tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post3287147084504518716..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Two Pickpockets Are Denying a Robust Policeman's Suggestion That They Are "Suspiciously Encumbered"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-15228088196495406342012-04-22T12:51:59.181-04:002012-04-22T12:51:59.181-04:00Hey, I'm done with The Unconsoled, suggest a n...Hey, I'm done with The Unconsoled, suggest a novel, something I've never read.<br /><br />BDR, Have you ever read Edmond Caldwell's Human Wishes/Enemy Combatant? If not you might give it a whirl.Frances Madesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621630522922354741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-40657368359407781002012-04-20T10:39:48.841-04:002012-04-20T10:39:48.841-04:00I have now read the Thunder dust-up over at Wonket...I have now read the Thunder dust-up over at Wonkette. Reminds me very much of altercations with Wingnuts with fewer profanities. To wit: if you don't understand why Dear Leader is Teh Awesome, you are a Troll. Present evidence why this isn't so and the fingers go in the ears and the Nyaa-nyaa-nyaas begin. Evidence for Teh Awesome? None given, it is an article of faith...so obvious that even to ask for it shows your ignunce and blasphemy. We have 2 sides in this country, both convinced that they are the forces of good and the other is evil incarnate. This does not bode well. My fascism is teh bestest ever, so suck it!Ol' Dirty Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405865084759682448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-30863293702833040442012-04-19T19:36:51.674-04:002012-04-19T19:36:51.674-04:00I also have a very wet dream of Romney running to ...I also have a very wet dream of Romney running to the left of 0bama and cleaning his clock. Yes, I have a rich fantasy life.Ol' Dirty Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405865084759682448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-67586541191148625952012-04-19T19:31:02.309-04:002012-04-19T19:31:02.309-04:00I vouch for the authenticity of BDR's bleggeri...I vouch for the authenticity of BDR's bleggering. I sent him the email, although it doesn't seem to have generated any comments. I'm still waiting to hear back from the guy so I can probe him some more. Questions such as: where do you draw the line? Do you draw a line? Is it just the Big D on the jersey, as you don't seem to have any problem with what W did as long as 0 is doing it. Do you have any core beliefs? Etc?Ol' Dirty Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405865084759682448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-46804686820772645952012-04-19T16:23:17.629-04:002012-04-19T16:23:17.629-04:00Thanks! Good thing I work in a university library ...Thanks! Good thing I work in a university library - the Lasdun is on my desk. Will look at after spending the weekend with the Hejinian. If nothing else, I've learned not to start another novel after finishing one without putting poetry in-between.<br /><br />I've read Salter and OK, I don't get the adulation but that's OK too. And I've tried Carey and tried Carey and tried Carey, including the above, and it just doesn't work for me. I've no idea why. I assume it's me.<br /><br />I spend my twenties with Connell and Fowles. On a lark, when I discovered my old massmarket Magus a few months ago I gave it a try but it's a young person's book, and I'm old.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-79704762585566609972012-04-19T16:13:46.356-04:002012-04-19T16:13:46.356-04:00Here (shameless self-plug, but 100% relevant)<a href="http://wisdomofthewest.blogspot.com/search/label/James%20Lasdun" rel="nofollow">Here</a> (shameless self-plug, but 100% relevant)Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-82985462319623390362012-04-19T16:01:24.254-04:002012-04-19T16:01:24.254-04:00Here's a wow-er: The Horned Man by James Lasdu...Here's a wow-er: The Horned Man by James Lasdun, a book to be read alongside Lolita, The Book of Evidence (Banville), The Collector (Fowles), The Diary of a Rapist (Connell), or even Crime and Punishment. Unreliable narrator-land. Inside a vile mind. Lasdun is a poet, btw.<br /><br />In another vein, if you've never read Light Years by James Salter, your reading life has a gaping gap in it.<br /><br />Just gave House of Leaves to Wesdom (16 yo). Can't wait to see how he takes it.<br /><br />Having a hard time getting this typed b/c Sasha keeps attacking my keyboard and my fingers and my computer wires.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-57602068940778691712012-04-19T13:20:02.072-04:002012-04-19T13:20:02.072-04:00Thanks for the suggestion, but yes I've M&...Thanks for the suggestion, but yes I've M&Ded twice already, and it's Hey Sailoring me now from my cubicle's bookshelf (it's been three years), though I keep telling it Vineland gets the next Pynchon rereading.<br /><br />I remember someone dropping *House of Leaves* on me ten years ago, it kaboomed me out of my circle. Not saying I want a book with cool tunnels necessarily, but I want to be wowwed unexpectedly.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-71926873777256038112012-04-19T13:13:19.747-04:002012-04-19T13:13:19.747-04:00Have you read Mason & Dixon? It's been lan...Have you read Mason & Dixon? It's been languishing on a shelf here in my office for years. I'm considering finally reading it soon.Brad Johnsonhttp://departuredelayed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-7681201744222894422012-04-19T12:20:52.912-04:002012-04-19T12:20:52.912-04:00Seems like every time I stop here, read, then vamo...Seems like every time I stop here, read, then vamoose, you then put up a new post. My timing is as bad as Barcelona's. <br /><br />Link thanks, and right now, some enterprising Cafe Presser is making flag shirts with drones instead of stars.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com