Intellect, Birds, Popeye, and Louis

This blog just takes a look at Intellect.

Not that an answer to what it "is", comes easy

"I am what I am" is a poor starting place. Makes you wonder?

Do we just "have what we have" or do we add to what we have?

I have liked Woody Allen movies over the years. His movies seem to be "smart" movies. Then I have to say that Homer has a lot of meaningful things to say too. Good to see Homer and Woody being reviewed together. I was very interested in a documentary on animals that knew about the tsunami in advance, and helped folks after. Pretty smart bird in this picture, I suppose.

I was surprised to learn about the reading habits of Louis L'Amour.

I am just as surprised to have picked a book by him

to be on my current top 5 list.

The first book of his I ever read was "Education of a Wandering Man". I read it because of a recommendation from a close friend of mine, Larry Brown. He knew I liked to read and suggested this book. He told me that it wasn’t a Western based novel as much as it was a story of how much a well-known writer liked to read. He thought I would be surprised at the books that this author loved. The life storyline went from event to event. What was different was that part of each event was a recap of a book he was reading at the time.

The story is an autobiography of Louis L’Amour. The book's approach began when he left school at fifteen to roam the world. It coverd his recollections of life as a hobo, a cattle skinner, a merchant seaman, and a prizefighter. Later it touched on how and why he became a writer.

The best part was his surprising list of books he read during his travels and his thoughts about them.

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