HST Digest: 2/16/18
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That one was really stupid, even by my standards.
"What is the system that gets around?" Wish DeBord would set it to music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHFUA...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHFUA...
Like often, as a result of reading some GR opinions, not meant in a derrogatory way, I started looking up some things and eventually got to Jung's take on dreams. Basically, he said that dreams facilitated the process of individuation, the combining of the concious with the unconcious.
No lie, my most common recent dream is that I'm somewhere and desperately have to take a piss, but can't find a place to do it. Then I wake up and go to the bathroom.
This is deep, but I think Jung was right, and I'm being individuated. If nothing so grand, I appreciate the dream as I'd rather not piss in bed.
Any other dreamers out there?
No lie, my most common recent dream is that I'm somewhere and desperately have to take a piss, but can't find a place to do it. Then I wake up and go to the bathroom.
This is deep, but I think Jung was right, and I'm being individuated. If nothing so grand, I appreciate the dream as I'd rather not piss in bed.
Any other dreamers out there?
Look at that fucking semicolon in the title. Haha. Apparently, homeboy I-fancy-myself-an-author skipped this simple lesson in BASIC-ASS English punctuation:
"Clarify the titles of books, lectures and other compositions—Use a colon in titles that express two parallel ideas. The words on either side of the colon should be able to stand on their own. (Example: He wrote "Crisis Management by Apology: Corporate Response to Allegations of Wrongdoing.")"
So since he's too FUCKING STOOPID to be embarrassed for himself, we'll be embarrassed for him. Heh.
Sincerely,
Tha Dougster
Thanks for the advertising, Dougster. But, when you really come right down to it, who really cares whether the colon is semi or full?
And frankly, even if you're grammatically correct, your argument was half-assed as it didn't say when semis are used. And I'm not going to look it up for you, as I don't give two wet purple raspberries or five dumbass Konrath books about it.
If your object was to embarrass me, you'd have done a lot better to quote the stupid shit inside, but then you'd have to forget about your full colon for a while.
P.S. I may have succeeded in establishing a trademark. Take note, boy.
And frankly, even if you're grammatically correct, your argument was half-assed as it didn't say when semis are used. And I'm not going to look it up for you, as I don't give two wet purple raspberries or five dumbass Konrath books about it.
If your object was to embarrass me, you'd have done a lot better to quote the stupid shit inside, but then you'd have to forget about your full colon for a while.
P.S. I may have succeeded in establishing a trademark. Take note, boy.
Arthur wrote; "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtjiV..."
Reminds me of the time the missus and I went as Dorothy and Frank for Halloween. "
Is there a photo of "Frank" and "Dorothy?" Bet it would help this thread as I'm sure all her friends would like to see it.
Reminds me of the time the missus and I went as Dorothy and Frank for Halloween. "
Is there a photo of "Frank" and "Dorothy?" Bet it would help this thread as I'm sure all her friends would like to see it.
"And those downtown macho painters are just alcoholic."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwY7...
This isn't directed at anyone on this thread. It's just for those po-mo afficionados. If they just had heard this song, they'd have concluded that all their crap was said in a nutshell, and they'd shut up. ...................... Errrr, that's kind of optimistic, as it assumes they'd understand it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwY7...
This isn't directed at anyone on this thread. It's just for those po-mo afficionados. If they just had heard this song, they'd have concluded that all their crap was said in a nutshell, and they'd shut up. ...................... Errrr, that's kind of optimistic, as it assumes they'd understand it.
Is Winona Ryder Still with the Dude from Soul Asylum? and Other LURID Tales of TERROR and DOOM!!!
And Dougster; if we're going to be bound by traditional rules, it's common sense that the main title be in larger or equally sized letters relative to the subtitle. Sorry, I'm unable to cut and paste on GR. But, you know (maybe) to make the letters of the subtitle larger is backward by traditional standards.
YOU SOME KIND OF FREAK, BOY?
And Dougster; if we're going to be bound by traditional rules, it's common sense that the main title be in larger or equally sized letters relative to the subtitle. Sorry, I'm unable to cut and paste on GR. But, you know (maybe) to make the letters of the subtitle larger is backward by traditional standards.
YOU SOME KIND OF FREAK, BOY?
Douglas wrote; "Look at that fucking semicolon in the title. Haha. Apparently, homeboy I-fancy-myself-an-author skipped this simple lesson in BASIC-ASS English punctuation"
Um, yeah. They were supposed to be teaching that shit in grammar school? Right? Well, pasty faced white boy, you just can't comprehend that in MY grammar school the teachers were spending most of their time trying to get the class to stop fucking around. When they went to one side of the room, the other started up, until the teacher quit. Unowhumsayin? Not a fucking chance.
So, maybe I missed that one. But, what I did learn was how to get along in a world you Bizarro pussies can only fantasize about.
My mom taught me to read and I went through all the classics by age 5. In school, I learned the funny stuff. After I went to college I got rich and mingled elsewhere. Then when I started writing, mufuggin Franzen and GR froze and shit a brick.
Please excuse me; I'm doing representational mixed with abstract art today, and am not really in any book shit mood.
