He narrates some bizarrely awesome-sounding games he and other kids played, based on the 1973 Planet Of The Apes TV series (not the movies, weirdly enough).
The live-action series wasn't much of a much, but the cartoon was surprisingly awesome, in part because it deviated from the movie and series by showing apes using more advanced technology; the bit that showed a good ol' ape driving a truck while listening to a country & western song called "I'm Going Humanoid Over You" remains burned in my brain. #michaelchabon
@Anekanta - Go Play!: Adding to my wishlist also. I enjoy books of essays, and while I might not see the depth that Charlie Jane sees in it, I think I'd enjoy this. #michaelchabon
From time to time I feel guilty for being so cold to the products of Chabon Inc., when its certified Geekcredgineers are so patently well-adjusted, warm-hearted and generous with their tales of liking the things that I like and disliking the things that I dislike and the products in its premium fiction line -- The One About the Comic-Book Creators and The One About the Jewish People in Alaska, particularly -- are so finely-finished, like Lexuses of hysterical Brooklyn fictioneering, and its mission statement so helpfully accessible and open-source. Chabon Inc. would never ask me to put away my childish things. It's like the cool father/older brother/professor/boss/mentor/secret sharer I never had but always wanted. #michaelchabon
@Rasselas: I don't know exactly what you are saying there. It's clear that you have some kind of issues, or at least have issues with the fact that you don't have issues. I suspected for just a moment that we had some of the same issues, but then I realized that you were saying you didn't like MC's work. That's opposite. Totally opposite. Now I'm really confused. #michaelchabon
@robfagen: I won't pretend to be able to speak for anybody else, but, less obliquely put, sometimes I get tired of people selling me things, and sometimes the things that I get tired of them selling me are themselves. #michaelchabon
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career.
I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
@Rasselas: I've always been a fan of Chabon. I remember reading Kavalier and Clay in college and thinking, "I wish I could write like this." And I read Yiddish Policeman's Union on a sunny Caribbean beach, but his creation of a rainy, dark, seedy Alaskan town was so showing that I felt like I needed an umbrella and a lamp (maybe not the best choice for a beach book, then.)
Also, I love Chabon's genre-busting mentality when it comes to publishing and marketing.
I was never so suspicious as to think, "Oh, this is too well-laid-out," or, "this is too Geekcredgineered," especially while I was busy enjoying the books. #michaelchabon
@Rasselas: The quote wasn't a snipe.
I never thought Lloyd's aspirations were childish. They seemed born of undiminished expectation.
So often, the loftier the ambition and the more elegant the execution, in that we see around us, the more precarious is the equilibrium between our satisfaction and disappointment.
Nagging unease, at the edge of insight, that something, somehow, doesn't quite 'sing'. #michaelchabon
I'm always happy to see someone else trumpeting the concepts and purposes behind the Long Now (with or without the Foundation), something I consider one of the most important ideas people have come up with since the Enlightenment. #michaelchabon
@NerD: Blattella: Yes, I have been an adult for ages and ages and ages and still one of the presents someone can get me that is SURE to make me VERY HAPPY is OMG LEGOS!
@redqueenmeg: I have a TemporalSword Jr. I just welcomed into the world 6 months ago. I can't wait until I can buy legos for me- I mean, him, to play with.
@TemporalSword: "but dad i want to play outside"
"you'll sit down and run through steps 9 through 27 on the other four wall sections and you'll like it!"
@TemporalSword: My child has been known to complain about a trip to the LEGO store, as her mother is active in a LEGO club, and does several shows a year. (we hope it's just a phase...)
@redqueenmeg: The sets are nice but they don't give you much to do anymore. Too pre-built. You might just want to start off with a bucket of basic bricks and building plates.
What I covet is this Lego table. You can build on the Lego plate surface and there are bins underneath for storage.
@TemporalSword:
Eh, just skip that part and start buying for yourself (free S&H from S@H through the 12th, which means you can keep that UCS Millennium Falcon down to a mere $500!). Seriously, kids may enjoy Duplo, and really little kids may enjoy Primo, but you're going to be very frustrated if you have to wait long enough for the little one to stop chewing on small objects before you can buy cool themed sets and stuff.
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Which LUG? In MichLUG there are only a couple members who regularly bring their kids to club events, but even the ones that sometimes complain about doing events still enjoy building sets, and if they enjoy that they'd certainly have fun at a LEGO store (not that we get to have any around here...).
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[gizmodo.com]
Huge ship. Check it out.
#tips
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#gizmodo
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The live-action series wasn't much of a much, but the cartoon was surprisingly awesome, in part because it deviated from the movie and series by showing apes using more advanced technology; the bit that showed a good ol' ape driving a truck while listening to a country & western song called "I'm Going Humanoid Over You" remains burned in my brain. #michaelchabon
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I'm adding this to my wish-list.
Also this: "...one of the constants in Chabon's essays is the primacy of play..."
reminds me of this:
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Lloyd Dobler, in 'Say Anything...' [en.wikipedia.org] :
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career.
I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
You know, as a career.
I don't want to do that." #michaelchabon
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Also, I love Chabon's genre-busting mentality when it comes to publishing and marketing.
I was never so suspicious as to think, "Oh, this is too well-laid-out," or, "this is too Geekcredgineered," especially while I was busy enjoying the books. #michaelchabon
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I never thought Lloyd's aspirations were childish. They seemed born of undiminished expectation.
So often, the loftier the ambition and the more elegant the execution, in that we see around us, the more precarious is the equilibrium between our satisfaction and disappointment.
Nagging unease, at the edge of insight, that something, somehow, doesn't quite 'sing'. #michaelchabon
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Or would their fear indicate a certain latent yearning to be a gay zombie them self?
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"you'll sit down and run through steps 9 through 27 on the other four wall sections and you'll like it!"
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What I covet is this Lego table. You can build on the Lego plate surface and there are bins underneath for storage.
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Eh, just skip that part and start buying for yourself (free S&H from S@H through the 12th, which means you can keep that UCS Millennium Falcon down to a mere $500!). Seriously, kids may enjoy Duplo, and really little kids may enjoy Primo, but you're going to be very frustrated if you have to wait long enough for the little one to stop chewing on small objects before you can buy cool themed sets and stuff.
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Which LUG? In MichLUG there are only a couple members who regularly bring their kids to club events, but even the ones that sometimes complain about doing events still enjoy building sets, and if they enjoy that they'd certainly have fun at a LEGO store (not that we get to have any around here...).
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Try the UCS Millennium Falcon. That'll keep you busy for a few weeks.
And what I'd prefer is the coffee table that I waited too long to buy:
[www.bricklink.com]
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