The ClassicsFollow

I can just about handle one line of drivel. Sometimes a short paragraph.

But you go on patting yourself on the back and declaring victory.

Yeah right. Because you disagree with my methods? Because you can't refute my logic? I answer straight forwardly. What do you do Git? Chime in with a "Monx is a ridiculous asshat" remark? But go on and pretend that reply was an "earned" the old fashioned way post toward your 10k goal.

Couldn't you at least put a lil rhyming effort into it?

You are such a ridiculous asshat
To ban the words to the Cat in the Hat
The google did not shine.
It was too copyrighted to display.
So we sat in the post
All that old, old, Tuesday.

Conrad's Nostramo kicked my butt. Let me summarize the first 100 pages, as I recall them from beginning about 10 years ago: a bunch of people start a plantation of some kind in coastal south america. They grow old. They die. The next generation of characters takes over the gig. Nostramo gets mentioned. I fall asleep.

This from a guy who reads dictionaries and supreme court hearings for fun.

The one so-called "classic" that I hated with a passion was Steinbeck's The Pearl. Okay, so men are greedy. What else is new?

You're in league with the second definition from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostromo

Um, don't say that to anyone who's name ends it "-ski" or they are likely to kick your ***.