Matt’s Comments (group member since Mar 06, 2009)

Matt’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

Chris wrote: "I'd add that pop fiction is well and good--most of us like to read a "trashy" book or an "airport novel" or whatever you want to call it from time to time. (I realize this is a pretty loaded or bi..."

FYI: All About Lulu qualifies as a bestselling airport read these days so you may want to rethink your terminology there

that's Brom Bones territory

awkward is awkward

there is an english language of ficciones available entitled: ficciones

Im not buying it - you both are obviously deeply involved witht the infamous international cocaine/confetti egg smuggling ring

stupid americans with their always nodding their heads up and down like geese

dont forget the self congratulatory back slapping

the link to Wolff's Bullet in the Brain appears to be broken

when I was a kid we used to play tackle football on the street, we used to have rock fights, we used to think construction sites were cool places to play, we used to blow shit up

'youth is wasted on the wrong people'

good lord I thought they'd taken freaks and geeks off the air again

Imagine what kind of grief you'd get for kicking them out of the house and telling them to go out and play not to come back until dark - that's the way I was raised (after the chores and homework were done) and I got up to all manner of dangerous and dastardly shit that would turn a modern parent's hair white

Ben wrote: "i always wondered why that band had such a shitty name..."

me too

Matt wrote: "not casting aspersions just noting that it's a bit of a misnomer"

ok good - trying to keep the snark to a minimum today

not casting aspersions just noting that it's a bit of a misnomer

I guess I asked the question about content or packaging because if as it appears this is a question of packaging and child safety regulations the use of the word 'banning' is a little misleading

what this seems to be is a continuation of the larger social phenomenon of being (overly)protective of our children

this in another guise is the same impulse that has ruined halloween (over a few bad apples?) and rendered this generation of bugs bunny cartoons insipid pablum

If I dont like a book I rarely finish it and if I dont finish it I dont review it so there's that

is this about content or packaging? enormous difference

Maureen wrote: "Matt wrote: "can I go around managing the snark levels?"

i suspect this means you intend to increase the snark levels. and i for one, say, why the hell not? of course, this is a democratic forum, ..."

let's just say I'd like to leave my options open

(on the other hand I just accidentally deleted someone's post and now I feel terrible - maybe this is too much power for me)

I read what I want to read when I want to read it - trying to live under the tyranny of a plan just wouldnt be possible - Im just not built that way

low level please or none if you have too many - i cant be at all consistent