When SHTF

[elkantlers]

I’ve got my wife’s three ponies. I already know what order they’re getting butchered. Princess and I are pals. She’s last on the list.

The way I read that was that your wife's pet name was Princess. lol

 

[Ben Lamb]

Semi-autobiographical, Suttree took McCarthy 20 years to complete. An exasperating read...even stranger than Child of God IMO. To say he explores the depths of the human condition is putting it mildly. Very depressing...I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me to focus and finish it.

Yeah but there was a lot of fishing in Suttree, so I can't say it was weirder than anything else. Plus - you know - them southern boys and all.

It took me a long time to finish it as well.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Haven't read The Road, but Blood Meridian is perhaps the finest piece of literature in the late 20th century.

But if you really want to get wierded out by McCarthy, check out Child of God.

Man the part about the Judge saying war always being on earth and it was just waiting for man to come along to perfect. I don’t think I’ve ever read such a stark and blunt but also well articulated description of human beings penchant for violence.

I mean, from the time the first cells started or organize themselves, the first thing they did was try to consume each other. Like war/violence started the second life existed.

I think in my early 20s I would have thought how all the hardass quotes the Judge has were cool, but as a full formed adult it’s just…. Dark. The book was very affecting on me. Like when I see something like F35 fighter jet after since reading Blood Meridian, there’s def more than a little voice in the back of my head reminding me that it’s not just a cool jet, it’s also a machine meant to turn human beings into pink mist.

 

[Redmt]

I just took delivery of my new daily driver. Mileage isn't very good.

 

[Nick87]

i've always said when shit hits the fan i'm going back to long cut copenhagen

Cope mint and Jim beam would be top of the list....in the lobby of the Bunny Ranch.

 

[RealMuddyboots]

I'm thinking underground for at least a year. Come out on Feb. 2nd. If I can see my shadow we still have a sun.

 

[elkduds]

Semi-autobiographical, Suttree took McCarthy 20 years to complete. An exasperating read...even stranger than Child of God IMO. To say he explores the depths of the human condition is putting it mildly. Very depressing...I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me to focus and finish it.

When an author's entry level primer is No Country for Old Men. . . just sayin'

 

[mtmuley]

Cope mint and Jim beam would be top of the list....in the lobby of the Bunny Ranch.

When I lived in Nevada, my house was about 1/2 mile from there. mtmuley

 

[Ben Lamb]

Man the part about the Judge saying war always being on earth and it was just waiting for man to come along to perfect. I don’t think I’ve ever read such a stark and blunt but also well articulated description of human beings penchant for violence.

I mean, from the time the first cells started or organize themselves, the first thing they did was try to consume each other. Like war/violence started the second life existed.

I think in my early 20s I would have thought how all the hardass quotes the Judge has were cool, but as a full formed adult it’s just…. Dark. The book was very affecting on me. Like when I see something like F35 fighter jet after since reading Blood Meridian, there’s def more than a little voice in the back of my head reminding me that it’s not just a cool jet, it’s also a machine meant to turn human beings into pink mist.

And that's why it is important.

 

[TOGIE]

Cope mint and Jim beam would be top of the list....in the lobby of the Bunny Ranch.

Hell I’d have half a mind to buy a carton of Marlboro southern cuts

 

[Deez Nutz]

Any extra money towards that goes to my retirement fund instead.

Well,...that, and a new hilleberg....

 

[Nick87]

Hell I’d have half a mind to buy a carton of Marlboro southern cuts

Reds were always my smoke of choice. Those were easy to give up on comparison to other habits. 2 packs a day for 6 or 7 years maybe

 

[mtmuley]

Reds were always my smoke of choice. Those were easy to give up on comparison to other habits. 2 packs a day for 6 or 7 years maybe

Me too. Started in High School. Replaced Skoal. mtmuley