Is it an example of “farfelu” when a person foregos the opportunity to hear John McCain’s RNC speech and goes to the Santa Monica Public Library to hear Vincent Bugliosi speak and then uses the Q and A session to ask him to compare Charles Manson and George W. Bush? He gave a rather harsh description of both, but sidestepped any direct comparison.
What about family values? While preparing to write this column, a fellow mentions that he knew two brothers who were happy to learn that since they were both serving time in San Quentin concurrently, that meant they could celebrate Christmas together.
The Toronto Film Festival has just opened and a film about Passiondaele was shown at the opening night gala. Wasn’t the expression “cannon fodder” invented by an absurdist?.
If putting Sarah Palin one heartbeat away from the Presidency doesn’t convince you that the Republicans have embraced absurdism then, perhaps, this will: In 1992, in “Zombies of the Gene Pool” (page 89), Sharyn McCrumb wrote: “You can sing quite a few of Emily Dickenson’s poems to the tune of ‘The Yellow Rose of Texas.’”
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