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I know it's a bit outside my wheelhouse, but the spectacle of John Derbyshire's dismissal is too interesting and too politically significant for me to refrain from commenting.
In one of the more stunning instances of a pundit's self-immolation that you will ever see, John Derbyshire has been fired from National Review. His firing comes after he wrote an article for the somewhat more downmarket and excitable Taki's Magazine that was so cartoonishly and petulantly racist that it is hard not to view its publication as part of a deliberate attempt to force his exit from older and more august of the two publications (I'm not trying to be snide or dismissive, I don't particularly care for either NR or for Taki's Mag, but I don't think it's particularly controversial to note that NR editorial standards are, objectively speaking, somewhat more exacting).
It utterly baffles me how, in this day and age, anyone, even the most obtuse or egotistical, could possibly think that you would not be put out to pasture for authoring such a humorless, ill-informed, poorly written, and sophomoric screed about the mortal peril that white and Asian children face from African Americans. Plenty of other conservative authors have "gone there" on topics related to race: National Review's editor Rich Lowry recently wrote an editorial about the Trayvon Martin killing and then followed it up with a blog post bemoaning the fact he had been labeled a bigot for speaking out. Other conservative authors, such as Andrew Sullivan and Derbyshire himself in days past, have even repeatedly treaded on the extremely fraught and contentious grounds of innate racial differences in intelligence. No, what made Derbyshire's piece so unusual, and what resulted in his summary dismissal, was not the fact that it dealt with race but that it did so in a uniquely bullheaded and crass way: it wasn't a racist dog whistle so much as it was an out-of-tune racist marching band.
Quite a lot of digital ink has already been spilled on the topic, and many of the most outrageous quotes have already made their way out into the ether via Twitter, but what I thought was Derbyshire's single most inexcusable statement is one that hasn't figured prominently in any of the enraged denunciations I have stumbled upon. As sub-rule (g) of rule number 10, an generalized exhortation for people to "use statistical common sense," Derbyshire said the following:
Before voting for a black politician, scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white.
This is as baldly racist a statement as is possible to imagine, despite another National Review columnist's feeble protestations that "there are no such things any more as overtly recognized racial smears." Derbyshire is literally suggesting that people use one, exacting and demanding, standard when judging the acceptability of black politicians and that they use another, far less exacting, standard when judging white politicians. That is we should use different, and racially-determined, standards to judge the behavior of blacks and whites. That is, basically, the dictionary definition of racism or as least close to it as you're ever likely to see in print. This statement, far more than any of Derbyshire's arguments about the inadvisability of acting like a good Samaritan to a black person in "apparent distress" or the desirability of avoiding amusement parks with large concentrations of blacks, was what really stood out as demented and perverse because it wasn't even sugar-coated with a patina of "fact" but was just naked and totally undisguised bigotry.
What is really important about this episode though is not that it demonstrates that conservatives have a tough time talking about race. That has been pretty obvious for a very long time now and I'm quite sure, years from now, some other conservative opinion writer will be canned after publishing a particularly ill-advised screed. No, what gives Derbyshire's martyrdom much broader political relevance and significance is the light it casts on a large and growing divide within the conservative movement between the self-appointed elite and the base.
This is a complicated divide that has all shorts of overtones, particularly those related to class and educational attainment, but at a very basic level it is about branding. Those in the leadership positions, like Lowry, understand that, to be effective in 21st century America, conservatism absolutely cannot afford to appear hateful, backwards, provincial, and reactionary: it would be too politically toxic and destructive. Specifically related to race, there must be a constant refrains of "equal opportunity for all" and any expressions of outright bigotry have to be swiftly condemned and punished to mitigate their political cost. This is a worldview which, broadly speaking, understands that American society has changed and that open racism is no longer acceptable. Those on the other side of the elite-mass divide, tend to regard the main problem with the conservative movement as its constant appeasement and cowardice: they think that people like Derbyshire aren't being hateful and stupid but are instead speaking bold and inconvenient truths that those in power would rather ignore. These people are angry beyond belief that fearless writers like Derbyshire are being unfairly marginalized by "wimps" like Rich Lowry (one of the most constant insults you will see hurled at establishment conservatives is "girly man") and regard any attempts to police conservative discourse as revolting attempts to "appease" liberals.**
I am far from the only person to notice the increasingly yawning divide between professional conservative functionaries and the flock they purport to lead, and I am certainly not attempting to portray myself as uniquely clairvoyant or perspicacious for doing so. Indeed if you go and look through actual conservative blogs it is virtually impossible to miss the wave of righteous indignation, often bordering on blind rage, that has been stirred up by Derbyshire's dismissal and the supposedly cowardly and obsequious way it was handled by National Review (heck, I'm not a conservative and even I got yelled at by a couple of random people on Twitter). If you have a strong stomach and a relatively well-developed immunity to illogic I would strongly advise that you examine, for example, the over 2500(!) comments that Derbyshire's piece attracted, the comments that were left on National Review,* the comments on Steve Sailer's blog, the comments on Robert Stacey McCain's blog, and, to a lesser extent, the comments on this Dan Riehl piece and even a few of the comments left on the Village Voice post to which I linked earlier.
Just so that I am perfectly clear the content of these comments is not remotely interesting (they are sterling examples of people making the bog-standard mistake of mistaking "colorful anecdotes" with "persuasive data") but their sheer number, and the extent to which they greatly outweigh the number of comments which expressed approval over Derbyshire's dismissal, does seem to be worthy of note. There is, of course, a certain amount of self-selection going on, trolls always come out of the woodwork during such episodes, but I think it's pretty apparent that there is a genuine disconnect between conservative leaders and the led and that this anger is very close to boiling over.
Despite the appearance of uniformity, the conservative movement is riven with myriad tensions and internal contradictions. The disagreement over how to handle matters of race is one of the more contentious issues, but is hardly unique in this regard (immigration is probably the worst, but gay marriage is not far behind). The leaders of the movement have, truth be told, done an absolutely masterful job papering over these tensions and enforcing discipline, but I think the system is in the midst of a slow-motion collapse. Thanks to the magic of social media, it becomes ever more difficult to effectively banish non-conformists and ever harder to present a united front. This is the real importance of the Derbyshire affair, and something that is worth remembering far after the media circus has died down.
