tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post4231336963555032410..comments2023-12-21T04:41:43.537-05:00Comments on Jesus' General: Department of Book Reports: This and ThatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-44664139672136391122009-08-16T01:04:29.812-04:002009-08-16T01:04:29.812-04:00Loved the Pynchon youtube: me and Ofbob had good f...Loved the Pynchon youtube: me and Ofbob had good friends in Venice, CA. Drum circles, burning hemp, too much wine, sunsets over the Malibu hills...we'd wake up in a fog and drive east in the early light, going home to feed the dogs and cats, already missing the salt air. <br /><br />One of the reasons I left L.A. was that it dared me to leave, dared me to float away from its warm, sexy lounge act of a city. Anything you want, you got it, but you have to stay in its clouds, in its marine layer. Some of the greatest talent in America make their way there, and their best hope in TV is to hold an audience for 22 minutes so a car salesman or a dick hardener or a snake oil merchant can dance in front of the viewers, for moola makes the wheel turn round and round. L.A. is great, truly wonderful, but long ago the City of Angels was told to aim low and pretty much asked to stay there. Pity, that.<br /><br />++++mjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233294798002466875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-21812198137387297272009-08-15T05:44:54.450-04:002009-08-15T05:44:54.450-04:00How come there's never any litter or smudges i...How come there's never any litter or smudges in that Second Life suburb, or village, or whatever it is? (because I sure can't find it on any map in my Britannica Encyclopedia, and I got the last edition they printed in book form!)<br /><br />I don't trust a place where there's never any dog poo on the footpaths. It just ain't natural. Makes me suspect they got a lot of Mexicans or something cleaning up at night. If a place is too purty, it makes me think it has too many rules. Rules are an affront to freedom!Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.com