tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post114143400841528709..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: "People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33456854453135454242009-08-11T00:29:46.660-05:002009-08-11T00:29:46.660-05:00This is interesting. It coincides with whatever es...This is interesting. It coincides with whatever esoteric teachings I leanrt from my Guru who was a highly enlightened monk.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787493237027010919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1141493446667724862006-03-04T11:30:00.000-06:002006-03-04T11:30:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1141482512903299552006-03-04T08:28:00.000-06:002006-03-04T08:28:00.000-06:00Sippican: My first draft of this post had that lyr...Sippican: My first draft of this post had that lyric in it. I was going to accuse John Lennon of taking the attitude expressed in what is now my last sentence, but really he's mocking the person who's saying she feels dead, so I decided it wasn't apt. But it's funny that you thought of it too.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I always heard that the "she" in that song was Peter Fonda.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1141479928860711192006-03-04T07:45:00.000-06:002006-03-04T07:45:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1141441970790274322006-03-03T21:12:00.000-06:002006-03-03T21:12:00.000-06:00>>I was thinking of a writer who viewed his fellow...>>I was thinking of a writer who viewed his fellow human beings as the equivalent of zombies, with no real mental life worth respecting.<<<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of the insanity of the "fabulously well-to-do" car dealer in Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Breakfast of Champions, who goes on a shooting rampage after he becomes convinced that everyone around him is a malevolent robot. He gets this idea from a novel by the character Kilgore Trout, which sounds like a cousin to this book.John Stodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185881995621265497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1141436840605045512006-03-03T19:47:00.000-06:002006-03-03T19:47:00.000-06:00Yes, but an insanely malevolent (spl?) "self help"...Yes, but an insanely malevolent (spl?) "self help" book would probably been more interesting.TBMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307356618268638627noreply@blogger.com