At the bottom line you either have this or Cher; and being a Polack I'm sort of used to people parading around in their draws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuW2w...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuW2w...
What we have here is a failure to communicate. Understand that for any infraction you go in the box.
Why is it that whenever I type in "Arthir Graham" on this hellhole I get an ad for something called "Pei Wei?"
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "Why is it that whenever I type in "Arthur Graham" on this hellhole I get an ad for something called "Pei Wei?""Probably because I own a chain of Asian eateries, actually, just writing/doing porn on the side.
Well, that defies comment; at least any I can think of.
But, you know old pal, since you have some financial wherewithall and all, I'd just like to remind you that all that nasty stuff everyone thought I used to write, especially that stuff about you wasn't really me. The devil had my log-ins and all of that. He's gone now; and I'd humbly like to apologize for any bad feelings or annoyances it may have caused.
BTW, I just happened to finish G3 today, and was wondering if you might like to look at it. It doesn't cost very much and options on G1 and G2 are possible.
Your pal for life
Ed
But, you know old pal, since you have some financial wherewithall and all, I'd just like to remind you that all that nasty stuff everyone thought I used to write, especially that stuff about you wasn't really me. The devil had my log-ins and all of that. He's gone now; and I'd humbly like to apologize for any bad feelings or annoyances it may have caused.
BTW, I just happened to finish G3 today, and was wondering if you might like to look at it. It doesn't cost very much and options on G1 and G2 are possible.
Your pal for life
Ed
"You throw your pearls at swine."
This version has a good picture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZoK...
This version has a good picture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZoK...
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "The devil had my log-ins and all of that. He's gone now; and I'd humbly like to apologize for any bad feelings or annoyances it may have caused."Switch to new meds, did ya?
Arthur wrote; "Switch to new meds, did ya?"
Yeah. They're called I-don't-give-a-wet-raspbery-about-selling-books-pills.
Yeah. They're called I-don't-give-a-wet-raspbery-about-selling-books-pills.
This is the description of G3, AKA "Genevieve; the Third of January." It should be on Amazon and CreateSpace in a day or two.
Pacific Lane has had an unusually large amount of snow this winter. Its weight caused part of Tardiff and Lenta’s roof to collapse. Genevieve, an aging white Maltese, and Willy, a handy dachshund, try to help. Gizmo gets his greatest Christmas wish. He has gotten the video game and paraphernalia of his dreams; and then proceeds to have un-anticipated reactions to them. 69 mostly color pictures are interspersed throughout the book.
Pacific Lane has had an unusually large amount of snow this winter. Its weight caused part of Tardiff and Lenta’s roof to collapse. Genevieve, an aging white Maltese, and Willy, a handy dachshund, try to help. Gizmo gets his greatest Christmas wish. He has gotten the video game and paraphernalia of his dreams; and then proceeds to have un-anticipated reactions to them. 69 mostly color pictures are interspersed throughout the book.
Gotta be brief today. Got an e-mail which promises to "change my life." I have some "issues" with that. I'm not sure I want it changed until I hear the perticulars, and if the change of life does for me what it does for women I'm getting out my gun.
Ciao
Ciao
Downloade today from a website titled www/ Walmart/ greeter/Carnegie/HTWFAIP.com
How to Be Considerate on The Internet
Being considerate can be a powerful tool in your daily and long-term struggle to not become an angry, jealous, out-of-control, earnestly depressed person who feels frustrated and cheated all the time."
how can a person be inconsiderate nowdays to indie writers on goodreads or any other site, in a world where Damien Hirst is a billionaire, is totally beyond me, thankfully...
... and not just to indie/self-published writers (bitching about anyone who doesn't make a dime with their books is one of the stupidiest things one can do in the world of art) but still "small press" ones or even guys such as Tao Lin (Vintage), whose networth must be still pocket money for any contemporary artist such as the aforementioned one...
people wanting XIX century quality books in a world where Jeff Koons is a millionaire is a painfully naïve thing to experience... u can have great movies and contemporary music, but, seriously, madames et monsieurs, if u want painting/sculpture/book masterpieces u probably have already more from the past than u'll ever have the time to savor, so don't expect more of anybody (u can always effing create them ;)
I have a few questions and observations;
1) What if it is my goal to become an angry, jealous, out-of-control, earnestly depressed person who feels frustrated and cheated all the time?
