Comments on: A boy and his dog, part 5: Rawlins to Salt Lake City http://www.geebobg.com/2007/04/12/a-boy-and-his-dog-part-5-rawlins-to-salt-lake-city/ Americlecticintellectica Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: bobg http://www.geebobg.com/2007/04/12/a-boy-and-his-dog-part-5-rawlins-to-salt-lake-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 bobg Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:12:10 +0000 http://www.geebobg.com/2007/04/12/a-boy-and-his-dog-part-5-rawlins-to-salt-lake-city/#comment-1658 I have the feeling I would make better progress on it if I tried again now. It's happened to me a few times over the years that I encounter a book or movie or poem or something that I'm unable to appreciate, but can when I return to it years later with some more life experience under my belt. Not to mention that I myself have developed the same tendency as Melville to digress into rambling self-indulgent tangents with alarming frequency. I have the feeling I would make better progress on it if I tried again now. It’s happened to me a few times over the years that I encounter a book or movie or poem or something that I’m unable to appreciate, but can when I return to it years later with some more life experience under my belt.

Not to mention that I myself have developed the same tendency as Melville to digress into rambling self-indulgent tangents with alarming frequency.

]]> By: vmbrasseur http://www.geebobg.com/2007/04/12/a-boy-and-his-dog-part-5-rawlins-to-salt-lake-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 vmbrasseur Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:46:22 +0000 http://www.geebobg.com/2007/04/12/a-boy-and-his-dog-part-5-rawlins-to-salt-lake-city/#comment-1657 Matthew Baldwin, writer of Defective Yeti, was reading Moby Dick and posting his summaries periodically. His opinion of the work now is similar to yours years ago. If you haven't seen his posts yet, you may appreciate them. He's a clever writer (another thing you two share): http://www.defectiveyeti.com/fastsearch?query=moby+dick Matthew Baldwin, writer of Defective Yeti, was reading Moby Dick and posting his summaries periodically. His opinion of the work now is similar to yours years ago. If you haven’t seen his posts yet, you may appreciate them. He’s a clever writer (another thing you two share):
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/fastsearch?query=moby+dick

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