Comments on: Life, Inc: Tripping the Corporatism Fantastic with Douglas Rushkoff

By: Carola Von H.

Carola Von H. — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:08:15 +0000

Yup, I do mean the “Conan” man. Though I’m a bigger fan of his horror stories. Stellar example: “Pigeons From Hell”. As for cast iron, I’m a believer. I have several venerable skillets. Just used one last night. If fried foods are banned, they’ll have to pry my skillet from my cold dead hand…

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:12:20 +0000

Robert Howard? You mean Robert E. Howard? The creator of Conan of Cimmeria?
I used to subscribe to The Savage Sword of Conan magazine years ago, the best ones had the Ernie Chan artwork, still have them all somewhere. I read all of the novels. My daughter found the novels and started reading them not too long ago. I’ve always been a Conan fan. Couldn’t really get in to Howard’s other characters, but Conan sort of clicked with me.
Arnold’s movies didn’t do the character justice.

Cooking with bacon. I have a cast iron pan on the stove for bacon and eggs in the morning. Fry the eggs over easy in the grease with a chopped up chipotle pepper. I figure if it doesn’t kill me, it will make me stronger. Then I put a lid over the pan and save all that grease for the next day. Three or four days of that and then I switch to something else for breakfast.
I knew an oldtimer who ate like that every day, always had a chew in his lip, smoked cheap, fat cigars and drank all the Lambs Navy rum he could get his hands on. He was almost 100 when he died. Healthy living isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

By: Carola Von H.

Carola Von H. — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:46:42 +0000

Hi Bob. I’ve always liked Far Side. I generally read a fairly equal amount of fiction and non-fiction. I love the old pulp stars (Lovecraft, Robert Howard, etc.) and paperback tough guys of the 50’s. When it comes to life altering I find Chesterton a sure bet. And Solzhenitsyn never loses his oomph. When in the mood for “fix it”, I read cookbooks. The kind that rely heavily on bacon and butter.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:09:32 +0000

Well Carola von Something, I’ll comment just to say hi. Long time no see.
I probably won’t read the book though. I’ve stopped reading books that make me mad or make me say “That’s right!”.

Now when I read(which isn’t very often anymore), I’m going for entertainment like a Louis L’Amour or a Far Side Collection, or a book that is like a life altering experience. Something that makes me say “Wow! I never thought of that! What an interesting way of looking at things! Is this true? So that’s why that happened! It all makes sense now!”

Or sometimes I read a book that explains to me how to take something apart and fix it. There’s something to be said for a book like that when it’s well written and has lots of pictures.

I like your comment about believing in our fallen nature. I think I have something to say about that but I have to think about it and get it clear in my head. Might never happen.
Nice to see some activity on this site again.