tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post4996214521038865970..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Lies from DisneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-47393179661207185802021-11-30T14:12:33.003-08:002021-11-30T14:12:33.003-08:00I do feel kind of bad about it, though. I used to ...I do feel kind of bad about it, though. I used to sneer at people who didn't read books, and now... I've lost my attention span. jeez, the last book I finished reading was a book I'd already read a dozen times. <br /><br />Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-37750646248700603242021-11-30T07:06:58.148-08:002021-11-30T07:06:58.148-08:00Same here.
I don't do much on social media, u...Same here.<br /><br />I don't do much on social media, unless you consider Reddit "social media." Some do, some don't. But I still learn. I just don't read books. Yeah, a lot of what I absorb on the internet is fluff, but I watch a lot of interesting documentaries. I listen to a lot of interesting podcasts. I take in information, just in a different form.Captain Hampocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849547698251622931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-56242249215880733192021-11-30T00:58:11.304-08:002021-11-30T00:58:11.304-08:00Physical books used to be hours every day for me t...Physical books used to be hours every day for me too, but the internet has depleted that to near nothing. It's a sadness and a regret and maybe a shitty trade-off, but the only thing that could unravel it and get me back to reading books all night is if I suddenly lost my internet connection (against my will). Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-85318346120262868852021-11-29T13:54:20.352-08:002021-11-29T13:54:20.352-08:00Yeah, lots of the YouTube stuff is about physics. ...Yeah, lots of the YouTube stuff is about physics. Books are still a more targeted medium. Doug, this is, of course, entirely your business, but the Web is literally all over the place. If I'm not also reading one book at a time, I start to get a little dizzy. Yeah, I surf a fair amount, but I read a physical book an hour a day or so.<br /><br />My sharp view on this, which, again, you have nojohnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-78385316194526647482021-11-29T13:23:25.276-08:002021-11-29T13:23:25.276-08:00He's known to me and he's good, but it'...He's known to me and he's good, but it's been a few years since anything I've seen. I'll look.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-42938948032309631332021-11-29T09:54:13.967-08:002021-11-29T09:54:13.967-08:00Also, just search his name on Youtube. There's...Also, just search his name on Youtube. There's a wealth of great stuff on there.Captain Hampocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849547698251622931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-53739879118610976112021-11-29T09:50:33.238-08:002021-11-29T09:50:33.238-08:00I'd like to second Feynman's books. They a...I'd like to second Feynman's books. They are very fun and accessible, to a non-physicist. He's a great storyteller.Captain Hampocketsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-6779112912925798852021-11-29T09:45:27.984-08:002021-11-29T09:45:27.984-08:00I've seen some TV footage of a speech and a fe...I've seen some TV footage of a speech and a few interviews from Feynman. He always seemed to enjoy what he did, and he seemed like a personable chap. I'd be curious enough to watch a Feynman documentary, but doubt I could sit still for a book or two. My attention span is withering; I'm always reading 203 books but it's been months since I finished one.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-67723500098368365312021-11-29T04:44:48.631-08:002021-11-29T04:44:48.631-08:00My favorite theoretical physicist is Richard Feynm...My favorite theoretical physicist is Richard Feynman. Actually, he's one of my favorite people, although he died in 1988. Nobody replaced him.<br /><br />The second volume of his (sort of) autobiography is called, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?". That title is a reasonable summary of how he chose to live his life. If you're curious, the first volume is "Surely johnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-36785171424835681902021-11-28T15:05:48.048-08:002021-11-28T15:05:48.048-08:00Usually when I say what I said, the vibe that reve...Usually when I say what I said, the vibe that reverbs at me is that I'm gauche and lowbrow, and that *live* music is the *only* music.<br /><br />So I am hap-hap-happy to read this, especially from you, because you're more into music than I am. I am liking you, dude!Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-39864362657383900152021-11-28T14:29:53.059-08:002021-11-28T14:29:53.059-08:00Leonard Cohen in concert (close to verbatim): &quo...Leonard Cohen in concert (close to verbatim): "I appreciate how familiar many of you are with my work. That familiarity has kept my soul nourished all these years and kept my children fed into adulthood. The band and the singers and I would appreciate it if you could show that recognition silently when we start playing because we need to hear one another to play the song as you remember it. johnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-68210889575581879302021-11-28T06:53:15.295-08:002021-11-28T06:53:15.295-08:00Everything in show business is fake on some level,...Everything in show business is fake on some level, though.<br /><br />I prefer the studio version of almost any performance, over a 'live in concert' recording. I want to hear the music, not drunks in the audience whistling, idiots screaming in the background, or having the finish drowned out by applause, or worse, applause over the <i>beginning</i> of a particularly popular tune.<br /><Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-12091307840407350672021-11-27T17:59:12.675-08:002021-11-27T17:59:12.675-08:00By the way, in the live version, which is the one ...By the way, in the live version, which is the one we usually hear, there's a cheer from the inmates after Cash sings the line, so the inmates like people getting shot.<br /><br />Yeah, never happened. There were a couple of whoops from the crowd, but not loud enough to move the needle on the audience mic. Our friends at Columbia Records and Tapes found another place on the recording where thejohnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-74148368313340197242021-11-27T14:07:28.194-08:002021-11-27T14:07:28.194-08:00I should've known — it's music, so of cour...I should've known — it's music, so of course you'd know it. Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-5543476654595435032021-11-27T13:56:11.150-08:002021-11-27T13:56:11.150-08:00Yeah, Folsom Prison Blues. It's a fine song. I...Yeah, Folsom Prison Blues. It's a fine song. I keep forgetting I'm new here and you don't know I'm a wiseguy. johnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-6602217139296692322021-11-27T13:33:07.012-08:002021-11-27T13:33:07.012-08:00It's just a line from a Johnny Cash song, I th...It's just a line from a Johnny Cash song, I think, and it's been one of my recurring/annoying jokes since the 1980s. :)Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-15435625636448406262021-11-27T13:16:51.082-08:002021-11-27T13:16:51.082-08:00I'm a little confused about this. Why the hell...I'm a little confused about this. Why the hell did you shoot a guy in Reno at all? <br /><br />jtbjohnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-6429595845715544482021-11-27T09:20:45.863-08:002021-11-27T09:20:45.863-08:00I never shot a guy in Reno just to watch him die, ...I never shot a guy in Reno just to watch him die, but I am not a good man.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-10379552344930352952021-11-27T05:54:44.970-08:002021-11-27T05:54:44.970-08:00You are a good man. You are a good man. Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-89010881674268643512021-11-26T12:29:26.063-08:002021-11-26T12:29:26.063-08:00Then you get another big hug, and all my leftover ...Then you get another big hug, and all my leftover turkey.<br /><br />I hate turkey.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-56241456806236114742021-11-26T06:14:38.704-08:002021-11-26T06:14:38.704-08:00Nothing I want to talk about, I guess, but thank y...Nothing I want to talk about, I guess, but thank you.Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-76180840026039157432021-11-25T08:31:03.856-08:002021-11-25T08:31:03.856-08:00You can talk about it if you wish, but I won't...You can talk about it if you wish, but I won't pry otherwise.<br /><br />Just a big hug, no jokes.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-21474217542901937932021-11-25T06:03:30.516-08:002021-11-25T06:03:30.516-08:00He was doing so good. He was doing so good. Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-6799271936689777602021-11-25T03:17:00.880-08:002021-11-25T03:17:00.880-08:00Well, that sucks. Condolences and hug.Well, that sucks. Condolences and hug.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-29481537189439282502021-11-24T14:55:35.919-08:002021-11-24T14:55:35.919-08:00I love the Jesus meme. It made me smile, which ama...I love the Jesus meme. It made me smile, which amazes me. I lost one of my best friends to Heroin yesterday.Brandonnoreply@blogger.com