When I first read Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman it felt like it took a long time to readjust to the light of the real world.
I'm due for another trek up The Magic Mountain, but it seems like it fits this question. The way time seems to dilate inside that book is something else. Normally one might get lost in details or worldbuilding flavor, there you get lost in pacing and conversation.
Oh fuck, how did I not know that existed?
The knowledge of good and evil
Letter from an Unknown Woman is another great Zweig adaptation. I'm pretty sure there's a Chess Story movie but I think I remember hearing that it was a disappointment. That novella is especially fascinating given your last sentence. It's been a long time since I've read it but I remember being shocked that it was written during the war.
I've probably read Catch-22 twelve times. Each new time I read it I rediscover a line that I accidentally stole that became part of my main phrasebook. Like calling people "shameful unscrupulous opportunists."
In recent years Thomas Bernhard is my most frequent reread. The Loser, Woodcutters, Old Masters, Concrete, Wittgenstein's Nephew. I need to get my shit together and actually read him in German.
The serieseses I've reread the most are Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Raymond Chandler's novels.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 used to be frequent rereads, but now I only tend to go back to parts of them. '72 used to be a quadrennial tradition.
I'm always rereading the Greeks, which is helped by the ease of finding pocket-sized editions.
The upside is I no longer sweat like a fucking pig for no reason, which sucked
Oh, I've been on that one. I would sweat on my way out of the shower. Really impressive stuff.
Aw shit. Just got my SSI notice for what I'm getting paid next year. You're reading the proud post of a comrade who just received a $27 monthly raise. Off I go to spend it all on penny whistles and moon pies!
The use of a Cybertruck is not only a clear violation of our policies but also a violation of our core values to proudly serve the public and ensure safe and welcoming roadways.
A family in Los Angeles says they're feeling misunderstood after facing scrutiny over a custom license plate that was supposed to be an endearing nod to their grandfather.
The license plate which reads LOLOCT7, is divided into three parts: "LOLO" in Tagalog means grandfather, "CT" for Cyber Truck and "7" references the number of grandchildren.
Thank you
Nancy Pelosi tripped on the stairs (NYT)
Ms. Pelosi tripped going down marble stairs at the Grand Ducal Palace and took a hard fall, according to a person familiar with the incident who was not authorized to comment and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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It was the second time this week that an octogenarian congressional leader sustained an injury while carrying out their official duties.
On Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell, 82, Republican of Kentucky, tripped and fell in the Capitol following the weekly G.O.P. luncheon, spraining his wrist and sustaining a small cut to his face.
NYU has banned dozens of students and three (Jewish) professors from campus and declared them personae non grata for participating in a pro-Palestine protest. One of the professors is Rebecca Karl, author of Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World, which I think I've seen recommended on here.
https://nyunews.com/news/2024/12/12/bobst-protest-arrests/
The neurologist said I can take one every day as a preventative but the GP's surgery have been refusing to prescribe me more than 8 a month.
Similar story here. The neurologist prescribed me 18 a month, insurance (even via Medicaid) would only give me 8. But it's $75 per pill or more in the U.S.
It started back when they were incessant burdens, and their parents soothed them with brandy.
Eventually they moved to York, Pennsylvania, where Fetterman grew up and his father became a partner at an insurance firm. He grew up in an affluent suburb of York, and his parents were conservative Republicans.
Fetterman has said he had a privileged upbringing. He said he "sleepwalked" as a young adult while playing four years of football in college, intending eventually to take over ownership of his father's business.
Daniel Penny has been acquitted of all charges in the murder manslaughter criminally negligent homicide apparently totally fine death of Jordan Neely.
https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/daniel-penny-not-guilty-jordan-neely.html
First Starbucks and now McDonald's. If only he'd been BDSing...
Or is it /c/badposting law that we can only hope it wasn't Kevin Bacon?