Lastly, on a more personal note, it only seems fair to note that John Derbyshire is in the midst of a battle against cancer and that it would be not just churlish but barbaric to take any sort of pleasure in his dismissal. I think the man's views in this instance were appalling, but he deserves no small bit of sympathy for what he is going through. Everyone ought to remember that before celebrating
* Lowry wisely decided to close comments on the actual notice of Derbyshire's dismissal
** I am not (let me repeat not) arguing that the conservative base is uniformly racist. Far from it. But the conservative base does have a much higher tolerance for harsh rhetoric provided that that rhetoric comes from other conservatives. This "us versus them" mentality is very much a basic part of human psychology, but does seem to be particularly well developed among contemporary American conservatives who will countenance almost any sort of conduct provided the person is part of their team.


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New Reds from Piemonte – Maintaining Heritage
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Vineyards below the town of La Morra (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
I've just returned from Piemonte, tasting new releases of Barbaresco (2007) and Barolo (2006). I briefly wrote about these wines on my other blog (read here and here). Now I would like to go into a bit more depth on Piemontese reds in general.
The Langhe area of southern Piemonte where the Barolo and Barbaresco zones are located, has been on a bit of a roll as of late. After the rainy 2002 vintage and the torridly hot 2003 growing season, which resulted in wines that were powerful, yet poorly balanced, the weather has cooperated. 2004 was a glorious year, producing wines of superb aromatics along with impressive weight. While 2005 was a lighter vintage, the wines are beautifully balanced with precise acidity and are drinking well. 2006 was a big year – this is a vintage where the wines need plenty of time – and 2007 was a relatively warm year that resulted in ripe, forward wines that are very enjoyable in their youth. The 2007 reds – at least what I have tasted so far (dozens of Barbaresco along with a handful of Barolo from cask) are notable wines, though probably not meant for the long haul, especially when compared to 2006.
Then there are the vintages of 2008 and 2009. You will be reading a great deal about the quality of 2009 in Piemonte (as well as the rest of Italy). It was a warm year, producing rich wines with impressive concentration; based on what I've tried so far with the whites as well as some reds from tank and cask, it definitely has the potential to be an outstanding vintage. That means that 2008 will likely be lost in the shuffle, as this was a cooler year that yielded less weighty wines.
However, 2008 is an excellent vintage – don't let the hype fool you. While the wines may be less robust than those from 2009, they do offer beautiful varietal character and, most importantly, excellent acidity, which means the wines will age gracefully.
In fact, when it comes to Barolo and Barbaresco – both made exclusively from Nebbiolo – 2008 may be the better year. Danilo Drocco, winemaker at Fontanafredda in Serralunga d'Alba in the heart of the Barolo zone, told me that he believes 2008 will be the better of the two years for Nebbiolo-based wines. "I prefer 2008 for Nebbiolo," Drocco related. "2008 was a long, cool growing season while 2009 was a shorter, hotter year. 2009 will be better for Barbera and Dolcetto, but it was not great for Nebbiolo." Dante Scaglione, former winemaker at Bruno Giacosa and now consulting enologist for several projects including Cascina Roccalini in Barbaresco, told me that he agrees with Drocco about Nebbiolo for 2008.
Franco Massolino, Az. Agr. Massolino, Serralunga (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
Vintage assessments are always fascinating, but it's also important to think about the style of the red wines made in Piemonte. From what I tasted during my recent trip, it was clearly noticeable that oak is becoming more of supporting player in the wine, as it should have been all along. Barolo went through its stage of high percentage, new barrique aging during the 1990s and early 2000s, but now the tide is turning back to larger barrels and thus, less wood influence. Another promising trend is that here are more and more cellars fermenting and/or aging their wines for a short time in cement tanks. Franco Massolino in Serralunga prefers fermenting his Barolo in cement, as "this helps preserve the aromas." How nice that producers such as Massolino, Giovanni Rosso, Elio Grasso, Marcarini, Bartolo Mascarello and others are producing wine with the goal of emphasizing the flavors of the Nebbiolo variety as well as focusing on terroir to produce a wine with a sense of place.
There are so many wonderful reds that will be released over the next 3-4 years from Piemonte and while things look good in the short term of this span, it's especially nice that tradition will play a more important role in this area for years to come.
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Nice post, Tom. Like your concise and pertinent writing style, and thanks for vintage insights, especially for the '07-09 which I haven't had yet. Agree with you on the prior vintages. Best, IronC.


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This is the last of my photoblog series for Beijing, China.
With this set of 35 pictures, I will take you on a virtual tour to Beijing: The Temple of Heaven (天坛), the narrow alleys of hutong (胡同), Bell and Drum Towers (钟楼鼓楼), and more.
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Very nice sets of pictures!! Especially like the 乡间alleys. Haven't had a chance to ask ,how do you like your 50mm lens? Did you use it for any of these pictures in Beijing?
Just returned safely(with those seat belts buckled) after the BJ tour :) Hmmmm…I like the mix – random snapshots of pple, alleys, etc; and detailed shots on the old broken doors (caused by firecrackers?), plants in wine pots/bowls, steamboats/hotpots and hanging lamps.
No need to secretly think lah, can really make a postcard. Do you intend to print them out ?
woah..I love your pics..really postcard style like you said…umm..what camera do you use btw?
Hihi, I'm not the only one who ask about your 50mm lens ;-) Wonderful pictures in this set! I love the one on your blog, really beautiful!
Nice… I was in Beijing for 4 days in May 2005, I did a very packed sightseeing and I really liked the city. I tested Pekin duck froma restaurant near Hutongs in the center… that was so good!
You have a great eye for photography. I liked those teapots, did you get to take any of those home?
