Anybody read a good book lately?

[phattymatty]

maybe it's the fact that i don't have nor do i want any kids.  i didn't care what happened to the little shteinhead.  i would have eaten him after two hungry days.

[rjs246]

That's really the difference. It was very moving to me. A father who knows he's going to die basically using every second of his life and every ounce of his strength to preserve his son's life for as long as possible... YOU HEARLTESS DICKHOLE!

yeah what a great dad.  preserve your kid's life until you die just so he can die right after.  alone and scared.  father of the year.

Right. As a father he's faced with an impossible situation and an impossible choice. Does he murder his son to spare him this awful existence? Or does he try to preserve the life of his son in an unimaginably hostile environment? How does someone make that decision? Obviously, SunMo would murder his child. But what would someone with all of their chromosomes do?

[SunMo]

[How does someone make that decision? Obviously, SunMo would murder his child.

I think you know me better than that...seriously.

I would rape the kid first.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Obviously, SunMo would murder his child. But what would someone with all of their chromosomes do?

I swear to Christ, sometimes I read this board and laugh like an idiot, moreso than watching TV or stand-up comics. This is an example of what makes me spit shtein on my desk.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I would rape the kid first.

Just when I thought you couldn't get any worse (sic), you say something like this....

...and COMPLETELY REDEEM YOURSELF!

[PhillyPhreak54]

Green Eggs & Ham.

[Diomedes]

I liked the line about how the ash closed behind their footsteps as they passed through a valley of ash.  Something about the dust closing over like silent fish kisses.

What a fargin image.

[phattymatty]

what the farg.  shut up.

[Diomedes]

ha

[mussa]

all the pretty horses

started off very slow and didn't introduce the characters or who they were and was not easy, but as the story progressed and stayed at the present time things came together quickly and i started to really enjoy the book. i'm alittle over halfway done. hope to finish it by th end of the week.

[mussa]

finished All the Perty Horses last night.

As I said before a slow start but a great finish. Wow, just a very emotional, tragic story. I loved it 

Only grip is all the spanish in it w/out explaining, but he usually filled you in and most of the time you could piece together what it all meant.

So does The Crossing...continue w/ John Cole's story or what?

[rjs246]

Only grip is all the spanish in it w/out explaining, but he usually filled you in and most of the time you could piece together what it all meant.

He did that in Blood Meridian too. It took some time to get used to, but ultimately I was happy that he didn't feel the need to explain every little thing that was said.

[Diomedes]

So does The Crossing...continue w/ John Cole's story or what?

no comment

[Sgt PSN]

I did finish John Hodgman's "The Areas of My Expertise" a few weeks ago.  It's mildly amusing to read all the way through, but as it's a faux almanac, it's probably better suited for reading a few sections while on the crapper.

I admit I didn't get through all 700 hobo names yet.

I read that probably about a year ago or so.  You summed it up pretty good but I thought it was slightly more that mildly amusing.  Perhaps, moderately amusing. 

Thor the Bum-Hammer is my favorite hobo name. 

I finally got around to finishing Deception Point on the plane heading out to KC.  Another enjoyable Dan Brown novel. 

Before boarding the plane in KC to head back, I picked up Possible Side Effects.  I'm about halfway through and I don't think I've ever read a book that's actually made me laugh out loud before.  It's written by the same dude who wrote Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs) which I suppose I'll have to pick up after this one. 

[Rome]

Cormac McCarthy to appear on Oprah on June 5th.

Let the self-flagellation begin.