30 Responses

1. Ready to Rumble1. Neil
   Ready to Rumble

   1. Neil Diamond

   2. Chiclets

   3. Absinthe

   4. The Joy Luck Club

   5. Jane Austen

   6. Notebooks

   7. Scarlett O’Hara

   8. Henry Miller

   9. Magazines

   10. Barnes & Noble

   11. Willy Wonka

   12. HTML

   13. Internal citations

   14. Gene Simmons

   15. 3-name author showdown: Joyce Carol Oates

   whew!

2. okayNeal
   okay

   Neal Cassady
   Chiclets
   Heroin
   Fight Club
   n/a
   Notebooks
   n/a
   Henry Miller
   Books
   Your local used bookstore
   Willy Wonka
   Annni>?3454447&&^$^#$^%#
   Footnotes
   Kiss of the Spider Woman
   N/A
   (I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE N/A’S…)

3. righty-oThe Neil, thank you
   righty-o

   The Neil, thank you very much
   Chiclets
   Absinthe
   Joy Luck Club
   Jane Austen
   Notebooks
   Scarlett O’Hara
   Arthur Miller
   Books
   B&N (I know…)
   Wonka
   HTML
   Footnotes
   Gene Simmons
   Joyce Carol Oates

4. okay, um…….neal
   okay, um…….

   neal cassady

   chiclets

   absynthe

   fight club

   death

   notebooks

   scarlet dripping from my wrists

   henry miller

   magazines

   local book store

   willy wonka (only because i have no idea what bfg stands for)

   the da vinci code

   internal citations

   gene simmons

   joyce carol oats

5. Well, as far as B&N goes,
   Well, as far as B&N goes, I don’t really even go to the bookstore that much anymore, but I will say I can’t stand the funky smell of some used bookstores. You know … that sometime funky used book smell that reminds me of old health textbooks in the 6th grade.

6. i know, i knowKneellit
   i know, i know

   Kneel

   lit chic

   absent H

   Joy fight

   Jane says

   Loose

   frankly, Sca!

   oh…um….Henry

   Book

   Local, but Noble

   i wanna Wonka

   tha Da

   internal

   Kiss my Spiddy

   SanFran

7. Frankenstein1. Cassady2.
   Frankenstein

   1. Cassady
   2. Don’t know
   3. Absinthe
   4. Fight Club
   5. Don’t know
   6. Notebook
   7. The Scarlet Letter
   8. Don’t know
   9. Magazines bound into book form (no, that’s a damn lie). Books.
   10. Local used book store
   11. Don’t know
   12. HTML that someone finds in an old clay vase near the Dead Sea, so now it seems maybe aliens or Moses had computers way back in the day; so what happened? Some terrible calamity where apes never defragged and they would do it all again if we allowed them to take the wheel?
   13. Internal citations – just be up front with it.
   14. Don’t know
   15. Jonathan Safran Foer

8. Now, see…I like that smell.
   Now, see…I like that smell.

9. so…..um…..Jamelah….you
   so…..um…..Jamelah….
   you gonna tell me what BFG is?
   Am I some kind of literary fool who’s to be kept in the dark? I’m tellin you, I just wont be able to sleep.

10. Well, I’ll let you in on the
    Well, I’ll let you in on the secret — the BFG is a book by Roald Dahl — and it stands for “big friendly giant”. You can read more about it here if you’re so inclined. However, my favorite Dahl book is “The Twits”.

11. Heh … well I am not saying
    Heh … well I am not saying all used books smell bad, of course. Some do have a nice homey aroma, but then there are those (and they inevitably seem to always be textbooks) that, frankly, smell like vomit. But that’s probably just me having flashbacks about working in the college bookstore.

12. who I am or who am I1. Neal
    who I am or who am I

    1. Neal Cassady

    2. Chick lit

    3. Absinthe

    4. Fight Club

    5. Jane Austen

    6. Notebooks

    7. The Scarlet Letter

    8. Henry Miller

    9. Books

    10. Barnes & Noble

    11. Willy Wonka

    12. HTML

    13. Internal citations

    14. Gene Simmons

    15. 3-name author showdown: Joyce Carol Oates

    see…the way I figure it is…these choices show me as a feminist toothgrinding fighter who might have an interest in the perverse life of Anais Nin (and long tongues) while constantly looking for an escape from reality–be that chocolate or mind-altering drugs, but at least I vent all these things while sitting in the spicy aroma-filled starbucks cafe counter at the local barnes and noble.

    ahh…ain’t life grand.

13. thank you firecracker…..I
    thank you firecracker…..I think I’ve found the next book to read. This is the dude who wrote ‘James and the giant peach’. Since this was up against Willy Wonka, I wonder…..
    Have you seen previews of Johnny Depp as Willy? I caught some last night and I have to say I think his approach is certainly different, but not cool. I saw him more of a child murderer. Whats with all the damn remakes? Gene Wilder was and is…Willy Wonka. Dont even get me started on ‘the pukes of Hazzard’ Anyway, thanks for clueing me in, I can turn off this infernal machine now.

