tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post195305240929504072..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-38906128242335659262015-07-06T03:48:47.129-04:002015-07-06T03:48:47.129-04:00If anyone needs to fill out a ca form family leave...If anyone needs to fill out a ca form family leave, I found a blank form here: http://pdf.ac/24GOy8julz fabsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-24288919753279703212014-08-28T10:22:20.572-04:002014-08-28T10:22:20.572-04:00Uh, I've long considered and labelled Ayn Rand...Uh, I've long considered and labelled Ayn Rand's work romance novels. ("Capitalism's Savage Unknown Ideal")geraldfnordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-61140311733526482042014-08-23T12:57:43.785-04:002014-08-23T12:57:43.785-04:00Rush is as close as it gets. "The Trees"...Rush is as close as it gets. "The Trees" is a favorite anthem for Ranroids.nemomennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46136524958716240982014-08-23T10:46:40.323-04:002014-08-23T10:46:40.323-04:00I think it's important to keep up with the &qu...I think it's important to keep up with the "thought process" of the "leading philosopher" whose "philosophy" has been translated into Federal fiscal policy for so many decades.docrocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77020813190137050112014-08-22T22:16:03.888-04:002014-08-22T22:16:03.888-04:00Easy cure...Baker StreetEasy cure...<i>Baker Street</i>freq flagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77575593637840611372014-08-22T22:13:07.724-04:002014-08-22T22:13:07.724-04:00-sigh- Such is blogging...-sigh- Such is blogging...freq flagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-49941097135838310912014-08-22T22:08:46.231-04:002014-08-22T22:08:46.231-04:00Upvoted for "Herbert" reference (ST-TOS)...Upvoted for "Herbert" reference (ST-TOS).freq flagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-3167363001187556662014-08-22T10:13:54.531-04:002014-08-22T10:13:54.531-04:00Ye can bugger me wife at the cost o' yer life
...Ye can bugger me wife at the cost o' yer life<br />Ye can fuck wi' me son, but you'd best bring a gun.<br />If ye fuck wi me sister, but I'll tell ya, mister,<br />That's the last thing you'll ever have done.<br />What I'm sayin' is, hey, you can do it your way;<br />Be a prick, you know it's always your call.<br />But I'm tellin' ya, brother, on the soul of me mother,<br />We're like hedgehogs: We cannot be buggered at all.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-70400010901795436022014-08-22T01:48:43.895-04:002014-08-22T01:48:43.895-04:00Balzac was right.Balzac was right.montag2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-46704914623361009192014-08-22T01:47:03.793-04:002014-08-22T01:47:03.793-04:00In case anyone cares, here is a list of "read...In case anyone cares, here is a list of "reader's picks" from the modern library:<br /><br />http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/<br /><br />I dare anyone to argue that with 7 of the top 10 from Rand and Hubbard, that this list wasn't totally gamed by bots or idiots with too much time on their hands. Note that only die-hard cultists would ever bother reading any but the top one or two Rand or Hubbard opuses, and that no one who loves Rand is likely to care for Hubbard, or vice versa, making it extremely unlikely that they were chosen by consensus. <br /><br />The non-fiction list is just as bad, but the Shruggalos seem to have gotten the better of that one:<br /><br />http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-nonfiction/uykhvasdrvtjykunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-27325005241167516632014-08-21T23:32:43.414-04:002014-08-21T23:32:43.414-04:00You've partially restored my faith in humanity...You've partially restored my faith in humanity.M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-67439168316487253612014-08-21T21:07:44.421-04:002014-08-21T21:07:44.421-04:00John Scalzi "I think Ayn Rand’s philosophy wo...John Scalzi "I think Ayn Rand’s philosophy works perfectly well as long as you’re an Ayn Rand character; otherwise it’s complete crap. Doesn’t keep me from enjoying Atlas Shrugged for its potboilerrific qualities."