Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96

[Rawhide]

Hmm, I was looking for this (in Chinese), this (no commentary) or this (with commentary) when I discovered this. Sweet.

[Inigo Montoya]

Sun Tzu and Lovecraft? Hmm...


"Proper Logistics of Great One Unit Deployment"? "Unspeakable Horrors and Interrogation"? "Rl'yegh Defense Strategies"?

You win a cookie.

[Bookman]

...And my day is made, thank you.

Me or the other guy?

The other guy was funnier.....

[FireFox]

I was Ninja'ed?! You did make me think of Karma Sutra + Dr. Seuss. So therefore I hold you responsible for the injuries incurred while beating said thought out of my head...

I also have to go find myself a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's On Guerilla Warfare...

[rubakhin]

Well, I hit the Barnes and Nobles todaywith abunch of giftcards I had saved up. I wanted to get some books that I haven't read and would look niceon my bookshelf (I treat mybookshelf like a reading resume). The cashiers' reaction: "wow. Sun Tzu and Lovecraft, what an interesting combination."
Dear adults: Yes, I am a teenager who enjoys reading. Yes I read books that were meant for people three times my age. Can we move on please?

Maybe it really did just strike him/her as an odd pairing, for whatever reason.

Once I bought a book on the war in Chechnya along with a collection of military-themed erotica. I didn't realize until I was halfway to the car that this was a particularly unfortunate combination.

[FireFox]

Whoops, I realize that Icombined two different thoughts here...
The cashier did think it was an interesting combination, and my reply to adults was just meant to the adults I imagined who would see my reading those books...

[Rawhide]

I was Ninja'ed?! You did make me think of Karma Sutra + Dr. Seuss. So therefore I hold you responsible for the injuries incurred while beating said thought out of my head...

I also have to go find myself a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's On Guerilla Warfare...

Here ?

[Bookman]

I was Ninja'ed?! You did make me think of Karma Sutra + Dr. Seuss. So therefore I hold you responsible for the injuries incurred while beating said thought out of my head...

I also have to go find myself a copy of Mao Tse-Tung's On Guerilla Warfare...

Pshhhhhhh Kama Sutra and Dr Seuss. That's almost TOO easy But very nice at the same time. I apologize for the brain damage

I do get creeped out by the people who beeline to True Crime and get a whole stack of Zodiac killer books........Makes you wonder what they're going to do...

I'm failing to see your train of thought on finding the guerilla warfare book.......but ok!

[FireFox]

@ Rawhide: Oooh, thankee kindly!

I was just thinking of Sun Tzu and remembered good ole Mao...

[Lord Iames Osari]

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is pretty good. So are Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince and Francis Bacon's On Empire, IMO.

Edit: I also have a spiffy new Bathatar.

[InaVegt]

I /really/ need to start reading art o' war some day.

[Rawhide]

*sigh* I only have a few days left to taunt people, so...

Spoiler

Show

HIIII!

[Glaivemaster]

I'm not sure if what I have is the full 'Art of War', or if it's just a collection of random quotes from it. Probably the latter, since it's a small, pocket book type thing, as opposed to the big things I normally see

I hope the original's better though. This just contains a bunch of quotes saying things like 'To win, you need to be better than your opponent' and 'In war, it's a good idea not to lose'. Gee, Sun Tzu, I didn't know your alter-ego was Captain Obvious

[loopy]

I'm not sure if what I have is the full 'Art of War', or if it's just a collection of random quotes from it. Probably the latter, since it's a small, pocket book type thing, as opposed to the big things I normally see

I hope the original's better though. This just contains a bunch of quotes saying things like 'To win, you need to be better than your opponent' and 'In war, it's a good idea not to lose'. Gee, Sun Tzu, I didn't know your alter-ego was Captain Obvious

You never know. Before the book was written it may not of been so clear.

<Puts on ancient general hat>
*scribbles*
"'To win... you need to be... better than your opponent...'. Of course! Its so simple! How couldn't I have seen it before???"

[EmeraldRose]

As something completely random...I am finally watching Firefly (Andre got the series for me for Christmas) and I now understand Lilly's avvies and sig.

[TRM]

As something completely random...I am finally watching Firefly (Andre got the series for me for Christmas) and I now understand Lilly's avvies and sig.

Good for you.
Related subject: why is Firefly considered something of an initiation ceremony among nerds and geeks. I hadn't noticed that it was particularly geeky, etc...?

[Mauve Shirt]

It's an initiation ceremony? I thought it was just people trying to share the joy.
It's not particularly geeky, but geeks are the ones who discovered the series after it was canceled.