Nice pics, looks like you had a great time. My family lived there for 6 years and they lived on top of the Friendship Store!
Waliao…. you reminds me of my last few trip to Beijing. Cool.
Your photos are beautiful. I was in Beijing last summer and seeing these pics made me realize I didn't take enough pics when I was there hehehe.
You are right, the pic on the blog does look like a postcard. Thanks for taking us on the virutal tour. Wanted to explore more :) Beautiful pics as usual.
The replica version in Epcot Center, Disney World, FL looks exactly like th real one, except mini sized hehe..the alleys are so cleaned man, and I wonder how many times they polish their trishaws, so clean, wow !:)
gosh… these photos are really postcard perfect!
RM! I Just love your photos! They sure look like postcards. I must get my hands on that Canon camera. What lenses do you use?
I've been enjoying all your Beijing photos. :)
What were all those large urns used for?
Chia – I took all the Beijing pictures and recent food pictures with the 50mm, yes, I like it. I think it's easier to use. But it's hard to take scenary shots as I have to stand very very far away to take a decent shots. Hehe.
Tiga – No lah, don't plan to print them as I alreay have postcards from Beijing! LOL.
Jason – I use Canon EOS Rebel XT, I have it for sale on Rasa Malaysia Store, just check it out. It's a good investment. :)
Claude – thank you for your kind words, as always. :)
Orchidea – I had Peking Roast Duck in Quan Je De and thought it was just so-so. Perhaps the best roast ducks are found in the hutong!
Marvin – thanks. No, I didn't buy any of them as they are too fragile to bring back. ;)
Msiangirl – wow, did you live there too? I know the Friendship Store, I passed by the shop when I was in the cab, many times! :)
Big Boys – you should go back there again…for Olympic? ;)
Amy – LOL…I have been to Beijing so many times and every time I see/discover something new that I haven't yet captured.
Cynthia – thanks. I thought this set is a nice virtual tour…next year Olympic is going to be crazy.
Melting – they are cleaning up Beijing in preparation for the Olympic next year. ;)
Babe – really ke? Thank you. :)
For the love of food – I used 50mm in this set because it's convenient for traveling purposes, but found it hard to capture scenary shots. The last few shots of the temple of heaven, I practically had to stand like a mile away to take the shots….lol. (Well, not really a mile, but you know what I mean as I cannot zoom out using the 50mm).
Wandering Chopsticks – I have no idea…just thought they were nice so I captured them.
You have a good eye. I like the pics of the pots.
Did you try whispering at the Tien Tan wall?
It would be fantastic postcard. Maybe you should print and sell!
Love your photoblog so much. You are great in food and photography as well. I really love ur blog and instantly bookmark it.
By the way, I'm so curious about the slideshow u've embeded. It darken the background and changes according to photosize. How did u do it?
rasa malaysia,
might do that, got a friend malaysia friend station there, free bunking!!!
Whee! I like this ride!
Dear Rasa Malaysia,
Thank you for sharing so generously via your great blog!
I came across your blog from a spiritual friend, Yozora NiteSky (http://4evershiftingsand.blogspot.com/).
Wish I could be like you one day too (photography dummy to be on par with the experts).
Thank you for the postcard-like pictures (weren't they postcards? ;>), and neat categorized blog posts.
Until then, may you be well and happy, wherever you may be. =)
Nate – thanks…no I didn't whisper to the wall at the temple of heaven…was I supposed to? Tell me more about it? ;)
Tunku Halim – LOL…maybe one day I can publish a photo book.
Jason – Thank you. I used Lightbox 2.0 for the photos…I will write a post soon to teach people how to use it. Please stay tuned.
Big Boys Oven – cool, free accomodation. :)
CP – haha…I am glad you did. It's your "motherland" well, you you are a panda, right? ;)
Florence – thanks for your kind comment and words…I am glad and honored you like my blog. :)
Great, cant wait for the post. By the way, I'm Malaysian too. And what a coincidence, I'm staying in Penang!


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Elton John And Bernie Taupin To Receive Johnny Mercer Award At Songwriter's Hall Of Fame
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Elton John and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin will be honored on June 13th at the 2013 Songwriter's Hall of Fame induction ceremony when they receive the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award. The award is presented to a songwriter who's already been inducted into the Hall of Fame but "whose body of work is of such high quality and impact that it upholds the gold standard set by the legendary Johnny Mercer." Mercer was the organization's founding president, serving from 1969 to 1973.
Legendary songwriter and chairman of the Hall of Fame Jimmy Webb said of John & Taupin's work: "Some catalogs are more 'deep' and significant than others not only because of their pertinence to the times in which they were written, but because their sheer mass is overpowering. It's just not that easy to write 40 Top 10 records. It's kind of like swimming the English Channel with your hands tied behind your back. Elton's readily identifiable melodic piano style has proven to be a perfect accompaniment to Bernie's razor sharp lyrics about relationships and living on the edge of life both in good and bad times."
Elton John told us that his 45-year songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin has given him great strength and proved to be one of the strongest relationships in his life: "It's been a remarkable partnership in the fact that we've never broken up -- although it was rumored that we did break up -- we didn't, we just had a break from each other and wrote with other people. Y'know, you can't suffocate each other. And the fact that we're still writing, and loving writing with each other -- we root for each other. And too often in this business, people get jealous, y'know, people break up a great thing over the most stupid thing. And he's been my brother without the music, he's been my brother with the music. He became the 'Brown Dirt Cowboy,' I became 'Captain Fantastic'-- we lived out. . . y'know, that album was very prophetic, that's what we became"
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they have the second best record in the nba now
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Who else is stoked for the Cavs@LAL game? Maaan, this is gonna be like the NBA Finals before the NBA Finals, amirite?
yeah next mon is gonna be insane. . i just hope pau toughens up like he did late in the fourth against boston. hope drew continues his nice play as of late as well.
you rly think clev is gonna have their way with boston + advance if they meet up in the postseason?
no offense or anything to your celts but,, has perkins always had that permanent frown face ever since he was a rookie??
If you're referring to his ugliness, I think he was born with that.
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'Who needs hair?' : Mother of three works, plays, and believes through breast cancer treatments
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Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of Sunday articles highlighting October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
After her silicone implants were put into place, Dawnalee jokes her chest looks better than it did before and so, she says, "there's a reward at the end of the fight."
"But, the biggest thing was my eyelashes," she said of losing all hair during chemotherapy, "The dirt, the dust, the pollen (got in) my eyes. They were red for weeks and I didn't want to go to (my sons') soccer and basketball games looking sick. I didn't want to scare the kids."
According to Dawnalee, her sons, Spencer, 15, Parker, 12, and Tayler, 9, dealt with her sickness with incredible strength, maintaining "outstanding" grades and athleticism.
"It's such a devastating, awful word, cancer," she said, "How were my boys going to take that? What does it mean?"
To their credit, both Dawnalee and her husband claim nothing changed within their family since the breast cancer diagnosis and throughout treatments. Beginning with teamwork and muscling through tough times are what their family does best, they said.
Saying the married couple of 17 years have three healthy boys now takes on a whole different meaning to Richie. He says he now realizes how lucky they are. Richie admits to not having to be as strong as he thought for Dawnalee, and insists she is the strength and core of their family.
"Not a day goes by that I don't worry about her health," Richie says, "but she has always been the guiding light of our family."
Showing no fear, Dawnalee even shaved her head before she began to lose her hair.
According to Richie, while checking out the inventory at a wig store, she told the employee to "just shave it."
"The hair was no big deal, I wore wigs it was fine — I had this long haired one, it was kind of fun," says Dawnalee noting she and the children at her in-home child care center played dress up with her wigs.
"They contacted prior kids I watched as toddlers, who are now like 17-years-old," says Dawnalee, "They even got some of my high school girlfriends to make a piece."
The artwork hangs by red ribbon on the wall of the Holts' family room, proudly displaying many memories not to be forgotten.
Ever-present peacefulness and enthusiasm fills the Holt household, with blocks spelling out the word "believe" on a bookshelf in the living room. Three boys giggle in the kitchen while Dawnalee and Richard eagerly answer question after question with hopefulness enough for thousands of breast cancer patients.
While son, Spencer, sprawls out on a plush living room chair next to his mom, Dawnalee says she can't get enough of her family. Spencer nods as she notes it's the quality time spent together that makes them so strong.
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Great job on your brand. what has been the best thing to happen since the opening of your retail location/locations for the bg brand?
Hey there, quick question.
I have this screen-printing class and I figured I might as well put my own drawings/designs on them and maybe even sell. So my question to you is: Would it be better to have, say 2 design and 20 prints each or 4 designs and 10 prints each?
I mean would it be better to have variety or quantity?
Hey BEnny!
Congrats on all your success of the past year and the year to come. I was wondering thought if you would ever expand and make another store say in New York for example while staying independant. Not because I live in New York but because since its the complete Opposite of the SF store. Thanks again Benny
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Hey BEnny!
Congrats on all your success of the past year and the year to come. I was wondering thought if you would ever expand and make another store say in New York for example while staying independant. Not because I live in New York but because since its the complete Opposite of the SF store. Thanks again Benny
I'm open to it. Right now I like being able to connect with the customers that come into our SF shop. I am here most of the time because my design studio is in the same building. A NY store would be fresh thou.
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Benny really love the brand, and all your work.
Was wondering what wholesale brand do you use for your tees?
Thanks Benny!
I am a huge fan, and you are my inspiration as I go through University over here in the U.K,
I just want to ask a few questions to help me learn and add to a project I am doing on your brand, hopefully you can answer!
For your freelance design work, how do you gain clients, do you pick them or do they come to you?
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Do you think the price of the deck coat would ever decrease? I really love it and I'm sure its worth the money but I am a college student haha
Awesome, thanks for the input Benny!
I am going to quote you in my case study if you don't mind. I have been trying to get in touch for a while until I found out this easy way to do so. I just want to ask a couple more questions if that is possible.
The first is regarding your inspiration to do what you do creatively? and also do you have a set working method when working on a new project or is it different everytime?
Thanks again! I am heading for some important deadlines lately so your help is giving me the extra drive I need.
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Keep things growin Benny. Love everything about your brand. Best of luck in the future to you and your brand!. Im also in the process of releasing my first line of stuff this year! Its got a creative new idea id love to share my idea with you over PM just for your input. Shoot me a PM if you wouldnt mind sheding some light.
thanks and hope 2012 is BG's year!
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hey, this is manny from Natural Talent a new clothing brand starting in Richmond, Va
i was just wondering when did you feel it was the right time to expand into stores and is it better to pay more for locally produced clothes or pay less for something out the area
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My name is Gregg and from Denver, Colorado. I am avid follower of your design work and I am a graphic designer & skateboarder myself. I had the chance to meet you at the launch of your fall line in 2010 and I continue to be very impressed by the design & product you put out. You take great care in what you give to your customers & it shows. While there, you had told me to email you with any questions I had, but hadn't gotten any replies. I know you are a busy guy, so when I saw this, I thought this would probably be the best way to get a reply.
I am currently working on designing a brand of my own and really want to talk to you about how you started. I know you always say to start small and strong with quality rather than quantity, but for your the initial launch of your line, how many pieces did you release?
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Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant event.
Thank you to Daiho and Jundo for this.
Lots to sit with and learn.
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant event.
Thank you to Daiho and Jundo for this.
Lots to sit with and learn.
Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock
With palms together, Please allow me to thank each of you for siting with me and listening to my stumbling talk. While I wanted to address engaged practice, trauma just has a way of arising. And maybe that is its nature. Anyway, nine bows to you, Jundo, for inviting me to offer myself to your Sangha. And bows to each of those who attended and especially to those who engaged me at the end. I am sorry we could not hear the student from Mexico. Perhaps he could write his question and I will address him. My email address is: firstname.lastname@example.com. Again, thank you. Daiho
Best 'stumbling' heard at this moment. Thanks.
"Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"
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As a trainee priest, please take any commentary by me on matters of the Dharma with a pinch of salt.
Just finished sitting and listening with/to this. Very much enjoyed it. Thank you Diaho and thank you Jundo for arranging this.
I will be thinking about your talk, Rev. Daiho, thank you. Very relevant to me now, and many others. Not a stumbling talk at all! Gassho
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Thank you so much, Daiho, for taking the time to talk to us. Your words around trauma and sitting for peace are very meaningful to me.
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Deep gratitude for these teachings.
Gassho, Entai
Thank you, Daiho, for this talk, and to Jundo for facilitating. As I have been thinking about Daiho Roshi's talk, I have been wondering, for those of us who have been fortunate not to have experienced trauma, how do we live in a non-fearful way while knowing that trauma is a possibility?
Specifically, I have to admit that, having a young daughter, the gun violence here in the U.S. scares me. I am trying not to push away the fear that arises while at the same time not holding onto that fear.
I would be interested to hear how others respond to this sort of thing.
Matt J
When a tiger comes, piss and shit your pants (apparently, a biological defense mechanism built into us ala Darwin) ... and RUN! When the tiger is gone, do you best to move past the tiger (as Daiho testifies, it is not so easy for many victims of trauma). Before the tiger comes, well, avoid walking around where the tigers hunt but, otherwise ... don't waste too much time thinking about imaginary tigers!
It is hard wired into our brains to sometimes be afraid. But, through Zen Practice, we can simultaneously manifest Buddha who is always always beyond fear. After all, when all is One ... what other is there to fear?
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Jundo: It is hard wired into our brains to sometimes be afraid. But, through Zen Practice, we can simultaneously manifest Buddha who is always always beyond fear. After all, when all is One ... what other is there to fear?Thank you for that.Alan: I think those two things at once and seeing them clearly is a kind of non-attachment.
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A collection of notable security news items for the week ending March 26, 2015. Covers enterprise, controversies, application and mobile security, malware, reports and more.
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I think that it's more about the fact that some units are more or less useless in HOI3 despite having distinct and important roles IRL, e.g. ATs and AAs. You can run around with ARTs only and do more than fine and you "save LP points" by not researching ATs. This suxx. Of course you can pretend that it's not the case, but why should you? Other units that were effective IRL are only useful in gamey, unrealistic combinations, e.g. all-HARMs units because of their low softness. This is a typical example of bad balance and it is not historically accurate, either.I can't see why you are complaining about units then, because to be frank all the units in HoI3 do have their place for being useful. Any player worth his salt will know when to build the more specialised units. Of course the weapons of WWII were 'unbalanced' and that reflects in the concept that some of the units are in general, far superior in the general sense compared to others. All that your argument appears to be based on is; 'A gamey player will only build X, Y and Z, when there is also A,B,C in the game; y u no luv A,B,C Paradox?'.
I make a joking comment there, but the jist of it is like the punch line; if units A,B,C were not historically 'that useful' then they shouldn't be 'that useful' in HoI either. Since units like AT, Engineers, Battlecruisers, Cav, Militia etc. do have their place for certain nations and strategies. Then they are; "...useful at least in some circumstances." which is what you claim you want... ¬.¬
Another problem is that uber-specialisation is everpresent and everybody is building 2 ship types unless they are RP or playing a heavily modded game (but even then uber-specialisation may still be common). It's similar in case of air units.
IRL every major army/navy/airforce in the world was and is a mixed force. In HOI3 it's the opposite.
Lastly, if the game makes no effort to fight hindsight, then it will never be properly balanced or realistic. Building only CVs from the start is neither historically accurate nor balanced. We will always get flawed results if things are kept that way. It's even worse when the AI is told to always make the historical decisions, even if they were not the best ones.
There should be mechanics in place in order to encourage/force the player to build BBs, just as not everybody should be using armoured divisions in Blitzkrieg action. Otherwise, I think that we are all just pretending that there is sth called "choice" and we can just as well remove half of the units from the game. It gets boring when I start reading another AAR and see that everyone believes that CVs are the future and that the next war (which will come in 1939, of course - everybody knows that!) will be decided by rapid armoured breakthroughs and massive encirclements.
You cannot seriously expect that a player will deliberately constrain themselves by building inferior unit types, because, well... why should they? IMO the game should put the player in a position of a given country and they should face similar constraints as RL leaders did. If there were good reasons to do X, but with hindsight we know that Y was the better option, then X should be a very tempting choice in-game.


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Spicy Mung Bean Soup with Coconut Milk
1 cup of mung beans, soaked overnight
1 tablespoon of ghee, or a mixture of butter and oil
1 teaspoon of black mustard seeds
1 small clove of garlic, minced
1 inch piece of ginger, finely chopped
4-5 hot green chilies, seeded and finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon of asafoetida
handful of curry leaves (I used dried)
1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
1 teaspoon of ground cumin
1 teaspoon of ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne
1 tomato, finely chopped
3 cups of water
1 can of coconut milk
juice from one small lemon
1 teaspoon of jaggery or rapadura sugar
1/2 teaspoon of garam masala
1 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt
Drain and rinse the soaked beans and set aside.
Heat the ghee (or butter and oil) in a large pot over medium heat. When hot, add the mustard seeds and cook until they begin to sputter and pop. Immediately add the garlic, hot peppers and ginger and stir and fry for a minute or two. Toss in the asafoetida, curry leaves, turmeric, cumin, coriander, cayenne, stir and then add the tomato. Cook for a minute or two and then add the water and the mung beans. Simmer over medium heat for roughly 15 minutes, and then add the coconut milk. Simmer for another 15 minutes or until the beans are tender. Add the lemon juice, salt, sugar and garam masala. Cook for another few minutes and serve hot.
