Comments on: Angry underwater dancing apes eating crunchy figs

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:43 +0000

[...] Once more, for laughs, one of only two pieces of literature known for sure to be written by Obama himself: Under water grottos, caverns Filled with apes That eat figs. Stepping on the figs That the apes Eat, they crunch. The apes howl, bare Their fangs, dance, Tumble in the Rushing water, Musty, wet pelts Glistening in the blue. [...]

By: Odds and ends « Mrs. Peel’s Words of Wisdom

Odds and ends « Mrs. Peel’s Words of Wisdom — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:33:37 +0000

[...] No, seriously, the red man/get ahead man thing WAS a joke, right? No one would seriously read something like at a presidential inauguration, would they? Obama had to be embarrassed by that puerile third-grade stuff, right? Right? [...]

By: Not Getting It « Liberty Girl

Not Getting It « Liberty Girl — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:22:31 +0000

[...] begins at home, Barry. Let’s see your profits from that ghostwritten piece of dreck donated directly to an aid organization. We’ll even let you choose which one. [...]

By: Lemur King

Lemur King — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:37:22 +0000

Apo –

Let’s see, Stephenson’s latest… Anathem?

One thing I’ve always loved about his writing is how the topic usually addresses a very real phenomenon in the world. I’m not sure if it has enough “connectedness” for his vehicle of examination (presumably of some contemporary topic) to have much appeal.

His other books – Diamond Age (nanotech), Snow Crash (cybertech), Zodiac (bioterror), Crytonomicon (privacy), Interface (conspiracy), Cobweb (bioterror), Baroque Cycle (renaissance)… they were all very real phenomena and could be investigated in the frame of real life. I don’t see how an alien civilization will convey a conceptual idea quite as effectively without coming across like an old Star Trek “There’s a lesson here for you if you only pay attention to our superior wisdom” episode.

What did you not like about it?

By: jwpaine

jwpaine — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:46:34 +0000

But unlike Obama, I never got any better.

By: jwpaine

jwpaine — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:16:52 +0000

Here’s one I wrote in college (lucky for me I have no interest in public office):

The Miracle of Transliteration

Jesus offered bread to the Disciples;
He watched each ambitious eye,
Each plotting brow,
Each eager palm–
He frowned and spake:
“Eat me.”

By: apotheosis

apotheosis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:16:31 +0000

LK, have you read Stephenson’s latest yet?

I just finished it recently, and I’m still not sure how to feel about it.

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:05:34 +0000

I’ve written some awful shit, truly. But I think I can put my hand on my heart and assert with every confidence that I have NEVER written shit as bad as lines 3, 4 and 5. Not in elementary school, let alone college.

Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.

If I were a dog, I’d roll around in that.

By: jwpaine

jwpaine — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:04:48 +0000

Help! One link, and I'm in Akismet-limbo! Hmmm... lemme see if I can sneak it in via an edit: I can, however, knock the guy for apparently trying to undermine a sitting President's negotiations with the Iraqi government.

By: jwpaine

jwpaine — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:03:57 +0000

I can knock the guy, though, for apparently trying to derail a sitting President's negotiations with the Iraqi government.