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True, but that's the point here: she's not writing about an extensive life, she's writing about what's expected of her as someone with no life experience of her own.

Looks more like I got back right in time. :p

:D

Well, hot damn.

...sounds ridiculous, right? But the idea here seems interesting, I think: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/15-year-old-lands-book-deal-for-memoir_b73043 As a look at how things have changed for those growing up now as opposed to in the 50s, it might actually be a worthwhile book...

Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer

...and then...

http://io9.com/5929076/what-if-we-had-a-planet-instead-of-a-moon

RIP Richard Matheson :(

Definitely. The problem is that he seems to think that he's the only person who's ever thought about that, and that everyone who doesn't lead a deeply religious life has absolutely no foundation to build those things on. The whole book comes across as if it was written by someone who'd never...

That's what I thought, I just tried to be as clear as I could. :cool: It's a pity, it's an intriguing subject, and he has some interesting starting points, but his arguments are so insultingly stupid. I'm not sure if he's really ignorant of... well, everything that's been said on the subject...

RIP Bobby "Blue" Bland. :(

You did!

That's a very good point, of course.

Nope. (And the "Is X overrated?" question remains just as stupid as ever.) But from what I read of that article before my eyes glazed over, it seems to argue more that Kafka experts are overrated.

I don't have a problem with atheist philosophers per se. There's nothing in philosophy that requires one to be religious. I do have a huge problem with this particular philosopher, though.

I thought this was neat: Earliest human footprints found in Kenya Scientists digging in a Kenyan desert have found what they believe to be the oldest humanlike footprints. Several individuals laid them down 1.5 million years ago in what was a muddy track. "The prints match a men's shoe...

Slowly getting to grips with the new format, but one question - how do I turn off the autocensor that decides for me which words I'm allowed to look at?

In Wayne Gretzky's kitchen. His mom is teaching me to smoke.