Serves 6
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Mung Tamarind Dal
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Cheyenne, WY — In advance of the Spring Season which brings Spring Break, Prom and Graduation, First Lady Nancy Freudenthal; Bill Pomeroy, State of Wyoming Department of Revenue; Laramie County Sheriff Danny Glick; Bob Fecht, Chief of Police; Mayor Jack Spiker and Mike Moser, Wyoming Liquor Association; joined Dana Fudurich of The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility for the statewide launch of The Foundation's new public awareness campaign designed to prevent underage drinking today. The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, a national not-for-profit organization funded distillers dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking, partnered with these organizations to unveil the new public awareness campaign designed to prevent underage drinking and discourage attempts to purchase alcohol by minors.
"Key to addressing the problem of underage drinking is having a
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the alcohol that you drink?' 65% of the youth surveyed said that they
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from their parents, their friends' parents, older siblings or family
members or older friends, with our without permission," said Fudurich.
"The good news is that over the past 20 years, the number of underage drinkers has decreased. For example, underage drinking among high school seniors has declined 29% proportionally from 70% in 1982 to 50% in 2001, according to government surveys. More work needs to be done, which is why we've invited The Foundation to bring their campaign to Wyoming," said Mike Moser, Administrator, Wyoming State Liquor Association. "We want to keep our teens safe and alcohol-free, during the spring season and throughout the year."
Alcohol is accessible to our young people far too often, particularly as we head into the Spring. In Wyoming last year among youths under 21, there were 9 alcohol-related traffic fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a decrease of 25% from the previous year, and two of these deaths were among 15-20 year old drinking drivers.
Based on the recent survey data, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, working with the Wyoming Liquor Association, created a new campaign that highlights the point of access to alcohol by underage youth and encourages parents to play a more active role in keeping alcohol out of the hands of our nation's youth. The key component to the campaign is a 30-second Public Service Announcement, buttons and informational tip cards that provide tips for parents on how to talk with their kids about alcohol that will be distributed at the point of purchase.
"During Prom and Graduation Season last year (April, May, June 2003), 705 youths under the age of 21 died in alcohol-related traffic fatalities nationwide (NHTSA). Law enforcement officials work tirelessly to be certain we keep our citizens safe by doing community projects and prevention. Yet, we must do this in partnership with many other members of the community- including parents, schools, community leaders, and members of the media to help spread our message," said Chief Fecht.
The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility is distributing this public service announcement to television stations in Wyoming and has launched the campaign in 43 other markets nationwide. The campaign will continue to be rolled out in cities across the country through 2005.
"Our department is on the front lines of the battle against underage drinking every day. While it is certainly important to discourage underage sales, kids get alcohol from other sources, and kids can be very creative about obtaining alcohol. But we are not here to point fingers. We all have a role to play in the fight against underage drinking," said Sheriff Glick.
Working with the Wyoming Liquor Association, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility plans to make the new materials available to all members of the Wyoming beverage alcohol retail community. Members across the state will provide informational tip cards to parents on how to have an effective conversation about alcohol with their kids. Members of the organizations can request these materials for their retail outlets, bars and restaurants nationwide.
"The Wyoming Liquor Division, restaurants, wholesalers, retailers — all of us — need to play a role in the fight against underage drinking to lower, and hopefully eliminate, underage drinking in Wyoming. We want to be a part of that fight, which is why we are here today in support of The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility's new campaign. We hope parents in Wyoming will answer an overwhelming 'Yes!' when asked 'Are you doing your part?'" said Pomeroy.
Since The Foundation's inception in 1991, approximately 10 million pieces of point of sale items have been distributed free of charge to retailers and wholesalers nationwide. In fact, The Foundation's point of sale materials have been distributed in all 50 states. Cheyenne is the 44th launch of The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility's latest campaign. For more information about the program, log onto The Foundation's website at www.responsibility.org.
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looking to trade my 1st and 2nd (depending on whos left) or my 2nd and 3rd
Looking to add another first or second if anyone is willing to trade down to pick up a few extra picks.
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For everyone playing, it is against most (if not all) Fantasy rules to mention a player who hasn't been drafted yet, on fantasy pages....
depending on who's available, I may be willing to trade my 2nd and 3rd rounders for a late 1st or trade D Wade and my early third for a late first and a second. Also i may be willing to trade out of my second rounder for a third and a fourth.
Incase anyone is interested in doing anything specific. I much prefer to trade up in general however. But there are exceptions
ok to clear up my trading proposal, I will only do a straight swap of picks, example my 1st and 2nd for your 1st and 2nd, or my 2nd and 3rd for your 2nd and 3rd
and this all depends on who is left when i pick
can i get thunder as my team? waiting for the guy before me to make the pick.
I might be willing to trade Melo for a 1st and swap 2nds if anyone up soon is interested
How about that 12 hour time limit?
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how about not
if the time limit is up, i think its better to put them down at the end of the round rather than picking the highest rated star for them, and if they still miss the end of round pick then they get kicked out of the league
kaitos' 24 hours is almost up, should we bump him now to the end of the 1st round? and can we limit the waiting time to 12 hours? just to speed this thing up?
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July 5th, 2008, 02:54 PM #16
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I gotta say, I rarely thought of Star Wars while I was reading the first book. I guess the power of the dragons would be like the force? Rescuing a captive girl, again, that is a pretty typical storyline. Maybe somebody should try to do lotr in a sci-fi environment; give em some blasters and light sabers and let em go wild. Might be a big seller.
So I did enjoy reading the first book. Didn't read the second as the story got off course from traditional fantasy, and I enjoy traditional fantasy. Roran fighting off the Ra'zac? Kinda detracts from Eragon's accomplishments...
Its amazing how popular it was to start, and that came largely from the book tours the family did when they first released the book. They personally scheduled library and school readings for a grass roots movement; incredible. The people spoke and eventually he got picked up by a big publisher. I don't think his parents had been successful publishing before that.
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It doesn't matter which way you paint it Eragon and Eldest is poorly and over written and un original.
