Polycarp55

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• How to Write TO Friends

  

  Question: How does one Increase Writing to Friends and FamilyI love writing letters. And, yes its an archaic practice, one that is dying. But, letters are... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyMy Rating: 4 ...

  

  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsMy friend Michael Anderson, told me that it was one of the greatest books that reflected the... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Dream Space

  

  A dream:I was left off by my wife at a crossroads, so that I could walk the remainder of what she was able to dive on. I carried a large backpack full of books... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• One of My Better Illustrations.

  

  My illustrations are improving... because I am attempting to use shading to develop the characters profile. Thus the image is not as dependent on one line. I... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Technology Notes

  

  Whom to follow on Twitter. Whom to follow depends on what the user posts. I utilize my Twitter all the time; in fact its a useful tool for me. Twitter is a grea... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• My Drawings of Faces: Including Hollywood Stars

  

  I like my celebrity portraits but want to get them even better. They all have an expression that is kind of neat. Some of them are old celebrities and some are... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Art: Faces

  

  These were all drawn by me with my left hand, my less dominant hand, they are characterizations not to be confused with a photographic like drawing. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Dreamspace

  

  Dreams, according to Freud, are a interconnection of all stimulus your mind juggled with recently. Last nights dream was a dream like this. The influence shapin... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• American Spirit: A Novel by Dan KennedyMy Rating: 5 of 5 ...

  

  American Spirit: A Novel by Dan KennedyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars I will return to this author again, as this book gripped me with snort out loud laughter, despair... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Funny Picture

  Just a couple more weeks until #Poetober! Stock up, #RT, read along: http://t.co/NB7HpdsTrZ pic.twitter.com/sqG0zSGrd8— Buzz Books (@buzzbookstore) September... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War ...

  

  The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War by Leonard L. RichardsMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThe book illustrates some of the tension that broke up... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Twisted Proverbs

  

  week of June 1stFirst Published on Twitter Follow me at Polycarp55, I will attempt to be entertaining but at times may seem like an obtuse ignoramus . Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review of Books:

  

  Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies by Stewart CopelandMy rating: 4 of 5 starsStewart Copeland is a great insider into what it is t... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review of Books

  

  The Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoMy rating: 5 of 5 starsThe book's many voices serve as an illustration of Octavio Paz's fusion of the microcosm to the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review of Books

  

  2666, Part 5: The Part About Archimboldi by Roberto BolañoMy rating: 5 of 5 starsMy favorite book of the five volumes, this is the best one. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review of Books

  

  2666, Part 4: The Part About The Crimes by Roberto BolañoMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThis part gave me nightmares; the narration salves into one's imagination the... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review of Books

  

  2666, Part 3: The Part About Fate by Roberto BolañoMy rating: 5 of 5 starsBolano is something of a magician in his prose. He gives you a presence of the things... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review of Books

  

  Ham on Rye Charles BukowskiFive StarsRead the week of 3.27.2015 Listened to on Scribd.Part One of the Bukowski Quartet:""Our Gang of Little Rascals" as describe... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Literature Genres Defined:

  Bukowski can be an ambassador for two types of fiction:1.Transgressive fiction:The New York Times, described transgressive fiction thus:[2]A literary genre... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Post Office by Charles BukowskiMy Rating: 5 of 5 starsBuk...

  

  Post Office by Charles BukowskiMy rating: 5 of 5 starsBukowski expertly describes the lives of the Pabst Drunken Sailor; the man who is sauteed in their own... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT