tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post1301165353602358753..comments2023-09-15T10:48:24.176-04:00Comments on The Itinerant Professor: I'll take Potpourri for £200, AlexDonald Hellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13255378507407179004noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post-28315547571034356642009-01-12T16:34:00.000-05:002009-01-12T16:34:00.000-05:00My bad -- it was a different book Christian had re...My bad -- it was a different book Christian had recommended. Thanks to both of you.Donald Hellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255378507407179004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post-26434001528458073332009-01-10T14:39:00.000-05:002009-01-10T14:39:00.000-05:00You historians are all alike -- I think Christian ...You historians are all alike -- I think Christian recommended the same Bill Bryson book to me.Donald Hellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255378507407179004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post-71593640849136948392009-01-09T19:14:00.000-05:002009-01-09T19:14:00.000-05:00And I suggest reading Bill Bryson's "Notes from a ...And I suggest reading Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island" if you haven't already. The book is all about Bill's experience as an American acclimating to his new life in Britain. HE IS HYSTERICAL! Your girls and Anne would probably enjoy reading this one as well. I read the book during my first few weeks in England, and I found myself agreeing with almost everything he said...the similarity in experiences is shocking!<BR/><BR/>Then, when you can get back to State College, you can read the follow - up book, "Notes from a Big Country" which explores Bill's re-acclimation to the American lifestyle after living abroad in England. This, too, is a laugh a minute and strikes too close to home!Jordan Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390624037460264208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post-64987954047756387932009-01-09T07:30:00.000-05:002009-01-09T07:30:00.000-05:00And I suspect I'll probably be using a mix of spel...<I>And I suspect I'll probably be using a mix of spellings.</I><BR/><BR/>[Insert bad joke about Don leading up a British Spellings Commission here.]<BR/><BR/>:)Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053629811835658761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post-80150309320146309902009-01-09T04:32:00.000-05:002009-01-09T04:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for the suggestion, Christian. There's a W...Thanks for the suggestion, Christian. There's a Waterstone's right near us so I'll have to check it out.<BR/><BR/>And I suspect I'll probably be using a mix of spellings.Donald Hellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255378507407179004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-504086430125591940.post-7182964795430590372009-01-08T18:12:00.000-05:002009-01-08T18:12:00.000-05:00Don, Great Blog. Good to see you made it over saf...Don, Great Blog. Good to see you made it over safe-and-sound, even after various adventures with Customs. (Been there -- in the last year or so I've been to Chile, Peru, Taiwan, and Utah -- each foreign country with its anomalies for entry/exit.)<BR/><BR/>If you have time for leisure reading I would suggest "Changing Places" by David Lodge. It's about an American and British professor who "change places" for a year. Hopefully some of your adventures will be a bit more tame. (Or not. To each his own.)<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading more...Will you be spelling in English or British? :)Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053629811835658761noreply@blogger.com