birdog1960 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) It's impossible to express have absolutely LITTLE this has to do with jackschitt anything. i'm not the one directing this tangential line. i answered 3rd eyes question. shoulda ended there. but now i'm thoroughly intrigued by d/c's graduating class. Alumni of my two alma maters (prep school and college) include dozens of governors, hundreds of congressmen and senators, three USSC justices, countless high profile inventors and scientists, the founders of many major finance companies, hundreds of artists, artists, authors, several high profile newspaper editors, countless dignitaries, a few foreign royals, and one US president. Do I win? i wonder how many of them summarily fired their servants right after Christmas cuz they requested raises. and how many play golf with busy professionals who drop their schedules last minute to have the honor to play with them. yeah, you win. Edited August 4, 2015 by birdog1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 i'm not the one directing this tangential line. i answered 3rd eyes question. shoulda ended there. but now i'm thouroughly intrigued by d/c's graduating class. i wonder how many of them summarily fired their servants right after Christmas cuz they requested raises. and how many play golf with busy professionals who drop their schedules last minute to have the honor to play with them. yeah, you win. No, you're the one who established this tangential line. You invest more in to judging people by irrelevancies than anyone I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 It depends. Did they read the classics?I'm not sure, but at least two that I am aware of wrote some of the classics.i wonder how many of them summarily fired their servants right after Christmas cuz they requested raises. and how many play golf with busy professionals who drop their schedules last minute to have the honor to play with them. yeah, you win.Royalty has servants. I have at will employees. Oh, and the guys I golf with have all read the classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 No, you're the one who established this tangential line. You invest more in to judging people by irrelevancies than anyone I've ever seen. A condescending, elitist progressive. Gee. I've never seen one of them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 You went to Chaffey college? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Sheesh. My high school had a ****ty author and a boxer. Guess I'm **** out of luck. Depends... which ****ty author was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Depends... which ****ty author was it? Probably the !@#$ that wrote the "Pearl Harbor" script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Depends... which ****ty author was it? Not you. He's a novelist. You know, a real writer. Edited August 4, 2015 by LeviF91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 No, you're the one who established this tangential line. You invest more in to judging people by irrelevancies than anyone I've ever seen. it's not as much about judging as it's about peeling away layers of rotten onion. the last few pages have been pretty successful. thing is, even after those are peeled you still have an onion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Probably the !@#$ that wrote the "Pearl Harbor" script. Not you. He's a novelist. You know, a real writer. Well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 it's not as much about judging as it's about peeling away layers of rotten onion. the last few pages have been pretty successful. thing is, even after those are peeled you still have an onion. You do make me cry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 No. I thought the only college Zappa ever attended was Chaffey, and even then, only for a short while. He was notorious for his contempt for 'higher' education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Is "Atlas Shrugged" one of the classics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Is "Atlas Shrugged" one of the classics? what do you think? i'm betting it's not on any faculty reading list at milton. tasker likely went lone wolf on that one at his schools. i'm thinking his friends simultaneously reading "beyond good and evil" ridiculed him a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Is "Atlas Shrugged" one of the classics? I'm still trying to find a pre-revision copy of We the Living that isn't $300+. It's a rare book, but there's gotta be a sucker out there somewhere who doesn't know it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) what do you think? i'm betting it's not on any faculty reading list at milton. tasker likely went lone wolf on that one at his schools. i'm thinking his friends simultaneously reading "beyond good and evil" ridiculed him a bit.It was required reading, right along with Voltaire, Swift, Huxley, Cervantes, Orwell Et al. I'm still trying to find a pre-revision copy of We the Living that isn't $300+. It's a rare book, but there's gotta be a sucker out there somewhere who doesn't know it... There's a first edition copy, signed by Rand, listed on eBay right now for $15,000 Edited August 4, 2015 by TakeYouToTasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) It was required reading, right along with Voltaire, Swift, Huxley, Cervantes, Orwell Et al. There's a first edition copy, signed by Rand, listed on eBay right now for $15,000 hmmm... an idaho boarding school? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/ayn-rand-idaho_n_2631414.html then there's this wsj writer that seems to disagree with your outlier school: http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/04/11/capitalism-shrugged-should-ayn-rand-be-required-reading/ Edited August 4, 2015 by birdog1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 what do you think? i'm betting it's not on any faculty reading list at milton. tasker likely went lone wolf on that one at his schools. i'm thinking his friends simultaneously reading "beyond good and evil" ridiculed him a bit. So the definition of "classic" is "on the faculty reading list at Milton?" Keep digging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 hmmm... an idaho boarding school? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/ayn-rand-idaho_n_2631414.html My hippie AP english lit teacher in high school had The Fountainhead on our required summer reading list. But she was at least as weird as she was hippie-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdog1960 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 So the definition of "classic" is "on the faculty reading list at Milton?" Keep digging... now i'm almost as interested in taskers school as yours. could they be the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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