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Speaking of being born with no imagination, it always surprises me how different I am from my dad. He is a good man. He has led a solid and productive life. But he is just so different than me.

No creativity. Hilariously lacking in musical ability (although he does love listening to music).

He was a salesman for his career. I could not possibly have less sales aptitude.

Mind you I look more and more like him every day.
 
You and your foking microwave. Don't you have it up against a wall?

btw Slaughterhouse 5 was getting pretty good towards the end. I like the part where the military bigshot guy annoyingly describes Billy in hospital.
He's useless, he just keeps surrendering in his sleep and asks to be left alone.:lmao:
"Russians arrested everybody but the horses" that was funny too"

but in general didn't enjoy reading it as much as the others. Not sure if it is the novel or my own change of interests(?)
 
I would rate Slaughterhouse 5 as my 2nd favorite novel of all time. #1 would be Breakfast of Champions.



Seriously though, getting back on topic, I hope I didn't sound like I was putting down my father. I love my father. He is very different than me - and he does some shit that just leaves me shaking my head - but he has done a whole lot of good shit in his life - with almost nothing bad.

And - a big point - I may be a million times as creative - but he's probably maintained a higher average level of happiness than me.
 
What is it you like about it?

I remember liking Breakfast Of Champions but couldn't tell you anything about it off the top of my head. Cats Cradle was a good one I slightly remember. My favorite was Bluebird, I think it had more of a message I can stand behind, but I couldn't as much as name you a character. :banghead:
 
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What is it you like about it?

I remember liking Breakfast Of Champions but couldn't tell you anything about it off the top of my head. Cats Cradle was a good one I slightly remember. My favorite was Bluebird, I think it had more of a message I can stand behind, but I couldn't as much as name you a character. :banghead:
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I dunno. Just the gently stated social commentary done in that conversational style of an old friend. Plus I just find him very funny. I love to laugh and we are totally compatible in our sensibilities.

Actually one of his books where I laughed the most was a lesser known, more recent one, Timequake. Kinda half fiction, half non.

Read it about 4 times and laughed my ass off every time.
 
ah, yeah I certainly found them enjoyable but not memorable somehow. Once I read my first one Jailbird, I read all of his novels I could get my hands on in short order. Slaughterhouse 5 always eluded for some reason.
A few parts had me laughing pretty good in this one.
There's a cetain pointless farting aroundness that is central to all his novels :grin:
 
I haven't read a novel in ages though. 10+ years? I used to always have a book on the go but stopped when I was self-employed, betting sports for a living. My attention span went for shit. I might try to read but I'd soon start thinking about how I could be making money if I was over at my computers. There was always something I could be doing.

Stopped reading.

It's strange and not something I'm particularly happy about. Maybe I'll get back to it someday.
 
I said that I love my dad but I don't know the last time I said that to him. As a kid I imagine.

Maybe I never will again. :dunno:

My guess is he would prefer I don't. He comes from a long line of men don't have feelings stock.

I of course am from the same line but then throw in a thousand addictions recovery meetings where there is nothing but open feelings and dirty laundry.

I am in some sort of feelings limbo.
 
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