I think I was the wrong age for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I just couldn't get too excited about Phaedros.
I hit it as a sophamore in college and that was about perfect. I still think the importance of Rhetoric is misunderstood.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2005 10:03:23 am PST #4131 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
-t - Jan 27, 2005 10:28:25 am PST #4132 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I was the wrong age for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
This may have been my problem. I tried to read it in college, and all my friends were all into it, but I couldn't actually finish it. Zen and the Art of Archery, though, I loved.
Sigh. I have to wait and see if anyone gets me Wonderfalls for my birthday before I buy it myself, even though I'm firly sure no one will.
sumi - Jan 27, 2005 11:09:36 am PST #4133 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm extremely jealous of The Partyman right now.
JohnSweden - Jan 27, 2005 11:41:41 am PST #4134 of 10001
I can't even.
I think my Ayn Rand issue (and Tim, frankly, I don't give a shit if you think she's brilliant. You're wrong.) rests around the idea that her whole philosophy was justification for behavior that was juvenile and selfish, unnecessarily self-important and self-indulgent and just generally crappy.
So much word. And amusement at the third wife gig.
The Partyman - Jan 27, 2005 11:55:56 am PST #4135 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
I'm extremely jealous of The Partyman right now.
I'm extremely jealous of Tim.
I can only dream of being able to use "specificity" so effortlessly.
JenP - Jan 27, 2005 11:58:07 am PST #4136 of 10001
So am I, sumi. Mine are on order as a Christmas present, so now I'm hoping for an ealry arrival, too. (Hope looms eternal, dontcha know)
-t - Jan 27, 2005 11:59:12 am PST #4137 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Partyman's jealousy has admirable specificity.
Allyson - Jan 27, 2005 12:00:12 pm PST #4138 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think I was the wrong age for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I just couldn't get too excited about Phaedros.
I read it in college as part of a seminar on rhet crit. Enjoyed it. Favorite line? "The best students are always failing." That's me!
I've had the discs for Wonderfalls since last April. Neener. Neener.
Though mine had no commentary.
The Partyman - Jan 27, 2005 12:30:24 pm PST #4139 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
I've had the discs for Wonderfalls since last April. Neener. Neener.
Ah, but that's because you are magic Allyson. I am a merely me, and distinctly lacking in the magic department.
Though mine had no commentary.
I imagine they also lacked Tim and the aforementioned "specificity" moment.
Neener. Neener.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2005 12:39:15 pm PST #4140 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ah, but that's because you are magic Allyson.
She keeps her magic in her spleen. She's magisplenetic.