With Jake MacGregor on hiatus, what’s to read, what’s to read? Well, until Jake’s adventures re-commence (and even afterward), there’s Sandy Sandfort’s The Resurrections of Robert Heinlein.
This is a Smashwords book, available in every conceivable electronic format. You can buy. But you can read the first 75 percent for free in most formats.
Definitely a good read for Heinlein fans.
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For watching, here’s Jim Bovard doing his dissing of federal job-training programs on MSNBC.
Jeez, Jim looks more like a surly eccentric hermit than I do. (I am neither balding nor bearded, thank the fates.) But he talks reel gud.
Wall Street Journal and MSNBC in one week. Jim, don’t go getting a big head about this now …
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For your listening pleasure, there’s Michael W. Dean and Neema Vedadi’s latest podcast, “Moderates Are People Who Think Everything Should Be a Little Bit Illegal” (good point there, guys).
The podcast is an hour long, which I admit taxes my patience for ‘Net based media. But the 15 minutes I listened to were fun — even if they do speak of me as though I were some ancient and crumbling monument of freedomista culture.
What I like best about Michael and Neema is that they have absolutely no reverence for anybody or anything.
Their logo for the podcast is pretty good (and irreverent), too:
Claire, thanks for the plug. If the TV camera had shown the big ol’ clodhoppers I was wearing yesterday, that would have clinched the hermit image.
I am back, but barely, from Alaska — more chapters next week dear friends
JM
Yes indeed, my buddies Michael and Neema do a wonderful job. And Michael sends me a transcrip sometimes so I can enjoy the ‘cast in spite of growing deafness. That’s special. 🙂
Thank you for the plug!
But, ….”ancient and crumbling”? Come on! It’s not like we said “Claire was doing libertarian cave paintings during the Paleolithic era.”
We said you inspired Boston to write and have been writing liberty stuff for a long time. That IS reverent, for us!
Anyway, I’m 47, not a spring chicken in today’s next-gen liberty movement (which you helped inspire).
Freedom Feens is only “hip” because my art partner Neema is a youngster, though very wise for his 27 years.
You rock, Claire. You’re an OG (“original gangsta”) as the kids say. That’s a term of respect.
Besides, if an hour is long for your attention span (as it is for mine), you’re still a kid at heart!
Michael W. Dean
Claire, thanks for turning me on to the Freedom Feens podcast! I really enjoyed it. And Michael, you and Neema keep up the good work. I’ll be listening.
-Brian
Claire, thanks for directing me to the Heinlein story on smashwords. It was a good story and I guess I’ll just have to pony up the cash to finish it!
You’re welcome, Brian. And tell two friends!
Oh I already have!