tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29325798620977866.post8014136294281786952..comments2023-06-21T08:21:36.132-05:00Comments on Plug It Up: Wednesday November 26thKaitlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279904127449708251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29325798620977866.post-63242587485134721462008-11-26T09:00:00.000-06:002008-11-26T09:00:00.000-06:00I bet Plugger Grandmother's recipe book is 'The I ...I bet Plugger Grandmother's recipe book is 'The I Hate to Cook Cookbook.' In the post-war American kitchen, it was as common as the bible. It describes the many fine meals you can make using that great new invention, the microwave oven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29325798620977866.post-9456466863125602672008-11-26T08:30:00.000-06:002008-11-26T08:30:00.000-06:00I fell in love with that book early on. I was nerv...I fell in love with that book early on. I was nervous because I don't like books about the war part of war. Now tell me about Anne Frank's life, or just somebody affected by battle. I know enough about the Civil War without knowing every little detail about the battles. Even the important ones.<BR/><BR/>We're reading it in American History - Whatever to 1877. And for the last five weeks, we've had to turn in a 2 page response paper to the 3 chapters we read that week.<BR/><BR/>This week, response 4 was due. An hour after finishing that one, I finished response 5, since I didn't want to work on it over the break. (I finished the book on Saturday and procrastinated until Monday. But I think I made up for it, especially since some people did it 30 minutes before class.)<BR/><BR/>He is a great writer, and yesterday, I picked up his newest book <I>A Voyage Long and Strange</I> at the library before class. One girl wanted to see his picture. I was just relieved to see, in the short author's bio, that his son's name was not Natty. This one is subtitled "Rediscovering the New World."<BR/><BR/>I'm excited. I like finding a new author. <BR/><BR/><BR/>To tie this back to Pluggerville - you do see the similarities, right? Especially to that one guy they met along the Civil Wargasm in chapter 10 - Jimmy Olgers. In my paper, if he had been a Plugger, I would have accused him a treason. I said America was built on wanderlust, not staying at home forever and ever - and this was before cars!<BR/><BR/>Or I could take a cheap shot and just say Pluggers = Southerners or White Supremacists, but nah. I think Plugger, I think Jimmy Olgers. Nice enough guy, I'm sure, but still.<BR/><BR/>Also, I want to see an updated version of the book now! He wrote this in like '95 or '96! How do(soon-to-be-did!!!!) these people feel about the government with Bush in charge? How do they feel about the wars? Does the chance of losing a child or friend in a real war take the fun out of re-enactment?<BR/><BR/>Of course, I said this the first time I discussed the book in class. The teacher didn't have the answer. What's up with that? That's, like, her job. ::tsk:: And yesterday, she totally asked us if the Civil War was over slavery or states' rights. After tossing around opinions, she said there is no definitive answer! Who knew history could be open to such interpretation? <BR/><BR/><BR/>I love this class.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I don't have to take the final cuz I have an A, hee hee hee hee.Kaitlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279904127449708251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29325798620977866.post-4931012308203808662008-11-26T00:58:00.000-06:002008-11-26T00:58:00.000-06:00Ahahahahaha, I've been reading Confederates in the...Ahahahahaha, I've been reading Confederates in the Attic this fall--it's been my for-fun book. What a fabulous book.Tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976209667609049159noreply@blogger.com