I am bookless. I've read
I am bookless. I've read everything I own and need some new material. Being bookless is a sad,sad thing, so please suggest some literary goodness for me.
In return I will tell you an embarassing story. The other night I was not feeling well and stopped at the grocery store to purchase some Imodium for my upset stomach. Michelle called to tell me that we were out of toilet paper and that's how I found myself in the check-out line with a box of anti-diarhreal medicine and a 24 pack of toilet paper.
Comments
That is an awesome story!
The only thing that could have made it better would be if you also bought some Preparation H.
Posted by: josh | September 8, 2003 09:08 PM
...and some adilt diapers.
Posted by: john | September 10, 2003 10:23 AM
hilarious story and,
Tom Clancy- The Teeth of the Tiger
Posted by: keeg | September 10, 2003 02:01 PM
i suggest reading foucoult's pendulum by umberto eco. it's completely engrossing and is all about conspiracies to rule the world. read it with a dictionary cause this guy's a genius. I can suggest reading something from nick hornby but you probably have so I thought umberto eco would be a more useful suggestion. by the way, great crap story!
Posted by: poweredbyapathy | September 10, 2003 04:20 PM
I should have mentioned that I didn't reallize how funny this looked until I was second in line, so I considered throwing in a pack of gum but realized that would just be pathetic.
I have read quite a bit of Hornsby and Clancy and some Eco. But, not Foucoult's Pendulum. I tried to get through Kant and the Platypus, but his free use of foreign languages bogged me down. Name of the Rose was very good though.
Posted by: joe | September 10, 2003 09:49 PM
Reading The Life of Pi right now and it looks to be a good one, you know, post modern. A tad laborious at first, but getting better.
This is a very good story Joe, but if you had a gang of screeming monkeys it would have been absolutly perfect.
Foucoults pendulum is quite good if you can coast through all of the linguistic properties, but I find that a roughly similar experience is reading Peter Pan. Also, for a little bit of light fun, read an old eighties "how to" book about being a good salesman. That's so much fun it should be illegal, or atleast considered a sin by most orthodoxies.
Posted by: dave | September 12, 2003 02:48 PM
everything is illuminated by jonathan safran foer. fantastic.
Posted by: todd | September 13, 2003 08:01 AM
E by Matt Beaumont
Wicked by Gregory Macguire
The Brothers K by David James Duncan
Posted by: dayment | October 14, 2003 02:17 PM
I am reading foucoults pendulum now, it is quite hard to get through the first 60pages, but after that it is ok. It seems like he takes pride in his linguistic capabilities, even more so then he uses it to build on the storyline. After the first chapters, it turns into easy reading, And it goes deep into the subjects it encompasses. Great book. You should try and read Jens Bjørneboe, History of beastiality, it is a triology, three of the greatest books ever...(I think they have been translated from norwegian, not sure though)
Posted by: Sigurdur | October 19, 2003 02:47 PM