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Which is that book? Does it exist?

ersatz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:43:56 -0800

[H.Bloomfilter]: A friend's friend told him about a book of Harold Bloom on Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, and Cormac McCarthy and said friend wants it. His friend can't remember the title. Does it exist and what's its name? Googling nets me results along the lines of wikipedia's Of American novelists, he declared in 2003 that "there are four living American novelists I know of who are still at work and who deserve our praise". He claimed that "they write the Style of our Age, each has composed canonical works," and he identified them as Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy and Don DeLillo., but I can't seem to find any mention of a book on these four. I recall parts of The Western Canon being relevant, but that's obviously not the book my friend is looking for.

Friend's friend claims the book was published in 2003.

Friend's friends are always reliable sources.

rot13($real_name)

tmcw — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:35:55 -0800

I'm going to get a 'customer loyalty card' from Bloom's (aka upscale Food-Lion) supermarket. The terms and conditions don't mention anything about the validity of the information, and I know enough about security and datamining that I don't want to distribute that information. Do they have a policy, or is there any way I could get caught using a fake name/address/telephone no, etc.?

fallen penguin butt

mdpc98 — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:24:49 -0800

Specific Bloom County or Outland strip I seem to remember a Bloom County or Outland strip where Bill the Cat lopped off Opus' butt with his chainsaw. I think there were some recurrences where Opus' butt would fall off.

Can you point me to a specific book, link, or scan of either the lopping or a recurrence? My local bookstore doesn't carry any Breathed titles.

How do I get cut peony buds to open?

semidivine — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:48:56 -0800

I bought four peony flowers at the market, two of them were really tight buds, two were slightly looser buds. The loose ones are opening just fine in the vase (and they're gorgeous!!) but the tight ones haven't budged. I was wondering if anyone had any tricks (ie. something to put in the water?) to make the buds bloom.