There ain't nothin' like a little binge drinking to make the Max Weber go down.

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:42 PM
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There ain't nothin' like a little binge drinking to make the Max Weber go down.

Yes, indeed.

And you know what I think?

Fuck the Proles. Irrational, ego-centric, little soakers of Oxygen.

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:45 PM
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1. Yeah, Max turns into a total slut when he starts drinking.

Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 11:45 PM by LostInAnomie

Protestant work ethic my ass!

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:47 PM
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2. Totally.

And his writing on bureaucracy SUCKS! Why didn't he stick with explaining the vocation of science. It's, like, way WAY more interesting.

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:49 PM
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3. Ah...the Puritans and the roots of Capitalism...

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:51 PM
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4. Yeah the Puritans and the goddamned roots of capitalism... yeah...

Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 11:53 PM by Writer

Never mind. I DID read it. I just forgot it. Why? Because I FORGET EVERYTHING!!!

I'mn going to fail out of the doctoral program because I goddamned can't remember what I've just read about Max Weber.

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:55 PM
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5. I'll trade you some of your Marx and Weber for some Puritanism...

Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 11:57 PM by adsosletter

...'cause it's all Puritanism all the time for the next two semesters...the American and English variants. :beer:

EDT: 2 years of Grad School down, and still I cannot spell... :dunce:

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:56 PM
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6. Do you like Buber?

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Sun Sep-07-08 11:59 PM
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7. I have yet to read Martin Buber...though the name is familiar.

if that is who you are asking about.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:02 AM
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8. MARTIN BUBER IS THE man, DAWG!

This dude brought otherness to a new level, dawg. I'm telling you. He is the SHHHHEEEEET!

Here's his picture.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:07 AM
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9. Writes on Zionism and Jewish/Christian relations?

My latest reading (before starting the Puritan immersion) has been in Beccaria's "Essay on Crimes and Punishment." Next it is on to Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion"...I'll trade you some Buber for some Calvin...

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:12 AM
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12. You aren't going to wash out of the program....

Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 12:14 AM by adsosletter

With the amount of reading that gets thrown at us there is no way to remember it...just to familiarize yourself with it. You will begin to develop full mastery of your subject as you progress; I promise. My comps for next two semesters have an 85 book reading list...I know I won't be able to instantly recall most of it, but it will help build a deeper knowledge base.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:15 AM
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13. I'm just starting... but you know what I want right now?

I want to go run off into the mountains with a bunch of male PhD's and get naked. That's what I want. Then we can sit in a circle and talk afterward.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:18 AM
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14. I've had similar thoughts...although the PhD's were female...

:D :beer:

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:20 AM
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15. Hey - I'm a woman!

But I'm married. That inconvenient little fact. And he won't even go for his Master's. WTF!

Damn ... I had two white russians then I stopped. Can't take anymore and I'm already tripping. In case you couldn't tell.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:20 AM
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16. Hey - I'm a woman!

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:24 AM
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18. You are, indeed, a woman...

and a Writer at that... :D

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:25 AM
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20. I'm not a goddamned writer... I'm just a wannabe screw-up whose last shot...

is in this PhD program. Beyond that I'm totally fucked!

I'm likie Angelina Jolie but without the sixty kids ... and I don't give a shit about other people.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:29 AM
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23. You'll do fine in the program...and you writing is very good...

I have read quite a lot of it on these boards. Methinks you are too hard on yourself.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:30 AM
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24. Hard. I actually sort of like hard.

You know? Like Mr. Writer. When he plays Guitar Hero III, he plays it on HARD. He's quite good.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:34 AM
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26. And one must surrender to that...

and a good evening to you Writer...chin up... :thumbsup:

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:37 AM
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28. Yeah... YEAH chin up. Yes.

chins in the air. I guess taht will help.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:22 AM
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17. It actually competes well with my other manic desire...

Which is to strip naked, tie a large stars-and-stripes 'round my neck like a cape, and go spinning up the street at twilight, snapping my fingers like Carmen Miranda's castanets, and singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" at the top of my lungs... :beer:

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:24 AM
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19. Oh man, dawg. I'm totally with you.

I've now stripped off my clothes. I've gotten rid of ANYTHING with a use-value. Can you believe that??? Like I have NOTHING on with a use-value!

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:27 AM
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21. ...uh...

I think I just sprained my brain...in a good way, of course... :rofl:

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:29 AM
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22. I slept with Karl Marx last week...

Then I was in bed with Max Weber... I slept with Alex Callinicos... I mean they all find their ways into my bed. What's up with THAT?

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:32 AM
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25. So I read.

I make the mistake of going to bed with earphones, listening to lectures on philosophy, etc. End up having these dreams where I'm trying to argue with someone who won't shut up...and realize I've had 5 hours of lectures creating a dialogue in my brain...no wonder i wake up tired. :D

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:36 AM
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27. Yeah? Well I had a professor get bitchy with me because I asked a question about the syllabus.

After a few rather snide comments, the other professor (noticing his assholery) cleared his throat. Rather loudly. I didn't even realize that the first professor was being an asshole until then. It was like an asshole alarm.

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:12 AM
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11. Yankee Doodle came to terms

Writing Martin Buber
Stuck a F�hrer in our back
And called it Shicklegruber!

�from the Firesign Theatre's "How Can You Be in Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?"

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:50 AM
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29. Martin Buber went to town

Riding on his It-Thou
Stuck a feather in his cap
And called it the "metaphysical transcendental attainment of the OTHER!"

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:56 AM
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30. You have no respect for meter

I shall henceforth refer to you as Ogden Nash. :P

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:57 AM
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31. Meter? I simply have no respect.

No SELF-respect, that it. :P

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Mon Sep-08-08 12:10 AM
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10. Girard's more fun when drunk, too. Quite the party boy!! nt

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