tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917245635820611026.post6070239181929827135..comments2024-03-28T03:20:13.802-04:00Comments on A Good Blog is Hard To Find: A Good Blog Is Hard to Findhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13823958967965785849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917245635820611026.post-20568722444782965212008-02-05T11:45:00.000-05:002008-02-05T11:45:00.000-05:00Have to admit my word count guess was just that, a...Have to admit my word count guess was just that, a barely educated guess.<BR/>But one slight caveat: the people playing the "Sherlockian" game are well aware it's a game; that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was not really just Watson's "literary agent" and that despite Dorothy L. Sayers's ingenius explanation in Unpopular Opinions, the dates in the Red Headed League are off because Conan Doyle didn't bother to check. Like Sayers and Starrett and Boucher (and at this years dinner, Michael Dirda), we do it because we have fun doing it. <BR/>Of course, if you really want to see scholarly games at their best, find a copy of Crews "The Pooh Perplex."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919917496716863345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917245635820611026.post-68032031029617848362008-02-04T16:52:00.000-05:002008-02-04T16:52:00.000-05:00I laughed out loud at Twain's numbers and knew, of...I laughed out loud at Twain's numbers and knew, of course, exactly what they were.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a wonderful essay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com