tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post652734064968447958..comments2023-09-13T08:23:29.927-07:00Comments on Triocentric: Lads That Will Never Be OldDoug P. Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-54324152092574542472008-09-03T14:58:00.000-07:002008-09-03T14:58:00.000-07:00Amy Katherine,I'm glad to hear that some people st...Amy Katherine,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to hear that some people still use those Great Books programs! I didn't need such a program because my parents had thousands of books at home and not one of them was from a grocery check-out line. With all those books and no television, what else could I have done?<BR/><BR/>Hey, since you are planning to be an eternal student, why not take an "easy A" class like music appreciation. You will find that just like with the classics of literature, once you get your feet wet you'll want to plunge in the deep end.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I've been to your blog before. I read the "if you were a shiny new fish hook and I were a bucket of worms" poem to my seven year old. We both loved it!Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-86769328887071046922008-09-03T09:40:00.000-07:002008-09-03T09:40:00.000-07:00The first half of your post reminds me how glad I ...The first half of your post reminds me how glad I am to be a part of a Great Books program, where people force-fed me Classics until I developed a taste for them, and now can hardly stomach popular novels. I have the same problem with high music, Baroque for instance: because I feel unworthy and unable to access complex and beautiful music, I keep listening to simply and transient music on the radio.amy katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093049389343623058noreply@blogger.com