恶人谷

本来没打算在这里

你那Politics and Prose书店真有趣，什么人都有。得了绝症还不屈不挠的当共和党，这人也算是身残志坚啊。共和党怎么没把这种腐朽的弯男踢出去？

就会发现他在发现自己是HIV阳性后还上网征求跟人bareback地干，

真有这事？他是在HIV positive 专用联谊网上征还是在一般弯网站上隐瞒自己HIV Positive 的征？怎么被发现的？

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan

他没隐瞒，不过是匿名征求的。我在广播里耳朵刮到他说的话（到处卖书呗），他说他现在的爱人３０岁（喜欢嫩的啊，既然是名人就可以比较挑嘛）没有HIV，当然他们采取保护措施（不知道是什么样的，既然他不喜欢戴套。。。）：
＂他们这一代人不理解HIV, AIDS给我们这代人留下的阴影。我和年纪大点的朋友说起来都有种war veteran的心情（哇好英勇啊），经历过可怕的年代啊，他们年轻的人就不明白这个。＂

Andrew Sullivan也算个新时代的偶像了，在政治blog世界里颇有影响。换言之，就是以天天空口白话为生。过去在New Republic主编的干活，现在是新时代新媒体的领头羊。

所谓的“为虎作伥”，说的就是苏利文先生这种人吧。。。

Jun wrote:你如果去查查Wikipedia，就会发现他在发现自己是HIV阳性后还上网征求跟人bareback地干。

wikipedia真博学啊，我不止一次的惊叹了。

I thought you said Jun is 真博学. Ah another disappointment in life.

Knowing, how much did you pay for seeing Li Yi-yun at the book fest in NYC? Gore Vidal is coming to P&P next month. They charge $10 for entry. (I'm kicking myself for missing Neil Gaiman 2 weeks ago. Should have gone to see him.) At least seeing Richard Dawkin will be free.

I forgot, sth like $16 per person? It was book reading by Yiyun Li and Edwidge Danticat.
The way I look at it, you should always go when some event sounds good but a little too pricy. Because you will not think of $10 ever again afterwards, but the event you miss, you will kick yourself everytime sth reminds you of that.

For anything related to books, I'd happily spend money. I missed Neil Gaiman because of some lame get-together with people, which I should have turned down. Read a few of his short stories after that and was kind of impressed -- not falling over impressed as his fame seems to demand but then I'm not a fantasy reader. If you like somewhat odd, soft sci fi, semi fantasy but nothing epic, a bit whimsical and slightly sentimental, then I recommend you try his short story collections. The first story in his new collection, Fragile Things, is a spoof of Sherlock Holmes. Pretty intricate and authentic, and clever. Not exactly my cup of tea but still pretty cool.

Of course, I would pay $10 to see the good fossil Mr. Vidal, time permitting, but the person I really want to see in person is Mr. Clinton --- he, however, is entirely out of my price range.

GAY CONSERVERATIVE 不算很奇怪吧, 虽然天主教会旗帜鲜明反对同性恋, GAY CATHOLIC就粉多, 哭着喊着要教会容纳他们.
当然天主教会在这方面和共和党领袖们一般伪善.

JUN, 你可以去排队等他签名售书-但我知道你没时间.

Oh no, if Mr. Clinton is doing book signing anywhere I'd be willing to stand in line for up to 3 hours. I would make time for him (or, rather, for my curiosity). But who knows when he will put out another book? I'd buy a book I would have no interest in reading just to observe him in person.

Hmm. I don't know if he did a book tour for his first and only autobiography. Hillary would not hesitate to use a ghost writer but rumor has it that the thousand pages in his book was ALL HIS! No ghost writer, and obviously no editor either.

I'm just curious how irresistable he is, having heard endless rumors about his fatal charm. But nowadays his charm is only used to buy his wife and his party candidates more campaign money at fundraising events.

去年他到处签名售书你没赶上?
三小时不够. 在我们那里, 大家前一天晚上在COSTCO外面露营. 那时候还很冷...

去年他到处签名售书你没赶上?

I was living in the backwoods of Pennsylvania...

Talking about which. Jimmy Carter came to give a talk a few weeks ago. Geee he is so old and such a complete diaster.