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Speaking of thefts, did you see that Roma are hopping mad. They claimed that they had a deal with Malcolm and Barcelona stole him from them.

Before reading a Legacy of Spies, I recommend reading The Spy who came in from the Cold. It will make more sense then. A Call for the Dead introduces characters like Smiley and Guillam and one other I won’t name as I don’t want to ruin the surprise.

The Murdochs may not own it much longer. Disney is acquiring their 39 percent in Sky by virtue of Disney’s acquisition of Fox broadcasting assets and Disney and Comcast are vying to bid the remaining 61 percent. I don’t think we get the cricket over here.

You can use the Board option “click to use files,” which seems to work well. If you’re going to use a third party hosting service, I recommend Smug Mug. It’s fantastic and easy to use. Photo Bucket is the worst.

I finished this just now. It’s sort of a precursor or preamble to The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. I have to confess to never having read it before.

Thanks. I read the article but wasn’t impressed, a rarity with her articles.

Jill Lepore is supposed to be writing a book about Joe Gould. I think she contends that Mitchell took advantage of him. I know, from reading Mitchell’s bio, that he took a few narrative liberties but his articles were still great.

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Severino seems to have hit a bit of a wall; he was pounded today.

Thomas ran another fine race today and well deserves his victory. You have to tip your hat to Froome in getting back on the podium, a moral victory for him I suppose. Quintana was overall disappointing. After his 2nd and 3rd places a few years ago, he hasn’t lived up to his promise. The summer of fun — World Cup and TDF — is just about over.

An unusual commercial, to say the least. She reminds me of a mime. My curiosity being piqued, I discovered that the product was made by Jules Montenier for his company of the same name. He became the sole sponsor of What’s My Line but because his obligation to the program became too large, he was forced to sell company, which was sold to Helene Curtis in 1956, which itself was acquired by Unilever in 1996, which still holds the intellectual property rights to Helene Curtis and presumably Stopette.

I saw the film a few years ago and liked it a lot. I only picked up the album a month ago and liked that too so I like them both!.

Enjoyed the book. A profile of an interesting man.

Didn’t mean to raise a hornet’s nest so I have no objection to deleting the post. I just thought the non German members who follow football might be interested. Apologies to anyone I offended.

Interesting article about the Mesut Özil affair. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/23/mesut-ozil-international-retirement-germany?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Recap&utm_term=282198&subid=24953887&CMP=sport_the_recap

There is probably nothing here that we don’t all know but this is a good piece that was recently in Jazz Profiles. Minton’s Then and Now

This one, which is on Netflix, is another sci fi movie and it’s not what you may think.

That person looked like she was out to lunch. She didn’t seem that impressed even after she found out the value.

With a Loud Ovation, Baseball Shows its Whiteness From the New York Times

On Netflix. Very well acted. A sci fi psychological thriller. Nominated for a bunch of awards.

I’m not familiar with that one but will look into it.

Yes, I lived in Barcelona between 1965 and 1967. We then returned to the US, where I finished high school. We then moved to Madrid, where my parents lived between 1969 and 1976 and I used to go back at Christmas time and during the summers.

Hugh Thomas’ book on the Spanish Civil War first came out in the early 60s during the middle of the Franco regime. It told the full story of the War, including the atrocities committed by the Franco forces (as well as the Republican or government side, although those were much less). It was basically the unvarnished truth, something dictatorships don’t welcome. If a Spaniard had been caught with the book, they would have gone to jail. Foreigners like us would have probably been kicked out. Since this was the period when Spain was starting to open up economically, I don’t think we would have been beaten up or imprisoned. The book is a very readable account of the War and as I mentioned still holds up well today. He was an expert on Spanish history and wrote many other books dealing with Spain, although focusing on the 1500s and 1600s. Antony Beevor also wrote a good history of the War, which is a bit more succinct as I believe Thomas’ book is around 1000 pages.