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mousme

Oh you haul sixteen tons...

Aug 29, 2006 20:58

I have a really long post to make about my new job. I was going to write it tonight, because in theory, I have plenty of time when I get home to write posts, now that I finish work at 4pm instead of 5pm.

Of course, that all got flushed rather spectacularly when both metros broke down, one after the other, in the order in which I had to take them ( Read more... )

hdfa, books, car, the sparrow, bitching, public transit, religion, work stuff

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curtana August 30 2006, 01:44:16 UTC

Oh, hooray! Now I should definitely have time to finish it. I was planning on embarking on a huge reading binge this evening to get through the last half of the book... which I may still do, because it's very good, but I don't *have* to :)

lucidite August 30 2006, 03:03:48 UTC

As I've read & re-read The Sparrow a few times, I understand. Don't forget the read the sequel, "Children of God".

Did you hear that Warner Bros. is making a movie out of the book? montecristo August 30 2006, 03:28:22 UTC

Brad Pitt is going to be Sandoz, supposedly.

Ick. I'm not particularly impressed with the book's premises and theme.

Re: Did you hear that Warner Bros. is making a movie out of the book? toughlovemuse August 30 2006, 13:37:05 UTC

I didn't realize Brad Pitt looked Puerto Rican...*rolls eyes*

Not impressed with the books premises and theme? In what way?

Re: Did you hear that Warner Bros. is making a movie out of the book? montecristo August 30 2006, 15:24:19 UTC

Artistic license. Brad Pitt sells movie tickets.

As for the books, well, I don't want to spoil the thing for mousme, if she's anticipating the suspense, so I won't say too much about them other than to say that I find the book's ethical framework to be pretty off-putting. In all honesty, I haven't read the books, but I did read something about them. I suspect that they would be harder to read than The Celestine Prophecy or David Brin's Earth, for me.

Re: Did you hear that Warner Bros. is making a movie out of the book? toughlovemuse August 30 2006, 16:27:36 UTC

I won't say too much about them other than to say that I find the book's ethical framework to be pretty off-putting.

I can't speak for the sequel as I only found out via this comment thread that there is one. However -- by ethical framework do you mean the fact that the book contains Jesuits? (which, it does) Or that it tries to foist a specific religious belief on the reader? (which, it doesn't.) Or something else entirely? I gather the second from your reference to the Celestine Prophecy, and if that's the case, you're missing out on a really good book based on a very narrow interpretation of it (I have a hard time imagining *how* you'd draw a particular religious message from it, and if you did what that message would be).

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sorceror August 30 2006, 14:56:03 UTC

Ditto!

owldaughter August 30 2006, 18:20:31 UTC

I am amused that I work for a renovation company which is currently situated in an office that looks like a demolition crew was by recently.

HRH made a very similar observation to me thr first week he started. He proceeded to whip the warehouse into shape, which of course earned him the worship of various persons on the team, and the new responsibility of being Warehouse Guy.