Scottie wrote:My last conversation about literature lasted exactly this long:
- What do you mean by "literature"? Books?
- Yes. Books.
- What kind of books?
- Well, lately I've been heavily into Thomas Pynchon's early works.
- Huh?
Do John Gresham and James Patterson count as literature? Actually, I shouldn't make fun of Patterson, never actually read one of his books.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
Scottie wrote:My last conversation about literature lasted exactly this long:
- What do you mean by "literature"? Books?
- Yes. Books.
- What kind of books?
- Well, lately I've been heavily into Thomas Pynchon's early works.
- Huh?
What shocks me more than the fact that people consider visiting the Daily Mail's website to be "reading" is the short attention span of people. Their inability to remember events (or maybe they just don't give a crap).
An example from my classes (teaching first year college kids) - 10 out of 60 knew about or remembered the sweatshop building collapse of LAST YEAR that became a major issue.
7 of 60 remembered the student protests/riots that occurred in Montreal on a nightly basis in the spring of 2012. Huge news here in Canada.
About the same number could identify a picture of Pierre Trudeau.
The pool of future Morlocks seems to be growing all the time.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
Will Shortz (yes the crossword one) is one of the top 1000 Table Tennis players in the U.S, opened his own Table Tennis Club (http://www.westchestertabletennis.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;), and is the legal guardian for a 16- year old Chinese kid (w/Green Card) who came to the U.S. and is likely to develop into a U.S. table tennis Olympian.
Pruitt wrote:The pool of future Morlocks seems to be growing all the time.
I'd compare them more to the Eloi. The Morlocks had a sense of fundamental survival knowledge whereas the Eloi were more likely to spend all day on Fuckface being pointlessly banal idly awaiting the day they become lunch.
Woops! Literary reference.
The libraries here are more full than ever. Problem is . . . nobody is reading the books. People, most 20-something Chinese, go there for the free WiFi and device the hours away.
What R U doing? [send]
Nothing. [send]
Where U? [send]
Library. U? [send]
Different library. [send]
Cool. [send]
Pruitt wrote:The pool of future Morlocks seems to be growing all the time.
I'd compare them more to the Eloi. The Morlocks had a sense of fundamental survival knowledge whereas the Eloi were more likely to spend all day on Fuckface being pointlessly banal idly awaiting the day they become lunch.
Woops! Literary reference.
The libraries here are more full than ever. Problem is . . . nobody is reading the books. People, most 20-something Chinese, go there for the free WiFi and device the hours away.
What R U doing? [send]
Nothing. [send]
Where U? [send]
Library. U? [send]
Different library. [send]
Cool. [send]
I'm actually consistently impressed by the number of people at the library when I go. While I hate having to wait for them to check-out 50 books, I really enjoy seeing kiddos who love to read and the parents who are encouraging it. And the mom's yoga pants.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
And to clarify, those are the only ones borrowing books; the Moms with a 50-book pile of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Ate New York and The Dog Goes Boom Boom In The Yard.
It's increasingly rare to see anyone between 20-40, give or take a decade, reading novels. Unless something trendy comes along. They'll read trendy. Trendy is kewl. Fifty Shades of Gray? Sure. Why not? Might be some sex in it. The Beaten Down Swedish Male Feminist Who Couldn't Write A Sensible Title Trilogy? Sure. Why not? Girl power with tats. Might have some sex. Or faux-intellectual fare like The Duh Vinci Code? Sure. Why not? The New World Order is really the Old World Order and they've been secretly conspiring all this time to hide the fact that Al-GeeBecause was screwing his sister so the chemtrails left behind while the moon landing was faked could be covered up and blamed on the dudes that were pissed about getting kicked out of the Masons. Good stuff. Might be some sex in there.
Scottie wrote:And to clarify, those are the only ones borrowing books; the Moms with a 50-book pile of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Ate New York and The Dog Goes Boom Boom In The Yard.
And, yes, the yogurt pans.
Well, they probably make up the plurality of them, but it is always typically busy with adults checking out books. Plus the hold area is huge as well.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
I read all the time, read 45-50 books last year, but I almost never ready fiction. I just prefer micro-histories and the like.
I very much have ADD and find my self skipping around articles/writing in any form on the computer, but i can get totally engrossed in a book, to the point I've ridden 4-5 stops past my stop on public transportion.
If you're a masochist, you can go to Songza and select "Working in an Office > Guilty Pleasures > The Worst Songs of All Time" and see how long you can last. Just suffered through "Ebony and Ivory" and then the theme from Friends. Brutal.
P.D.X. wrote:If you're a masochist, you can go to Songza and select "Working in an Office > Guilty Pleasures > The Worst Songs of All Time" and see how long you can last. Just suffered through "Ebony and Ivory" and then the theme from Friends. Brutal.
Obviously wasn't this version
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
Yo grammar nazis...if you have two 529 distribution request forms for two different accounts and you're sending back copies to the client, would you write:
We are returning copies of the requests.
or
We are returning a copy of the requests.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
Jerloma wrote:Yo grammar nazis...if you have two 529 distribution request forms for two different accounts and you're sending back copies to the client, would you write:
We are returning copies of the requests.
or
We are returning a copy of the requests.
I would go with the latter. One copy of multiple requests.
You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
Jerloma wrote:Yo grammar nazis...if you have two 529 distribution request forms for two different accounts and you're sending back copies to the client, would you write:
We are returning copies of the requests.
or
We are returning a copy of the requests.
I would go with the latter. One copy of multiple requests.
Thanks. I think that's right too. Sounds weird though.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
Jerloma wrote:Yo grammar nazis...if you have two 529 distribution request forms for two different accounts and you're sending back copies to the client, would you write:
We are returning copies of the requests.
or
We are returning a copy of the requests.
I would go with the latter. One copy of multiple requests.
Thanks. I think that's right too. Sounds weird though.
Now that I think about it, I would probably re-word to say "We are returning a copy of each request."
You know what you need? A lyrical sucker punch to the face.
Johnny Carwash wrote:I don't trust doctors who don't wear shirts under their scrubs.
I don't trust doctors who wear lab coats. Right, you were just in the lab looking at something under a microscope. More likely you were letting the hot pharmaceutical company rep give you a blow job or you were taking possession of 1,000 notepads from Eli Lilly and Co.
Well, I would never have a sales rep blow me with my lab coat on. Except that one kinky girl; the lab coat and stethoscope were the only things I was wearing.
Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
howard wrote:Well, I would never have a sales rep blow me with my lab coat on. Except that one kinky girl; the lab coat and stethoscope were the only things I was wearing.
Where was the stethoscope hanging from?
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
Maybe this goes in the confessions thread, but today was the first time I've been back to Mizzou and gone "holy shit these kids are young." Never had that feeling before, even earlier this year. Maybe I am acting crotchety today or something.
"We're not the smartest people in the world. We go down the straightaway and turn left. That's literally what we do." -- Clint Bowyer
'The Carolina Reaper’s recommended uses, according to PuckerButt’s Web site, included hot sauces, salsa, and “settling old scores.” Steven Leckart wrote in Maxim that eating one was “like being face-fucked by Satan.”'
Who's the Swamper that's in Logistics? SCK? For my final college class I need to do a 20-25 page paper with all the bells and whistles.
I'm choosing reverse logistics and it would be awesome to actually interview and have a direct source for my paper. Google is great and so is the probable book I am going to buy via Amazon, but this would be sweet.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
