Comments on: My John Birch story http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/290/my-john-birch-story/ A Sometimes Notion is Better Than No Thread at All Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:39:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim McCulloch http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/290/my-john-birch-story/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Jim McCulloch Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:55:56 +0000 http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/?p=290#comment-843 I've always been puzzled by the popularity of Ms Rand's books. I once read 50 or 100 pages of one, as much as I could get through. The task of combining the genres of the bodice ripper and the dogged philosophical tract was beyond her powers, or anyone's, probably. She was handicapped by not being a native speaker of English, I suppose. What I read had a kind of ubermenschey smell about it that creeped me out. I don't know how that mixes with AA. Not well in some cases, it sounds like. Well, congratulations on staying sober all these years. I’ve always been puzzled by the popularity of Ms Rand’s books. I once read 50 or 100 pages of one, as much as I could get through. The task of combining the genres of the bodice ripper and the dogged philosophical tract was beyond her powers, or anyone’s, probably. She was handicapped by not being a native speaker of English, I suppose. What I read had a kind of ubermenschey smell about it that creeped me out.

I don’t know how that mixes with AA. Not well in some cases, it sounds like.

Well, congratulations on staying sober all these years.

]]> By: Arvin Hill http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/290/my-john-birch-story/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Arvin Hill Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:23:26 +0000 http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/?p=290#comment-842 I admire your candor. Funny, the paths we cross. Hell, no wonder you dig <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shakes_the_clown/" rel="nofollow">Shakes The Clown</a>. Your story conjures the missing scene from that film: The part where Shakes finds himself in a John Birch bookstore (imagine the possibilities). I admire your candor.

Funny, the paths we cross.

Hell, no wonder you dig Shakes The Clown. Your story conjures the missing scene from that film: The part where Shakes finds himself in a John Birch bookstore (imagine the possibilities).

]]> By: Jay Taber http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/290/my-john-birch-story/comment-page-1/#comment-841 Jay Taber Mon, 04 Jul 2005 19:06:37 +0000 http://www.idyllopuspress.com/meanwhile/?p=290#comment-841 It's a cruel world, and the bad guys can easily drive one to drink--or worse. When I think about what young people face today, it's amazing so many of them have their heads screwed on correctly. Mentoring wherever we can manage to break down barriers to communication is worth all the frustration. Thanks for sharing. It’s a cruel world, and the bad guys can easily drive one to drink–or worse. When I think about what young people face today, it’s amazing so many of them have their heads screwed on correctly. Mentoring wherever we can manage to break down barriers to communication is worth all the frustration. Thanks for sharing.

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