17th July, 2021.
It’s got to be said: I’ve not been watching much TV, recently.
Or films.
Keeping up with a course, job hunting, making Teaser videos, ripping a pile of blu-rays.
It all takes away from watching the proverbial goggle-box.
As a replacement? I’ve been reading a good book at bedtime.
After all, a couple of chapters can be read in less time than an TV show.
Well … apart from The Mandalorian: the show makes for riveting, and short, drama.
At any rate … ?
I’ve been getting a whole series of early nights … and reading a book at bedtime.
I’ve just finished Asimov’s Foundation: which I’ve thorough enjoyed.
And started Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia.
I finished chapter one, where Orwell tells us about joining the International Bridge, in Barcelona.
The man was a genius.
I found one line that appealed to me: and know for a fact others will also find one.
‘It was not exactly a uniform. Perhaps a “multiform” would be the proper name for it. Everyone’s clothes followed the same general plan, but they were never quite the same in any two cases.’Homage to Catalonia, Chapter One.‘All Spaniards, we discovered, knew two English expressions. One was “O.K., baby,” the other was a word used by the Barcelona whores in their dealings with English sailors, and I am afraid the compositors would not print it.’Homage to Catalonia, Chapter Four.
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