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Yea alright, I'm not going to argue too much. But it was fun watching the kid come into his own (both of the kids really), and also, there was an old feeling of morality that is underappreciated and not seen too much of now a days. What can I say, I was bored and I liked it.
July 6th, 2008, 03:29 PM #19
Let me tell you something: I'm turning sixteen in four days, and I can say for a fact that what I write is not nearly as derivative as his -- and this is not meant to be arrogant or anything, I just look at my work and his work and make my decision.
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Okay I think we're being a bit unfair here.
Does Eragon's plot follow that of Starwars fairly closely? Certainly it does. Are the "standard issue" fantasy races all present and correct? Oh yeah. Has Paolini done anything particularly interesting or new with them? Not really, [though for shere refinement of stereotypical dwarf environments I'll give him the mountain stronghold at the end of Eragon. I have rarely seen a fortress so tricked out.] Is Eragon a standard chosen one with a mark on his body denoting him as such, as legions of heroes have been before him? Yep. [In fact, I believe Eragon's mark is on his palm, and is sometimes described in terms similar to Belgarion's marking in the Belgariad / Malloreon. Copying much?] And yet many stories use similar plot structures. Perhaps it is fair to rag on Paolini a little for the shere extent to which we think his story's derivative, [and I do think there's a difference between "done before" and "derivative", I just think the definition is different for each of us and believe some people are too quick to call foul.] But what it really comes down to is that a lot of us just plain don't think this well-worn story is given a good showing in the Inheritance novels. It's not that its unoriginal, -- it's that its just plain not good.
I am among this group. I would be fine with a traditional fantasy tale, -- I love them, in fact. But the characters and plot just don't hold up in these novels so far as I'm concerned. I've seen a lot worse than Eragon: the characters weren't that deep, but a couple of them had potential. [I'm thinking particularly here of Eragon's mentor's destiny to fail at every task in his life but one.] The dragon was basically cool, and there were some fun adventure sections. I actually enjoyed the book the first time through, but I was relying on Paolini to up his game a level or two in Eldest and he just doesn't. Eldest is so bad I swear it makes the first book worse retroactively, [mostly by making clear that many of the flaws in Eragon were not first novel blues, but honest-to-evilness writing defects only waiting to spring into full and awful flower.] The coming of age plot descends into trite absurdity and is boring. [Eragon shaves himself. Yay for Eragon.] A quite indefensible bit of plotting has a major character disappear from the scene in chapter one only to return as a villain in the final pages, with no point-of-view time with him to go through the process and trauma of his fall. The failed romance sequences read like they were ghost-written by George Lucas on a bad day and range from physically painful to impossible to read. The pace is glacial in the extreme, and Eragon spends the majority of the novel in a boring place learning boring things. Someone mentioned Rorin's, [Eragon's non-superpowered cousin], plot-thread being what drove them away from Eldest, and I find this perplexing, as his sections are the only thing that stopped me from flinging the book. Don't get me wrong -- I'm not saying they're good -- they're just a lot lot lot less bad.
I know this post is long already, but I'd like to take a moment to explore a couple particular things about Eldest: By no means did I study fan response to the book on-line, but I did come across one or two negative comments on a specific subject. "Well, yes", you say, "because the book is rubbish". Actually no that wasn't what people were getting upset about. Okay, so for any who don't know there's this character in Inheritance whose an elf woman. And Eragon has fallen in love with this elf woman like the good little chosen one that he is. And, in a stroke of realism unusual in Inheritance, the hundred-year-old, sober-with-experience elf maid isn't interested. Quite uninterested, in fact. And this seems to upset some fans. It's as though they expect this poor character to go all googly-eyed and start confessing her love whenever Eragon walks into a room. I find this expectation, -- a sort of reliance on predetermined plotlines, -- disturbing. I'm really starting to understand why Diana Wynne Jones wrote The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. It's as though some readers are beginning to take certain overused character types and plot elements as signifiers leading directly to the signifieds represented by specific conclusions or outcomes. Hmm, we could diverge into the semiotics of popular fantasy at this juncture, but this probably isn't the place.
Note that Eldest does not as closely mirror The Empire Strikes Back as Eragon does A New Hope, and this is seriously to its detriment. Yes Eragon goes to learn from an old master as does Luke, but Eragon's training lasts a whooooole lot longer and this loses the book a lot of narrative momentum. Where Empire is punchy, fast-moving, and rough on its heroes, Eldest is slow as they come, renders both heroes and villains, [dear god, the cardboard mockeries used for villains!], shallower than previously as opposed to deeper, and throws virtually no curveballs of any kind at all in its 700 pages.
So basically I don't think going after Paolini because we think him cliche is fair, or at least not by itself. Go after him because you think the material isn't good, and perhaps incorporate how totally derivative you find his work into that critique. But cliches by themselves do not a bad book make, and I think we should focus on them less when critiquing this series. Is Paolini's reliance on previous plots, and his obvious freeze-up when forced to plot without a guideline, a problem? Most definitely, but the problems go deeper, I think.
Also, however bad we think the books are, he has finished them and got them published. He is a writer under twenty-five, he has written a series of books, they are coherent, they are on store shelves and a lot of people love them very much. I personally find that more than a little amazing, and I think that anyone else who has had a go at writing an extended piece will too.
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But i bet you 5 pounds that by the end The elf woman will realise she loved the Author insert character Eragon by the end.
And i hated the dues ex machina part in book 2. With the naked dancing elves.
I just found that in every twist and turn the author contradicted himself
Also, however bad we think the books are, he has finished them and got them published. He is a writer under twenty-five, he has written a series of books, they are coherent, they are on store shelves and a lot of people love them very much. I personally find that more than a little amazing, and I think that anyone else who has had a go at writing an extended piece will too.
I would too. IF he'd went to a proper publisher instead of his parents
July 6th, 2008, 06:04 PM #22I would too. IF he'd went to a proper publisher instead of his parents
I have never read the books, I looked at them, I realized what they were, and put them down. I did see the movie though, which in turn made me even happier I avoided the books.
