"What kind of a system is it that can only exist by keeping the thorns in their own bailiwick? The wall was an actual symbol of defeat. Of inferiority."
Stefan Heym, writer, German Democratic Republic
"The use of force had discredited itself completely. It was no longer possible to stabilize the world by military methods."
Mikhail Gorbachev
"I knew that the communist system was finished. The only problem was what would be the best way to get rid of communism?"
Lech Walesa
"In short, we were speechless, because we were helpless."
Gunter Schabowski, East German Politburo
"She called me. I’m still in my nightgown. [Crowd laughs and cheers] It’s a most wonderful day."
Unidentified German woman, on the night the gates to West Berlin opened.
I had just arrived in Tokyo,Japan when the wall came down. I actually didn't hear anything about it till a few months later when my cousin who was serving in Berlin when the wall came down sent me a piece of it. I kind of missed the whole fall of the eastern bloc due to my missionary service.
Indy and Harry
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Here at the End of All Things
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And another book blog is complete.
Oh, Louis Untermeyer includes a final collection of little bits -- several
pages of insults -- but they're nothing I hav...
Here at the End of All Things
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History of Joseph Smith, by His Mother, by Lucy Mack Smith. 354 pages.
History of Pirates, A: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas, by Nigel Cawthorne. 240 pages.
Peanuts by the Decade, the 1970s; by Charles Schulz. 490 pages
Star Bird Calypso's Run, by Robert Schultz. 267 pages.
There's Treasure Everywhere, by Bill Watterson. 173 pages.
Read in 2024
Blue Lotus, The, by Herge. 62 pages.
Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Big Shot, by Jeff Kinney. 217 pages.
Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism, by Bob Edwards. 174 pages.
Forgotten 500, The; by Gregory A. Freeman. 313 pages.
I Must Say: My Life as A Humble Comedy Legend, by Martin Short and David Kamp; 321 pages.
Number Go Up, by Zeke Faux. 280 pages.
Red Rackham's Treasure, by Herge. 62 pages.
Secret of the Unicorn, The; by Herge. 62 pages.
Sonderberg Case, The; by Elie Wiesel. 178 pages.
Tintin in Tibet, by Herge. 62 pages.
Ze Page Total: 1,735.
The Best Part
Kerplunk! by Patrick F. McManus
Admittedly, I myself was getting a little tired of the advances in technology. It used to be that all the different kinds of wackos sat out in their little isolated cabins or apartments somewhere. Each went through an entire lifetime without seeing another wacko of his particular ilk. Now a wacko can get on the Internet and find the other nine wackos in the world who are just like him.
McManus goes on to say they get to gether to decide what to blow up, but given the Unabomer lived in an isolated cabin as a Luddite and still managed to blow things up, there's a little flaw in McManus' logic. Nevertheless, I see where he's going with this.
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I had just arrived in Tokyo,Japan when the wall came down. I actually didn't hear anything about it till a few months later when my cousin who was serving in Berlin when the wall came down sent me a piece of it. I kind of missed the whole fall of the eastern bloc due to my missionary service.
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