14. listy-loo1. big daddy
    listy-loo

    1. big daddy diamond.

    2. chiclets in lieu of chewells.

    3. herloin is so passe.

    4. physics club…demented and sad…

    5. jane pauley…?

    6. does the trapper-keeper qualify as a ‘notebook’?

    7. o’hara…at least rhymed with tara. sorta.

    8. which one bagged monroe? oh yeah. now what?

    9. books are for subway posers spying on PSP kids. oooh, literature!

    10. barnes & noble – i need a job.

    11. BFG – wonka shoulda cast sam rockwell as wonka. big misplay.

    12. aw shut up!

    13. invent yr own drivel.

    14. the last thing gene kissed was an onion bagel shmeared with lox.

    15. c. thomas howell.

15. It is, Kate. It is indeed.
    It is, Kate. It is indeed.

16. You know, since I wrote this
    You know, since I wrote this post I’ve had “Sweet Caroline” in my head, which is the way it should be, I think.

17. What I heard was, Johnny Depp
    What I heard was, Johnny Depp is not portraying Willie Wonka, but Charlie, the kid in the last movie, who has now grown up and is running the factory. I can’t verify the accuracy of this. But it makes sense because of the title. Now, it seems to me, Depp is doing a Michael Jackson thing with this role. Has anyone else noticed that?

    And I didn’t know what BFG stood for either.

18. Lawd, yes.
    Lawd, yes.

19. Hey, Bill! Wow! I was
    Hey, Bill! Wow! I was thinking the EXACT same thing about Johnny Depp looking like Michael Jackson. What’s with that?

    I mentioned it to my wife when I first saw the preview and she thought I was crazy. Thanks for confirming that I’m not!

20. Yes, I know exactly what you
    Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I bougt this used copy of some Samuel Beckett plays from Amazon maybe a year or so ago, and not only does it smell funky, the cover is sticky. Needless to say, I don’t look at that one ever.

21. Actually, Charlie and the
    Actually, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the real title of the book, as written by Roald Dahl, so I kind of doubt the Johnny Depp/grown up Charlie angle.

22. well, here is winter…1)
    well, here is winter…

    1) Neal Cassady, no doubt
    2) I like mint chiclets
    3) No idea
    4) No idea
    5)Jane Austen, she

23. Jamelah is right. I did a
    Jamelah is right. I did a follow-up investigation and discovered that I was disseminating a bogus leak. I should probably see a doctor about that.

    Neverland ranch/Chocolate Factory – see the connection?

24. I can’t even look at the used
    I can’t even look at the used Williams S. Burroughs section without shuddering.

25. “Invent your own drivel” – I
    “Invent your own drivel” – I like that!

26. and i like:”onion bagel
    and i like:

    “onion bagel shmeared with lox”

    (how long since i’ve heard brooklynese)

27. My Replies1) Diamond (when he
    My Replies

    1) Diamond (when he sings “they’re coming to America”, I lose it in a good way)

    2)Chiclets

    3)Absinthe(I think you’re less likely to die from this.I may be wrong)

    4)Haven’t read either

    5)Austen, Austen, Austen!

    6)Loose-leaf paper

    7)God, neither

    8)Arthur Miller

    9)Books

    10)your local used bookstore (the owners have more passion, and it’s cheaper)

    11)Erm, I don’t know?

    12)HTML (seems more realistic)

    13)footnotes (internal citations sound too complicated)

    14)Gene freakin’ Simmons

    15)Joyce Carol Oates

28. Well, well well. Like I
    Well, well well. Like I wasn’t going to comment on your list.

    Trapper keepers were for losers even when I was in school. Gum eraser! Now that was cool.

    Dude, don’t blow my hiding behind book to stare at hot babes ina subway cover.

    And, I always pegged you as a physics club kind of guy. Me? I hung out with the cool cats — glee club.

29. CoolCassady (but I love Sweet
    Cool

    Cassady (but I love Sweet Caroline)
    CHICLETS for sure
    Absinthe is much more romantic
    Joy Luck Club makes more sense
    mmm — can’t pick.
    Love both Janes
    notebooks–i’m a slob
    Scarlet Letter
    Arthur
    Books (unless the mag serializes a James novel :))
    Local, if it has coffee!
    Willie Wonka (the book, though)
    HTML, and I don’t even get this one
    FOOTNOTES !!!!!!!!
    Oh, the last one isn’t fair. Isn’t fair. Won’t pick.

30. I think it’s because HTML is
    I think it’s because HTML is a code.
    DaVinci Code vs HTML code.