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Comment on why pennsylvania is awesome. by Karl

Karl — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:03:13 +0000

The beautiful landscape. Rolling hills and winding back roads. The historic architecture and culture. Philadelphia accents. The stunning fall season. Thunderstorms in the summer, blizzards in the winter. Legit Italian food made by legit Italians. The Amish, the PA Germans, King of Prussia mall… PA has many great things to offer.

Comment on “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy by Manuel Royal

Manuel Royal — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:07:04 +0000

Rock on (Pulitzer_Are_You_Kidding_Me). Our best response to books we don’t like is to write the kind of book we want to read. You and me both.

Comment on “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy by Manuel Royal

Manuel Royal — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:03:28 +0000

It’s baffling that this book won a Pulitzer. The exact same book, written by an unknown, would likely never have found a publisher, let alone won what was once a very prestigious award.

I’ve read hundreds of post-apocalypse stories, written from the 19th century on. Like “The Road”, many of them echo Biblical themes, but usually with more subtlety. Go read the 1954 “Lot’s Daughter” by Ward Moore. I think the reviewers who fawned over “The Road” must think there’s an original concept there.

The dream sequence that opens the book is like a parody of ridiculous overwrought prose. McCarthy himself has become a parody; he wrote some great stuff in the ’60s, but in his later books he either disdains (extremely useful) punctuation to try and achieve a “spare” style, or throws a bucket of (sometimes incompatible) metaphors at every event to try and convey profundity.

Comment on “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy by will

will — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:55:44 +0000

The reason for the destruction does not matter, it is irrelevant. However the book does suck.

The only use for the various linked stories is would be to incorporate the various areas into something like Fallout 4. Dump the kid and all the glory of suicide and it would make sure interesting locations.

Comment on The Various Types Of Bad Drivers by Allie

Allie — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:42:28 +0000

Yes, white middle aged men are the ONLY good drivers there are. Can you hear me all the back in the 50′s?

Comment on “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy by Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:33:16 +0000

hahahaha…I watched the movie, in 1.5x and 10x and only stopped when I saw something interesting happen. FUCKING BORING! Humanity, this humanity that…Absolutely boring. And how hard would it have been to tell us what the hell caused this? It’s not that hard a simple, “These guys nuked these guys” or “an asteroid hit..” something fuck.

Comment on Podcasts That Don’t Suck. by cyril

cyril — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:32:36 +0000

Hey you should try this american life, which is the podfather of all podcasts…
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

If you like topical comedy try the bugle…
(don’t have a url but its worth it)

Or the sweetest plum, a comedy podcast from australia…
http://sweetestplum.libsyn.com/

Comment on Mr. OCD Hand-Washer by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:03:39 +0000

They’re both pretty bad. One bitch leaves ass germs all over the place. The other one simply transfers the ass germs to everything he touches via paper towel, all for selfishly clean reasons. If you’re going to be such a gigantic pussy, at least use anti-bacterial wipes so the rest of us can benefit from your mental disorder too.