In other words
FUCK OFF ASSHOLE.
Um, yeah. They were supposed to be teaching that shit in grammar school? Right? Well, pasty faced white boy, you just can't comprehend that in MY grammar school the teachers were spending most of their time trying to get the class to stop fucking around. When they went to one side of the room, the other started up, until the teacher quit. Unowhumsayin? Not a fucking chance.
So, maybe I missed that one. But, what I did learn was how to get along in a world you Bizarro pussies can only fantasize about.
My mom taught me to read and I went through all the classics by age 5. In school, I learned the funny stuff. After I went to college I got rich and mingled elsewhere. Then when I started writing, mufuggin Franzen and GR froze and shit a brick.
Please excuse me; I'm doing representational mixed with abstract art today, and am not really in any book shit mood.
In other words
FUCK OFF ASSHOLE.
Best idea for an anthology. The Unofficial Biography of Ed Drobinski.
Actually I take that back. It would be really, really boring.
Hey, Ed. Can you just write poems about Jeremy Maddux? That was the best thing you ever did.
Jeff wrote: "Hey, Ed. Can you just write poems about Jeremy Maddux? That was the best thing you ever did."
Maybe, but not likely. See, I can't write poetry at all, so am lost where you called it that. In retrospect Maddux had one major thing going; he knew enough to get totally away from you Bizarro assholes, no matter what names you're using to back out of that now.
I'm kind of through with that shit, but if "New Kink" books can advance me some real money, I could take a few minutes and easily knock off something better than they ever previously published.
Maybe, but not likely. See, I can't write poetry at all, so am lost where you called it that. In retrospect Maddux had one major thing going; he knew enough to get totally away from you Bizarro assholes, no matter what names you're using to back out of that now.
I'm kind of through with that shit, but if "New Kink" books can advance me some real money, I could take a few minutes and easily knock off something better than they ever previously published.
Jeff wrote: "Actually I take that back. It would be really, really boring."
No doubt it would, otherwise I'd have done it myself. Same shit any decent Boomer did. I keep telling Arthur and the rest of his flunkies this shit, but it's like talking to your donut ass. Jeez. Someday I'm going to stop being polite.
No doubt it would, otherwise I'd have done it myself. Same shit any decent Boomer did. I keep telling Arthur and the rest of his flunkies this shit, but it's like talking to your donut ass. Jeez. Someday I'm going to stop being polite.
You should be so lucky as to talk to my donut!
New Kink would never take one of your manuscripts. We only accept manuscripts with proper use of semicolons.
Ah, ready for this now. Took a while and some concentrtion to depict all of life in two pictures, narratated by two dogs, who decide to later break apart the collages into individualized commented upon sections because of their optimistic and obliged feelings that they have to explain this to Millennials. That is indeed the true double bind you've never heard of.
And Jeff, just one question if I may. Like okay, let's pretend that "New Kink" has some money, and it wants to use that to make more money by paying a good writer for the right to "publish" him with some yet to be negotiated caveats. Seems reasonable; bank balance to be confirmed.
So, here's the part I don't get. "New Kink" is going to walk away from all this money merely because they are unwilling or unable to change a few semi-colons to whatever the fuck they deem appropriate?
This is either unforgivable ignorance, sloth, or an expensive colon fetish. I will have no part unless I've missed a more palatable possibility.
P.S. Man, when Konrath says you're boring, your next job is five starring his Mellick worship books, as he's like OK with 1980 mall economics in Podunkville, sensory deprivation tanks filled with piss, and what baseball pitcher has a sore arm. That's low.
And Jeff, just one question if I may. Like okay, let's pretend that "New Kink" has some money, and it wants to use that to make more money by paying a good writer for the right to "publish" him with some yet to be negotiated caveats. Seems reasonable; bank balance to be confirmed.
So, here's the part I don't get. "New Kink" is going to walk away from all this money merely because they are unwilling or unable to change a few semi-colons to whatever the fuck they deem appropriate?
This is either unforgivable ignorance, sloth, or an expensive colon fetish. I will have no part unless I've missed a more palatable possibility.
P.S. Man, when Konrath says you're boring, your next job is five starring his Mellick worship books, as he's like OK with 1980 mall economics in Podunkville, sensory deprivation tanks filled with piss, and what baseball pitcher has a sore arm. That's low.
Jeff wrote: "New Kink would never take one of your manuscripts. We only accept manuscripts with proper use of semicolons."Heh. *high five*
TrojanHo wrote: "Thanks for the advertising, Dougster. But, when you really come right down to it, who really cares whether the colon is semi or full?And frankly, even if you're grammatically correct, your argume..."
What amazes me is that you don't even have to open the terrible cover (it looks like some sort of vomit splat) of this book to encounter its first egregious grammar infraction.
One can only imagine what lies BEYOND that cover!
Heh.
Sincerely,
Tha Dougerizer
To Tha Dougerizer; (semi-colon), I liked that cover, spent more time than usual with it, and rejected 4 or 5 others. It's intended as a surreal depiction of the most common baseball TV view, with a vague catcher, and an umpire who has essentially disappeared.
