clearer by either: - repeating the word 'lessons' after the word 'them' in the latter part of the sentence. - using the noun 'lessons' instead of the pronoun 'them' in the latter part of the sentence.
Better now? ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > I don't understand the wording. Is something garbled, there? > > --Joe > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Is there a difference between a teacher giving lessons to students for $120 > > and one giving them in return for a blowjob? > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > Merle, > > > > > > The biographer interviewed some 427 people who knew John while alive. I > > > call that working from Primary Sources. What a thorough job, Merle! > > > > > > Since the subject has left the planet, one has to go to the next closest > > > authorities. One can also go to writings, movies, videos, diaries, and > > > Police records. All of which the biographer did, and more. > > > > > > Don't you think that such interviewing and canvassing and documentation > > > is what a legitimate biographer should and must do? I do. > > > > > > The fact that Goldman paints what for some is an unpleasant or > > > disillusioning painting of Lennon (and his association with Ono) does not > > > make him a bad painter. > > > > > > I don't find the work unpleasant at all, but I do find it disturbing, and > > > informative. And illuminating into many corners of a formative time in > > > my life. > > > > > > For that and for Goldman's outstanding service, I'm grateful, even if > > > Lennon is not the star of the Show. The Music stands, though. > > > > > > Goldman's bio (with Schiller) of Lenny Bruce is pretty good, too. > > > > > > (this continues to be off-topic in a Zen-echo, and I apologize for that, > > > All). > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > joe no more than your knowledge ..from books..merle > > > > > > > > My Merle, > > > > > > > > "Them", who, you mean them Beatles? > > > > > > > > I hear his voice... I see his EYES, as Edgar sees eyes... . > > > > > > > > I read ... progressive tense... Al Goldman's (1988) bio of John... . > > > > > > > > And, hey, what do you claim to KNOW, and how do you know it, if you > > > > care for a little Epistemological exercise... . > > > > > > > > Thought so. > > > > > > > > People damn the Press, but we only know what the Press tells. And the > > > > illicit Press. > > > > > > > > ;-( > > > > > > > > But, no, have a go. Don't let me be cause a break in your gait, Mate. > > > > > > > > --Joe ;-) > > > > > > > > PS And YOU read it... "nowhere"? I challenge you on your sources, > > > > too. What's a Cousin to do? We're family. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