2) What does Damien Hirst have to do with crappy indie books?
3) Would bitching about poor ass indie writers be okay if one also bitched about some of the high income incompetents?
4) I don't expect classic quality from today's "artists?" But I don't quite understand the inference that I should like them for their lack of quality.
How to Be Considerate on The Internet
Being considerate can be a powerful tool in your daily and long-term struggle to not become an angry, jealous, out-of-control, earnestly depressed person who feels frustrated and cheated all the time."
how can a person be inconsiderate nowdays to indie writers on goodreads or any other site, in a world where Damien Hirst is a billionaire, is totally beyond me, thankfully...
... and not just to indie/self-published writers (bitching about anyone who doesn't make a dime with their books is one of the stupidiest things one can do in the world of art) but still "small press" ones or even guys such as Tao Lin (Vintage), whose networth must be still pocket money for any contemporary artist such as the aforementioned one...
people wanting XIX century quality books in a world where Jeff Koons is a millionaire is a painfully naïve thing to experience... u can have great movies and contemporary music, but, seriously, madames et monsieurs, if u want painting/sculpture/book masterpieces u probably have already more from the past than u'll ever have the time to savor, so don't expect more of anybody (u can always effing create them ;)
I have a few questions and observations;
1) What if it is my goal to become an angry, jealous, out-of-control, earnestly depressed person who feels frustrated and cheated all the time?
2) What does Damien Hirst have to do with crappy indie books?
3) Would bitching about poor ass indie writers be okay if one also bitched about some of the high income incompetents?
4) I don't expect classic quality from today's "artists?" But I don't quite understand the inference that I should like them for their lack of quality.
Okay, who sicced this long winded Akyna retard on me?
You just envy my bliss. I know it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC...
SKOOL IS OUT FA FUGGIN EVAH.
You just envy my bliss. I know it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC...
SKOOL IS OUT FA FUGGIN EVAH.
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "Okay, who sicced this long winded Akyna retard on me?You just envy my bliss. I know it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC...
SKOOL IS OUT FA FUGGIN EVAH."
Hey, FUCK U, YA CHEETO-DICK DIMWIT!!
Oh boy! Almost went for it. Like I'm supposed to help poularize some dipshit writer with one book and a total of seven sock puppet reviews. Suck a guacomole.
Learned something new though. It's extremely poor form to criticize any low income indie writer ostensibly because of the formaldahyded bull. If you'd like that further splained you'll have to leave the US.
Party on droogies. But most of all have a nice day by being a nice person to all the nice people not only on this nice website, but also in the nice world which is just a small part of the nice universe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eulo...
Nice party on, nice party on, nice party on.
Learned something new though. It's extremely poor form to criticize any low income indie writer ostensibly because of the formaldahyded bull. If you'd like that further splained you'll have to leave the US.
Party on droogies. But most of all have a nice day by being a nice person to all the nice people not only on this nice website, but also in the nice world which is just a small part of the nice universe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eulo...
Nice party on, nice party on, nice party on.
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "have a nice day by being a nice person to all the nice people not only on this nice website, but also in the nice world which is just a small part of the nice universe."LOL
Douglas wrote; "Hey, FUCK U, YA CHEETO-DICK DIMWIT!!"
Thank you. It gave me an idea for a shitty short story.
Thank you. It gave me an idea for a shitty short story.
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "It's extremely poor form to criticize any low income indie writer"Nah, I just think it's funny that YOU of all people would criticize anyone for being long-winded.
