Pie-in-the-sky libertarianist philosophy palls in comparison to steamy-for-its-day sex scenes every time.

Oh, and Paul Constant, I think I love you.

And the same whiners who think college kids shouldn't wear pajamas complain when they wear low rise jeans and low cut tops. Frankly, given the choice of pajama clad college students and scantily clad college students, I'd go with pajamas.

Sheesh.

I think I will take the scantily clad co-eds, thank you very much.

Which was so much better than being an object of their derision, ridicule and scorn. Not to mention the pummellings.

Strangely, I still have a complete collection of her works, along with a couple of biographies, but I don't think I've cracked a single one of them for at least a decade.

Nyah nyah.

It bothers me when people try this quasi form of censorship and Rand was an atheist who predicted that the last big -ism civilization would need to fight off is religious fundamentalism. So she is not totally full of shit.

Read everything, understand everything and keep a critical/open mind.

@12: Good work! You didn't read. I'm sure you're a better person for not having experienced something.

Crocs are for special-ed students who can’t lace their goddamned shoes.

That road leads to Hubris and Red Bushies.

Avoid it like the plague.

Speaking of which ... it's back.

The younger generation, to the extent that they read books at all, will for the most part ignore your advice and scorn you for being an old fart and a sell-out, and go right on reading books that make them feel smart in place of the books that make you feel smart. They will also stubbornly refuse to dress sensibly or show any respect for their elders, and they will keep right on cutting across your lawn no matter how many times you tell them not to.

What drives me crazy is this notion, often found here among my friends, that there are good books to read and bad books to read (or music, or art, or etc.) and that we can make judgements of others based on these things. I sure hope that no one judges me by the books on my shelf; many are there precisely because I disagree with the viewpoint, but find the engagement with the ideas healthy.

Oh, and yes, #23 wins. :-)

phew. i said it. it's a shameful thing, and i hate myself a bit every time it do, and my best friend dies a little inside every time i do, but they're so comfy. i only wear them to wait tables and i swear i'll never buy another pair and contribute to the company, but god, they're the best table-waiting shoes i've ever had.

please don't hate me.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Bristol.zoo.crocshoes.arp.jpg/800px-Bristol.zoo.crocshoes.arp.jpg

but thats not the only problem. the people that love ayn rand are sheep like scientologists.

It was part of my military uniform.

Life is to short to look awful through it. You're only young once. Take advantage of it.

Actually, I don't really care that most people are too insecure/lazy/indifferent to clothing to bother trying, because with a little bit of effort I am pretty much the best dressed person wherever I go (and I bet my whole outfit cost less than your sweats).

And Ayn Rand was thankfully more of a punchline among my peers and I than mandatory reading during HS.