Thursday January 7th (aka It's Finally Root Canal Part II Day)

ecchi · 2016-01-07, 03:09 PM

Today is my day for getting round to stuff it has taken me years to do.

About thirty years ago I read The Berlin Stories (Think "Cabaret" - the musical was based on one of the stories). They contain a heavily fictionalised account of the author's life in Berlin, and having read them I thought it was a shame he did not write a true autobiography, as that would be more interesting.

What I did not know was that about ten years earlier he had written his autobiography which included a true account of his time in Berlin. I did not find this out until just over 25 years later, and only then thanks to Dr Who (the actor playing the Doctor also stared in a film version of the book and it was mentioned on a Dr Who website). I decided to buy the book. And today I just ordered a copy, nearly five years after first deciding to buy a copy.

That is me - never put off 'till tomorrow what you can leave for a few years!

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2016-01-07, 03:09 PM	#5
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Today is my day for getting round to stuff it has taken me years to do. About thirty years ago I read The Berlin Stories (Think "Cabaret" - the musical was based on one of the stories). They contain a heavily fictionalised account of the author's life in Berlin, and having read them I thought it was a shame he did not write a true autobiography, as that would be more interesting. What I did not know was that about ten years earlier he *had* written his autobiography which included a true account of his time in Berlin. I did not find this out until just over 25 years later, and only then thanks to Dr Who (the actor playing the Doctor also stared in a film version of the book and it was mentioned on a Dr Who website). I decided to buy the book. And today I just ordered a copy, nearly five years after first deciding to buy a copy. That is me - never put off 'till tomorrow what you can leave for a few years!