tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post5291052330900029357..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Ignoring The Elephant In The Room (Theme and Variations)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-3453141547690677522021-10-24T20:01:23.051-05:002021-10-24T20:01:23.051-05:00100 years or so seems to be enough time to forgive...100 years or so seems to be enough time to forgive most cultural "sins" (although is "Huckleberry Finn" still suspect?). Anything less than that, you are subject to the strictest scrutiny of the winds as they blow.<br /><br />Not so bad, really. I remember books I read in high school that were then 30 years old (but still "safe" because they weren't, say, Vonnegut) that were terribly out of date to me (sadly, many of those are still being taught in high school, because they are still "safe." As an "anodyne and unchallenging in the extreme").<br /><br />It's weird to be so old you've "outlived" your favorite books.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-44686750668509182842021-10-24T16:36:00.999-05:002021-10-24T16:36:00.999-05:00I saw a list of things that current comedians regr...I saw a list of things that current comedians regretted doing in their act and was astonished how many of the idiots some a couple of decades younger than me listed the time they appeared in blackface or told racist jokes or gay bashing ones. Tina Fey was one of them, for the love of Mike. I have come to the conclusion that by and large professional comedians aren't the brightest nor the best. <br /><br />I never read Dune but it doesn't surprise me that it dates, most science fiction does, well most things do. I've been wondering if maybe I should give George Elliot another look. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com