Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Recommendations

Sometimes, Amazon emails me and suggests I buy a book or some music or somesuch based on past purchases. (Yes, they send me cheese recommendations too, since they co-market with I-Gourmet, where I get my fancy cheeses). Here's the most recent list. What the heck does it say about me? There's a test at the end so read carefully.



Amazon.com has new recommendations for you based on items you purchased or
told us you own.

Conscience of a Conservative
by Barry Goldwater



Culture Counts: Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged
by Roger Scruton



Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at
Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War
by Bill Sloan



Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present)
by Max Horkheimer



The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise
and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate
by David Freddoso



Accelerate
by R.E.M.



Leo Strauss: An Introduction to His Thought and Intellectual Legacy (The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought)
by Thomas L. Pangle



The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays
by Russell Kirk































What do these reading suggestions mean?
This is somebody else' reading list, right?
The Rouleur's butt isn't that big; it's a brain storage area.
He's a dangerous right winger and must be stopped.
He's a dangerous left winger and must be stopped.
Who listens to REM anymore?
Horkheimer? Isn't that a kind of sausage?
There's a lot less X-rated stuff here than on Hoovis' Amazon list, tell you what...

pollcode.com free polls

14 comments:

Fatguy Racer said...

I remember a Jack Horkheimer, Star Hustler on PBS. But that was years ago.

Hey at least you dont get Raycorner.com books recos for how to start your own internet porn biz or how to be a porn star in 6 weeks.

Or maybe you do...

phaty said...

You must have bought some real strange smelling cheese I tell you ...

Jim said...

FGR - Boom - chocka - wow wow.

Phaty - I think you meant "cut," not "buy.' But I appreciate the sentiments.

dave kirkpatrick said...

Please forward all cheese recommendations. I am partial to the hard aslty Italian cheeses while the missus likes the ones which smell like feet.

The simple answer to the poll question is that you are my father in law, which is a bit shocking to me and I'm sure to you roo.

Jim said...

It's not as shocking to me, David, as it was to your mother-in-law. But then I'm all about the shocker.

John P. said...

The Essential Captain Kirk: Selected Essays by Captain Kirk.

That one says it all Jim. oh wait.

Big Mike said...

We're sorry, we couldn't find that poll.
It may have been removed for inactivity, or for Terms of Service violations.


My best guess is the Terms of Service violation. Based on the stuff you didn't show us on your recommendation list.

Boz said...

Like Big Mike, I tried. It must have been shut down early, like pron sites for senior citizens. See if you can start it up again, as I would really like to have my voice heard.

Jim said...

Boz, this site is not a democracy. At best, on good days, it's a benevolent dictatorship. You'll vote when, where, and for whom I tell you.

Kinda like Chicago, except I will only let you vote once.

Big Mike said...

Your poll is still missing. It must be the cold weather.

KML said...

It should be "The Essential Stan Getz" who is this Russell clown and what essays could be more jazzed then Getz!

Judi said...

I think you are a right winger.

Burt Friggin' Hoovis said...

dude, i tried to take your poll, and I got some weird error.

i think your blog's being monitored by the NSA.

thanks,
burt

John P. said...

definitely a left winger, everyone knows right wingers don't know how to read. :p