tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post4039383726652934714..comments2024-02-12T23:25:09.583-08:00Comments on Overweening Generalist: Prattle on Booksmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-71456822333085576362011-07-01T07:54:24.297-07:002011-07-01T07:54:24.297-07:00During the Wander Years I read a lot of RAW, Leary...During the Wander Years I read a lot of RAW, Leary, Pound, etc., wrote a lot of poetry, and listened to a lot of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and my grade point average fell precipitously.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-6032253256552450582011-06-30T22:54:56.727-07:002011-06-30T22:54:56.727-07:00@Royal:
>Oh yeah, I reached 1928 in my chronolo...@Royal:<br />>Oh yeah, I reached 1928 in my chronological trip through film history, the year of Chomsky's birth (and Phil Dick's).<<br /><br />So: talkies and mic placement, and Avram Noam Chomsky and Philip Kindred Dick were born 8 days apart?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-14377425725623304052011-06-30T22:44:31.645-07:002011-06-30T22:44:31.645-07:00@RAoR1132: you sound like one dem Generalists.
Wh...@RAoR1132: you sound like one dem Generalists.<br /><br />What happened during the Wander Years?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-81574626153331954102011-06-30T15:21:45.749-07:002011-06-30T15:21:45.749-07:00Oh yeah, I reached 1928 in my chronological trip t...Oh yeah, I reached 1928 in my chronological trip through film history, the year of Chomsky's birth (and Phil Dick's).<br /><br />Back in the early 80's as a math major I took a class on formal language theory in the ASU math department which mentioned Chomsky quite a bit. I loved that class. The class started out with about 30students, almost all of whom failed the first test (including myself). All but five of us dropped the class, and then it got cool. I think it spoiled me for a career at IBM. I felt in that class that I had finally begun to "do" math. The next semester I had a differential equations class filled with engineering students, and I could not make myself do the homework. In my usual snobby way I looked down my nose at plugging values into equations. I lost interest in a career in computers, mentally wandered for a few years and ended up an English major.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-13892769788958937632011-06-30T15:16:26.441-07:002011-06-30T15:16:26.441-07:00I have the Empson book in my classroom - I've ...I have the Empson book in my classroom - I've never finished it. Markov Cheney reference that, I think, in Schroedinger's Cat.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-16790196356667924832011-06-30T13:46:34.503-07:002011-06-30T13:46:34.503-07:00What about Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity?
...What about Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity?<br /><br />Whenever I think of the Alexandria library, a little part of me mourns.<br /><br />I think of public libraries as an extension of my own library: the overflow is too much, and it's good to house all that stuff in other neighborhoods; plus I like the fact that my fellow citizens have access to the info and wonders in "my" books. <br /><br />I hear there are two or three "Discovery Channel"-like shows about people who are hoarders. It's hot not. Well, the ONLY things I've ever hoarded were books. <br /><br />It has not yet reach the level of "problem" but I do worry about them all burning in this area, which is subject to catastrophic firestorms, most notably 1991 and 1923...Oh, and it would suck to lose the house too.<br /><br />I - naturally - liked the idea of an "anti-library."michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1178284085080580526.post-24777717783683487862011-06-30T10:58:42.368-07:002011-06-30T10:58:42.368-07:00I love libraries. Reading a lot of Phil Dick in t...I love libraries. Reading a lot of Phil Dick in the 90's, I imagined getting a team of multilingual astral projectors together to visit the ancient library of Alexandria.<br /><br />I loved the Star Trek episode about the library which sent people back in time - perhaps the first episode I ever saw.<br /><br />My library has dispersed. I've give away a lot of it; I have some at home, some at school, some in storage, etc.<br /><br />Last night I visited the RAW shelves of my library at home looking for books with a seven fold structure, finding Sex, Drugs and Magick, Ishtar Rising, and The Earth Will Shake, an interesting trio.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.com