Sunday, August 4, 2019

Aug 3, 1959

The day I joined the Army. 60 years ago. The experience changed everything. For the first time I hung with humanities folks, not science folks. I took up drinking as a social tool. I started reading literature in s new way. I embraced a romantic view of the artist. My "big brothers," fellow Russian linguists, reshaped my view of the world. I never recovered ha ha.

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