и это все за один вечер!?!?

День

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http://www.livejournal.com/community/by/84483.html

I actually read Kurt Vonnegut's article several days ago. Hauno. It has some very smart ideas, and he writes brilliantly, but it's all disorganized, smart and wierd (if not downright stupid) ideas are all in a big mess there, no structure.

>Hauno
Disagreed

>It has some very smart ideas
Agreed

>and he writes brilliantly
Agreed wholeheartedly!

>but it's all disorganized
Agreed

>wierd (if not downright stupid) ideas
I only found one idea I disagree with - the one about Arabs inventing the numerals

>all in a big mess there, no structure
Have you actually read any of his books? This is his style - jumping from point to point, sometimes returning later, sometimes not. And boy, I wish I could write such "big mess" when I'm 81

> I only found one idea I disagree with - the one about Arabs inventing the numerals

Not only that. For example, the one that I really found wierd was the demand that politicians should be like Jesus. This is such a naive idea.

> Have you actually read any of his books?

Oh, yea. Oh, yea! :)))))

> This is his style - jumping from point to point, sometimes returning later, sometimes not

From the 4-5 books that I've read from him, I remember that "Slaughter House 5" was a bit too disogranized and patchy for my taste. My two favorites (Cat's Cradle and Sirens of Titan) IMHO are very well-organized.

> I wish I could write such "big mess" when I'm 81

Believe it or not, that's what I said to my wife after reading it. ;)

Прачытаў. Прапёрся.
Нават на беларускі пераклад торкнула :)

Хаця праца ў "Беларускай маладзёжнай" і скалечыла маю белмову да немагчымасьці :)

Ці можаце патлумачыць устойлівы амэрыканскі выраз Baby Boomer corporations?

Нутром разумею, што значыць -- а сфармуляваць ясна па беларуску ня магу.

Baby boom - - гэта час пасьля вайны (прыблізна 1950-я гады), калі нарадзілася шмат дзяцей. Адпаведна, людзі, што нарадзіліся тады - baby boomers.
Ён піша - Many of you reading this are probably the same age as my grandchildren. Адна генэрацыя - 25-30 гадоў, Ванегуту - 81, значыць, ягоным унукам зараз па 20-30 год. Такім чынам, іх, маладых, грандыёзна падманваюць карпарацыі й урад, дзе зараз запраўляюць бэбі-бумеры.

Значэньне выразу "Бэбі-бум" ведаў, але ж без вашае дапамогі ягонага канкрэтнага кантэксту было б ня зразумець ніколі.

:)

Яшчэ раз выказваю удзячнасьць.