Comments on: Your Wandering Correspondent http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/ America's favorite blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:21:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Katie http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14816 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:23:04 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14816 Adam - Advanced warning for Chicago is good! One of these times, if I read it pre-show (instead of post), I'll hop a plane down and buy you a round or 2 of Maker's Mark to either a. celebrate another stunning win; or b. console the loss. I'm just sayin'. :) Katie p.s. Is it September yet?! Adam -

Advanced warning for Chicago is good! One of these times, if I read it pre-show (instead of post), I’ll hop a plane down and buy you a round or 2 of Maker’s Mark to either a. celebrate another stunning win; or b. console the loss. I’m just sayin’. :)

Katie

p.s. Is it September yet?!

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14789 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:16:19 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14789 Mary's right. This is the New-Nited States of Merka. We think war is great and would never censor any book for being in favor of war... Mary’s right. This is the New-Nited States of Merka. We think war is great and would never censor any book for being in favor of war…

]]> by: ice weasel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14786 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:15:24 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14786 psssssssst, "felberpalooza" just sayin' (check your email murray) psssssssst, “felberpalooza”

just sayin’

(check your email murray)

]]> by: Sharon http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14783 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:22:46 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14783 To be perfectly accurate, Slaughterhouse-Five was probably never censored for being "anti-war" per se, but my suspicion is that the reasons given were just a smokescreen. Surely Robin Moore's "The Green Berets" had as much profanity in it as S-5 (I can't say, 'cause I never read it), but it's not listed in "100 Banned Books." To be perfectly accurate, Slaughterhouse-Five was probably never censored for being “anti-war” per se, but my suspicion is that the reasons given were just a smokescreen. Surely Robin Moore’s “The Green Berets” had as much profanity in it as S-5 (I can’t say, ’cause I never read it), but it’s not listed in “100 Banned Books.”

]]> by: Mary http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14779 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:02:55 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14779 Sharon - now there is an interesting question. I can't recall a book being censored because it was pro-war. Sexually suggestive, anti-war, "pro" homosexuality, profane language.... I can recall books being censored for the above but not "pro-war". But then, I do suffer from CRS. (sigh) Sharon - now there is an interesting question. I can’t recall a book being censored because it was pro-war. Sexually suggestive, anti-war, “pro” homosexuality, profane language…. I can recall books being censored for the above but not “pro-war”. But then, I do suffer from CRS. (sigh)

]]> by: Tom in Santa Clara http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14762 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:10:28 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14762 Adam, I for one have loved hearing you on WWDTM all these weekends! And since I've subscribed to the podcasts, I've got them all on my little iPod, which will come in handy when I depart for that island nation and native land of Sue (that would be England) in a couple of weeks for a little vacation! You can tell Peter and Carl and Kyrie and Roy and Charlie and Paula and whoever else is on the show that one of the shows biggest fans will be listening as I cross the pond in a large pressurized metal tube manufactured by Boeing! Oh, and the airline I'm flying one is one that doesn't put a lot of paint on their planes, just a nice tasteful red/white/blue stripe down the side! And please give the lovely Jeanne a hug from me...we met at the Pacific Grove recording! Adam, I for one have loved hearing you on WWDTM all these weekends!

And since I’ve subscribed to the podcasts, I’ve got them all on my little iPod, which will come in handy when I depart for that island nation and native land of Sue (that would be England) in a couple of weeks for a little vacation! You can tell Peter and Carl and Kyrie and Roy and Charlie and Paula and whoever else is on the show that one of the shows biggest fans will be listening as I cross the pond in a large pressurized metal tube manufactured by Boeing! Oh, and the airline I’m flying one is one that doesn’t put a lot of paint on their planes, just a nice tasteful red/white/blue stripe down the side!

And please give the lovely Jeanne a hug from me…we met at the Pacific Grove recording!

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14756 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:40:30 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14756 I sure can't, Sharon, but I loved the book and the film. One of my absolute, utter, favourite places to visit is Tralfamadore! Never forgotten it. Ever. I sure can’t, Sharon, but I loved the book and the film. One of my absolute, utter, favourite places to visit is Tralfamadore! Never forgotten it. Ever.

]]> by: Sharon http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14754 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:40:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14754 O wise and wonderful Felbernauts, I have a favor to ask of y'all. I'm writing a paper on censorship for one of my library classes, and I'd like to contrast Slaughterhouse-Five (arguably anti-war) with a book that was censored, or at least challenged, on the grounds of being "pro-war" or "glorifying war." But I haven't been able to find any. Can anyone here give me any leads? Surely this has happened at least once somewhere in Vermont or Berkeley? O wise and wonderful Felbernauts, I have a favor to ask of y’all. I’m writing a paper on censorship for one of my library classes, and I’d like to contrast Slaughterhouse-Five (arguably anti-war) with a book that was censored, or at least challenged, on the grounds of being “pro-war” or “glorifying war.” But I haven’t been able to find any. Can anyone here give me any leads? Surely this has happened at least once somewhere in Vermont or Berkeley?

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14752 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:47:45 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14752 David D, my apologies. I do, from time to time, balance precariously on the fence between Gonzo and talking in tongues. I just had this image of Dick Cheney superimposed on the "Animal House" set, leaning on the battered Lincoln Continental, and telling American that "you fucked up...". Mary, that's what I like about this group. I can lapse into the conversational "we" and the regulars pick right up on it. Oh, and Mary, what a grand name that is for a lad! But rest assured, whatever name the parents chose to call him, his friends will make up an unflattering moniker to mash the buttons of all loved ones. For instance, my son's name is Adam, just like our buddy Mr. Felber, and a name that does not really lend itself to shortening or nicknames - one of the reasons we liked it. Of course, by the 2nd grade, he was being refered to as "A damn". What can you do? David D, my apologies. I do, from time to time, balance precariously on the fence between Gonzo and talking in tongues. I just had this image of Dick Cheney superimposed on the “Animal House” set, leaning on the battered Lincoln Continental, and telling American that “you fucked up…”.

Mary, that’s what I like about this group. I can lapse into the conversational “we” and the regulars pick right up on it. Oh, and Mary, what a grand name that is for a lad! But rest assured, whatever name the parents chose to call him, his friends will make up an unflattering moniker to mash the buttons of all loved ones. For instance, my son’s name is Adam, just like our buddy Mr. Felber, and a name that does not really lend itself to shortening or nicknames - one of the reasons we liked it. Of course, by the 2nd grade, he was being refered to as “A damn”. What can you do?

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14751 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:05:52 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/10/your-wandering-correspondent/#comment-14751 Mary, the remains are a bit old, maybe it's Amelia Erheart. GDSALSOS, I like that, I think that will be W's moniker from now on. Mary, the remains are a bit old, maybe it’s Amelia Erheart.

GDSALSOS, I like that, I think that will be W’s moniker from now on.

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