Books
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Can you imagine the snark, vitriol, and comedy HST would be unleashing these days? RIP. My feeling is that he realized the better world briefly experienced and hoped for in the 60s would never materialize and just couldn’t accept it.
We have been deprived of our greatest social critics during the time that they’re most direly needed. HST, Carlin, even Zappa.
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Second week of COVID
But finally I had some time for the new ones
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I loved The Riddle of the Sands.
As for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I just could not get on with it. I just felt that it was super dated and that Hunter was trying too hard. I reluctantly gave up.
The funny thing is that Riddle of the Sands was written in 1903, so is also super-dated, but fior some reason found it much more engaging....
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Dammit but I’m susceptible to some “self-help” stuff and dammit again that I liked this one. Basically reinforced my beliefs about how the modern world is killing us in thousands of ways as opposed to the relatively few ways that the ancient world tried to kill our ancestors (like predators, famine, environment). And it did make me want to spend less time sitting so there’s that.
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@flannel-slut I think it was you I was discussing The Kingkiller Chronicles with a few months ago...
Just dug out these playing cards I picked up on Pat's Kickstarter about ten years ago.
Don't have the original box sadly, but all of the cards are still there, I absolutely love the artwork!
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@T4920 it was me and those are awwwwwwesome!!!
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@popvulture never heard of Ametora
Paint me a picture of the general vibe?
Take Ivy is great eye candy
https://www.powells.com/book/-9781576875506/62-0?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA1fqrBhA1EiwAMU5m_9DSGEsnXJHf03TMaw3lGuy9NvqmwcR8hMLUeu2W7bOlQYJ_D4fblBoCyiMQAvD_BwE -
@GraemeE I've read most of it and need to get around to finishing the whole thing — I thought it'd be dense but it's actually a pretty entertaining read. It's basically the whole history of Japan's interpretation of American style. Recommended for sure!
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@tody no unfortunately but I should order it now so I can have it on hand for when things settle down - sounds right up my alley
Ironically the same night @popvulture recomended it I heard the author on one of the podcasts I listen to off and on
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Ametora is so up our collective alley of geekdom, it’s not even funny
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I needed to go deeper down this geeky rabbit hole!! Just ordered a copy myself!
My poor students should be thrilled with the modern developments of denim history
..when we got to our social studies unit about the California gold rush and we got to the 49ers era in San Francisco …I took a slight, 30 minute detour, and made sure they understood how denim was created in San Francisco for the gold miners and other hard workers and that Levi’s (had them point to their own jeans) was founded in that region for the purpose of tough work wear? And isn’t it interesting how the very clothes we wear today have such a cool history, etc etc…their groanings of “Mr. Mizmazzle, can we please stop talking about denim and boots all the time?”
