16 June 2009
B is for Braai
I was not the worst student either. I only skipped classes for good reason. Like the surf was good that day or the local art house cinema was showing an Orson Welles retrospective. I avoided cigarettes and drugs like a pestilence. At least until university. I drank more than a teenager should but we are encouraged to take wine on the holy days and what is holier than Shabbat? I know the boys were praising God whenever we drank.
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raaivleis, rugby, sunny skies, Chevrolet and Mia (but only on holy days). (not). Just teasing you chile.
I actually meant to write braaivleis
Shortbus is a commonly misunderstood film.
B is also for Barcelona.... (I shant clutter your comment section any more after this post, promise.) I was reviewing your profile and noted that you said that it was not logical to cook books and read food.
Well, I must beg to differ. The main character, Pepe Carvalho of a serie of fiction novels written by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán set in Barcelona is a detective who likes to cook. In the process of cooking he also burns books. I dont know why. But he comes as close as I think a character can to refuting your thesis. The series is actually quite good and gave me a longing to travel again. The character is an ex Marxist, anti.franco private gourmet detective who burns books. The author was actually imprisoned by Franco. he died suddenly.
It is "better than me". The word "than" is a preposition, so all following pronouns are in the objective case. Therefore "My older sisters almost always took home better marks than me" is correct.
"Than" is a conjuction when used in comparatives. "I" is a subject pronoun. "Me" is an object pronoun. If you're comparing subjects you should use the subjective pronoun, "better than I". If you're comparing objects you should use the objective pronoun, "more willing than me".
An easy way to remember is to use math.
"She has more sisters than I". Her number of sisters is higher than my number of sisters.
"She has more sisters than me". She has other sisters in addition to me.
Or just add the verb to the end of the sentence.
"He has more money than I do" makes sense.
"He has more money than me do" doesn't.
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