[Ranna]

I got introduced to it by a friend who found it from the film which ob came out after the series was cancelled

tho i must admit i thought it was kind of random when he put the box set under my nose and told me to go watch...

[Rawhide]

It's an initiation ceremony? I thought it was just people trying to share the joy.
It's not particularly geeky, but geeks are the ones who discovered the series after it was canceled.

After it was cancelled? I'm pretty sure geeks discovered it as soon as their beloved tv writer first announced it.

[Ego Slayer]

As something completely random...I am finally watching Firefly (Andre got the series for me for Christmas) and I now understand Lilly's avvies and sig.

The same happened with me. "Ooohh...Now I get it!!" =O
I also felt slightly cooler, now that it made sense. Heh... How are you liking it? I should borrow the series from my friends, again, and watch it again... hrm.

[CurlyKitGirl]

I want too many booooooooks!
£25 is just too small a birthday budget. Sure, I got the Hogfather DVD () but there were about fourteen or so books I wanted.
Strangely enough; The Art of War was one of them. Then there was:
Revelation by C. J. Sansom. I love him as a writer. Ths book is about a serial killer/ insane/religious fanatic believing in the end of the world (age 14)/ murders, political intrigue and much mmore all set in 1543, London.
[I]The Last Wish[/] by a Polish author whose name I can't write. Or pronounce. Because it sounds absolutely amazing.
Robin Hobbs' series.
Lovecraft.
And a good dozen more because I quite simply want to read them all.

It has finally become possible for me to walk into a bookshop and leave with money.
A bad day indeed.

[Cobra_Ikari]

The same happened with me. "Ooohh...Now I get it!!" =O
I also felt slightly cooler, now that it made sense. Heh... How are you liking it? I should borrow the series from my friends, again, and watch it again... hrm.

...or you could come here and watch it with me! Eh? Eh? *hugs*

[Jibar]

I still haven't watched it, which makes me feel terrible.
I love Buffy so very much, yet I have not seen Whedon's take on sci fi.
Must... acquire... DVDs...

Oh, and don' you hate it when you lose total track of time?
I just accidentally played BioShock for about 5-6 hours straight without anybody telling me.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Oh, yeah, I've been meaning to ask: what's Firefly?

[Cobra_Ikari]

Oh, yeah, I've been meaning to ask: what's Firefly?

TV show. Good one. Whedon.

...*kidnaps and forces you to watch it*...and now you know! ^_^

[EmeraldRose]

The same happened with me. "Ooohh...Now I get it!!" =O
I also felt slightly cooler, now that it made sense. Heh... How are you liking it? I should borrow the series from my friends, again, and watch it again... hrm.

It's pretty good. I'm only on the second disc, so I have quite a few left to watch. I have to wait until it's my turn for the tv, so no watching the entire series at one time I quite like the whole futuristic cowboys theme.

That one actress has been in just about every sci-fi/fantasy series that's been out in like the last 10 years.



Today I'm trying to post in between packing boxes. It's working out ok. Pack a box, post for a minute, pack another box, read a few threads....on the whole I think it's easier then trying to force myself to just pack

[Bookman]

Today I'm trying to post in between packing boxes. It's working out ok. Pack a box, post for a minute, pack another box, read a few threads....on the whole I think it's easier then trying to force myself to just pack

It's a good idea. Basically what I'm doing with my eeeeeevil paper I'm writing.

It's approaching 8 pages and I've only summed up one idea.... I shouldn't have gotten so general with it. Meh


*contemplates watching Firefly*

*smacks self and goes back to paper writing*

[Ego Slayer]

Oh, yeah, I've been meaning to ask: what's Firefly?

Read!
It's pure awesome win covered in... win? And I say this as someone who doesn't really like watching tv/movies/etc... and I loved it. Go find the DVDs. There are only like, what, 14 episodes ('cos Fox is a bastard and canceled it)? And then go watch Serenity (movie) after... puts some closure on the whole thing, and it's fantastic too.

[EmeraldRose]

Ah, so Serenity comes after Firefly? I was wondering...Andre thought it came first.

I was also getting concerned as to how the DVDs will finish up, as I know the series was cancelled and they usually end a season with a cliffhanger.

Maybe I'll pick up the movie as well at some point.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I mean it's one thing to have manly armpit hair but yet another thing lift up your arm and find Vorpal Tribble there.

Not a chance of finding me under a guy's arm. I have standards, y'know. I'm only to be found under french women's arms.