Comments on: Recently read: Clearing out the Backlog Edition

By: An

An — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:26:00 +0000

Chris, your note about improbable events is positively Douglas Adamsesque.

On Cromwell, what you need is the Monty Python song. (search for “oliver cromwell”+song and you can listen to it too)
http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/123/123%20Cromwellsong.htm

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:46:05 +0000

AWB, well, I was slightly exaggerating my ignorance about Cromwell, but just by a little. I’m not very strong on my British history. Book recommendations to remedy this shameful state of affairs?

By: AWB

AWB — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:36:45 +0000

Who the hell is Oliver Cromwell

If you’re answering a Jeopardy question, it’s “The man with the biggest measured brain mass in recorded history” (true fact!).

Otherwise, come on; it’s the guy who canceled Christmas and let the Jews back into England. Ever wonder why the Puritans found America convenient in the 17th century?

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:05 +0000

Your review of the Prospect Park book made me smile. Also liked that you wanted to be cut the same slack as Dickens. Dickenslack. Yeah.

By: DC

DC — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:28:51 +0000

Oliver is a nice name (Ollie for short of course.

Oliver Cromwell, as Peter points out, is the spawn of satan in Ireland, but the founder of democracy in England.

By: peter

peter — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:01:38 +0000

Were my grandmother still alive, I’d give her your email and let her tell you all about oliver cromwell. But as she has passed away I will channel her ghost briefly: “Oliver CromwellisrottinginHellandhewastthedeviltotheIrishandduringthebattleoftheboynetheIrishhadtoeatratsandirelandwillbeirelandwhenenglandisbuggeredup.”