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Jul. 9th, 2007 12:06 pmin a bit of a hurry, but here's some photo-posting for all y'all...
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has there ever been such a collection?! |
Jul. 9th, 2007
a man's home is his castle
Jul. 9th, 2007 12:29 pmfew more pics and items...
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a house in my town that I've always wanted...I tried multiple times (both pre-andpost Shanghai) to get in touch with the owner or guardian for renting or buying, but no luck (the original owner died about 5 or more years ago, and it's been empty and kind of decaying since). I've seen construction machinery start to show up on the property, so I'm assuming that it will be knocked down shortly. Check out the garage to the right. Big front yard, roomy back yard... |
Happy 100th, and TANSTAAFL
Jul. 9th, 2007 03:58 pmFans are celebrating Robert A Heinlein's 100th birthday with some retrospectives; here's a great one:
http://reason.com/news/show/120766.html
Some excerpts:
"His influence on science fiction almost goes without saying; when the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America chose their field's first Grand Master, Heinlein was the easy choice. But Heinlein was bigger than his literary genre. Following him could lead you to seemingly contradictory places, from the military to a free-love commune."
"Heinlein's novels and short stories reflected the rough-hewn anti-government but pro-defense message associated with Goldwater and the conservative movement he sparked. At the same time, his writings exuded the communal desire to live in blissful togetherness, ignoring the repressive sexual and religious mores of bourgeois America."
My fave Heinlein: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". others I read but remember less keenly: Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Starship Troopers, The Puppet Masters, Between Planets, SiaSL, Friday, Time Enough for Love, Citizens of the Galaxy, The Cat who Walks through Walls, The Man Who Sold the Moon, Job: A Comedy of Justice, etc. I don't agree with *everything* Heinlein ever said, but I do agree with an awful lot of it.
I'll paste two of my fave quotes:
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
and
"Rational Anarchism is like this: "A Rational Anarchist believes that concepts such as 'state' and 'society' and 'government' have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. He believes that it is impossible to shift blame, share blame, distribute blame... as blame, guilt, responsibility are matters taking place inside human beings and nowhere else. But being rational, he knows that not all individuals hold his evaluations, so he tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world, aware that his effort will be less than perfect, yet undismayed by self-knowledge of self-failure......I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxioius, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
I don't even agree with the feasibility of 'rational anarchism' anymore, but the *idea* of it rocked my world way back when (junior high? HS?). RAH, rah rah.
http://reason.com/news/show/120766.html
Some excerpts:
"His influence on science fiction almost goes without saying; when the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America chose their field's first Grand Master, Heinlein was the easy choice. But Heinlein was bigger than his literary genre. Following him could lead you to seemingly contradictory places, from the military to a free-love commune."
"Heinlein's novels and short stories reflected the rough-hewn anti-government but pro-defense message associated with Goldwater and the conservative movement he sparked. At the same time, his writings exuded the communal desire to live in blissful togetherness, ignoring the repressive sexual and religious mores of bourgeois America."
My fave Heinlein: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". others I read but remember less keenly: Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Starship Troopers, The Puppet Masters, Between Planets, SiaSL, Friday, Time Enough for Love, Citizens of the Galaxy, The Cat who Walks through Walls, The Man Who Sold the Moon, Job: A Comedy of Justice, etc. I don't agree with *everything* Heinlein ever said, but I do agree with an awful lot of it.
I'll paste two of my fave quotes:
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
and
"Rational Anarchism is like this: "A Rational Anarchist believes that concepts such as 'state' and 'society' and 'government' have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. He believes that it is impossible to shift blame, share blame, distribute blame... as blame, guilt, responsibility are matters taking place inside human beings and nowhere else. But being rational, he knows that not all individuals hold his evaluations, so he tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world, aware that his effort will be less than perfect, yet undismayed by self-knowledge of self-failure......I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxioius, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
I don't even agree with the feasibility of 'rational anarchism' anymore, but the *idea* of it rocked my world way back when (junior high? HS?). RAH, rah rah.