Arthur wrote; "Nah, I just think it's funny that YOU of all people would criticize anyone for being long-winded. "
Yeah, true. But, it's possible that you don't have the entire context for that. See dip referred to Hirst, who has made approximately 200 million dollars (not the billion dip said) as an "artist" who formaldahydes animals, most notably a bull. He does touch-ups when necessary. Dip thinks that has something to do with indie writers. DUH??
And I don't mind the long winded charge at all. But, do you know that somebody did a 1,660 pager and all the GR po-mo contingent love it?
Yeah, true. But, it's possible that you don't have the entire context for that. See dip referred to Hirst, who has made approximately 200 million dollars (not the billion dip said) as an "artist" who formaldahydes animals, most notably a bull. He does touch-ups when necessary. Dip thinks that has something to do with indie writers. DUH??
And I don't mind the long winded charge at all. But, do you know that somebody did a 1,660 pager and all the GR po-mo contingent love it?
I've been hearing long winded from my wife like forever. Must be. Early on she'd occasionally ask me something and I'd start to babble. After a while it became SOP for her to cut me off, saying; "Tell me when you have it distilled."
It's difficult to draw a line with books. I had a typist for the first 10 or so and she'd often ask me what something was about. When I'd tell her she'd say; "Oh, you didn't write that."
Terri told me that this "is always the question."
It's difficult to draw a line with books. I had a typist for the first 10 or so and she'd often ask me what something was about. When I'd tell her she'd say; "Oh, you didn't write that."
Terri told me that this "is always the question."
Sensitive indie authors. I first got on this site somewhere near the tail end of the 2013 Amazon brouhaha. The reviewers were under siege because of numerous complaints of trolling by the indies. One whose name I won't mention as she's still here described them as "flouncing." That made me laugh.
Just one thing to say. If you go public with your stuff, some will like it, some won't, some will make fun of it, and some will do something obscene with it. That's the way it always was and always will be. SO, IF YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE BEST FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, TO KEEP YOUR SHIT TO YOURSELF.
Just one thing to say. If you go public with your stuff, some will like it, some won't, some will make fun of it, and some will do something obscene with it. That's the way it always was and always will be. SO, IF YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE BEST FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, TO KEEP YOUR SHIT TO YOURSELF.
Arthur wrote; "Nah, I just think it's funny that YOU of all people would criticize anyone for being long-winded."
It truly was intended to be at least partially funny.
Regarding #127; it's not specifically directed at anyone ever on an AG thread. It's yesterday and the thing that gets me is this. Someone claims extreme sensitivity. So what? I'm not obliged to believe that as it is easily used to get preferential treatment.
It makes me want to say "FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOO."
It truly was intended to be at least partially funny.
Regarding #127; it's not specifically directed at anyone ever on an AG thread. It's yesterday and the thing that gets me is this. Someone claims extreme sensitivity. So what? I'm not obliged to believe that as it is easily used to get preferential treatment.
It makes me want to say "FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOO."
Later gonna do a "Most Over-rated writer" thing. First candidate- Bret Easton Ellis. Some GR reviewers say his stupid stories are saved by his excellent writing skills. Personally, I didn't note anything better than some of the good indies do un-noticed.
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "If you go public with your stuff, some will like it, some won't, some will make fun of it, and some will do something obscene with it. That's the way it always was and always will be. SO, IF YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE BEST FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, TO KEEP YOUR SHIT TO YOURSELF."
I honestly do not understand. ............ I suspect that it's likely because of my age.
That's a good first guess as the second one is retardation.
That's a good first guess as the second one is retardation.
This review was incorporated into another and attributed to Theo Tait. TT is no longer on GR if he-she ever was. But, I think it covers Bret Easton Ellis well, though it does not mention the lackluster writing.
