tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post116248496240207111..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Just cause or impedimentTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1163050208775298142006-11-09T05:30:00.000+00:002006-11-09T05:30:00.000+00:00Yay, he's full of hateHe's the man for 2008.Rummie...Yay, he's full of hate<BR/>He's the man for 2008.<BR/>Rummie, Rummie.St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1163037736257100702006-11-09T02:02:00.000+00:002006-11-09T02:02:00.000+00:00Thank you all for your kind wishes. If only I knew...Thank you all for your kind wishes. If only I knew a year ago what a weird and wonderful crew I'd encounter (albeit virtually, in most cases). I might never have started...<BR/><BR/>And I've resisted the temptation to do a post on the midterms, but can I just note that I'm fully behind the campaign to encourage Rumsfeld to run for the Republican nomination in 2008, ideally with Mark Foley as his running mate. Failing that, Saddam Hussein (since he, more than any other indiviual, got GWB re-elected in '04).Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162999673174472292006-11-08T15:27:00.000+00:002006-11-08T15:27:00.000+00:00Sturgeon's a great read Tim. Check out "More than ...Sturgeon's a great read Tim. Check out "More than Human" and any of the short stories. I've not read a huge amount of Sci-Fi (as he himself said, 90% etc.) but he is the best I've come across. Humane and prescient. He wrote a couple of the original Start Treks too - one, I seem to recall, starts with an Alice in Wonderland type sequence. <BR/><BR/>Great pic from Night of the Hunter too Tim. We are doing wel today! Have a gold star...<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday and hope you have a bumper envelope harvest.Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104427046281324757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162996694518101882006-11-08T14:38:00.000+00:002006-11-08T14:38:00.000+00:00i can't exactly find it where i read that really, ...i can't exactly find it where i read that really, will try to dig it up.<BR/><BR/>happy anniversary. found the vodka yet?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453903374418067594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162994637058794272006-11-08T14:03:00.000+00:002006-11-08T14:03:00.000+00:00It would be interesting to put Burroughs, Nimmo an...It would be interesting to put Burroughs, Nimmo and Rumsfeld into Cronenberg's flesh-melding pod and see what comes out.<BR/><BR/>The horror, the horror.St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162967205181182782006-11-08T06:26:00.000+00:002006-11-08T06:26:00.000+00:00Happy 100th Tim - all of them brilliant super high...Happy 100th Tim - all of them brilliant super high quality posts that are fun *and* educational, and you can't say that about too many things. Enjoy the harvest - I hear the envelope trees are beautiful at this time of year.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162935886869136472006-11-07T21:44:00.000+00:002006-11-07T21:44:00.000+00:00Happy returns to you and your splendid blog! Where...Happy returns to you and your splendid blog! Where would we be without our regular dose of Culture? <BR/><BR/>I found you through your first comment on mine, which was about sneezing on people, who would have thought this would be the place to come for intellectual debate and sophisticated writing? Just this post - Japanese culture, Wired, <BR/>Al Quaeda, Donald Rumsfeld, William Burroughs, Derek Nimmo - my head's spinning. But in a good way ;-)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162935439257327262006-11-07T21:37:00.000+00:002006-11-07T21:37:00.000+00:00Happy Blogday Timsterxx And long may the wonderful...Happy Blogday Timsterxx And long may the wonderful blog we call Cultural Snow reignxxMolly Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002045980797531079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162928693721298472006-11-07T19:44:00.000+00:002006-11-07T19:44:00.000+00:00How about ths one? http://www.commondreams.org/vie...How about ths one? http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0213-28.htm<BR/><BR/> Apparently, back in the 1970's, certain Cold Warriors hated the idea of detente with the Soviet Union, so they started a big old scare about how the Russkis had a fleet of invisible nuclear submarines. They just made it all up and knew it and didn't care. Who were they? Rumsfeld, Cheney and Wolfowitz. <BR/><BR/>Happy Anniversary! May you keep up your own nefarious doings for at least as long as those guys have!epikleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417963344148876467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162922759216803882006-11-07T18:05:00.000+00:002006-11-07T18:05:00.000+00:00Like so many other things (hip-hop, T-shirts, fast...Like so many other things (hip-hop, T-shirts, fast-food, baseball, etc.), I think we picked it up from the Americans, who have their own share of White Males masquerading as Christian priests. Just sayin'.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162910476028640532006-11-07T14:41:00.000+00:002006-11-07T14:41:00.000+00:00mangles insect screams ... the apostrofly flexed o...mangles insect screams ... the apostrofly flexed obscenely as it's egg-depositor burrowed into the scarred carapace of 'Fats' Terminal ... electric wave of horror swept the alleyway.<BR/>Boy, that's the sex that passes the censor.<BR/>(Possibly unpublished section from 'Naked Lunch', possibly not).St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162909608461688682006-11-07T14:26:00.000+00:002006-11-07T14:26:00.000+00:00Betty, Doc, Billy: Shucks, guys. Since I'm too old...Betty, Doc, Billy: Shucks, guys. Since I'm too old for birthdays (and never liked them much anyway) this will have to do.<BR/><BR/>Anthony: is the Ugly Spirit a cousin of the apostrofly, the ineradicable pest that deposits unwanted punctuation in random locations? Got into Manila a few hours ago and the place is full of the bugger's [sic].<BR/><BR/>The word verification is <B>oggglfwg</B>. Dunno what it is, but I love it.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162886654841681422006-11-07T08:04:00.000+00:002006-11-07T08:04:00.000+00:00Yes, typo alert ... I've posited before that there...Yes, typo alert ... I've posited before that there is a ghost lurking in the machine, that delights in taking cogent, brilliantly-written, side-splittingly funny little screeds and turning them out so that obvious mistakes like 'where' for 'were' creep in, thus making the highly intelligent, well-educated creator of such screeds look like some kind of idiot.<BR/>Burroughs would have called it the Ugly Spirit.St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162886159382310172006-11-07T07:55:00.000+00:002006-11-07T07:55:00.000+00:00The Burroughs quote is priceless, and one I've fre...The Burroughs quote is priceless, and one I've frequently used myself. It's one of the reasons I love the old curmudgeon.<BR/>And what would Uncle Bill have made of Ted Haggard? Is his flock expected to forgive him more readily because he was schmuck enough to pay good money for sex'n'drugs and didn't actually avail himself of them ... surely that earns him even more contempt, where we to take him at his word (Being a man of the cloth, he surely wouldn't tell a lie ...).<BR/>As Burroughs also said, never do business with a religious sonofabitch ...<BR/><BR/>Derek Nimmo ... comic genius. He and Reg Varney bestrode the world of 70s TV comedy like colossiSt. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162849479720325582006-11-06T21:44:00.000+00:002006-11-06T21:44:00.000+00:00I assume you get some kind of virtual gag. Congrat...I assume you get some kind of virtual gag. Congrats, Tim.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162844179628948282006-11-06T20:16:00.000+00:002006-11-06T20:16:00.000+00:00Happy blogday Tim.Gotta love Richard Dawkins. The ...Happy blogday Tim.<BR/>Gotta love Richard Dawkins. The God Delusion is on my bedside table waiting for me to finish The Baroque Trilogy.<BR/>If I had my way Richard Dawkins would be the first president of Northern Ireland, give the locals somebody good to argue with. Mind you I think I may be in a bit of a minority on that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162840708619237752006-11-06T19:18:00.000+00:002006-11-06T19:18:00.000+00:00Many happy returns for Wednesday. Do people actua...Many happy returns for Wednesday. Do people actually celebrate, ahem, blogdays?Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296810448779372875noreply@blogger.com