Re: If brains were dynamite, Matthew couldn't blow his nose
Checkmate
Meowbot put forth the notion that...
>
> Meow Meow Rebecca Ore, meow Rebecca Ore <macog...@gmail.com> meow
> kitty?:
>
> >In article <MPG.25c80ba94...@news.altopia.com>,
> > Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:37:02 -0500, Rebecca Ore put forth the notion
> >> that...
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > In article <MPG.25c7b6566...@news.altopia.com>,
> >> > Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:08:58 -0800, Onideus Mad Hatter made yet another
> >> > > attempt to sound intelligent by putting forth the notion that...
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > As human beings we tend to take things for granted and often think
> >> > > > that the whole world revolves around us... blah-blah-blah...
> >> > >
> >> > > Well, YOU certainly do...
> >> > >
> >> > > As 'human beings,' what do you mean "we," dildobreath?
> >> >
> >> > Long time, no see.
> >> >
> >> > I'll see if my news site makes me trim the newsgroup's line.
> >> >
> >> > Yes.
> >>
> >> Becca! How ya been? I wondered if you were still around.
> >
> >Well, I moved to the Virginia Suburbs of DC and live in a carriage house
> >in Annandale, made stupid amounts of money when I was worked as a
> >sub-sub-contractor, and now have two Hasselblads (one really old), two
> >35 mm film cameras, and a D300. My dog is still alive. I sold my house
> >in Philly and bought a car and some other stuff, and paid off my credit
> >card debt once, and have some money left over.
>
> Annandale? Hope you like Korean food and greasy fried stuff.
California, tumbles into the sea... that'll be the day I go
back to Annandale!
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>
> kitty?:
> thunk all those Koreans were Methodists who observed the Sabbath.
> After looking for a while, I finally found a greasy spoon diner.
The last time I was in Annandale, I saw a werewolf drinking
a pina colada at Trader Vic's... his hair was PERFECT!
Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
I eat in Fairfax, most of the time, or in Alexandria. Not that anyone
can tell where they start and end.
The neighbors are old Baltimore artist family, young Pennsylvania and
Canadian medical techs, Mexicans (directly next door), and Koreans
across the street, with a right wing dentist around the corner.
Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
I'm sitting in Annadale measuring out my life in Kodak lens cleaning
tissues and listening to cars smushing the snow.
Checkmate
Now, that sounds like the start of another book. BTW, have
you read anything by Nelson DeMille? He's my favorite
author. Oh, if I could only write like him...
Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
No. Never heard of him.
I don't read mysteries or police procedurals.
Ever read Celine?
Checkmate
WOT? Only the best writer in the world!
> I don't read mysteries or police procedurals.
Try The Gold Coast for starters, I think you'd like it.
It's about how the demographics of Long Island have changed
over the years, what happens when a mafia don moves in next
door, wealth and privilege, and a whole buncha other stuff.
His style of writing is superb. Another good one is The
Lion's Game, about tracking down a terrorist... I couldn't
put it down. Don't bother with In Country, a retro-Vietnam
story that doesn't really go anywhere for the first 400
pages... highly unusual for DeMille, but I guess you can't
always be perfect.
http://www.nelsondemille.net/content/index.asp
> Ever read Celine?
No. Never heard of her.
Onideus Mad Hatter
wrote:
>> No. Never heard of him.
>
>WOT? Only the best writer in the world!
>
>
>> I don't read mysteries or police procedurals.
>
>Try The Gold Coast for starters, I think you'd like it.
>It's about how the demographics of Long Island have changed
>over the years, what happens when a mafia don moves in next
>door, wealth and privilege, and a whole buncha other stuff.
>His style of writing is superb. Another good one is The
>Lion's Game, about tracking down a terrorist... I couldn't
>put it down. Don't bother with In Country, a retro-Vietnam
>story that doesn't really go anywhere for the first 400
>pages... highly unusual for DeMille, but I guess you can't
>always be perfect.
>
>http://www.nelsondemille.net/content/index.asp
>
>
>> Ever read Celine?
>
>No. Never heard of her.
Why don't you two love-birds take this shit on over to private e-mail
already?
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Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
I Googled and found that site. I want to read Zadie Smith's White Teeth
and finish Memoirs of Hadrian, and then really read Tristram Shandy.