The righty vs. lefty thing harkens back to the old masters. The non-descript faces are a recognition of the many who have played this game. And the swirling amorphous crowd is a reflection of the swirling, amorphous crowd.
It's better to be associated with artists, and not to explain these things.
The righty vs. lefty thing harkens back to the old masters. The non-descript faces are a recognition of the many who have played this game. And the swirling amorphous crowd is a reflection of the swirling, amorphous crowd.
It's better to be associated with artists, and not to explain these things.
Lol you think anyone read that OMGLOLROFLLMAO
You couldn't ask that unless you did. Gotcha, ape fart.
Jeff wrote: "Hey, Ed. Can you just write poems about Jeremy Maddux? That was the best thing you ever did."LOL
The Bizarros lost their Big Bender
when they Derrida'd their gender.
Crummy books he high rated.
But he wouldn't be mated.
So in turn they were fated
to seek to be sated
through their handy work
in the Goodreads circle jerk.
OK for "New Kink" I hope.
when they Derrida'd their gender.
Crummy books he high rated.
But he wouldn't be mated.
So in turn they were fated
to seek to be sated
through their handy work
in the Goodreads circle jerk.
OK for "New Kink" I hope.
I don’t even know what any of that means, so yes. Submit it..
Jeff wrote: "I don’t even know what any of that means, so yes. Submit it.."
I thought I just did, Dick.
OK. Here are a few hints. Big Bender is one name given to people from Tennessee. Derrida is one of Arthur's heroes, who theorized about meta, duplicity, memes, and other stuff he got from Picasso.
You know Jeff, if Dougie ever finishes with "Infinite Jest," and tries to give it to you, refuse delivery.
I thought I just did, Dick.
OK. Here are a few hints. Big Bender is one name given to people from Tennessee. Derrida is one of Arthur's heroes, who theorized about meta, duplicity, memes, and other stuff he got from Picasso.
You know Jeff, if Dougie ever finishes with "Infinite Jest," and tries to give it to you, refuse delivery.
There once was a man who couldn't use a semicolonClaims he was successful in the age of Bowie and Bolan
His prose is boring
If you read it, you're snoring
I jerk off thinking about him until my balls become swollen
TrojanHo wrote: "Derrida is one of Arthur's heroes, who theorized about meta, duplicity, memes, and other stuff he got from Picasso."Wow, that's a pretty poor understanding, even for someone who gets most of their knowledge skimming Wikipedia...
Jeff wrote: "Lol you think anyone read that OMGLOLROFLLMAO"Haha.
I must admit that although I've never read one of his long-ass, inappropriately inserted, and COMPLETELY UNASKED-FOR "novel" excerpts, sometimes I can't help but catch an instance of "the" or maybe an "of'" or two as I rapidly scroll past them.
Arthur wrote; "Wow, that's a pretty poor understanding, even for someone who gets most of their knowledge skimming Wikipedia..."
The only things I skim are Doug's, Jeff's and your books.
The only things I skim are Doug's, Jeff's and your books.
Thanks for the 4-star rating by the way!
Jeff wrote: "Thanks for the 4-star rating by the way!"
Sure thing. The way this thing works it will remain though the stupid "review" gets wiped out when I switch ID's.
Sure thing. The way this thing works it will remain though the stupid "review" gets wiped out when I switch ID's.
Douglas wrote; "I must admit that although I've never read one of his long-ass, inappropriately inserted, and COMPLETELY UNASKED-FOR "novel" excerpts, sometimes I can't help but catch an instance of "the" or maybe an "of'" or two as I rapidly scroll past them."
I gave you some practice for all the stuff you're getting out of 'Infinite Jest.'
I gave you some practice for all the stuff you're getting out of 'Infinite Jest.'
Jeff wrote; "Claims he was successful in the age of Bowie and Bolan"
Bing Crosby, actually.
Bing Crosby, actually.
I am not only getting deleted by GR's intellectual giants, the parodists, the Bizarro elite, the middle of the road, and the morons; I am now being deleted by the perverts.
No longer do I have any doubts about the righteousness of my mission.
No longer do I have any doubts about the righteousness of my mission.
TrojanHo wrote: "I am not only getting deleted by GR's intellectual giants, the parodists, the Bizarro elite, the middle of the road, and the morons; I am now being deleted by the perverts. No longer do I have an..."
Yo ass got CENSORED again by Bradley "The Sandman" Sands. Haha.
Douglas wrote; "Yo ass got CENSORED again by Bradley "The Sandman" Sands. Haha."
This is getting to be just so common. Oh well.
This is getting to be just so common. Oh well.
That Bradley Sands
has the whole world in his hands.
He tried using his head,
but it was baldy slick
and his whole world crashed
and crushed his wittle dick.
DOUGLAS
has the whole world in his hands.
He tried using his head,
but it was baldy slick
and his whole world crashed
and crushed his wittle dick.
DOUGLAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtjiV..."
Reminds me of the time the missus and I went as Dorothy and Frank for Halloween.