Comments on: Eyesores http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: praktike http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11201 praktike Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:05:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11201 Oy. What's up with <i>this line</i> from <a href="http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200311.html">November</a>:<blockquote>This exercise in hyper-entropic avant garde faggotry is so cutting edge that it is already out of date.</blockquote> Oy. What’s up with this line from November:
This exercise in hyper-entropic avant garde faggotry is so cutting edge that it is already out of date.

]]> By: Jeffrey Kramer http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11200 Jeffrey Kramer Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:21:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11200 It isn't just "the rest of the country," Katherine. Bangkok ("The Venice of the East" in old travelbooks) is now well on its way to becoming The Indianapolis of the East. It isn’t just “the rest of the country,” Katherine. Bangkok (“The Venice of the East” in old travelbooks) is now well on its way to becoming The Indianapolis of the East.

]]> By: David Sucher http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11199 David Sucher Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:03:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11199 Jim Kunstler is correct about the awful state of suburban development of course. But he has a bit of a tendency to see the dark side. For example, he expects us to "run out of oil" -- and off a cliff, rather than merely down a slope. To look on the bright side, a great many of those horrible suburban malls represent tremendous opportunities. For example, when I see a huge parking lot I see the opportunity to redevelop it into lots and blocks. The built world is not fixed and static but is very plastic and malleable. Jim Kunstler is correct about the awful state of suburban development of course. But he has a bit of a tendency to see the dark side. For example, he expects us to “run out of oil”—and off a cliff, rather than merely down a slope. To look on the bright side, a great many of those horrible suburban malls represent tremendous opportunities. For example, when I see a huge parking lot I see the opportunity to redevelop it into lots and blocks. The built world is not fixed and static but is very plastic and malleable.

]]> By: Keith M Ellis http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11198 Keith M Ellis Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:52:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11198 Christ, that was depressing. I went back to early 2000. He's mostly right, but I can't imagine seeing the world through those eyes <i>constantly</i>. I'd have to shoot myself. I need a drink. Christ, that was depressing. I went back to early 2000. He’s mostly right, but I can’t imagine seeing the world through those eyes constantly. I’d have to shoot myself. I need a drink.

]]> By: Katherine http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11197 Katherine Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:03:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11197 "I had no idea that the Dark Tower of Barad-Dur — eye of Sauron and all — is now located in Nashville." Well, duh. That's where Al Gore and his minions are plotting to undermine democracy as we speak. Did you fall off our email list or something? Kuntsler is a very angry person, isn't he? (Not without reason, I am as anti parking lot nation as they come. I'm from Long Island so seeing the rest of the country start to look the same way makes me feel very Cassandrish.) “I had no idea that the Dark Tower of Barad-Dur — eye of Sauron and all — is now located in Nashville.” Well, duh. That’s where Al Gore and his minions are plotting to undermine democracy as we speak. Did you fall off our email list or something? Kuntsler is a very angry person, isn’t he? (Not without reason, I am as anti parking lot nation as they come. I’m from Long Island so seeing the rest of the country start to look the same way makes me feel very Cassandrish.)

]]> By: Cliff Styles http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11196 Cliff Styles Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:43:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11196 Barad-Dur is priceless...but...aren't you afraid Sauron is watching this blog? Barad-Dur is priceless…but…aren’t you afraid Sauron is watching this blog?

]]> By: T. Gracchus http://crookedtimber.org/2003/12/16/eyesores/comment-page-1/#comment-11195 T. Gracchus Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:08:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=766#comment-11195 Thank you. Thank you.

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