Category: Humor

Trump v Moby-Dick

I’ve become a real fan of @MobyDickatSea, a bot-based feed of random quotes from the book. It’s amazing how well some of these fragments stand up as individual thoughts!

After the inauguration of @realDonaldTrump I noticed a pattern… random juxtaposition of quotes that seemed to provide commentary on the man and his policies. Some of these are remarkably good and I’ve collected them for your entertainment. They are also a testament to how similar our new prez is to the doomed Captain Ahab! [Go to Main Article]

I’ll be updating this article and tweeting to @Richard_Rathe hashtag #TrumpvMobyDick . The source tweets obviously belong to others. I include them for satire and commentary.

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Source: book cover

A Confederacy of Dunces is one of my all time favorites! The story behind the book is almost as improbable… a first novel by a young unknown author who then commits suicide… a mother who refuses to give up after many rejections… a little help from an academic and the NEA… once published it takes off and wins the Pulitzer Prize!

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Ignatius J. Reilly is an original and compelling protagonist, a sort of perverse philosopher king (at least in his own mind!). As I recently re-read the book I made a connection that may not be coincidental. Could Ignatius have been part of the inspiration for Eric Cartman of South Park fame?!