At 400 pages, American Psycho is probably unfinishable except by adolescents and sociopaths...[Imperial Bedrooms:] descends into a phantasmagoria involving torture, online snuff videos and the appalling abuse of prostitutes and rent boys. Ellis claims to be a moralist, by which I guess he means that it is the emptiness of the modern world that causes his characters to behave in a spectacularly louche and/or homicidal fashion. But as with many satirists, it is unclear whether he is criticising the horrors he depicts, or simply wallowing in them. Either way, Ellis's determination to rub the reader's face in the gore carriessome heavy costs. Many people have no strong desire to read sustained passages of pornographic and misogynistic violence, in which, for instance, masked men urinate on a bound actress...[other examples omitted:]... these sequences also chip away at the novel's realistic texture and leave you wondering if Imperial Bedrooms has any meaning beyond that of the average slasher film.
At 400 pages, American Psycho is probably unfinishable except by adolescents and sociopaths...[Imperial Bedrooms:] descends into a phantasmagoria involving torture, online snuff videos and the appalling abuse of prostitutes and rent boys. Ellis claims to be a moralist, by which I guess he means that it is the emptiness of the modern world that causes his characters to behave in a spectacularly louche and/or homicidal fashion. But as with many satirists, it is unclear whether he is criticising the horrors he depicts, or simply wallowing in them. Either way, Ellis's determination to rub the reader's face in the gore carriessome heavy costs. Many people have no strong desire to read sustained passages of pornographic and misogynistic violence, in which, for instance, masked men urinate on a bound actress...[other examples omitted:]... these sequences also chip away at the novel's realistic texture and leave you wondering if Imperial Bedrooms has any meaning beyond that of the average slasher film.
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "Arthur said he read it. He gave it three stars before using the narrative to demonstrate that he didn't understand it."Admittedly, I did resort to skimming at points, but can I really help it if Interview With the Troll and Infinite Thread did more to capture my interest? Honestly, I think my biggest problem with The Dry Spell: A Tribute to DFW was that it was more of a tribute to DFW than it was to AG.
Arthur wrote; "Admittedly, I did resort to skimming at points, but can I really help it if Interview With the Troll and Infinite Thread did more to capture my interest? Honestly, I think my biggest problem with The Dry Spell: A Tribute to DFW was that it was more of a tribute to DFW than it was to AG. "
Apology accepted. Please understand that this was written before I ever heard of AG. Had that been the case it would have come out much better with the tribute part properly placed.
Apology accepted. Please understand that this was written before I ever heard of AG. Had that been the case it would have come out much better with the tribute part properly placed.
On a review of a cannibis cook book reviewed by Petra X (now Eggs) in 2008, she wrote; "I've just had a hate-mail on this book. Apparently I am a Very Wicked Person for what I did. I don't even know how they found this old review.... What did I do, I gave Drugs to two other people and didn't tell them. That is inexcusable, right? Well they were my parents... does that make it better?'
To specifically respond to the question at hand, my reply is "Undoubtedly." At the time people were surprising non-relatives with acid in the coffee cooler; so let's keep a bit of relative perspective here. And yes, how your dad knew what it was on an ostensibly first taste suggests the answer.
But, you know on a larger GR level, assuming there is one; this whole issue is emblamatic of what has been lost here since 2013. In 2008 Petra could write her truth and not get a delete; even though all the squares regard her behavior as reprehensible; one cyber vocal about it, From the point of view of the square hate-mailer, he-she could express their hatred without penalty. THIS IS FREE SPEECH PEOPLE. And you went and gave the owners one of the things they lust for; an excuse to fuck it up.
On an irrelevant curiousity tangent it sounds as if it took a long time to hit, and Petra did not specifically state any prior knowledge of the ingredients of the marmelade given her. Issues, issues. Regarding the first, I can testify to the fact that the product usually doesn't hit the first time; #3 for me; and that while I never made a meal ingredient of it, I was once sick of a brick of hash I had and just to get rid of the third that remained of the it I swallowed it. ....................... Holy unexpected shit in about ten minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8tL...
Though it doesn't say, this is from a larger compilation of a Jamaican reggae concert called something I've forgotten; the tape called "Heartland Reggae." They cut it badly, but it was Marley's peak and he got shot the day before, by confessed CIA operatives. Then he went on the road to Babylon and never came back until his burial.
Last P.S. Marley was so influential in Jamaica at the time that both Seaga and Manley showed up at this concert to shake his hand and look ridiculous.