I've taught parts of The Things They Carried. Guys who went to war in
Vietnam were really kinda kinda something.
>
>
> > Ever read Celine?
>
> No. Never heard of her.
Um, it's a guy. Dark, nasty sense of humor, became a Nazi, died after
the Paris Review interviewed him. Influenced a lot of people. Then
there's Gide, _if it die_ about Oscar Wilde buying him his first Arab
boy, and other things not quite so dramatic.
Another good one is Malaparte, Italian writer who switched politics like
a fuckhead, but who wrote really well about Naples and the American
Occupation from the POV of the losing side.
Right now, I'm reading something on the development of cooking as an art
form and its connections to other arts.
I have a friend who might like DeMille. Me, I like DeLillo.
Checkmate
the notion that...
> > Try The Gold Coast for starters, I think you'd like it.
> > It's about how the demographics of Long Island have changed
> > over the years, what happens when a mafia don moves in next
> > door, wealth and privilege, and a whole buncha other stuff.
> > His style of writing is superb. Another good one is The
> > Lion's Game, about tracking down a terrorist... I couldn't
> > put it down. Don't bother with In Country, a retro-Vietnam
> > story that doesn't really go anywhere for the first 400
> > pages... highly unusual for DeMille, but I guess you can't
> > always be perfect.
> >
> > http://www.nelsondemille.net/content/index.asp
>
> I Googled and found that site. I want to read Zadie Smith's White Teeth
> and finish Memoirs of Hadrian, and then really read Tristram Shandy.
>
> I've taught parts of The Things They Carried. Guys who went to war in
> Vietnam were really kinda kinda something.
Vietnam... been there, done that. It made about as much
sense as Iraq and Afghanistan. We continue to start wars we
can't afford to pay for, without clearly defined objectives
and dubious results... but don't get me started...
> > > Ever read Celine?
> >
> > No. Never heard of her.
>
> Um, it's a guy. Dark, nasty sense of humor, became a Nazi, died after
> the Paris Review interviewed him. Influenced a lot of people. Then
> there's Gide, _if it die_ about Oscar Wilde buying him his first Arab
> boy, and other things not quite so dramatic.
>
> Another good one is Malaparte, Italian writer who switched politics like
> a fuckhead, but who wrote really well about Naples and the American
> Occupation from the POV of the losing side.
Switched politics like a fuckhead?
> Right now, I'm reading something on the development of cooking as an art
> form and its connections to other arts.
>
> I have a friend who might like DeMille. Me, I like DeLillo.
I like scotch and soda. You'd like DeMille.
Checkmate
forth the notion that...
>
> wrote:
>
> >> No. Never heard of him.
> >
> >WOT? Only the best writer in the world!
> >
> >
> >> I don't read mysteries or police procedurals.
> >
> >Try The Gold Coast for starters, I think you'd like it.
> >It's about how the demographics of Long Island have changed
> >over the years, what happens when a mafia don moves in next
> >door, wealth and privilege, and a whole buncha other stuff.
> >His style of writing is superb. Another good one is The
> >Lion's Game, about tracking down a terrorist... I couldn't
> >put it down. Don't bother with In Country, a retro-Vietnam
> >story that doesn't really go anywhere for the first 400
> >pages... highly unusual for DeMille, but I guess you can't
> >always be perfect.
> >
> >http://www.nelsondemille.net/content/index.asp
> >
> >
> >> Ever read Celine?
> >
> >No. Never heard of her.
>
> Why don't you two love-birds take this shit on over to private e-mail
> already?
Because I'd rather get a room, fuckhead.
Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:22:20 -0500, Rebecca Ore put forth
> the notion that...
>
>
> > > Try The Gold Coast for starters, I think you'd like it.
> > > It's about how the demographics of Long Island have changed
> > > over the years, what happens when a mafia don moves in next
> > > door, wealth and privilege, and a whole buncha other stuff.
> > > His style of writing is superb. Another good one is The
> > > Lion's Game, about tracking down a terrorist... I couldn't
> > > put it down. Don't bother with In Country, a retro-Vietnam
> > > story that doesn't really go anywhere for the first 400
> > > pages... highly unusual for DeMille, but I guess you can't
> > > always be perfect.
> > >
> > > http://www.nelsondemille.net/content/index.asp
> >
> > I Googled and found that site. I want to read Zadie Smith's White Teeth
> > and finish Memoirs of Hadrian, and then really read Tristram Shandy.
