BruceH

Yeah, I really can't stomach late-period Heinlein at all. He really kind of went off the rails. I'd agree with your opinion that most of the later books were garbage when they came out. Even Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is half-and-half for me, as the story is interlarded with a lot of lecturing from the author, of the know-it-all, hectoring, obnoxious-libertarian-asshole mode already familiar from Starship Troopers. Still, I have a sentimental attachment to many of his juveniles, and even managed to get my older son into some of them.

Belated Happy Birthday! Glad it was fun.

Happy Birthday, Randy! :party:

Dang, I've got to get that Millhauser book! Although I'm a little scared; it looks...dangerous.

It's not that so much as the fact that I clearly remember Ringo turning 40 (and that seemed kind of old to me at the time.) BTW, am I the only one who thinks he's a little underrated as a rock drummer?

Shortly after that last post I did finally buy the CD soundtrack to North By Northwest.

Hank and Ringo were born very close to each other. Close in the calender, I mean. I'm just sayin'.

How would he react, I wonder, if he saw a meteor, or a comet? Explode?

May your happiness be in stereo, and the highest of fi! :party: All the best!

"Double rainbow ALL THE WAY!!!" I want what he's having. On second thought, no thanks.

It's like the thing is made out of jello with a flexible skin.

I think part of what he's saying is that if you're uninterested, you can't really be disinterested. And vice versa. So you literally can't be both. Jesus, Larry, are you some kind of WRITER or something?

I hate to say this, but despite considering myself a big Steven Wright fan I never heard this album. I'm guessing it wasn't a huge seller. Kalo, ever heard (or owned) this one?

Good news! Out in only two weeks---I'm looking forward to it.

Best Wishes! :party:

Ah, yes; I remember it well. I used to borrow this and other Cosby records from the local library on a pretty regular basis when I was growing up.

I didn't realize you had the same birthday (June 22nd) as me! Hope it was a happy one!

Thank-you very much for all the good wishes! Happy to say I got the new Louis Armstrong bio as a birthday present. (Hopefully I'll read it before the next birthday rolls around.)

Will we soon be seeing bags that look like giant CD's?

Ah, so that's why my post count suddenly seemed to go down by about 1,000. I just noticed. No big deal, really...

That is a fuckin' bitch.

I wonder if she knows what a cassette is. Not a caption, just wondering.

I expect I'll Netflix it when it comes out.

Just started it too!! Also reading that now.

It does pinpoint and send up that over-emotive style she had, particularly late in her career, that just seemed bizarre to people of my generation.