I'm enjoying my holiday in Ecuador very much

A friend let me borrow a 1st edition of Galápagos , by Kurt Vonnegut, which may not be his best novel (I think this was the last in a deal of 5 books and Kurt was a little fed up with it, so he decided to draw on a holiday cruise to Ecuador to wrap things up). I picked it because I love the guy and ...

Finished reading a poetry book from Ecuador. 3/25

I'm replaying the Arkham games, either going through challenge mode or NG+. What fun!

No, it was all in live chat... But honestly, now all the people asking why I'm upset has kind of made me upset. I feel like this guy: http://49.media.tumblr.com/0ef3043acd850471e56aab005bc5887a/tumblr_nze1rewL3U1s9rpajo1_r2_500.gif I empathize. The other day a friend made a big show about announcin...

Yesterday I read Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian . It consists of a series of interviews with "completely dead people", as orchestrated with the help of Kevorkian's "controlled near-death experiences". This is one of the last books Vonnegut published in his lifetime,...

My condolences to his friends and family

Finished John Cheever's Falconer. One book down, 24 to go.

RIP Major Tom

I "won" (earned) the opportunity to give a lecture at the University of Quito. So I'm travelling to Ecuador

AdmiralMemo wrote:So you're saying I am a bad person for not caring and not doing anything, then?

Well, thanks for the confirmation at least.

No, that was Edmund Burke.
And it was meant as comfort, not chastisement. We're all fundamentally good; if anything, it's the inaction that is bad.

AdmiralMemo wrote:My question is whether I'm a bad person if I decide to do nothing because I simply don't care enough about them to do anything.

The saying goes "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing".

Happy New Year, Game Venting Thread. I've been marathoning Bayonetta today. I haven't been this physically exhausted since... well, the Clover games. Viewtiful Joe. God Hand. I feel like 'Normal' to these people is Nightmare Mode by any other measure. I can't be anything less than perfect to actuall...

And I miss *you*, sweetums <3

Kinda interesting that Lucas went Grinchy. However, I can understand why he might though. If you go on Reddit threads for fandoms and see some of the slash/fics people do with no grounding, it is challenging to not be like "BUT U CANT11!!!1". Imagine if it was happening to your own creati...

I wonder if Hux is short for Huxley.

Got GTA V for Xmas!

Her skill with a bow staff was shown early in the film (when Finn first sees her), why is it so hard to think she would have some level of skill with a sword/lightsaber? Because she has every other skill already (and she has more than "some" level of swordplay). Finn and Poe were way more...

Well, it's not like Rey is perfect. She's the one who accidentally released whatever those were called by taking out the wrong fuse despite being a self-proclaimed expert who should have known which part to tinker with. I was very happy to see her make that mistake rather than, say, Finn, because I...

Well, it's not like Rey is perfect. She's the one who accidentally released whatever those were called by taking out the wrong fuse despite being a self-proclaimed expert who should have known which part to tinker with. I was very happy to see her make that mistake rather than, say, Finn, because I...

I've started John Cheever's Falconer (1977). It's about a meth addict that goes to prison for killing his brother, peppered with flashbacks to his shitty life. Meanwhile the things that happen in the prison are high-octane nightmare fuel. There's a weird sense of comedy to the whole thing that keeps...

¡Les deseo un muy feliz año a todos!

Here's my review of On Chesil Beach (2007), my 35th and final book this year. Read on if you're bored or otherwise have a hankering for depression. This book packs quite a bit of emotional mileage for 5 chapters - 30 to 50 pages each - covering an hour or two into the wedding night of Edward and Flo...

Best films of 2015 1) Mad Max: Fury Road 2) Remember 3) Anomalisa 4) Bridge of Spies 5) Macbeth Best books (I read) in 2015 1) Reflections in a Golden Eye , by Carson McCullers 2) Cat's Cradle , by Kurt Vonnegut 3) Cathedral , by Raymond Carver 4) The Sunset Limited , by Cormac McCarthy 5) Kwaidan ...

Rey's one trait is besting everyone - Poe, Han, Chewie, Finn, Kylo - and being better at everything.

Such a boring character.