Fear.

We are not only dealing with just bob. He brings his family and friends with him. That is who he is defending. They are who he is and who he loves.

He is Today's Tom Sawyer

Can you back that up with facts and logic?

Tom Sawyer

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride
Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
He reserves the quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river
What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets by on you
And the space he invades
He gets by on you
No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government
Always hopeful yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is
What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide
Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets by on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day -RUSH

My oldest brother fancies himself as a guitar player, and EVERYTIME he covers something, this is one of the three songs he plays, and wants someone to sing with him. It's basically the same as me picking up a bass guitar and playing Tom Sawyer, except I stopped doing that 30 years ago because nobody wants to hear you play the same thing everytime you play.

Now everytime he does it, people loudly groan in disgust. lol

It had to be the one game I'm actually interested in hearing about.

Josh Sawyer, Chris Avellone and the rest of Obsidian's einherjar - the mighty saviours of the Fallout universe storming straight from the triumph of New Vegas to resurrect classic Baldur's Gate-style isometric rpgs? Who are these heroes? They couldn't really pull it off again, could they?

I turned my head away from the development of this game; there are too many ways for it to disappoint - some of the combat mechanics sound worryingly 4e D&D to me - but here I find that it's been released and is...good...pretty...has pathfinding issues?

>> ^bareboards2:

Plays for me...
I wonder what is up?
In reply to this comment by Unsung_Hero:
I think my video froze half way through.



Twas a joke about there not actually being a video.

...a bad one at that lol

Plays for me...

I wonder what is up?
In reply to this comment by Unsung_Hero:
I think my video froze half way through.

>> ^nach0s:

The end part (conversation with an old woman) played during/after the credits on S2/E5 of his show Louie. It was awesome--she played an absent-minded relative who he took his daughters to visit. She kept casually saying really racist things and was generally daft and awkward. It was great to see the actress's real personality in the credits. Props to Louie for including it.


She was the most interesting old lady I really liked that Louie included that because I could've listened to her all day. Sometimes the best part of a Louie episode to me is watching that last bit after I've watched the episode, Louie is really doing everything right with his show, and I'm so grateful we have it and will continue to have it.

check it bro.

Actually, my personal favorite is Poe. And you could probably read all of the stories I mentioned in the earlier comment in a day or two. But this is about your personal preference. A Connecticut Yankee is cultural satire and is kind of timeless. Sawyer and Finn are coming of age stories - quite good, though a bit dated. They are certainly more often included in American Lit classes.

Look at that - you can read all three (and Poe and others) right here.

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
Gotcha. So you wouldn't start with Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer or something higher profile? I've literally read none of them.


In reply to this comment by jonny:
I meant that even if you don't especially enjoy a classic novel, you haven't completely wasted your time - you're still probably better off for having read it. But yeah, enjoyment of a book - just like music, food, and art - is all about personal taste. I've read very little Russian literature, basically for fear of exactly the same reaction as yourself. (Oddly, though, I did enjoy A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, which is about as depressing and plodding as you can imagine.) If you're not fond of the Russians, there are some Americans you should probably avoid too - Faulkner, Steinbeck and some (not all!) of the other early 20th century writers probably first among them.

Gotcha. So you wouldn't start with Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer or something higher profile? I've literally read none of them.


In reply to this comment by jonny:
I meant that even if you don't especially enjoy a classic novel, you haven't completely wasted your time - you're still probably better off for having read it. But yeah, enjoyment of a book - just like music, food, and art - is all about personal taste. I've read very little Russian literature, basically for fear of exactly the same reaction as yourself. (Oddly, though, I did enjoy A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, which is about as depressing and plodding as you can imagine.) If you're not fond of the Russians, there are some Americans you should probably avoid too - Faulkner, Steinbeck and some (not all!) of the other early 20th century writers probably first among them.

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Oh man I love the Gateway books. The Heechee ships were awesome. I may have to reread them again too. As a teenager I liked all the sex on the ships that were out of human control. I also read Wake and thought it was a pretty good take on an emergent AI rising from the Web.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

I'm re-reading Frederik Pohl's Gateway series right now because it's so hard to find good, new science fiction.
But I do recommend Robert Sawyer's new series, WWW (Wake, Watch, and Wonder are the three book titles). The heroine is a 15 year old blind girl who is the only person in the world who communicates with the newly conscious internet. (The plot doesn't sound as good as he writes it.)

I'm re-reading Frederik Pohl's Gateway series right now because it's so hard to find good, new science fiction.

But I do recommend Robert Sawyer's new series, WWW (Wake, Watch, and Wonder are the three book titles). The heroine is a 15 year old blind girl who is the only person in the world who communicates with the newly conscious internet. (The plot doesn't sound as good as he writes it.)

TIL: How to sing Tom Sawyer in a different language.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Changing the original language of Tom Sawyer is so fucking stupid on so many levels.
a) It's a historic book by one of America's most bad ass writers. You are tainting it's historical integrity and fucking with the writings of a genius and American icon.
b) Mark Twain knew what he was doing when he used that word. Mark Twain was clearly a progressive thinker on the subject of race. He knew it was an ugly word and used it to make a point.
c) We shouldn't be shielding our youth from our racist past. If we forget that lesson of history, we're more likely to repeat it.
(preaching to the choir, I know, just needed to get that out of my system)


The change was an attempt to circumvent the prior banning of the book by schools. I have far more of a problem with schools banning the book than a company trying to get around the ban.

The way some people talk about this (ie- this video) makes it seems like it was some guy's (or white people's) random idea because he didn't like a book containing "nigger". Hopefully any teacher using the altered version would have the foresight to use the alteration itself as part of the cultural and historical lesson.

Changing the original language of Tom Sawyer is so fucking stupid on so many levels.
a) It's a historic book by one of America's most bad ass writers. You are tainting it's historical integrity and fucking with the writings of a genius and American icon.
b) Mark Twain knew what he was doing when he used that word. Mark Twain was clearly a progressive thinker on the subject of race. He knew it was an ugly word and used it to make a point.
c) We shouldn't be shielding our youth from our racist past. If we forget that lesson of history, we're more likely to repeat it.

(preaching to the choir, I know, just needed to get that out of my system)