> >
> > I've taught parts of The Things They Carried. Guys who went to war in
> > Vietnam were really kinda kinda something.
>
>
> Vietnam... been there, done that. It made about as much
> sense as Iraq and Afghanistan. We continue to start wars we
> can't afford to pay for, without clearly defined objectives
> and dubious results... but don't get me started...
Malaparte would be good for you, then. Think of what kind of brain it
took to be an Italian Commie turned Fascist just in time to lose WWII.
If we can't win a real war, we can always invade Haiti again.
>
>
>
>
> > > > Ever read Celine?
> > >
> > > No. Never heard of her.
> >
> > Um, it's a guy. Dark, nasty sense of humor, became a Nazi, died after
> > the Paris Review interviewed him. Influenced a lot of people. Then
> > there's Gide, _if it die_ about Oscar Wilde buying him his first Arab
> > boy, and other things not quite so dramatic.
> >
> > Another good one is Malaparte, Italian writer who switched politics like
> > a fuckhead, but who wrote really well about Naples and the American
> > Occupation from the POV of the losing side.
>
> Switched politics like a fuckhead?
>
>
> > Right now, I'm reading something on the development of cooking as an art
> > form and its connections to other arts.
> >
> > I have a friend who might like DeMille. Me, I like DeLillo.
>
> I like scotch and soda. You'd like DeMille.
Err, no. I've been through what the Patrick County Library had of Tom
Clancy and that Mississippi lawyer guy who writes best sellers. I've
got enough that I haven't read. I don't do guys and mysteries. I don't
even do gals with urban fantasies all that much either.
You'd like Richard Powers better than I'd like DeMille.
Checkmate
the notion that...
> > > I've taught parts of The Things They Carried. Guys who went to war in
> > > Vietnam were really kinda kinda something.
> >
> >
> > Vietnam... been there, done that. It made about as much
> > sense as Iraq and Afghanistan. We continue to start wars we
> > can't afford to pay for, without clearly defined objectives
> > and dubious results... but don't get me started...
>
> Malaparte would be good for you, then. Think of what kind of brain it
> took to be an Italian Commie turned Fascist just in time to lose WWII.
I tend to put commies and fascists in the same bag.
> If we can't win a real war, we can always invade Haiti again.
We'd probably make a career out of that, too. Strange story
about the Christian group that went down there to help after
the quake, and ended up in jail.
> > > I have a friend who might like DeMille. Me, I like DeLillo.
> >
> > I like scotch and soda. You'd like DeMille.
>
> Err, no. I've been through what the Patrick County Library had of Tom
> Clancy and that Mississippi lawyer guy who writes best sellers. I've
> got enough that I haven't read. I don't do guys and mysteries. I don't
> even do gals with urban fantasies all that much either.
>
> You'd like Richard Powers better than I'd like DeMille.
Madam, I can assure you that DeMille is NOT a Tom Clancy,
Jack Higgins, John Grisham, etc. Although they might
loosely be classified in the same genera, DeMille can write
like no other. He's worth reading just to study his style,
IMO. Now step away from that Stephen King crap... NOW!
Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
If you mistake me for someone who reads Stephen King on a regular basis,
you don't know me very well.
If you haven't read DeLillo and Powers, you have no basis of comparison.
Also, try Samuel R. Delany.
Checkmate
the notion that...
> > Madam, I can assure you that DeMille is NOT a Tom Clancy,
> > Jack Higgins, John Grisham, etc. Although they might
> > loosely be classified in the same genera, DeMille can write
> > like no other. He's worth reading just to study his style,
> > IMO. Now step away from that Stephen King crap... NOW!
>
> If you mistake me for someone who reads Stephen King on a regular basis,
> you don't know me very well.
i wuz jest trolling...
> If you haven't read DeLillo and Powers, you have no basis of comparison.
> Also, try Samuel R. Delany.
You have a point there. I shall endeavor to give them a
try, but right now I have too many other irons on the
fire... I'm going to check out some property tomorrow that I
have a hunch I might end up buying.
Rebecca Ore
Checkmate <Lunati...@The.Edge> wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:58:25 -0500, Rebecca Ore put forth
> the notion that...
