A blast from the healthy past: Never give up. Also: Oil-resistant pronouncements. Starving on biofuels. ESPN on probation. Plus more.
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BLAST FROM THE PAST
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Re: James Bowman's
Desired
Things
:
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p>James Bowman, by even bothering to note the passing of Les
Crane, treats "Desiderata" with far more respect than it merits.
Even from the moment it came out, both the poem -- and more so, the
recording of it -- were objects of contempt and ridicule, perhaps
the most damning of all being the
National Lampoon
's
parody, "Deteriorata," which begins:
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blockquote>Introduction
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em>You are a fluke
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Of the universe.
spacegold| 10.30.08 @ 8:31PM
How dull.