He seems to only speak when he actually has something to say (unlike me) and his posts are both funny and intelligent.

Yay, IstenSzek!

AzureStar said:

co-sign

Who's IstenSzek?

He's one of my hero's on this site !!

Honest, smart, funny and a nice face too.

AzureStar said:

Definitely... always interesting...

IstenSzek

Feels like family too me

jthad1129 said:

Cuz he call you DADDY?

I must say I like his dog.

Where's Jasper?

AzureStar said:

Oddly enough right before I read this I read a thread started by him where he didn't seem to have anything to say, but it's all good.

http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=33003

love him AND his freaky toes

Doesn't post much, but when he does WATCHOUT.

Word to IstenSzek!!!

Thanks guys. I dreaded having a look at this thread, fearing
I was gonna be ripped to shreads. But I notice that it's all
cool.

It is funny though, that just when people say I post
sensible stuff, I have been posting crap all day...

But we all have the odd day off, don't we

Cheers!

Give me more stuff to read Istenszek!

Is mean nowadays.


oops, wrong thread

I'll be celebrating this holiday later, when I get home from work, in my bedroom...

Yay, IstenSzek! Have a great Appreciation Day

I can't pronounce it, so how can I appreciate it???

Just joshing!

2the9s said:

I haven't really dipped into a lot of "new" stuff lately
but there's one thing that I could point out and that is

A. Platonov.

His work is brilliant. A bit hard to crack and sometimes
it makes you quite dizzy, but it's worth it.

"The Foundation Pit" is my favorit work of his.

I only found out about him a few months ago through reading
a thesis on Gorki and his involvement with Stalin and the
writers guild in Russia at that time.

Platonov being one of the names I picked from the work, but
there are dozens more to be (re)discovered.


Another really nice book is "Grimus" a rather early and very
unknown novel by Salman Rushdie. It's a parabel.


I've also developed quite an unhealthy obsession with the
work of Nabokov recently. I could recommend almost all of
his books. But "Ada or Ardor" is one of the best. His work
feels sort of like "Kafka" at times, yet without driving
you absolutely insane [like Kafka's "The Castle"].


And, as always, I'm still infected by a sickening obsession
for "MacBeth" by Willy S.

The "in" crowd considers it to be his weakest drama, but I
can only judge from my own reading pleasure and say it
contains some of the most beautiful lines I have ever read.

One of MacBeth's final speeches being the highlight:


To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life 's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.



I'm sorry for ranting again. It's just that once I get
going on books I don't know where to stop.

I love his honesty...even if what he writes could potentially embarrass him... he's not afraid 2 say what's on his mind...

A deserving tribute...

Cool guy, with cool takes and nice insight.

Yeah, all that, and he's rightly lovely to the eye, too!

IstenSzek

You are cool!

RD, I like your sig.

For you, IstenSzek

IstenSzek...can you be kind enough to share Mr. Duchovny with poor little old me
[This message was edited Sat Jan 18 1:27:58 PST 2003 by MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld]

insynck is cool peeps hes pretty mellow poster and seems very sane

IceNine said:

Ice, you just made my saturday morning!

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

Sure we can share him, there's enough Duchovny for two...