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I'm reading The Best American Travel Writing of 2000.

Apparently, this is or was an annual book (I also found the 2006 version).

Surprisingly, it's not about travel in America, but rather, travel writing by American writers. Pretty interesting, some of the stories have been from Cuba, Australia, Nantucket, Africa.

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04-25-2021 , 10:13 AM

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i would have thought it was jesus

Uh, Jesus didn't write anything. (for the sake of argument, I will stipulate that Jesus actually existed, despite my doubts).

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04-25-2021 , 10:55 AM

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Uh, Jesus didn't write anything. (for the sake of argument, I will stipulate that Jesus actually existed, despite my doubts).

i was worried about the consequences of not using the sarcasm font

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04-25-2021 , 12:49 PM

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i was worried about the consequences of not using the sarcasm font

I shall recalibrate my sarcasm detector. Obviously, it malfunctioned.

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04-25-2021 , 02:20 PM

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to be fair, it's harder to tell it's a joke when it's not even remotely funny

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04-25-2021 , 05:24 PM

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to be fair, it's harder to tell it's a joke when it's not even remotely funny

It's actually pretty funny. You were baiting the bible thumpers and landed an atheist instead.

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04-25-2021 , 07:50 PM

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I wanted to come up with something about Jebus not being the author, but just the lead. That's kind of where it died.

Fill in your joke here.

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04-25-2021 , 08:11 PM

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Agatha Christie.

Coincidence?

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04-26-2021 , 01:56 PM

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Just finished 'The Road' and I found it a surprisingly quick and easy read, certainly in comparison to 'Blood Meridian'

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04-26-2021 , 02:56 PM

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I wanted to come up with something about Jebus not being the author, but just the lead. That's kind of where it died.

Fill in your joke here.

Both Jesus and Muhammad were illiterate as were most of their followers, at the time.

The only religion that isn’t a cosmic joke is Taoism; which is, in its simplest form, hardly a traditional religion at all.

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04-26-2021 , 03:06 PM

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Agatha Christie.

Coincidence?

Yes. Is the current Queen of the UK, Elizabeth II, God’s Emissary on earth?

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Is the current Queen of the UK, Elizabeth II, God’s Emissary on earth?

Absolutely.

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04-27-2021 , 10:21 AM

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Both Jesus and Muhammad were illiterate as were most of their followers, at the time.

The only religion that isn’t a cosmic joke is Taoism; which is, in its simplest form, hardly a traditional religion at all.

"The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao" is probably the most cogent thing ever written about religion.

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04-28-2021 , 03:32 AM

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Opinion is the barren flower of the Way, the beginning of ignorance.

Those who say don't know, those who know don't say.

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i would have thought it was jesus

I thought his Dad wrote the book and Jesus was one of the characters ... (in the sequel).

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04-29-2021 , 10:09 AM

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I found Zealot by Reza Aslan helpful in clearing up questions about Jesus though the author is a filthy infidel

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04-29-2021 , 06:41 PM

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Both Jesus and Muhammad were illiterate as were most of their followers, at the time.

Jesus was/is, by definition, all-knowing. Take your blasphemy elsewhere, charlatan!

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04-29-2021 , 06:42 PM

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I thought his Dad wrote the book and Jesus was one of the characters ... (in the sequel).

I think he invented the post-modern cliche of:

Spoiler:

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04-29-2021 , 09:25 PM

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Jesus was/is, by definition, all-knowing. Take your blasphemy elsewhere, charlatan!

Jesus vs Chuck Norris?

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04-30-2021 , 06:10 PM

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Just finished 'The Road' and I found it a surprisingly quick and easy read, certainly in comparison to 'Blood Meridian'

Just re-watched the film, which made me feel like I almost owe it to myself to read the book now.

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04-30-2021 , 09:30 PM

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Just finished 'The Road' and I found it a surprisingly quick and easy read, certainly in comparison to 'Blood Meridian'

The road is basically a screen play

Blood meridian is one of the few books I had the spark notes with me. After finishing a chapter I would read the spark notes so I knew what actually happened that chapter.

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04-30-2021 , 10:18 PM

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Just finished 'The Road' and I found it a surprisingly quick and easy read, certainly in comparison to 'Blood Meridian'

crime and punishment is a quick easy read compared to blood meridian.

(cormack is one of my fav authors n BM one of my fav novels fwiw)

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05-01-2021 , 12:33 AM

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Harold Bloom wrote an interesting essay on Blood Meridian -- I think it's in his Shakespeare book. He identifies The Judge as as the god of war and equates him with Othello. Worth a read imo

I also see Russel Crowe's performance in the remake of 3:10 to Yuma along the same lines. Havoc for the sake of pure havoc.

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05-01-2021 , 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by PoseidonCubed

Just re-watched the film, which made me feel like I almost owe it to myself to read the book now.

I've had the film saved on my planner for a few months now. I was waiting till I got around to reading the book before watching it. I might check it out this weekend.

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05-01-2021 , 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by riverboatking

crime and punishment is a quick easy read compared to blood meridian.

(cormack is one of my fav authors n BM one of my fav novels fwiw)

I'm still not quite sure what to make of Blood Meridian. I read it a couple of years ago and I can honestly say that when reading it I could 'feel' it like almost no other book I'd read. It just seemed to affect my mood as it was so dark, oppressive and unrelenting (at least to me it was). For all that though I'm not sure where I'd rank it in regards to all the books I've read, I'm still genuinely unsure about it.
I'd put off reading The Road as I thought I was in for something similar but it was a walk in the park in comparison.

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