To specifically respond to the question at hand, my reply is "Undoubtedly." At the time people were surprising non-relatives with acid in the coffee cooler; so let's keep a bit of relative perspective here. And yes, how your dad knew what it was on an ostensibly first taste suggests the answer.
But, you know on a larger GR level, assuming there is one; this whole issue is emblamatic of what has been lost here since 2013. In 2008 Petra could write her truth and not get a delete; even though all the squares regard her behavior as reprehensible; one cyber vocal about it, From the point of view of the square hate-mailer, he-she could express their hatred without penalty. THIS IS FREE SPEECH PEOPLE. And you went and gave the owners one of the things they lust for; an excuse to fuck it up.
On an irrelevant curiousity tangent it sounds as if it took a long time to hit, and Petra did not specifically state any prior knowledge of the ingredients of the marmelade given her. Issues, issues. Regarding the first, I can testify to the fact that the product usually doesn't hit the first time; #3 for me; and that while I never made a meal ingredient of it, I was once sick of a brick of hash I had and just to get rid of the third that remained of the it I swallowed it. ....................... Holy unexpected shit in about ten minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8tL...
Though it doesn't say, this is from a larger compilation of a Jamaican reggae concert called something I've forgotten; the tape called "Heartland Reggae." They cut it badly, but it was Marley's peak and he got shot the day before, by confessed CIA operatives. Then he went on the road to Babylon and never came back until his burial.
Last P.S. Marley was so influential in Jamaica at the time that both Seaga and Manley showed up at this concert to shake his hand and look ridiculous.
George was always my favorite character. I was wondering if anyone has yet done any poetry on this theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUAW...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUAW...
TotesUmbrellas wrote: "I got a great idea today. Let's all compete for AG's approval and attention."Oooh! I love it when they fight over me...
Emily May reviewed "Her Body and Other Parties." The following was included.
"However, just in general - and this can hardly be considered Machado's fault - I am growing a little tired of these feminist tales that hold such a grim definition of womanhood and femininity. Where we are painted as humans owned in parts by various men and corporations, where sex is cold and passionless, where we are seen to be masturbating furiously whenever our vaginas aren’t bleeding, which seems to be 80% of the time with all the hymens, birthing and, of course, menstruation. Maybe this is to make women seem harder, more brutal, less maternal and nurturing and cuddly and weak… but it’s a bleak alternative. "
Any arguments?
"However, just in general - and this can hardly be considered Machado's fault - I am growing a little tired of these feminist tales that hold such a grim definition of womanhood and femininity. Where we are painted as humans owned in parts by various men and corporations, where sex is cold and passionless, where we are seen to be masturbating furiously whenever our vaginas aren’t bleeding, which seems to be 80% of the time with all the hymens, birthing and, of course, menstruation. Maybe this is to make women seem harder, more brutal, less maternal and nurturing and cuddly and weak… but it’s a bleak alternative. "
Any arguments?
Every recent review of a short story collection I've seen said; "I liked some stories better than others."
No shit? That's fucking amazing as I happen to like some reviews better than others.
No shit? That's fucking amazing as I happen to like some reviews better than others.
And now for a complete change of pace; Carl Hubbel actually went off-speed when he struck out Murderer's Row.
Chucky, Chucky, Chucky, Chucky. Should have retired the name after the first two. Here's #2 of my over-rated authors series. At his best Palahnuik must have had someone explain "Infinite Jest," to him, and then he poorly copied some of its concepts into the cruddy shit his publisher found a male Millennial market for. I must give him some credit for warning readers at the outset to avoid the crappy book. Some must have thought that he was being humorous.
Here's a GR review of "Choke" written by Lisa.
"If I could give it negative stars, I would. So many things I didn't like about the book...here's a few in list format!
1. No paragraphs...only phrases. It's hard to feel like youre reading a complete thought, when....you're not.
2. I know using the word "Dude" is addictive, but oddly enough, it's even more annoying to read it over and over than to hear/say it.
