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Two points: Salinger is instantly my new saddest celebrity death. He was my favorite and the world lost a great talent.

Posted by TFox Jan 28 '10, 11:42

And David, I will only say that if Vandy had actually bribed those refs, you would not have been able to play Prince in the second half and it would have been even more lopsided. That double technical was dumb as shit. Y'all just got rooked in that game. Healthy Chism in two weeks, and we'll see how Round 2 goes.

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I have never read Catcher in the Rye. If someone wants to loan me a Kindle and an iPad, I'll read it twice and get back to you. :) - Beryllium Jan 28, 11:46 4
- I, also, have not read it. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 28, 11:50 2
  - we've discussed this before, i think you have to read it as a teenager. once you are older you just find him whiny. - Andie Jan 28, 11:55 1
    - I found him whiny and meh even as a teen -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 28, 11:58
- That has been a point of conjecture for decades. I don't know that anyone really knows what Salinger really did, or his wishes re: release. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 11:48
Really? Wow. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 11:43 6
- Just is what it is. Salinger did more to pull my childhood love of reading into an adult love of literature than any other author. - TFox Jan 28, 11:50 5
  - Hmm. After looking at a list, I realize I may have never read one of his books. But when someone makes it to that age passes, I am pretty understand -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 28, 11:54 4
    - Oh, it's not shocking. He's old. He's just a titanic figure in my mind. Always #1 on my "who I'd love to meet" list. - TFox Jan 28, 11:55 3
      - That was Douglas Adams for me. He was always on me "Dinner with 5" list. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 11:59
      - he sounded like a mean sour old bastard from his letters -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 11:57 1
        
        In his biographies too. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 11:58

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Two points: Salinger is instantly my new saddest celebrity death. He was my favorite and the world lost a great talent.

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