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The Best A Man Can Get
This is great! So there is some subversive literary stuff going on besides what Pike does. Excellent!— October 14, 2009 4:15 p.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
Oh yeah, Pete. You could dress up as Larry King or Rush and be "Ann's" companion. I am fairly certain the "man" will refuse to do it! :)— October 14, 2009 4:08 p.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
I meant to include that one, but repeated another by mistake. Yeah, pretty funny. Dolts is dolts; it's a-dolt education :)— October 14, 2009 4:06 p.m.
Letters
Hey Kathy from Scripps Ranch: Why don't you write a blog about your unique experiences working in that meat-packing plant? You've already begun to describe them in your letter this week, and it certainly provides a "hook" --maybe even a cover story? :)— October 14, 2009 4:03 p.m.
David Ross fights for downtown bathrooms to serve homeless
Hey Mike Hemmingson, an off-topic question for you: You have written books focusing on the 60s, and I want to check out "Sin-a-Rama" for sure. Deal is I am working on the diss, and topic is Robert Smithson, earthworks artist who referenced a lot of 60s paperbacks in his 'high' art writings, and slipped funky sci-fi-and other mixed genre-related 'essays' into non-literary mags. Ed Ruscha and Dan Graham did the same kind of thing; have you explored this brief 60s phenomenon? Know anyone who has? Many thanks if you are able to give me anything, and apologies to Joe Deegan for temporary hijack of thread :)— October 14, 2009 4 p.m.
"Pokémon"
I get at least two of these a year, and have learned to insist on being knocked out under general. No fun waking up during endos at all, upper or lower. Sounds like your dad opts for the local, if he's able to peruse his 'canals' :)— October 14, 2009 3:51 p.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
I'd better start practicing and getting in character, as All Hallow's Eve is nearly upon us: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/ann_c… Ann Coulter Paranoid Quotations of the Day: I know Jesus Christ died for my sins, and that's all I really need to know. If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban? They've hit us and we've got to hit back hard, and I'm not just talking about the terrorists. Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote. We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States. Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war. While the form of treachery varies slightly from case to case, liberals always manage to take the position that most undermines American security. I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am. Had enough, peoples? :) This has been the Ann Coulter Quotations portion of your day. I'm going to have to find a long brassy blonde wig, and work on hardening my features and voice, Gorgon-like. ;)— October 14, 2009 3:42 p.m.
Low-Res
A few years ago, a heavily synthesized song came out called "Kelly Can you Touch the Stars," the video of which references a Japanese ping pong tournament (and by extension, a Japanese enthusiasm for all things retro)--and the videogame Pong. I can't believe I sat at the rich neighbor kid's house sipping on Capri Suns, and blip/blop/blip/blop... coveting her spectacular Atari...— October 14, 2009 3:20 p.m.
Columbus--The Man, The Myth...The Mercenary!
You must be on amyl nitrate to come up with "Rush" and "dignity" in the same sentence.— October 14, 2009 2:27 p.m.
No Amount of Candy in the World
I know, Pete, but it must be a direct opposite if it is making me that sick! :)— October 14, 2009 2:02 p.m.