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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:49:44 +0000

[...] novels. Of course, by the time I got the books it was the end of the con, Mr. Brust had already flown home and I’d missed all his events (although here’s video from his writing [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:42:53 +0000

Odd . . . I just finished reading Philip Roth’s Operation Shylock the night you posted this.

Spoooooky.

By: schmwarf

schmwarf — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:30:36 +0000

I just realised, it brings another disturbing idea of what “pig eat’ns” may be.

By: skzb

skzb — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:59:29 +0000

That was one of them, yes.

There are others.

Many, many others.

By: kit

kit — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:59:07 +0000

Well, I can see commenting capability is unharmed by the upgrade process. :P

By: Michael M. Butler

Michael M. Butler — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:55:55 +0000

“You see that TV station over there?

“I was a news journalist there for 30 years; but do they call me Jones the communicator? Heck, no.

“But you fuck one goat….”

That sort of joke?

By: schmwarf

schmwarf — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:42:39 +0000

Oh, and when I mean “goat”, I mean the animal, not people that fall under that Chinese zodiac sign.

By: schmwarf

schmwarf — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:29:41 +0000

skzb@5: I perfer the statistical term, “normaliser”. Its a more non-prejudicial term, methinks.

In my part of the world, its more sheep and goats. Eg, “It was only ONE goat! Why is everyone holding that against me? C’mon, lets focus on the issues here.”

By: skzb

skzb — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:48:10 +0000

See, I’ll do whatever I have to do in order to get a ride to the airport. I mean, communicate.

By: Ella

Ella — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:37:34 +0000

skzb@5: That’s what I get for trying to put some extra artistic effort into my response! I see I’m going to have to be very prompt about my communications hereupon–you’re quite the demanding partner, sir, if you don’t mind me saying.

By “Great Equalizer”, I’m assuming you mean “lowest common denominator”? ;) Not that I’m implying your humour is common–on the contrary, some of the hand gestures which accompanied the bit about the backwards-horse-saddle were positively… enlightening.