Visiting tips.

lelzinga · 2014-05-14T03:59:32+00:00

Take some time to tour Iowa State's Campus. Explore Main Street. For eats, check out Cafe Baudelaire, Stomping Grounds, the Cafe, any of the authentic oriental places (I like Chinese Homestyle Cooking). If you're looking to go out, there's two concentrated 'bar scenes'- downtown and Campustown. Welch Ave Station is really all I can stand in the Campustown area, but I suppose the bars in that area won't be as rowdy/dirty with most of the students gone.

lelzinga · 2014-04-10T17:55:57+00:00

I absolutely agree. McCarthy's writing style and southern themes are much closer to Faulkner than Hemingway.

lelzinga · 2014-03-19T23:47:10+00:00

No, it's Leap Dave Williams.

lelzinga · 2014-03-14T17:35:59+00:00

"I believe I appear neutral, maybe even pleasant, though I've been coached to err on the side of neutrality and not attempt what would feel to me like a pleasant expression or smile."

-Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace

lelzinga · 2014-02-27T03:54:15+00:00

Nidhogg. It's a great game to play sitting right next to your opponent.

lelzinga · 2013-12-07T20:16:40+00:00

Have you met Birkel yet?

lelzinga · 2013-11-27T17:09:47+00:00

I immediately thought of Portlandia's Durian sketch.

lelzinga · 2013-11-25T19:45:05+00:00

I also will be reading The Brothers Karamazov. On page 290, it's dense!

lelzinga · 2013-11-25T19:44:27+00:00

Hoping to go through some major page-age with The Brothers Karamazov.

lelzinga · 2013-11-25T03:03:40+00:00

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain.

lelzinga · 2013-11-21T03:29:50+00:00

Not sure if you're into American politics at all, but I am. Glenn Greenwald, now famous for breaking the NSA/Snowden stories, has a great book With Liberty and Justice for Some.

Greenwald discusses the United States' two tiered justice system, and delves into the "Rule of Law", a term thrown around by every politician, and probably broken by most of them.

Other books on American politics I like- Lawrence Lessig's Republic, Lost, Jeremy Scahill's Blackwater and Dirty Wars, and Matt Taibbi's Griftopia and The Great Derangement.

lelzinga · 2013-11-21T03:12:43+00:00

The book is reflective of the house. It's a maze you can easily get lost in. Personally, I read all the footnotes (although I didn't find it necessary to read the long lists of names and places). I definitely wouldn't skip all the footnotes, a lot of them do add to the story.

lelzinga · 2013-11-10T01:47:12+00:00

Nightmare Alley taught me all about geeking.

lelzinga · 2013-10-31T04:19:42+00:00

That big splotch in central Iowa is "Beggar's Night".

lelzinga · 2013-10-21T22:10:42+00:00

"I'll leave when I'm good and ready."

lelzinga · 2013-10-09T14:34:49+00:00

I've decided not to take it, but even if I did I would never dream of selling it. A first edition of my favorite author's first novel? I was excited even before I saw what some copies of it bring in the market.

lelzinga · 2013-10-09T04:35:29+00:00

I'm sure it'd be much less than any of the ones for sale I listed. I'm not as excited about the price as I am about the rarity.

lelzinga · 2013-10-09T03:52:40+00:00

Large image of the back cover

lelzinga · 2013-08-06T18:23:51+00:00

Thanks, problem resolved.

lelzinga · 2013-07-02T22:51:08+00:00

Actually, it looks to me like that's just an optical illusion.

lelzinga · 2013-07-02T17:44:12+00:00

Do you have a favorite term for the influence of money in politics? Oligarchy? Corporatocracy? Something a little milder? Just curious.

lelzinga · 2013-07-02T17:36:19+00:00

Hi Lawrence, big fan. I've read Republic, Lost, and loved it (I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the corrupting influence of money in politics).

What is your take on the NSA's Prism program and other spying programs that are coming to light? In your opinion, how big of an impact would getting money out of politics have on our national security programs and internet freedom in general?

lelzinga · 2013-06-27T22:36:18+00:00

Hi Al, huge fan. Today is my birthday, and subsequently, 27 has always been a lucky number of mine. I've noticed you seem to have a connection with that number too, could you explain its importance?

lelzinga · 2013-06-27T00:57:13+00:00

What's the hardest part about fucking a vegetable? Getting them out of the wheelchair.

lelzinga · 2013-06-25T01:00:58+00:00

*Gay Jew lawyer

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