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blackbootz  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book Club Update: Looks like the graphic novel Watchmen

I'm (almost) ready.

My copy is getting sent to me and should arrive by Friday. I would volunteer to lead the discussion, but I'm in the midst of training for Americorps (kleinbl00 I got in by the way, am a field team leader now. Gonna manage twelve 18-24 year olds for a year all over the midwest) and the bit of free time I have is scattered/unpredictable. My first and only interaction with Moore was V for Vendetta, which I read in the fall of 2010 and remember thinking, "shit, this was published in the eighties? This guy was ahead of his time."

How should we structure the discussions?

(edit: thanks flagamuffin for doing the heavy lifting, I'm sure Watchmen wasn't your first choice but if it's half as interesting or inspiring as some suggest, it shouldn't be a slog or anything)





user-inactivated  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Congrats, Americorps has always interested me.

I'll make the Watchmen lift-off post and if I read it with you all I'll keep doing the rest. We'll see.

kleinbl00  ·  3725 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Theoretically I should have time. Practically speaking I've got two shows whose deadlines are already pushing and I lost this week to my daughter's RSV (Really Shitty Virus).

Congrats on the AmeriCorps thing. That rulez.

steve  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

condolensces man… RSV sucks ass. And if memory serves, she's not very old, and that business can get scary. I hope she and you and your wife are pulling through ok.

kleinbl00  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

She had one rough night. Really, if this is the worst we get this year, we're golden. Thanks, though.

steve  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

oh man - as crappy as that night must have been - I'm super glad to hear it's under control. RSV took out my family for a week and nearly killed both of my kids at the time. Freaky thing that RSV.

Meriadoc  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow, I'm actually impressed people still get viruses in this day and age. You have to work to do that these days. What kind was it, if I might ask?

kleinbl00  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Really Shitty Virus.

People might have to work at it, but babies don't. Something something walking on hands something something hands in mouth.

Meriadoc  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ahhh I see. My apologies for misunderstanding virus/computer virus. One of my favorite high school teacher's son had this, as well as his other son having cystic fibrosis. He told us about both diseases and what work he had to do every day to treat them. Lots of hard work.

kleinbl00  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

cystic fibrosis is similar to RSV the way leprosy is similar to a rash. CV is no joke. RSV is "just another thing that looks like a cold most of the time." The munchkin is damn near better; me and the wife are under now.

Meriadoc  ·  3724 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He liked to give us comparisons on the parts of the lungs that were affected and how he taught both of them about functions of his body of it, so it was a more a teaching experience for his family and making them interested in medicine in a fun way. But yes, his son's condition was extremely severe. Use of breathing machines at certain points in the day and such.