Jan. 6th, 2010

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Franklin and the Dead Presidents


Occam's Razor

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Religion and Wine: A Cultural History of Wine Drinking in the United States
By Robert C. Fuller


Okay, what I think about this thing so far:

1) Nice book cover, designer man! Trendy, yet comfortably elegant. It kind of looks like the dummy covers they put on books that will eventually have another cover on top. But I've always liked those. Nice. Very nice.



2) A statement in the introduction really annoyed me. It basically said "This is the first book of its kind in the United States, so all you social scientists and religious experts should read this." Over-confident much? Just because it's the first of its kind doesn't mean it's GOOD. (Just look at Duchamp's Fountain.Not that I'm disrespecting Dada- Hannah Hoch is totally awesome) I don't believe you, Mr. Introduction writer. And I spotted at least two spelling errors even before hitting chapter three, dude.

I much preferred our other reading, where Robert Bolling basically said, "Sorry if I say wrong things. Hope you'll bear with me being a total freakjob and talking in Latin all the time." He was hi-LARIOUS for a guy from the 1700s. Read the companion post.

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