tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post3368938076940014632..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: The wheelchair observationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-68161342083433651482023-01-25T13:09:21.023-08:002023-01-25T13:09:21.023-08:00It's one of the hundreds of books I should'...It's one of the hundreds of books I should've read but haven't. Added it to the list, but it's a long list.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-78121449503837024042023-01-25T10:12:27.896-08:002023-01-25T10:12:27.896-08:00Have you read "Steal This Book" by Abbie...Have you read "Steal This Book" by Abbie Hoffman? I think you'd enjoy it.Paul Ageenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-63504700199415469242022-12-29T07:17:48.675-08:002022-12-29T07:17:48.675-08:00Most of the giant conglomerates of Then are still ...Most of the giant conglomerates of Then are still with us Now, plus a few new ones that have exploited technology to find new avenues of evil. And yet, yeah, even though Then was a terrible time, it still feels better than Now.<br /><br />Except for the internet and easily pirated movies. That's <i>definitely</i> an improvement.<br /><br />There was only one ass-shaving, but Izzy's big Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-75086323000828384212022-12-28T16:21:30.114-08:002022-12-28T16:21:30.114-08:00It's astonishing how much worse this has gotte...It's astonishing how much worse this has gotten since you wrote this sort of thing in PL 25 years ago. Anyone with eyes and a nervous system back then could see where it was headed, surely, but we seemed to have turned a corner and fallen off a cliff, and that "25 years ago" might as well have been 125 years ago.<br /><br />Never have individual human lives meant less, or been more Claude Propeller-head Reignsnoreply@blogger.com