The Long Rain
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It has been a rainy winter so far. I imagine it's even wetter over on the coast where you reside, Jeff.
Keep your spirits up, don't let the incessant gloomy weather get to you. I remember a similar time in the 70's when it rained for a few weeks straight. There were news stories of people experiencing psychological issues because of the weather. I think it helps to take advantage of the brief lulls between storms and enjoy what little sunshine may appear.
That, and a brightly lit room inside the home.
Keep your spirits up, don't let the incessant gloomy weather get to you. I remember a similar time in the 70's when it rained for a few weeks straight. There were news stories of people experiencing psychological issues because of the weather. I think it helps to take advantage of the brief lulls between storms and enjoy what little sunshine may appear.
That, and a brightly lit room inside the home.
There shall come soft rains
Was required reading back when I was in junior high.
Today, Bradbury is banned in Fort Collins schools because he upsets the christianists and rethuglicans too much.
That short story scared the pants off of me and, all these decades later, it still does.
Was required reading back when I was in junior high.
Today, Bradbury is banned in Fort Collins schools because he upsets the christianists and rethuglicans too much.
That short story scared the pants off of me and, all these decades later, it still does.
lordkenmore
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"Today, Bradbury is banned in Fort Collins schools because he upsets the christianists and rethuglicans too much."
I'd say I can't believe it, except, unfortunately, I can.
In my state, there are two writers writing for the teenage market who have been of interest to those in the "let's see how many books we can ban today!" club. After various ban efforts hit the news, I have taken the time to read the contested books, and frankly haven't seen what the fuss is about. Except for those who want things to be as nice as they are on Leave It To Beaver
Back to Ray Bradbury. I had a science teacher who occaisionally read us short stories. It was a welcome break from our text which was deathly dull, AND treated us like idiots who couldn't read. Years later, I realize that he was using those stories as devious way to teach us things about science.
One story he read was "There Will Come Silent Rains." It is one that I vividly remember years and years later.
The Bradbury story that really scares me now, though, is his book Fahrenheit 451. I see our society becoming like the one in that book.
I'd say I can't believe it, except, unfortunately, I can.
In my state, there are two writers writing for the teenage market who have been of interest to those in the "let's see how many books we can ban today!" club. After various ban efforts hit the news, I have taken the time to read the contested books, and frankly haven't seen what the fuss is about. Except for those who want things to be as nice as they are on Leave It To Beaver
Back to Ray Bradbury. I had a science teacher who occaisionally read us short stories. It was a welcome break from our text which was deathly dull, AND treated us like idiots who couldn't read. Years later, I realize that he was using those stories as devious way to teach us things about science.
One story he read was "There Will Come Silent Rains." It is one that I vividly remember years and years later.
The Bradbury story that really scares me now, though, is his book Fahrenheit 451. I see our society becoming like the one in that book.
Recent quote from Bradbury:
"In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades. But only a few weeks ago, in Beverly Hills one night, a husband and wife passed me, walking their dog. I stood staring after them, absolutely stunned. The woman held in one hand a small cigarette-package-sized radio, its antenna quivering. From this sprang tiny copper wires which ended in a dainty cone plugged into her right ear. There she was, oblivious to man and dog, listening to far winds and whispers and soap-opera cries, sleep-walking, helped up and down curbs by a husband who might just as well not have been there. This was not fiction."
en.wikipedia.org
"In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades. But only a few weeks ago, in Beverly Hills one night, a husband and wife passed me, walking their dog. I stood staring after them, absolutely stunned. The woman held in one hand a small cigarette-package-sized radio, its antenna quivering. From this sprang tiny copper wires which ended in a dainty cone plugged into her right ear. There she was, oblivious to man and dog, listening to far winds and whispers and soap-opera cries, sleep-walking, helped up and down curbs by a husband who might just as well not have been there. This was not fiction."
Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia
lordkenmore
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It's not just radios with ear buds. It now includes flatscreen TVs that are getting bigger and bigger all the time. I don't remember Bradbury mentioning surround sound, but it seems like that fits in with his vision.
Not that there is nothing wrong with any of this technology. It isn't the technology that scares me, it's how the people using it let it take over their lives. I've known people who have the TV or radio on, dawn 'til dusk. That TV or radio breaks, and it's crisis time.
Not that there is nothing wrong with any of this technology. It isn't the technology that scares me, it's how the people using it let it take over their lives. I've known people who have the TV or radio on, dawn 'til dusk. That TV or radio breaks, and it's crisis time.
lordkenmore
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Another Bradbury story that scares me is "Usher II." It's in The Martian Chronicles like "There Will Come Silent Rains." It's another story about censoring/book banning. According to Wikipedia, it takes place roughly 2005. Thankfully, we didn't have the mass book banning threatened by that story. Although, to give credit where it's due, the book banning types did do their best.
And, if Palin
wins the election in 2012, the book banners will be building the fires to burn us gays on with all sorts of subversive texts.
Things like the US Constitution, among others.
wins the election in 2012, the book banners will be building the fires to burn us gays on with all sorts of subversive texts.
Things like the US Constitution, among others.
