Totally not getting Menard's. The monkey book's add style has a Special Forces top secret martial art death technique feel to it that totally turns me off. But maybe it's just because deep down I'm a monkey.
Menard's, a regional chain, sports the commercial jingle "Save big money at Menard's!" which gets sung as "Shave big monkeys at Menard's!" around Roseholme Cottage.
Anyone who writes, "This book would never pass the filtering process that exists at a normal publisher" is either (a) ignorant of the publishing business or (b) trying to convince you that they have sooper-sekret knowledge.
We need a word that means "literary equivalent of mall ninja."
The author definitely has an enormous attitude, but I'm half way through and enjoying it so far.
He draws an extended analogy to a caveman tribe which is very well put; by the time he reached the cooperation of religion and state I was starting to get mad at the world. (Righteous indignation, perhaps?)
I am better than halfway and it is an interesting read. Collectivists WILL NOT like this book, as these are the monkeys the author advocates starving. Massive *recommended reading* lists and *entertaining* psychological individuality-assessing experiments are/will be challenging. Imagine playing the Soviet national anthem while playing an official version of "sink your battleship". Hilarious.
Does one do this at Menard's?
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No, that's shaving the monkeys.
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Totally not getting Menard's. The monkey book's add style has a Special Forces top secret martial art death technique feel to it that totally turns me off. But maybe it's just because deep down I'm a monkey.
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Menard's, a regional chain, sports the commercial jingle "Save big money at Menard's!" which gets sung as "Shave big monkeys at Menard's!" around Roseholme Cottage.
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ReplyDeleteI am halfway through it. Good so far. But, then again, I like Atlas Shrugged and have read THAT one about 10 times.
YMMV
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Anyone who writes, "This book would never pass the filtering process that exists at a normal publisher" is either (a) ignorant of the publishing business or (b) trying to convince you that they have sooper-sekret knowledge.
ReplyDeleteWe need a word that means "literary equivalent of mall ninja."
"literary equivalent of mall ninja"
ReplyDeleteGood idea. Some suggestions:
pendeltonish ("The Executioner")
rossian
"worthy of the Orange Ninja"
The author definitely has an enormous attitude, but I'm half way through and enjoying it so far.
ReplyDeleteHe draws an extended analogy to a caveman tribe which is very well put; by the time he reached the cooperation of religion and state I was starting to get mad at the world. (Righteous indignation, perhaps?)
I am better than halfway and it is an interesting read. Collectivists WILL NOT like this book, as these are the monkeys the author advocates starving. Massive *recommended reading* lists and *entertaining* psychological individuality-assessing experiments are/will be challenging. Imagine playing the Soviet national anthem while playing an official version of "sink your battleship". Hilarious.
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