roy blount, jr. [applause] >> thank you, dave. i'm not from miami, so we had little snakes in massachusetts and not much fun at all. i've written two books now about words, always wanted to write a book about words, alphabet juice and alphabetter juice. i was stoned into doing this by reading a textbook of length with sticks, the notion of the connection between words and their meaning is arbitrary, which doesn't make any sense to me. that would mean that splurge and stint could mean the same thing. stint is a tight little word and splurge is like that. and i think that words have a lot to do with -- not all worlds but lots of words, the best words -- i'll give you an example -- have to do with how they move through your body. this is a little indelicate, but dave has already said shit. that's because there was a python body behind him. he has a reason. i didn't think he was shot. so, okay, the word piss. i was reading a -- somebody analyzing the word urinate. said it cam from the latin word urinory to urinate, that was the formal

coverage kicks off at 10:00 eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, roy blount jr. and roy millssir and appearances by doris kerns goodwin and a scott burr and called ins with cheri thanks, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 and includes mark albritton and john hale said the

coverage kicks off at 10:00 eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, roy blount jr. and roy millssir and appearances by doris kerns goodwin and a scott burr and called ins with cheri thanks, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 and includes mark albritton and john hale said the man, thomthomas cahill and chri. us your thoughts on our book club chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. >> i see it as a presumption that somehow, working with the right and leader. sometimes you have to combat a narrative with a narrative. and the narrative is, muslim country and islamic country, and therefore global rules don't apply to us, nuclear-weapons, we told americans we are not making nukes and kept getting buried but in this end, the nukes we said we were not making, at least we broke, if nothing else broke a promise, that can only be combated by a narrative. this review that we develop a personal relationship on the other side it will help, that is not new. not the first to defend the head of the pakistani army and another admiral, and dubee mentioned in the bo