3. The way he always (and when I say always, I mean every time, every other page) referred to his penis as his 'dog' was nausiating. Really. Disgusting.
4. I never gave a shit about one single person in this book. Not a single one!
5. There's a chapter at the very end about having sex on planes. It's the most descriptive and comprehensive chapter in the book, and I can't figure out how it has anything at all to do w/ the plot. I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote this chapter 5 years before even thinking about the plot of this book, and didn't know what else to do with it, so he just stuck it in there. Or, on the other hand, maybe he revolved the entire book AROUND this chapter...like it was the egg and the book is the chicken.
And the so-called 'clencher' your hear about in reviews...not so clenching."
Chucky does have a spiffy outfit for interviews and you can see him in his pajamas and bathrobe on his GR author page on top of the videos section..
Here's a GR review of "Choke" written by Lisa.
"If I could give it negative stars, I would. So many things I didn't like about the book...here's a few in list format!
1. No paragraphs...only phrases. It's hard to feel like youre reading a complete thought, when....you're not.
2. I know using the word "Dude" is addictive, but oddly enough, it's even more annoying to read it over and over than to hear/say it.
3. The way he always (and when I say always, I mean every time, every other page) referred to his penis as his 'dog' was nausiating. Really. Disgusting.
4. I never gave a shit about one single person in this book. Not a single one!
5. There's a chapter at the very end about having sex on planes. It's the most descriptive and comprehensive chapter in the book, and I can't figure out how it has anything at all to do w/ the plot. I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote this chapter 5 years before even thinking about the plot of this book, and didn't know what else to do with it, so he just stuck it in there. Or, on the other hand, maybe he revolved the entire book AROUND this chapter...like it was the egg and the book is the chicken.
And the so-called 'clencher' your hear about in reviews...not so clenching."
Chucky does have a spiffy outfit for interviews and you can see him in his pajamas and bathrobe on his GR author page on top of the videos section..
Well, why should he? He's in pretty select company.
But seriously, Chucky's "Choke" is kind of stupid in that no one in a restaurant will start sending money to someone who has trouble swallowing. On top of that it's just a play off 6 IJ pages where a beggar asks for a handshake instead of money.
And you know not even Brad Pitt could make a hit out of "Fight Club," which is essentially the same thing as the bit part played by U.H.I.D.'s Joelle Van Dyne AKA Madame Psychosis.
Sorry you had so much trouble with the book. It is rather high on the difficulty scale.
But seriously, Chucky's "Choke" is kind of stupid in that no one in a restaurant will start sending money to someone who has trouble swallowing. On top of that it's just a play off 6 IJ pages where a beggar asks for a handshake instead of money.
And you know not even Brad Pitt could make a hit out of "Fight Club," which is essentially the same thing as the bit part played by U.H.I.D.'s Joelle Van Dyne AKA Madame Psychosis.
Sorry you had so much trouble with the book. It is rather high on the difficulty scale.
And I'd like to congratulate you and all your HST associates for getting the beginnings of the exposure they ruly deserve. I've noticed that your "Editorial" is also getting some new attention. Thought it a solid five stars myself.
Anyway, I just looked at Amazon and it's difficult to find unless you know the names ahead of time. So, I put the Kindle link here. It's just $2.99 and $7 or 8.99 in paperback.
https://www.amazon.com/Editorial-Arth...
Anyway, I just looked at Amazon and it's difficult to find unless you know the names ahead of time. So, I put the Kindle link here. It's just $2.99 and $7 or 8.99 in paperback.
https://www.amazon.com/Editorial-Arth...
I think that they give you some sort of prize if you can sit all the way through this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTpG...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTpG...
There still must have been 100 hippies alive at this point. Shameful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHiGR...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHiGR...
Just writing this inconsequentiality here as it will be on the bottom of the page and I'd like the next one to be on top. Mostly did pictures for G4 yesterday.





Must sound bright as my HS teacher used to say it regularly. He's now a top reviewer on GR.