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True Confessions of a Ricochetti
On another thread, one of our members admitted something:
I always confuse Horace Greeley with William Jennings Bryan.
I’ve seen a few other comments like this over the years I have been here. When Ricochetti go wild and make their true confessions, it usually isn’t the sort of thing you would see on Facebook or Jeff Bezos’ diary. How many people on your Facebook feed even know who Horace Greeley and William Jennings Bryant are? This is a high-class joint with high-class true confessions.
My true confession: the older I get, the more trouble I have with homonyms. I tend to write out loud. I once found an error in one of my books where I had used the word “clamber” instead of “clamor,” for instance.
What’s your most Ricochet-style true confession?
Published in Humor
Shut yo’ mouth, @arahant! The Lord of the Rings is nothing like Moby Dick, which destroyed Melville’s career! Yet I still think Melville is a master writer. (He also produced Benito Cereno and Billy Budd, though that last was stuffed in a breadbox and not published until years after Melville’s death.)
Regardless, I’ve read the whole darn LOTRs multiple times, though I do dip more regularly into excerpts. This is not because of lack of love though. Name me any book people repeatedly read over and over and over in a finite life apart from the Bible.
I mean… dude’s an amazing writer (to me), but even I recognize he’s not God.
Them’s fighting words!
Wait… you’re.. you’re.. him: the Boss Mongo!
{ tip toes away ….. }
I hope he found it comforting. It is actually layered with a strong sense of the eternal.
In all seriousness… I’m very sorry for your loss.
No they aren’t.
I am not evil, but don’t be fooled: I am a jerk.
Which version do you want? Calvinist? Lutheran?
Of course, that can’t happen since he is responsible for The Creation.
The movies are never better. Never.
Confession: I (we) have two rescue dogs. I am very attached to them, but I have no idea how to handle them and they basically run my life.
Cosi: mildly psychotic
Chance: criminally insane
That was going to be mine, though I’ve confessed it here before. I first tried in college because everyone was talking about it, but I just couldn’t stand it. Then years later when everyone was STILL talking about it, I tried again to see what the big deal was, but I just don’t get it. It just must not be my thing. I haven’t seen any of the movies.
Oh good, I’m not the only one! Thank goodness, and thank goodness it’s you. We had to read it in high school, and all my life it’s been called the greatest novel in the English language, but WHY? I mean I have a college degree. It’s not like I’m not well read or anything, but I just don’t get why.
Well hang your head in shame.
Bach Mass in B minor is gorgeous. I can’t help but feel Bach was a secret Catholic. ;)
Yeah … no. :P
There are different versions?
My daughter brought her rescue home when she visited for the holidays. Nice pooch. A bit spirited. Took me about an hour, then I got him sorted out. Then we were buds.
Tolkien was very popular when I was in college in the 1970s. I avoided reading LOTR then. Then, fast forward to recent times, and the movies came out. I was totally captivated, and after the first movie I started at the beginning and read the entire series, every bit of Tolkien I could get my hands on. I love it now. To me, the best part of the movies remains the music.
Ricochet true confession: don’t tell my boss, but I keep a tab open on Ricochet on my work computer from the moment I log on until I go home. I’m back and forth all day long.
OH you look so, er, happy.
Frrrriiiiieeeeennnnnddddd!
I was rushing to get out the door when I typed that comment but the next line was supposed to read:
Some chicks have RBF.
Apparently, some guys (according to my daughters) have RAMF.
I am a sufferer of Resting Ax Murderer Face.
No one’s gonna ask which one is Boss Mongo?
Yes. I’m too lazy to decide on a good page to link to, but if you search for “Ten Commandments numbering system” you’ll get some links that explain.
Hahaha!
Ok here’s another confession while we’re on the topic. I find Lord of the Rings ok as a literary work, but I think Tolkein’s real masterpiece was The Hobbit.
Found it. That was very interesting. Now I understand why I get confused. Thanks.
I think they are different sorts of work. Many people who don’t like the LOTR care about The Hobbit. I love them both for very different reasons.
One thing I’ll say about Bilbo though…. Peter Jackson destroyed his story. It was a small book that could have been one phenomenal movie, but nooooo.
The cartoon was better.
True confession: I liked Moby Dick, even though you can skip whole chapters and not lose the story.
Otherwise, there’s Dave Berry’s version: “Nature is represented by a white whale and can kill you.”
Maybe this is even more shocking a confession, I loved Moby Dick.