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"After 121 rejections, you only need one acceptance." -Bob Persig

Brutal tackling had more to do with those fumbles than the weather.

Sportswriters get laid?

Well the retard genes of Americans were pandered to successfully in 1964 & 1972...then again, though it wasn't as drastic, in 2002 & 2004...I'd still like to think that we've come a bit forward since those embarassments.

Ugh.

I'm not familiar with the other Zen & the Art of... books. But, no, Persig's 'Zen/Motorcycle' isn't a self-help book. You won't learn either how to achieve some kind of weird Buddha state or how to fix your motorcycle by reading it. Basically, it is philosophy wrapped inside a narrative where the main character (Phaedrus) travels the country on a motorcycle with his young son & a couple friends ride along as well. There is some human interaction here though that doesn't play as integral a part as it does in 'Lila'. The narrative in Zen/Motorcycle largely acts as a catalyst for extended philosophical rants & theories, as well as flashbacks to the narrator's teaching experience and mental breakdown. Persig himself was certainly a genius and many aspects of both books are autobiographical. At times both books can get a bit long and tedious but never as bad as reading stuff like Kierkegaard or Kant or the like. If the idea of a modern genius giving a thick dissertation on his understandable philosophy via a fairly compelling storyline intrigues you at all I definitly recommend it. If you like it, I would say trying 'Lila' after that is a must.

Unless Sean Hannity or Glen Beck beats Kentucky to the punch.

'Lila' the follow up to Robert Persig's 'Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' is an incredible bit of work for the writer. Lots of stuff to take from the pages, brilliant observations, and an even more compelling narrative than Zen/Motorcycle. His skewering of the pretentious & nerdy (himself included) is quite believable coming from the Ultimate Nerd.

No. It's idiotic to dislike/distrust a guy for his middle name. He was born well before Don Rumsfeld was shaking the other Hussein's hand. If this kind of stuff actually bothers you - You represent America's shortbus demographic.

Has Fox gotten around to apologizing for the "Hussein Osama went to a hardcore Moslem school!!1" bit yet? Dan Rather apologized on-air and lost his job for that big fuckup with Bush...but this Obama deal is ok? Liberal media, babay!

BE ON THE ALERT!

Good luck, Lane Kiffin.

Isn't that where you're from?

I expect better from a guy whose team is going to the SuperBowl.

That Bonnaroo lineup is still just a big, plausible, rumor. It sounds more & more like Police & PJ will be 2/3 of the headliners (there may also be a Thursday headliner this year as well), and the others may all be there...but there's plenty of questioning about the possibility of Dylan headlining a night. He did play in '04 but that was before a headlining set by Dave Matthews/Tery Anastasio/Tim Reynolds and the reviews were mixed. I personally really liked it. When the official full initial lineup for Roo is announced I'll start a thread for it, unless I'm beaten to the punch. It'll deserve it. I hope more TSMers make it to Roo this summer.

That post probably took too much effort for the dismal result.

We're supposed to be defending Czech here at TSM, smitty, not NoCalMike. The forthcoming incandenza impression should be hilarious!

Covered by Fox, Post, and Glen Beck. Pretty reliable trio there.

Rischardson on Hardball again in a few minutes.

Can't blame 'em for that. The Mike DeWine toadie approach didn't pan out too well in the end. Better to be disengenuous and right then disengenuous and wrong, I guess.

2 more dead on Sunday. Susan Collins of Maine has joined the Republicans opposed to the escalation (or 'Iraqi boob job' as Condi wants us to call it)

The Ronnie James Dio version of Sabbath are reuniting to tour throughout the year. Megadeth & Down will open.

I forgot how the Ravens won.

No official word yet on if they're only playing the Coachella date or planning a reunion your.