A few years ago I wrote a weird, silly parody of an Ayn Rand bio. For some reason I remembered it today and took a look. Gotta say, I still think it's funny.
Admittedly, the humor is juvenile and consists mainly of Randian in-jokes. But for those few people who are as obsessed with Rand trivia as I was/am, it could be worth reading.
Anyway, here's the link.
After I first posted this, someone actually emailed me to ask if it was a satire, or if Cassandra Prune was a real person. Jeez, you'd think the photo of Wednesday Addams as a young Cassandra might have given it away ...
Hot dog, that's funny!
Posted by: Roger Knights | August 22, 2009 at 06:28 AM
Incidentally aren't the two sides of coins known as the object and the reverse?? If so, was that where you got your term?
Posted by: Roger Knights | August 22, 2009 at 07:20 AM
Oops, my mistake: it's obverse and reverse.
Posted by: Roger Knights | August 22, 2009 at 08:10 AM
I reckon The Diaries of Cassandra Prune would be a hot bestseller!
Posted by: Ben | August 22, 2009 at 12:13 PM
italics off
Posted by: . | August 22, 2009 at 12:42 PM
"Oops, my mistake: it's obverse and reverse."
Obversalism might have been a better name for Prune's philosophy ...
Posted by: Michael Prescott | August 22, 2009 at 02:49 PM
Ha! You should turn that into a screenplay. The Farrelly brothers could turn that into a comic masterpiece.
Posted by: dmduncan | August 23, 2009 at 02:03 PM
Hi Mr. Prescott,
I'm curious if you've read Melvin Harris's attempted debunking of the R-101 case in his book Investigating the Unexplained.
Posted by: MrEvidential | August 23, 2009 at 07:09 PM
I've never heard of Melvin Harris or his book. Sorry.
I did read John Booth's attempted debunking in his book "Psychic Paradoxes." I discussed it here:
http://snipurl.com/qsrny
To be frank, I've found so much dishonesty and misrepresentation among professional skeptics that I seldom pay attention to them anymore. Of course I'm not speaking of Mr. Harris, whom I know nothing about - just professional debunkers in general.
At some point I think we just have to make up our own minds and not worry about every possible objection that someone could throw at us.
Posted by: Michael Prescott | August 23, 2009 at 09:21 PM