tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post8003414336392081352..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Overtime Rule Fate to Be Decided in OvertimeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-35357909237759979282016-11-26T04:49:19.659-06:002016-11-26T04:49:19.659-06:00The following quote I am posting on behalf of Sned...<i>The following quote I am posting on behalf of Snedcat, who was unable to post it. Given my own trouble posting comments </i>to my own blog even when logged on<i> any time I use HTML markup, I think Google's spam-catching software is in need of a tweak or two. Note: I had to remove URLs just to get this to post. That's ridiculous, given that (1) Commenters have to get through captchas, and (2) I moderate those that do.</i><br /><br />-- begin Snedcat comment -----<br /><br />And in return, enjoy some "Southern Fried Cthulhu" for Thanksgiving! It's like non-vegetarian tofurky from another dimension! I might have sent you the link before; I don't remember how I stumbled across the story, but it's a lot of fun. (Liberty Island is definitely a site for right-wingers, but, sadly, I wasn't too taken with any of the other offerings I sampled there.)<br /> <br />In fact, by coincidence I <i>will</i> be reading some Lovecraft over Thanksgiving break. I've read all of his solo stories more than once but none of his collaborations -- he did about a dozen of (I gather) very variable quality. I got the latest Cthulhu Mythos megapack, which contains some of the collaborations and a generous helping of stories by his friends, disciples, and (so to speak) protégés that I hadn't been able to find before. Right now I'm reading what is considered his best collaboration, "The Mound," started by Zelia Bishop and fleshed out, fattenhttps://www.blogger.com/comment.doed, and polished by HPL; it's supposed to be about on par with "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Colour out of Space." On the other hand, the megapack also contains the notorious "Medusa's Coils," also started by Zelia Bishop, in which the last sentence reveals the ULTIMATE HORROR that the evil bewitching woman was, Heaven forfend, "a negress." Um, yeah. Not scary, dudes. Bored now. (Or as I like to say, "Meh, needs more shoggoth.")<br /><br />-- end Snedcat comment -----Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-18640515067840951592016-11-23T14:34:45.385-06:002016-11-23T14:34:45.385-06:00Thanks, and to repay the music with even more Love...Thanks, and to repay the music with even more Lovecraftian humor from McSweeney's, take a gander at, "<a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how-to-brine-a-turkey-by-hp-lovecraft" rel="nofollow">How to Brine a Turkey, by H.P. Lovecraft</a>."Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-67886323175606233632016-11-23T10:50:27.944-06:002016-11-23T10:50:27.944-06:00Yo, Gus, Happy Thanksgiving! In the broad spirit ...Yo, Gus, Happy Thanksgiving! In the broad spirit of the holiday (though not the holiday proper), here's my favorite piece of thanksgiving (not Thanksgiving) music, Ralph Vaughan Williams' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOXub0tfglE" rel="nofollow">"A Song of Thanksgiving."</a> It was commissioned by the BBC to celebrate victory in World War II, and it manages to do that in spades. Oh, and the soft bright ending is just perfect. It's one piece I always listen to on Thanksgiving.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.com