Source: worstwriter iPhone 6s still learning to take pictures Just a little surprised at the size of the packaging for a single paperback. It also took several weeks to get here even though it was sent from a book store in Engaland. Then again, if my expectations of this read turn out to be warranted, …
Sizing Up Your Read
While e-book shopping the other morning I couldn't help but notice this image. Why in the world does Bezos & Co. think it necessary to provide a size-comparison of a friggin book as part of their tech-enormity galore? Then again, considering that this corpo-giant is what it is because, well, at this state (iteration) of …
Narrative Non Fiction And Too Many Unnecessary Words
Actually I'm not done with it yet. In fact, after about half-way through it, I put it down last week and have been reluctant to return to it. Reason? I know most of the history already. What I was hoping for, though, was that Tom Holland would consolidate a bit. You know, cliff-note the history …
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Feminism, Distorted Reality And Friedrich Schiller
Subtitle: Enamoured after reading Schiller's Die Jungfrau von Orleans... In German! Note about book cover above. This is my first read of a Reclam e-book. I bought this on iBooks (2,49€) and am very pleased with how the publisher has taken the time to produce it, align it, make a joy to read on a …
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Everything Is A Joke Until It Isn’t
Subtitle: Thoughts on re-read of Milan Kundera's The Joke (the 1982 English translation) "Optimism is the opium of the people! A healthy atmosphere stinks of stupidity! Long live Trotsky!" -from The Joke by Milan Kundera According to Ludvik the quote above is from a postcard he sent to woman of interest as a joke. I …
Uncode Yourself – Before It’s Too Late
Subtitle 1: It's Too Late! Subtitle 2: Thoughts on re-read of Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom. "The Liberal conceives of men as imperfect beings. He regards the problem of social organisation to be as much a negative problem of preventing "bad" people from doing harm as of enabling "good" people to do good; and, of …
Pseudo Review – 2: How Deep Do The Unpeeled Layers Of Your Rotten Onion Go?
Subtitle: "Democracy In Chains" By Nancy MacLean Goes Seriously Deep Into What Makes #Americant Stupider Not Greater. She took me deeper, dear worst-reader. This historian, this professor-type person that writes books--and she can take you deep, too. That is, if you're at all inclined to go deep. Especially the kind of deep that involves figuring …
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Pseudo Review – 1: “Democracy in Chains” – A Book To Steal The Heart Of Any Rational Useless-Eater That Figured Out How To Dropout In Style And Doesn’t Look Back With Too Much Anger
Update: Pseudo Review - 2 is here. Afeared yet, dear worst-reader? Well, if you ain't afeared yet, it might be time to get your bloomers in an uproar. Or is it get your bloomers in a gander? Wait. How 'bout gettin' things up in a pickle? Nomatter. I've been reading the book Democracy in Chains …
Suburban Hell Tribe Wars Or How The Feminine Stole The Show
There are two things I always think about when I think about the tale of Beowulf. The first is the connection the story has to religion, specifically monotheistic religion. At the time the story was written polytheism was still relatively common in Northern Europe. Even though it is a very minor part of the original …
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Trying To Understand #Americant – With W.E.B. DuBois
I have seen a land right merry with the sun, where children sing, and rolling hills lie like passioned women wanton with harvest. -W.E.B. DuBois Finally got around to it, dear worst-reader. You know, that list of authors you've been meaning to read but somehow never get to. The thing is, if I get caught …
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“The Media” Or A Mirror To Hide Behind
Sometimes a podcast can motivate. For example. Last night while listening to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour and the show Google is God, the last few minutes contained an interview with a guy named Michael G. Merhige. He was promoting his new book: Thoughtful Pauses - A Political Philosophy. According to Nader, Merhige is …
Doing What’s Do-Able In Times Of #Trump And Too Much Freedom To Be Stupid
Believing in the power of knowledge has been a worst-mantra of mine for years. That's probably why it's so difficult for me to deal with the anti-intellectualism that has overcome my beloved & missed #Americant. I mean, what else could get a man like #Trump so far in this life? Or do you actually believe …
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Julius Caesar Killed With (Bad) Ideas Not Daggers–Just Like My Beloved #Americant
Coincidence? I finally (it's been on my to-do list for a while) started re-reading Thornton Wilder's Ides of March... in March? Actually I started re-reading it the last few days of March and casually finished it at the end of April. Reason? I had put it off long enough--and it was time. For I knew, …
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How I Subverted The Sedition Act (Of 1918) Or Re-Read Chris Hedges’ “American Fascists”
Thoughts after first read of this book here. Obviously I've subverted nothing. I mean, come on. How can worst-writer, leader of the uselesseater union of the world and advocate for forced early retirement (as long as the women-folk and their feminism pay for it), subvert anything? Unless, of course, subversion is defined by how one …
What Happens When You Cross Dorian Gray With The Devil Wears Prada? Worst-Writer’s Thoughts On Emma Tennant’s Faustine.
The only problem worst-writer has with this wonderfully imaginative novel about The Feminine is how, if it were a quilt, it would be sewn together with a single thread. That thread, unfortunately, is the opposite of The Feminine. I suppose, if pushed to answer what that opposite (thread) is, I'd have to say this book …
