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depends on how well you fake the latter
May 9, 2008

A: Can I be a Christian thinker after I get rid of moralization (as I’m trying to do)?
B: depends on how well you fake the latter
A: Nice.
B: I’m a pretty horrible person. If I wasn’t bound for hell, I’m sure I will be after this class
A: C. just made such a terrible move in [...]

but every graduate student would own one
April 29, 2008

A: I think it would be brilliant if someone repackaged Minima Moralia as a daily devotional — specifically assign dates to it, etc.
B: Or, at teh very least, one of those calendars
B: w/ an aphorism each day
A: A daily pull-off calendar. It’d have to be really small print.
B: Yeah
B: Maybe just the highlights
A: I think [...]

a dime a dozen there
April 2, 2008

A: C. really needs to fucking get a job!
B: …
A: she wants to go out for a drive…. Christ, woman, I have to get work done sometime!
B: …
B: tell her to get a fucking hobby
A: all her hobbies cost money
B: tell her to blog
B: A LOT
B: for hours
B: tell her to go strip
A: I’ve tried
A: [...]

That is a nice cover.
March 24, 2008

A: C’s book is out.
A: Or about to be out, but still.
A: The cover is pretty nice.
B: That is a nice cover.
B: I had to go to his blog to see it.
B: He says his acknowledgments were left out. My acknowledgments almost got left out, too.
A: Who do you acknowledge?
B: Everyone but you.