Another stop on the ‘End is Nigh’ tour. This week: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller, Jr. A rather whimsically ominous look at the folly of mankind. Here’s a description from wikipedia:
It is set in an abbey in the Southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, and takes [...]
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From the Bookshelf
Posted in Life of the Lord, books, literature on February 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From the Bookshelf
Posted in Life of the Lord, books, literature on February 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Continuing on my tour of the ‘post-apocalyptic’ sub-genre, I just finished reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. Good book. On a scale between ‘unsophisticated writing’ and ’shit, where’s my dictionary’ this book would fall somewhere in the middle under ‘just right’. Here’s the breakdown. Most of mankind is [...]
Ready to Wear
Posted in Life of the Lord, advertising, guest spots on January 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
West coast artiste and terrarium enthusiast, Catherine X, was recently commissioned by the Lord of the Fries to design the new spring line of haute couture fry fashion. Here is a sneak peek.
Thanks Cath!
From the Bookshelf
Posted in Life of the Lord, books, literature on January 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Finished reading Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. It’s about one man’s survival after most of the earth’s population is wiped out by plague and the story follows the protagonist throughout the remainder of his life. Most of the book deals with how nature retakes the planet and how the main protagonist struggles [...]
Oot and Aboot
Posted in Life of the Lord, nothing to do with fries, places to eat on January 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night the Lord and Lady braved the chilly Boston weather to go see the Blue Man Group at the Charles Playhouse. The show was great, very entertaining. As soon as we took our seats one of the production staff came over and asked if I wanted to participate in the show. [...]
The Lord and Literature
Posted in Life of the Lord, books, literature, nothing to do with fries on January 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So I just finished reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Disregarding the plot for a moment, this book was bursting with long descriptive poetic passages and words that would give the oxford english dictionary a run for its money. I got used to it, I even came to enjoy it, but above [...]
The Lord speaks: on fry news, talking pictures, and literature
Posted in Life of the Lord, literature, movies, rants, reviews on January 13, 2007 | 27 Comments »
Not much going on these days out there in the fry world….unless you count all that crap about trans fats and acrylamide…which is all very boring in my opinion. French fries are bad for you…okay, WE GET IT. Consider this dead horse officially beat.
Not to worry, soon all this transfat stuff [...]
Disposition: complete indifference





