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I'd argue House Of Leaves is, like most things, more intense at night.  I felt like I was a necessary part of the book.  Maybe it was just where I was mentally when I read it.

I've got a used copy of Mason & Dixon in the backseat of my car I've been meaning to read for about a year now.  I've never read any Pynchon but I've only ever heard good things.  I'll have to bump it up the reading list.  I'm so far behind these days it's sad.  I thought I'd read more as I got older.

I've been reading Ecco's newish "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana" and enjoying it.  On one hand he's a genius and easy to recommend, but on the other side his books can be a bit of a chore to finish.

I think it's interesting you read authors in order, do you think it adds a lot?  I normally read them in whatever order I stumble across them at the used book store, unless it's someone I love and actually buy new.

As a partial aside: If you enjoyed Infinite Jest, then I'd highly recommend House of Leaves

It's no replacement for DFW, but if I were to give it a bad one sentence pitch that would be given in a Red Eye equivalent of a literary magazine I'd say it would be like IJ and Foucault's Pendulum had a love child. 

McSweeney's has a wonderful tribute to Wallace up.

Word on the street is WGN will be replaying Z's no hitter friday night.  I will have the DVR going for sure.

Quote from: Fork on September 15, 2008, 07:28:21 PM
I told him he had to go home, but that fucker kept hanging around.

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David Foster Wallace ... was found dead in his home

I don't get it, he was at home already.  Were you in his basement for a party and under the impression that it wasn't actually his home but someone else at the party?  Why were you in California?  I don't get your post at all.

I agree, hell of a book.

Hell of a non-fiction writer too.  I'm depressed now.

BK's other side project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdW2G3hZorY

Quote from: Weebs on August 10, 2008, 12:12:27 PM

Quote from: Jon on August 10, 2008, 11:15:36 AM
Hey, Weebs...are there any curbs in the area that you recommend for CT, RV, and I to fume on?

I have a few hot spots.  But on that note, get ready for what is soon to come.

It's perfect.  Don't ever change it.

Quote from: PTanner on August 07, 2008, 09:03:24 AM
CT might just as well come and say he's Pre, since Pre always pays and never shows anyway.

Well, my flight worked out and I'm actually back in Chicago with tons of time to spare.  However, given past history I'm sure I've got a family member marked for death or a jet engine falling through a time vortex with my bed in it's sights.

Quote from: ~Apex on June 25, 2008, 11:13:19 PM
I feel sorry for Shawn. Who among us hasn't wanted to grab their boss by the neck throw them down. I hope he gets to keep the $2 Million. I hope he gives me some of it so I can pay my rent next month.

Me.

Quote from: Oleg on June 26, 2008, 01:59:20 PM
Middle relievers don't get rich in arbitration (this is an unsubstantiated generalization that sounds right).

Very true Oleg.

The other factor is that players get rich in arbitration if they are being consistently awesome at playing baseball.  So if Marmol gets rich in a few years it will be because he has continued to be awesome at playing baseball.  If you're like me, you enjoy when Cubs players are awesome, and when they are then you're happy they get paid shit tons of money because they deserve it and it's better for a dude like Marmol to get it then Scott Eyre.

Quote from: Kerm on June 17, 2008, 05:35:14 PM
I apologize to anyone here who has one of those hats, but I HATE those hats.  They're hideous.

Fuck that, no need to apologize here.  That's a gomo* hat.


*abbreviation for homo gay not to be confused with lame gay.

Quote from: PTanner on May 03, 2008, 08:46:41 PM

I must say, Tina Fey didn't clean up all that bad. If I nailed her, I might not have to pour bleach on my tool anymore.

Thank god it didn't happen to me, but an ex-roomate went to piss right after he used some shout or some spot treatment shit on a shirt and he had chemical burns on his cock for a month.  And I know because he bitched about it constantly.  I'm not gay (with him).

Anyways, my point is that I'd suggest avoiding pouring chemicals on your junk even if you put it into a below average tv star.

Quote from: Three times a JD on April 28, 2008, 11:41:47 AM
Peter King believes in Tarvaris Jackson and that belief is rooted in sincerity, as evidenced by the tears that fell on his keyboard while typing the sentence that told Brad Childress to not give up on Tarvaris Jackson.

I really feel like Tarvaris Jackson is just Henry Burris under a pseudonym.

Any big bike enthusiasts?

I've got a new job working down in the loop and as the weather gets nicer I'm going to bike the commute.  But, I'm also going on Ragbrai (it's a week long bike across Iowa, 60-90 miles a day.  No I don't want to meet up RedBeard).  So I want a commuter type bike that's decent on the road/hills (but I don't give a shit about optimal speed stuff).  Everywhere I look around the internet the conversation looks like this:
New person: I want a bike in the $500 range
Douche #1: I've owned the following five bikes that cost over $2500 including my current pride and joy which cost $500 just for the custom paint job (pic included, custom paint job looks like a normal bike from sportmart).  But you should buy this other bike that's $1500.
Douch #2: Don't listen to Douche #1, you need this $2000 bike, $1500 bikes are just wasting your money.
etc etc etc

Any recommendations in the $500ish price range? (less would be awesome, but it sounds unlikely.)

Randomly internet browsing found me this as a possibility maybe?  Jamis Coda