Farewell to Board Wars

[_Jersey Girl]

I think we all need to start a book club or get a hobby.

I actually started the book club on ZLMB...took a total nosedive because it was difficult to facilitate and I gave up on it. Good luck if you'd like to start one!

[_silentkid]

Oh, and my wife bought me "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy for fathers day (I have no idea why she would buy me an oprah's book club book but she did). Anyone else read it? because I guess I'm just not getting it - it SUCKS.

BLASPHEMY! I love Cormac McCarthy's novels. If you've never read him, I don't think the The Road is a good place to start. His writing style is pretty unconventional. My favorite book of his is Blood Meridian. A movie based on his last novel, No Country For Old Men, is coming out in the fall. The mighty Coen brothers directed it.

[_Who Knows]

Oh, and my wife bought me "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy for fathers day (I have no idea why she would buy me an oprah's book club book but she did). Anyone else read it? because I guess I'm just not getting it - it SUCKS.

BLASPHEMY! I love Cormac McCarthy's novels. If you've never read him, I don't think the The Road is a good place to start. His writing style is pretty unconventional. My favorite book of his is Blood Meridian. A movie based on his last novel, No Country For Old Men, is coming out in the fall. The mighty Coen brothers directed it.

I've never read him before this.

Here's the book in a nutshell, in case anyone is interested in it:

Man and boy walk down the road.
I'm hungry.
We don't have food.
Okay.
Okay.
Let's go hide, someone's coming.
Okay.
It's cold.
I know, I'm sorry. You'll be okay.
Okay.

Exciting stuff, isn't it?

[_barrelomonkeys]

Oh, and my wife bought me "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy for fathers day (I have no idea why she would buy me an oprah's book club book but she did). Anyone else read it? because I guess I'm just not getting it - it SUCKS.

BLASPHEMY! I love Cormac McCarthy's novels. If you've never read him, I don't think the The Road is a good place to start. His writing style is pretty unconventional. My favorite book of his is Blood Meridian. A movie based on his last novel, No Country For Old Men, is coming out in the fall. The mighty Coen brothers directed it.

I've never read him before this.

Here's the book in a nutshell, in case anyone is interested in it:

Man and boy walk down the road.
I'm hungry.
We don't have food.
Okay.
Okay.
Let's go hide, someone's coming.
Okay.
It's cold.
I know, I'm sorry. You'll be okay.
Okay.

Exciting stuff, isn't it?

Maybe a little more exciting than the boards. ;)

[_Some Schmo]

Who's up for a board war against Blind Nuns who save Orphans from Rabid Kangaroos Discussion and Message Board?

Links please.

[_Yong Xi]

I should have done this earlier.

I'm not going to participate in any more of the cross posting, personality attacking madness that's been going on with too much regularity between the critics here on MDB and a few people on MAAD. The number one reason is it's a complete waste of time. I'm not going to post on such threads anymore, and I probably won't even read them. I hope I won't even be mentioned on them because I don't want to be sucked in.

Any attempt to turn this thread into an argument about of blame and victim, or who started it, or what the moderators should do about it... is completely off topic and antithetical to the purpose of this thread.

Instead, I invite others to join me in a vow of Board War pacifism. We should have better things to talk about, and if that's not the case, then we should all go off-line and pick up a book.

You are attempting to take all the fun out of religion. Religion is contentious by design. What good is it if you can't have an enemy? Next, you will want to ban religion altogether.

[_moksha]

I was tempted to cross post my post from this identical thread at MAD. Basically, what I said is that I thought these board war threads were among the most interesting threads at the two boards.

If things ever truly got out of hand, we could always have a spitwad fight between the board owners Dr. Shades and Juliann. I think we would all feel sympathy for Shades, limping off the field covered in wads while Juliann gloated triumphantly while proving once again that it is all so true.


For the Dude:

I stood unwound beneath the skies
And clouds unbound by laws.
The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang
And asked for no applause.
Lay down your weary words, lay down,
Lay down the words you write,
And rest yourself 'neath the monitor
No writer can hope to type.

[_asbestosman]

Instead, I invite others to join me in a vow of Board War pacifism.

Does it count as pacifism if I continue to mock board wars?

[_Polygamy Porter]

I think we all need to start a book club or get a hobby.

I actually started the book club on ZLMB...took a total nosedive because it was difficult to facilitate and I gave up on it. Good luck if you'd like to start one!

Wait... were you LSD? LAdy Sun Dancer?

[_Polygamy Porter]

Dude,

You can leave the boards, but the boards cannot leave you..

We all have been there before! GOOD LUCK!