Slog - Comments on The Bite of Life http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life Last night I saw a terribly old man eating a meal at the Pause Bar and Restaurant in Portland. My eyes could not leave the sight of this man. I was mesmerized by the slowness with which he ate his food. He was not only slow, but also shook the loose flesh of his cheeks as he chewed. And what he chewed was a of lot food: a hamburger, a pile of thick fries, a green salad, and a piece of pie. Despite his slowness, he ate it all. Not a single crumb escaped his miserable method of eating--a form... Copyright 2008 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:42:17 -0800 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:19:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by COMTE Ah Charles, remember, someday you too will be a lonely old man sitting in a restaurant trying to get down a decent meal with a mouthful of fake teeth, probable gastroenteritis, and irritable bowel syndrome to boot.

If you're really lucky, you won't have some arrogant youth staring rudely at you for your entire meal, wishing you would die because he doesn't approve of the way you masticate.

But, if the rest of us are really lucky, perhaps you will...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752864 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:09:21 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery His bite on existence was like a dog biting a rock.

Thanks be. The whimsy and formative exposition of the mundane, Mudede's trademark, ney hallmark of compositional rationality, remains intact.


Mudede is in the game, but the game seems to be Portland. That explains the Beniot post. Away games put even the best at a disadvantage.


It all makes sense.

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752868 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:12:52 -0800 Comment by homage to me The old guy has made peace with his mortality, I bet. May we all get there.

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752870 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:17:06 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale COMTE - You'll be right about the same number of years older too, heh.

The post made me think of my friend's old, old cat, who my friend thought had already died a few times in the last month but somehow continues to rally against the inevitable.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752873 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:22:02 -0800 Comment by COMTE True Lloyd, but the odds are very good I will still have all my teeth by then.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752876 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:25:49 -0800 Comment by Ronald The problem with this post is neither its subject nor the writer but with one "judgemental" word: "miserable." For all you know, Charles, that old man was enjoying himself immensely...like a dog biting a rock [great line!]

]]> Ronald http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752877 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752877 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:26:57 -0800 Comment by charles roland, my writing is a mess of quotes. the last line references a line from Nietzsche's Human All Too Human: The "bite" of conscience is like a dog biting on a stone.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752884 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:34:58 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave charles writes in a collage of quotes...oh boy.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752890 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:38:58 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale If, COMTE, you avoid the rock-salted rock cod with ground block pepper.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752900 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752900 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:48:18 -0800 Comment by COMTE Oh sure, and I supposed you'd have me lay off the Rocky Road ice cream, and the Atlantic rock crab as well.

But you'll never make me give up Rock-and-Rye on-the-rocks.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752906 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:56:07 -0800 Comment by Sam But Charles ... dogs don't bite rocks to survive.

They do it because they're stupid.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752907 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:57:38 -0800 Comment by Sean Charles, all this anxiety around old people can only mean one thing - you are having a midlife crisis.

No worries, this condition is easily remedied with a visit to your friendly neighborhood brothel.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752929 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:37:07 -0800 Comment by Sean Re Nietzsche:

Despite his cool name and philosophical flair, Friedrich Nietzsche died a virgin.

I ask you, Charles, what could a someone who hasn't experienced the human condition possibly teach us about it?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752935 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:43:49 -0800 Comment by Confused & Dumb >his miserable method of eating—a form of eating that had nothing to do with pleasure and everything to do with existence

Is existence miserable? Then what IS pleasure? Pleasurable? Damn, now I'm hungry....

]]> Confused & Dumb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752937 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c752937 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:46:51 -0800 Comment by unintelligible black man why the fuck would a dog bite a rock? every time i think charles has written the most pointless, inane thing he possibly can, he underwhelms with yet another piece of drivel.

]]> unintelligible black man http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753022 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753022 Chow Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:56:27 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark Who watches people eat? That is just wrong.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753047 Chow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:05:10 -0800 Comment by Phenics Generation D For Donkey


the 17-29 yro demographic? prime Army recruiting demographic... seems like the next president will have a smooth time with that portion of her domestic agenda.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753101 Chow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:09:40 -0800 Comment by Phenics hey... that post of mine doesn't go here!!

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753103 Chow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:11:01 -0800 Comment by Big Sven "Miserable"? Was he miserable? Or did he eat in a way that did not advance the cause of the proletariat? Help me out here, Chuck.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753150 Chow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:18:57 -0800 Comment by Chuck 4 Life miserable is how you feel when you don't realize how good charles' posts really are. get a clue bitches.

]]> Chuck 4 Life http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753434 Chow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:55:22 -0800 Comment by S.L. Please. Please stop it with the old people.

]]> S.L. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753465 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_bite_of_life#c753465 Chow Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:19:19 -0800