Yeah, but what about the unfortunates who cling to this stuff forever?
You mean like Alan Greenspan? (Though I'm not sure how much of it he still holds to, he was part of Rand's inner circle.)
That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?
Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
P.M. Marc - Nov 29, 2004 10:37:49 am PST #6455 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Daisy Jane - Nov 29, 2004 10:40:35 am PST #6456 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have pretty much Plei's attitude toward Rand. Though I was more a worshipper of Dagny than Dominique.
P.M. Marc - Nov 29, 2004 10:44:06 am PST #6457 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have pretty much Plei's attitude toward Rand. Though I was more a worshipper of Dagny than Dominique.
Oh, totally.
I still find Rand herself fascinating, because she was just such a fucked-up thing.
Betsy HP - Nov 29, 2004 10:45:51 am PST #6458 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yes. I keep meaning to read a bio. Apparently her expectations of her devotees were extreme and capricious.
Daisy Jane - Nov 29, 2004 10:59:46 am PST #6459 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What was the name of the couple that she totally fucked up too? Brendan or something or other?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2004 3:21:14 am PST #6460 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe the reasoning behing filming Apt Pupil was that the first two movies were so good.
That was the second attempt to film Apt Pupil, btw. The first attempt got about 3/4 done (it was to star Nicol Williamson and either Fred Savage or Ricky Schroeder) and the financing ran out. I think it was a first time director/low budget deal that just couldn't quite get finished, but it's been a while since I read the article about it (in a CFQ issue about Stephen King).
Calli - Nov 30, 2004 3:53:14 am PST #6461 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I spent part of Thanksgiving reading The DaVinci Code. Yes, yes, I was warned. Clumsy writing. Clumsy to non-existant character development. A few fun ideas buried in a sea of "I saw that coming three chapters ago". I'm about 3/4s of the way through and I'm pretty sure I know how it'll end. On one hand, I do like to finish books. On the other hand, life is short.
I read "Apt Pupil" a few years ago, and loved it in a shuddery way. I really like King's shorter works.
flea - Nov 30, 2004 5:54:58 am PST #6462 of 10002
information libertarian
A plot summary for the upcoming TNT film The Librarian is available: [link] (spoilery, I suppose.)
Highlight: "As THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR opens, brilliant 30-year-old student Flynn Carsen (Wyle) is kicked out of school by his professor because he believes Carsen, after earning 22 degrees, lacks life experience and thinks it would be a disservice to him to continue on... Their adventures - laced with deadly headhunters, rushing waterfalls, collapsing bridges, Mayan Death traps, a healthy dose of comic banter and maybe even a touch of romance - eventually lead them into the hands of the Brotherhood, who force them to help track down the missing pieces of the Spear of Destiny."
Kate P. - Nov 30, 2004 5:57:01 am PST #6463 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
"As THE LIBRARIAN: QUEST FOR THE SPEAR opens, brilliant 30-year-old student Flynn Carsen (Wyle) is kicked out of school by his professor because he believes Carsen, after earning 22 degrees, lacks life experience and thinks it would be a disservice to him to continue on... Their adventures - laced with deadly headhunters, rushing waterfalls, collapsing bridges, Mayan Death traps, a healthy dose of comic banter and maybe even a touch of romance - eventually lead them into the hands of the Brotherhood, who force them to help track down the missing pieces of the Spear of Destiny."
Yes, but will there be singing and dancing?
Calli - Nov 30, 2004 6:07:22 am PST #6464 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Flynn Carsen (Wyle) is kicked out of school by his professor because he believes Carsen, after earning 22 degrees, lacks life experience and thinks it would be a disservice to him to continue on
With 22 degrees, surely Carsen has more than one professor to plead his case to admissions.
And what's with the Spear of Destiny? Truth flies like an arrow, Destiny flies like a spear, fruit flies like a banana . . .