Manolo says, he would have too much dignity to do this,,, Although, it did certainly make the Manolo laugh. P.S. In answer to the unasked question, What will Evgeni Plushenko look like in the decade… P.P.S. The tip of the Manolo’s homburg to the Professor Althouse.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Listening to… Reading… Watching… As great as the movie Paper Moon is, and it is great, the book on which it is based, Addie Pray, is even better. One of the Manolo’s biggest complaints about modern young adult novels (at least those not involving wizards or vampires) is that the central character is more often the victim than the hero, who triumphs not through wits and action, but through simple endurance. Imagine, then, how the writers of 21st century young adult fiction would treat the problems of Addie…