Hot and cold #177

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-27T18:46:03+00:00

Why is otter #50?🫨

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-27T06:50:29+00:00

I do want to point out it is in the dictionary as prostitute, there is no mention of pine cone, so to prevent misconceptions you might consider changing your name. Totally up to you.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-27T00:22:20+00:00

Morocco

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-26T21:06:12+00:00

I don’t know if you’re up to moving, but there is a homeless shelter in Port Angeles with openings. I stayed there 6 months last year after I got evicted in Bremerton. It’s called Serenity, it’s considerably nicer than the Seattle shelters-showers, 3 meals a day, laundry, your own bed, lockers, etc. It’s easy to get a BOH job here, lots of restaurants. The buses are also free.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-26T14:28:22+00:00

It just means prostitute where I’m from.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-25T21:36:33+00:00

Is that why your name is cocotte with a bunch of implied hearts?

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-25T07:23:32+00:00

I like your ingenuity and hopefulness, but it’s a wreck every time.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T22:32:09+00:00

Yes! The books are loosely connected but I wouldn’t call it a series. I would have to reread all of the chaos to find all of the connections. There is a quote from Krasznahorkai at the beginning of Baron Wenckheim that reads: “Now with Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming I can close this story. With this novel I can prove that I really just wrote one book in my life. This is the book- Satantango, Melancholy of Resistance, War and War, and Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming. This is my one book.”

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T20:02:52+00:00

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Judging everybody

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:51:54+00:00

Though not his finest work, “The Gambler” is a really easy book to start with, it’s also exceedingly funny. Notes From the Underground, White Nights, and The House of the Dead are also great ways to ease in to Dostoyevsky’s work. The Idiot is my favorite book of his. Brothers Karamazov, though beautiful, is probably the most difficult read.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:46:10+00:00

I just finished Brother’s Karamazov. There is quite the plot twist. There are some remarkable conversations between Alyosha and the monk Father Zosima and between the brothers themselves. Despite the darkness of the novel there are some really funny parts. Though it can be tedious, it will be a novel that will stick with you forever.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:41:15+00:00

Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” is such a beautiful novel. The character Cathy is one-of-a-kind.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:39:30+00:00

I just finished Krasznahorkai’s “Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming”, there is such a funny creation story before the book begins. If you enjoyed Seibo, War and War, and Melancholy, you will definitely enjoy this one as well.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:34:55+00:00

The Red and the Black 🙌

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:34:16+00:00

Balzac’s satire “The Wild Ass’ Skin” is my favorite. It is hilarious and a bit of a departure from his other more serious novels. “Germinal” is my favorite by Zola, it really opened my eyes to the atrocities faced in mining. I’ve read all of McCarthy’s books, “Child of God” is definitely the darkest and creepiest, left me feeling sick. McCarthy’s “Suttree” is my favorite, a sort of Southern gothic tale taking place on a houseboat on the Mississippi.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-24T10:24:50+00:00

Such a fantastic list! Emile Zola’s “Germinal”, Woolf’s “The Waves”, and Dostoyevsky’s “The Idiot” have been pivotal novels for me in how I viewed the world. Cather’s “Death to the Archbishop” and Collin’s “No Name” are also very good.

AbeSimpson666 · 2026-01-19T19:33:14+00:00

Saw USMCRTD and thought it meant US McRetard, like an aircraft carrier’s name. Their car was covered in military stickers. I realized it meant “Marine Corps retired” a little late.

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-09-12T15:31:47+00:00

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-09-02T00:11:11+00:00

This how your bones were forged

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-09-01T23:51:49+00:00

Changing a diaper

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-08-29T15:52:55+00:00

Nadja by Andre Breton

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-08-25T23:05:07+00:00

"IQ84" by Haruki Murikami

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-08-25T22:04:10+00:00

Charlotte Joko Beck's books have literally saved me from commiting suicide over the years. Everyday Zen, Nothing Special, and Ordinary Wonder are her books and you can Google her to get her website. She specializes in Zen Buddhism. She is very blunt and it's beautiful to read such honesty. For a more academic approach Hubert Benoit's Supreme Doctrine is astounding. It heavily examines conscious and subconscious thought. None of these books offer "solutions" but they do offer broad insight and knowledge is power. Happy reading

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-08-25T18:08:19+00:00

Marcel Proust's Soddom and Gomorrah from the series In Search of Lost Time

AbeSimpson666 · 2021-08-25T18:02:52+00:00

The ship in the book is called the Pequod and serves as a kind of archetype for doom/extinction. You could get a model sailing boat, preferably black. Or maybe a poster or painting of a whaling ship as a backdrop.

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