>
> > > Madam, I can assure you that DeMille is NOT a Tom Clancy,
> > > Jack Higgins, John Grisham, etc. Although they might
> > > loosely be classified in the same genera, DeMille can write
> > > like no other. He's worth reading just to study his style,
> > > IMO. Now step away from that Stephen King crap... NOW!
> >
> > If you mistake me for someone who reads Stephen King on a regular basis,
> > you don't know me very well.
>
> i wuz jest trolling...
>
People all the time tell me what I'd just love -- mainly things like
teaching and stuff. Me, I want to figure out how to make a living doing
road trips.
>
> > If you haven't read DeLillo and Powers, you have no basis of comparison.
> > Also, try Samuel R. Delany.
>
> You have a point there. I shall endeavor to give them a
> try, but right now I have too many other irons on the
> fire... I'm going to check out some property tomorrow that I
> have a hunch I might end up buying.
Someone's trying to sell me a SB 800 so he can pay his dog's vet bills.
Robert James
> In article <MPG.25d3e8adeed3964f989...@news.altopia.com>,
>
> Checkmate <LunaticFri...@The.Edge> wrote:
> > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:58:25 -0500, Rebecca Ore put forth
> > the notion that...
>
> > > > Madam, I can assure you that DeMille is NOT a Tom Clancy,
> > > > Jack Higgins, John Grisham, etc. Although they might
> > > > loosely be classified in the same genera, DeMille can write
> > > > like no other. He's worth reading just to study his style,
> > > > IMO. Now step away from that Stephen King crap... NOW!
>
> > > If you mistake me for someone who reads Stephen King on a regular basis,
> > > you don't know me very well.
>
> > i wuz jest trolling...
>
> People all the time tell me what I'd just love -- mainly things like
> teaching and stuff. Me, I want to figure out how to make a living doing
> road trips.
Mule some product along the highway during your trips??? ;)
>
>
>
> > > If you haven't read DeLillo and Powers, you have no basis of comparison.
> > > Also, try Samuel R. Delany.
>
> > You have a point there. I shall endeavor to give them a
> > try, but right now I have too many other irons on the
> > fire... I'm going to check out some property tomorrow that I
> > have a hunch I might end up buying.
>
> Someone's trying to sell me a SB 800 so he can pay his dog's vet bills.
If you really need such a powerful camera flash, go for it!
Rebecca Ore
<e8b15363-1900-48d3...@v20g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Robert James <robert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 4:09 am, Rebecca Ore <macogoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <MPG.25d3e8adeed3964f989...@news.altopia.com>,
> >
> > Checkmate <LunaticFri...@The.Edge> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:58:25 -0500, Rebecca Ore put forth
> > > the notion that...
> >
> > > > > Madam, I can assure you that DeMille is NOT a Tom Clancy,
> > > > > Jack Higgins, John Grisham, etc. Although they might
> > > > > loosely be classified in the same genera, DeMille can write
> > > > > like no other. He's worth reading just to study his style,
> > > > > IMO. Now step away from that Stephen King crap... NOW!
> >
> > > > If you mistake me for someone who reads Stephen King on a regular
> > > > basis,
> > > > you don't know me very well.
> >
> > > i wuz jest trolling...
> >
> > People all the time tell me what I'd just love -- mainly things like
> > teaching and stuff. Me, I want to figure out how to make a living doing
> > road trips.
>
> Mule some product along the highway during your trips??? ;)
Mheh, no.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > > If you haven't read DeLillo and Powers, you have no basis of
> > > > comparison.
> > > > Also, try Samuel R. Delany.
> >
> > > You have a point there. I shall endeavor to give them a
> > > try, but right now I have too many other irons on the
> > > fire... I'm going to check out some property tomorrow that I
> > > have a hunch I might end up buying.
> >
> > Someone's trying to sell me a SB 800 so he can pay his dog's vet bills.
>
> If you really need such a powerful camera flash, go for it!
I've got the SB 600 already, and an old Sunpak AP 52 Thyristor which
would burn the circuits on my digital camera if I didn't use a Wein
converter between it and the hot shoe, so I don't know how necessary a
SB 800 is, other than it would work as a master from the hot shoe with
the SB 600 as the slave. He's also asking within $100 of the new price
of an SB 900.
Checkmate
> Colada at Trader Nick's. His voice was hoarse.
That's probably because he's dead.
DAB
LOL