<br /><br /><br />Can't actually disagree, because it's his taste in potboilerifficicity, not mine. Still not gonna read it...Meanie-meanie, tickle a personnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-59796102323281175752014-08-21T19:10:32.754-04:002014-08-21T19:10:32.754-04:00Yup-- it's certainly undeniably the case that ...Yup-- it's certainly undeniably the case that the hedgehog cannot, in fact, ever be buggered.YNWA40515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-62350421722843946772014-08-21T18:16:48.826-04:002014-08-21T18:16:48.826-04:00I didn't like the musical version, though. Nat...I didn't like the musical version, though. Nathan Lane's performance as Hank Rearden was unconvincing, particularly in the rape scene.UnsaltedSinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-91253668295862295662014-08-21T17:54:35.577-04:002014-08-21T17:54:35.577-04:00No, but he probably saw the Wolverine v Gladiator ...No, but he probably saw the Wolverine v Gladiator singing movie.cleternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-29688596381705514892014-08-21T17:53:15.525-04:002014-08-21T17:53:15.525-04:00"I am John Galt. Welcome to WalMart.""I am John Galt. Welcome to WalMart."cleternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-29701291897454646402014-08-21T17:51:17.798-04:002014-08-21T17:51:17.798-04:00Is there a genre of Ayn Rand-y rock music called R...Is there a genre of Ayn Rand-y rock music called Reardon Metal? <br />There ought to be.cleternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-69996936751553293432014-08-21T17:48:37.415-04:002014-08-21T17:48:37.415-04:00I knew a guy who would steal copies of Atlas Shrug...I knew a guy who would steal copies of Atlas Shrugged from public libraries because he thought it was an abomination that this magnificent work would be in statist libraries, funded by tax thievery. He then gave the stolen copies of the book to people he thought were worthy. <br /><br /><br />For your convenience, dear reader, I have greatly shortened the long John Galt-y screed he went into when I asked him why he had so many copies of Atlas Shrugged on his bookshelf.cleternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-86973334747972690442014-08-21T15:24:17.768-04:002014-08-21T15:24:17.768-04:00LEAVE THE THIN CONTROLLER ALOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!LEAVE THE THIN CONTROLLER ALOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!realinterrobangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-42705366775797268412014-08-21T14:37:17.342-04:002014-08-21T14:37:17.342-04:00But of course!But of course!drspittlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-68306698856600774392014-08-21T13:37:19.717-04:002014-08-21T13:37:19.717-04:00The fact that Atlas Shrugged and Dianetics top the...The fact that Atlas Shrugged and Dianetics top the list is a sure sign that the poll was gamed by the books' respective cults. (Rand's and Hubbard's even more forgettable books dominate the rest of the top ten, if you really need conclusive proof that the poll is nonsense.)uykhvasdrvtjykunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-20645040115378828482014-08-21T13:25:12.212-04:002014-08-21T13:25:12.212-04:00Or rather, since both Dagny and Rearden have been ...Or rather, since both Dagny and Rearden have been very successful in <br />economic terms, they have been rewarded only with money, and they treat <br />that as if it is the least important reward.<br /><br />For a guy who claims to be writing an Atlas Shrugged Reader, he really doesn't understand the book at all.<br /><br />The point of Rand's "heroes" is that they care <i>only</i> about making money. They care not at all about friends, family, hobbies, society, or intellectual pursuits beyond what can make them a buck. The expectation that they <i>should</i> care about such things is what's holding them back, the means by which the "looters" control them. Only once they've abandoned those constraints are they free to reach their productive potential. (Why they should care so much about money, when there is no other point to their lives, is not something Rand bothered addressing.)<br /><br />It's understandable that someone would try to shoehorn Rand's characters into their own perspective, a normal human perspective in which we care about what others think, but that is the exact opposite of what Rand was on about.uykhvasdrvtjykunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-86558201125768481652014-08-21T13:20:41.229-04:002014-08-21T13:20:41.229-04:00"Yes, but with Rand, the characters enter thr..."<i>Yes, but with Rand, the characters enter through their own anal sphincter and remain trapped there.</i>"<br /><br /><br /><br />They are to libertarians what the unborn are to social conservatives. (Sort of the same idea, only in reverse.)bekabotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-54009628754115322492014-08-21T13:18:07.979-04:002014-08-21T13:18:07.979-04:00Ditto. I got about five pages into the speech, got...Ditto. I got about five pages into the speech, got bored and started flipping ahead, and when I realized that sociopathic wanker was going to spend another 45 pages talking into a microphone, I threw the book across the room and never bothered to finish it.atalexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-37155296621422871382014-08-21T13:16:44.112-04:002014-08-21T13:16:44.112-04:00All the money in the world is worthless if anyone ...All the money in the world is worthless if anyone but you experiences any happiness, pleasure or even hope. That's why so many billionaires have devoted themselves to making everyone else wretchedly poor.atalexnoreply@blogger.com