I might as well be illiterate... - Page 3

afterthefact · 01.22.2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

post office is GREAT! it is the first novel bukowski wrote after leaving work at the post office. it is the best american novel bout the humiliation and degradation of working a 9-5. I love it.

Awesome, I am so glad to hear it. I already started into The Unbinding but I'll definately go for Post Office next.

truncated · 01.22.2008, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RdTv

Not to stray from the topic of this thread, but I'm about to stray from the topic of this thread. For the record, I believe that highlights are very very difficult to accomplish without losing ones sense of dignity. Basically, highlights are not working most times I see them. Not that I care and not that I am a specialist ont he topic, its just an observation.

Highlights are nauseating. What's wrong with you people?

afterthefact · 01.23.2008, 08:14 AM

Like I said, I tried it once at 16 because my mom wanted to see if she could do it, and on that day, she realized she can't.

su x* · 01.23.2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

grab CAT'S CRADLE or GALAPAGOS by Kurt Vonnegut

or

HAM ON RYE by Charles Bukowski

kurt vonnegut, i was contemplating writign that, but you beat me to it

one of my greatest reads yet.

may i add slaughterhouse-five /aka the childrens crusade

afterthefact · 01.23.2008, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by su x*

kurt vonnegut, i was contemplating writign that, but you beat me to it

one of my greatest reads yet.

may i add slaughterhouse-five /aka the childrens crusade

Welcome to the board su x*. Glad to know that as a newbie you have something to contribute, and aren't one of the hundreds that join just to say "Who here LOVES Sonic Youth?!?"

su x* · 01.23.2008, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Welcome to the board su x*. Glad to know that as a newbie you have something to contribute, and aren't one of the hundreds that join just to say "Who here LOVES Sonic Youth?!?"

I LOVE SONIC YOUTH

no, im flattered

Rob Instigator · 01.23.2008, 10:51 AM

SONIC LIFE!

there is NOTHING wrong with someone joining this board to proclaim to all the cyber world that they love the greatest musical group of the last 30 years!!!!

afterthefact · 01.23.2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

SONIC LIFE!

there is NOTHING wrong with someone joining this board to proclaim to all the cyber world that they love the greatest musical group of the last 30 years!!!!

I guess not, I can be somewhat cynical in my old age of 24. I guess the annoying people should be the ones who join but never say anything, just so they can get free stuff out of the Sonic Sharing section. Not that there is much there anymore, but it's not like they know that.

Ok, now back to books! Books, books, books!

afterthefact · 01.23.2008, 08:22 PM

I'm starting on Post Office tonight...

su x* · 01.24.2008, 01:07 AM

why is the literacy thread about phalluses, drugs and unnecesary-ness of schooling

and the illiteracy thread about books

i think i'll read post office

Cantankerous · 01.24.2008, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by truncated

Highlights are nauseating. What's wrong with you people?

yeah seriously.
i'm a member of the "my hair is all one color and i intend to keep it that way forever" club.

su x* · 01.24.2008, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

yeah seriously.
i'm a member of the "my hair is all one color and i intend to keep it that way forever" club.

(h5)

m1rr0r dash · 01.24.2008, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by su x*

why is the literacy thread about phalluses, drugs and unnecesary-ness of schooling

and the illiteracy thread about books

i think i'll read post office

ah, quick study. you've noticed we do everything here backwards.

afterthefact · 01.24.2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by su x*

(h5)

Is... this a hair color?

su x* · 01.25.2008, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Is... this a hair color?

never!

its the high 5 emoticon in msn
this is after all the culture thread

afterthefact · 01.25.2008, 08:10 AM

Hey, hey, just askin'

RdTv · 01.25.2008, 08:29 AM

Why don't you stop askin' so many darn questions and go read a book.....frivolous frivolous boy!

afterthefact · 01.25.2008, 10:52 AM

I'm readin', I'm readin'!

ChocolateJesus · 01.25.2008, 11:15 AM

Bukowski is my favorite American writer. You can really do no wrong with Hank. He is the man that convinced me poetry did not have to be convoluted bullshit. That is quite an accomplishment.

I would like to recommend Donna Tartt - The Secret History.
one of my favorite novels, to be sure.

Rob Instigator · 01.25.2008, 11:34 AM

there is always that space there
just before they get to us
that space
that fine relaxer
the breather
while say
flopping on a bed
thinking of nothing
or say
pouring a glass of water from the
spigot
while entranced by
nothing

that
gentle pure
space

it's worth

centuries of
existence

say

just to scratch your neck
while looking out the window at
a bare branch

that space
there
before they get to us
ensures
that
when they do
they won't
get it all

ever.

by chuck bukowski from " You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense" - pg. 312 - 1986

01.23.2008, 08:14 AM	#43
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Like I said, I tried it once at 16 because my mom wanted to see if she could do it, and on that day, she realized she can't. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.23.2008, 10:51 AM	#47
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	SONIC LIFE! there is NOTHING wrong with someone joining this board to proclaim to all the cyber world that they love the greatest musical group of the last 30 years!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.23.2008, 08:22 PM	#49
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I'm starting on Post Office tonight... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.24.2008, 01:07 AM	#50
su x* bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: lee's wardrobe Posts: 202	why is the literacy thread about phalluses, drugs and unnecesary-ness of schooling and the illiteracy thread about books i think i'll read post office
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01.25.2008, 08:10 AM	#56
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Hey, hey, just askin' __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.25.2008, 08:29 AM	#57
RdTv invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lexington,KY USA Posts: 2,512	Why don't you stop askin' so many darn questions and go read a book.....frivolous frivolous boy!
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01.25.2008, 10:52 AM	#58
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I'm readin', I'm readin'! __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.25.2008, 11:15 AM	#59
ChocolateJesus bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Your mom's basement. Posts: 217	Bukowski is my favorite American writer. You can really do no wrong with Hank. He is the man that convinced me poetry did not have to be convoluted bullshit. That is quite an accomplishment. I would like to recommend Donna Tartt - The Secret History. one of my favorite novels, to be sure.
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01.25.2008, 11:34 AM	#60
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	there is always that space there just before they get to us that space that fine relaxer the breather while say flopping on a bed thinking of nothing or say pouring a glass of water from the spigot while entranced by nothing that gentle pure space it's worth centuries of existence say just to scratch your neck while looking out the window at a bare branch that space there before they get to us ensures that when they do they won't get it all ever. by chuck bukowski from " You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense" - pg. 312 - 1986 __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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