Deej,
I approve too. The old setup was getting kind of... SOFT
You read the latest 'Runaways'? It merits discussion.

Latest runaways made me fall in love with Alex like no heterosexual man should. He managed to reference Wrath of Khan and RPGs in the same rant. Godbless.

I've had a comics hiatus since my return to the southland area, except for purchasing the entire current run of CA+Falcon, which I haven't read... so... hold the discussion of Runaways for a couple more days (weeks?) until I catch up again.

You should've waited on CA/Falcon. There's a trade of the 1st four issues coming out next week, I think.

You liking it aside from the awful, awful art?

dude I don't play City of Heroes at all. I don't even own an account.

These games are also notable in that I can actually play them with my brother, and at his request which is a big deal as he tends to stay away from electronic gaming.

It's also notable in that I can thoroughly kick your ass at them.

Re: /m395

OH SNAP!

Yeah, it's true. You beat me in the Tony Hawk games. But here's a plan: let's pick any other video game ever and see who comes out on top.

My guess? Jon Taylor.

My Ryu will beat your anyone-else any day of the week, including Wednesday. My kung fu is my kung foo, yo. And I'd clean the floor with you at that car racing game on the Super NES. And, um, RoadBlasters. I know I could beat you at RoadBlasters.

(And if your memory is really good, you will remember my unbeatable AT keyboard buffer overfill attack at Nibbles. Unbeatable, and a long, high-pitched squeal to signal your doom.)

Dave is correct in his assumption that when I steps up to the controller, I rock your fragile world.

Your Ryu will get his ass kicked. We'll bust out the Sega Genesis and see who's boss, now. But you've gotta get that Soul Caliber II: without question, the greatest fighting game ever made.

In other news, my new favorite underhanded slight, from the IMDb.com trivia for Fahrenheit 9/11:

Ray Bradbury, author of "Fahrenheit 451", has voiced his displeasure at Michael Moore appropriating the title of his book and films. Ray Bradbury is the author of "Beyond 1984" and "Another Tale of Two Cities".

Well done, trivia submitter!

This is a note to the people of the board: I will be returning to the Southern California region on the 14th of December, for a sojourn of approximately three weeks.

Start booking now! Dave's schedule fills up quickly! :)

I want first dibs at the good times! Mom



  
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Hey Dave, you should drop by to chore of choncepts...

Hey Dave,

In regards to your reading lists, I just finsihed A Subtle Knife last night and I expect to finish The Amber Spyglass in the very new future, more talking on that later, and I was wondering if you had suggestions for a next book. Becca loved The Broom of the System and I'm really curious to see if Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel is any good. I also know how much you both enjoyed the writing of David Eggers. So which would you recommend reading next?

Hmmm...

It really depends on what you're in the mood for. I was surprised by how unpleasant The Amber Spyglass is. I don't mean that it isn't excellent--because it is!--it's just much more emotionally unpleasant than any book ostensibly for children that I've ever read.

So are you in the mood for a wise-cracking, fast-paced, philosophical/absurdist treatise on modern America? The Broom of the System is the way to go. Becca, I think, actually likes it *better* than Infinite Jest. Knowing the problems that you had with Infinite Jest, it's possible you'd like it a lot better too. Far fewer tendrils, much less occluded, about 1/6 the length. It's my second favorite novel ever, if that gives you a hint.

Have you read any Eggers? I think you should, at some point, give A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius a read. It's very... wonderful, beautiful, and angry. Maybe the most passionate book I've ever read, and a book unsure how to handle its own intensity of emotion. It's a trip, but after Lyra's pretend emotional journey, I don't know if you'd want to launch right into a story filled with real-life deaths of loved ones.

And don't forget A Confederacy of Dunces. I can't recommend that book enough. One of the funniest, most clever, most brilliant books I've ever read. I know that you abandoned it early on to start The Golden Compass, but I would encourage you not to ignore it forever. It's wonderful.

And, assuming that you've read Cryptonomicon (which, if you haven't, should shoot quickly to the top of your list) and you're in the mood to be kept busy for a while, you could start the Baroque cycle with Quicksilver, which is a rollicking good time filled with pirates and smallpox. Really what more could you want?

I'm really enjoying Strange/Norrell, but I'm only twentysomeodd pages into it, so I don't feel qualified yet to recommend it.

Let me know if there's more I can give ya. And let me know what you choose to read.

I'm making my way through A Confederacy of Dunces. I think that I'll most likely finish it this weekend. I've spent the past two nights playing with my ipod rather than reading, so I'm a little behind.

I don't find the book to be very humorous. I feel very much like the times I've attempted Catch 22 in that I understand that a passage is supposed to be funny, but it just really misses my sense of humor. There have been a few mildly amusing scenes so far. Very much like my past attempts of Catch 22 I feel like I'm missing a huge layer of the book because it just isn't funny to me.

That being said, I think the book is really well written and I am looking forward to seeing how it comes together at the end.

More to follow once the book is completed.