The Cold Goodbye

jelewis8 — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:50:31 +0000

It is done, inasmuch as done means “until the next revision.” There’s always edits that can be made to a text. They’re still working on the Bible, from what I understand. A jot or a tittle may need to be adjusted here and there, but from what I can tell, the text is solid.
It’s got a new look, too, different from the two separate books I put out. It’s got a more 1980′s feel now, as opposed to 1950. The Communist red text offsets well with the cobalt blue of the rest of the cover, giving it a sense of menace, maybe even dread, whilst the imposing buildings rise like sentinels, with the illusion of shaking to subtly hint at things to come. The back is far more abstract, dealing with issues of light and dark in syncopated patterns that more or less represent visually the thematic material present in the book. The dark, monochromatic visual should be iconic without being specific. I think, overall, the cover depicts what I want it to without being overly bold or outlandish, rather presenting the material as understatement, leaving an initial first impression of curiosity. What is this “Cold Goodbye”?
The back text explains the barest hint of a plot, along with a selected/edited quote from the book itself which best wraps up and summarizes the main idea of the story, without giving away too much. This was a simpler task to accomplish than you might imagine. Which may not be a good thing, I don’t know.
I hope the full version will make you as happy as it has made me. It’s 418 pages, 6.00″ x 9.00″, perfect binding, 60# cream interior paper, black and white interior ink , 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink. As with my other endorsements of Lulu, the quality is unexpected in its superb presentation and production.
I may do a bit of media blitzing on this thing for a while, though hopefully I can keep most of it off the blog. However, I do encourage you to purchase this or one/both of the other two books (Apophenia and Caliph) which comprise this full version copy, just printed and published as separate volumes. If you would like your copy autographed, contact me before ordering. We’ll arrange for something. I’m not saying I’ll be famous or anything after this, but I have gotten some requests for autographs already, so I figured I’d throw it out in case it was on your mind.
And yes, I will be famous after this, though not necessarily for this. If anything, my fame will involve a Slip ‘N’ Slide, a barrel full of monkeys, and a 30 aught six. But it never hurts to get a piece of the action before it occurs. Ebay is mighty friendly to collectors of John Hancocks.

UN Refuses to Condemn Anti-Semitism

jelewis8 — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:58:03 +0000

Isn’t it nice to have an international body of wimps, Communist and terrorist sympathizers, and Jew hating Old World Liberal Jerkoffs who want so very much to be the alpha and omega of environmental arbitration, international peacekeeping, internet regulation, and oh, coddling terrorist states? Personally, I think the sooner the UN takes over all aspects of life as we know it, the better off we’ll all be.
The United Nations last week decided not to condemn anti-Semitism after a draft resolution against it was strongly opposed by the Arabs and Muslims (big surprise there).

Last week, the U.N. once again proved itself incapable of rising to the moral challenges embraced in its founding Charter: “tolerance,” “the dignity and worth of the human person” and “equal rights.” A draft resolution on anti-Semitism–which would have been a first in the U.N.’s 58-year history–was withdrawn in the face of Arab and Muslim opposition.
Daily incidents of anti-Semitic violence around the globe are reported in the media. Yet while leaders of the Free World condemn synagogue bombings in Turkey, firebombings of Jewish schools in France, and the hate speech of Malaysia’s president who now heads the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the U.N. moves in the opposite direction, encouraging the proliferation of this centuries-old hatred.
In marked contrast, other forms of intolerance continue to consume the U.N.’s attention and resources. A special rapporteur mandated by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights reports regularly to the U.N. on “discrimination against Muslims and Arab peoples in various parts of the world” including any “physical assaults and attacks against their places of worship, cultural centers, businesses and properties.” An entire 2003 Commission resolution “combating defamation of religions,” mentions only prejudice against Muslims, Arabs and Islam.

And the bank marches on.

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The Cold Goodbye

UN Refuses to Condemn Anti-Semitism