On Man Still Typing
@Aloysius How can we weatherproof the house if the walls have all fallen down and we've opened the windows?
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On America's Unchecked Gun Culture Killed Trayvon Martin
@Ham Snadwich Such a convenient typo. And in the context of your smirking, dismissive tone throughout this thread, I'm not inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt. You're being incredibly condescending about this, and I'm done engaging with you.
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On America's Unchecked Gun Culture Killed Trayvon Martin
@Ham Snadwich Seriously? "Lighten up?" Must be nice to not give a shit.
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On America's Unchecked Gun Culture Killed Trayvon Martin
@Ham Snadwich Whether who had a full clip now? Martin was UNARMED.
And we'll have to agree to disagree about whether those details are important. Like the fact that Martin's cellphone is missing. Or that Zimmerman's story keeps changing, and that there's no evidence that he was even slightly hurt.
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On America's Unchecked Gun Culture Killed Trayvon Martin
@Ham Snadwich Not sure how to interpret "Encyclopedia Brown" as a verb here. But an armed adult shot an unarmed child, and the police have-- in the most charitable interpretation-- failed spectacularly in doing their job. Paying attention to the details doesn't seem gratuitous or nit-picky to me.
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On America's Unchecked Gun Culture Killed Trayvon Martin
@Ham Snadwich Zimmerman once called 911 to report a "suspicious" black male whom he described as skinny, about 4' tall, and 7 to 9 years old. I don't think his racism is in question.
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On 'The Secret History': I Know What You Did Last Reading Period
@NoReally Eh, I liked it. It's not going to make anyone happy who wants another Secret History, but I thought it was engaging and smart. I admit that the end was a bit of a letdown, but I enjoyed spending time with Harriet (named for Vane? or The Spy? or both?)
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On 'The Secret History': I Know What You Did Last Reading Period
I read this book as a teenager, and oh, the characters all seemed so witty and terrifying and sophisticated. I reread it a few years ago, and I just wanted to slap the pretension out of every single one of them. And I did my BA in Greek and Latin. Still love the book, though; I just feel very differently about the characters.
Also: Moreover, who was unmoved by the ease with which the nutty professor got Richard out of all his other work in order to learn exclusively from him? If it meant skipping distribution requirements without repercussion, who wouldn't become a murderous classicist?
Yes. One of the many reasons that this book is twinned in my mind with the also excellent Tam Lin by Pamela Dean.
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On Stephen Fry Defends Dorky British Pub From Greedy Hollywood Mogul
My favorite "Bit of Fry and Laurie" bit was always the one where they practiced their terrible, TERRIBLE American accents. Even funnier now in light of House.
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On What Happened To The Baby Who Danced His Way Into America's Heart?
Yes, but what happened to those ASCII monkeys that used to dance across the monitor and flip the bird circa 1994? Is there an Attenborough documentary or something?