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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
May 03, 2005
Less A Web Site, More A Support Group
I wonder if there's some way I can change the software here so my blizzard of John Ralston Saul references will only appear to people who've opted-in. Alternatively, I could go with the flow and transform the site wholly into a support group for John Ralston Saul obsessives and the people who love us.
Anyway:
1. Peter of Peknet has discovered an article in the Ottawa Citizen about Saul visiting Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
2. Jon Husband, a Doubter's Companion fan and self-admitted Canadian, recommends the video of a John Ralston Saul speech called "In Defense of Public Education."
Posted at May 3, 2005 10:54 AM | TrackBackOn the strength of your raving, I picked up _Voltaire's Bastards_ at a used bookstore here in Vancouver yesterday. I'm only about 50 pages in, but it's looking like a winner so far. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: ConceptAlbum at May 3, 2005 02:45 PMDespite your frenzy, you're only pulling in at #133 on a Google search for "John Ralston Saul".
Posted by: saurabh at May 3, 2005 10:51 PMCould you? Could you please limit the flow to those who have opted in? I would hate to have a brilliant site spoiled by a single inexplicable vice.
Posted by: alexis S at May 4, 2005 12:17 PMInterestingly, if you look up "john ralston saul" hate wrong, you come up #3.
Posted by: alexis S at May 4, 2005 12:23 PM