As for Christopher Paolini... Personally, I think his legs should be tied to a horse and dragged across the streets while people pelt him with his own horrid books. That would make me feel like justice has been served.
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July 6th, 2008, 08:40 PM #23
All the talk about how impressive simply getting published at 17 is -- I still think that can be negated by dreary writing and such lack of creativity. As Anthorn says, when it comes down to it Inheritance is poorly written and unoriginal.
I also think Chris -- I'm starting to wonder if Paolini deserves being referred to by his last name, seeing as, now that I've read 1200 pages of Christopher/Eragon's character, he is very familiar to me -- deliberately stretched out his narrative so it's extra long and epic. He's not the only author who thinks length equals intelligence. Some of the most elegant, brainy stories -- The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate comes to mind -- are 10,000 words long.
Mjolnir, there's a difference between traditional novels and thoroughly stolen, cliche-infested drivel.
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July 6th, 2008, 08:57 PM #25Okay First of all if you haven't read the book then you really have no place trashing the book or the writer. And anyone who watches movies based on books know's that they are rarely even recognisable as the same story line so you can't judge the book by the movie. I think that Christopher Paolini has made a decent first story and especially for being as young as he was when he made it. Yes it may be a bit of a repeat and same old same old but what isn't anymore. As was said everything new is comprised of parts of something old. Yes he was blunt about it but he's new. Give him some credit for trying to make something that he has a passion for. And because he did get so famous (no matter what the method) the younger generations below us will most likely read the Inheritance cycle before they read LOTR and others and therefore those will be repeats to them in the future. And if you really want to get picky about copying originals then you should go back and read the posts in this thread. Same complaints over and over in new word formations. We are all guilty of repeating and he got famous for it which is more than most of us can say. I enjoyed Eragon and Eldest and am looking forward to the next books. I may be the only one here who will say that but obviously I'm not the only person out there anticipating the release. They are decently written books, no not nearly the best but definatly not the worst, and I want to see what he can come up with as he ages and does get more experience.
Also, Paolini is trying to make up for his repetive plot nature by introducing a whole new evil guy in Book III - woooooooo - does anybody actually care since there were no hints in Book I or II - I think not.
There are many, many greater books than inheritance that are published and rejected, but whatever their class, they do not do nearly as well as Inheritance has. Which is sad in my opinion, because I consider Inheritance to be fantasy trash, not worthy of all the attention it has received. if Paolini had submitted Eragon to a proper publisher when he was around 30, his book would have been rejected, and the publishers would be gasping for breath, with sides burning from laughter after finishing Eragon. Then, they would leave work early and have a mmerry party to end their great day of reading a humorous but entirely trashy piece of work, which is none other than Eragon. Still, in that case, Paolini should still feel proud that his work brought so much laughter to the publishers.
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Anthorn Wrote:
But i bet you 5 pounds that by the end The elf woman will realise she loved the Author insert character Eragon by the end.
I grant you that this is entirely possible, and would finish off any shadow of originality the subplot had. Actually, the outcome you suggest, while depressing, might almost be kinder to those reading the series: Eldest's thwarted love scenes are truly criminally bad, some of the most ear-bleeding matter I've ever read in my life. I actually think that Paolini's going for a romance between Eragon and a different character, [watch me call his plot twists before they happen, ... again], but it's water under the bridge to all of us who don't care any more / never did. Be interesting from the perspective of studying the series, though, and yes I think it is worthy of examination in that regard simply because it's so popular. You don't get Eragon's sales numbers by accident; -- there's something in here that speaks very loudly to an awful lot of people.
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And i hated the dues ex machina part in book 2. With the naked dancing elves. I just found that in every twist and turn the author contradicted himself
Oh ... oh ... I'd blocked that part out completely. Wow that was stupid. Those people who contend that Eragon is a Gary Stu who gets everything handed to him on a silver platter can base most of their argument off of this scene alone: He's humbled by the elves in sword-play, trains for half the blasted book, and is then handed the superhuman strength and grace of an elf for the price of nothing more than a night of dancing and song. So so very stupid.
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I was under the impression that his book was rejected by many publishers, and then his parents bailed him out with their company when he couldn't hack it on his own? Of course, I may be wrong.
I have never read the books, I looked at them, I realized what they were, and put them down. I did see the movie though, which in turn made me even happier I avoided the books.
Time to be slightly fair again I'm afraid. Paolini may have tried and failed to sell the book before his parents printed it -- I've no idea. However, they did print it, and as I understand it a very popular author's attention was drawn to it through his kid. He recommended it to his publisher. Still getting a fast track I know, but the professional publisher did take it on. And this ain't some small house either: this is Alfred K Knopf. I don't like the idea of vanity publishing so I still consider the whole parents publish book first thing to be a bit like cheatting, but we must consider that it did make its way to a major house. And then, more important still, the public spoke: The two books have passed the million copies printed mark a while back I believe. Brisingr is currently number 16 in book sales on amazon.com. Not teen books, folks, not preorder books, not books with weird names. All. Books. As I said above, a lot of people like these books. We can criticize them all we want, [which is good cuz I fully intend to continue to do so], but I think we have to be careful. Dismissing them completely, and saying that they are objectively trash of the worst most derivative kind starts sounding a little like, say, Harald Bloom's argument that the 13.5 million people who read Harry Potter are and shall remain objectively wrong in what they choose to read because he, Harald Bloom, doesn't like Harry Potter. And I never, ever, want to sound like that.
Imo they're still rubbish, though.
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Im sorry to point it out again. THE FIRST publisher he went to were his parents who then published it.
July 7th, 2008, 08:37 AM #28
Wait, it just dawned on me. Isn't this series meant to be for kids?
If so, I think some of our arguments are nullified.
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Count me as a loser. Despite my disdain, I will probably finish the reading. The writing is at times wretched, but it's light and easy and fairly exciting -- a good alternative to the other stuff.
And I am confident that Paolini has matured enough to improve his plot and his prose, to a degree.


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