--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@...> wrote: > > Browsing in the high-falutin' section of > my local book shop today I came across this: > > "Assholes: A Theory" by philosopher Aaron James > http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4884 > > Sounds like fun. (But alas it's cheaper online so my > local shop may loose out).
Don't be a cheap A-hole and buy it from your local book store. I mean, surely you can afford to spend an extra $5-$10 to support the little independent. > > (BTW what's the difference between an asshole and an > arsehole? Does one get published, and the other not? Or > are we, as so often, divided by our common language?) > > From a review on Amazon: > > "James classifies a-holes by type, including the boorish > a-hole (Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore), the smug a-hole > (Richard Dawkins, Larry Summers), the a-hole boss (Naomi > Campbell), the presidential a-hole (Hugo Chavez), the reckless > a-hole (Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld), the self-aggrandizing > a-hole (Ralph Nader), the cable news a-hole (Neil Cavuto, > Keith Olbermann), and the delusional a-hole (Kanye West, > Wall Street bankers). James covers the spectrum from liberals > to conservatives in his search for a-holes and applies his > test with, I think, a nonpartisan outlook." > > Also looking promising and about my tribe: > "How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and > the Quantum Revival" >
