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> Man when I read stuff like this is when I get really proud of my indolent
> life. It's precisely people who "do something" that worry me the most.
> People like Stalin, Hitler and Bush. Do less, do much less, I say.
> Tahir
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1883/lazy/ The Right To Be Lazy (1883) http://www.dkrenton.co.uk/lafargue.html Paul Lafargue and the Right to Be Lazy by Dave Renton, one of my fave neo- Trots.
Michael Pugliese (aka Oblomov By Ivan Goncharov-1858) http://www.oblomovka.com/eldritch/iag/oblomov.htm Oblomov's face was neither reddy nor dull nor pale, but of an indefinite hue. At all events, that was the impression which it gave--possibly because, through insufficiency of exercise, or through want of fresh air, or through a lack of both, he was wrinkled beyond his years. In general, to judge from the extreme whiteness of his bare neck, his small, puffy hands, and his soft shoulders, one would conclude that he possessed an effeminate body. Even when excited, his actions were governed by an unvarying gentleness, added to a lassitude that was not devoid of a certain peculiar grace. On the other hand, should depression of spirits show itself in his face, his glance would grow dull, and his brow furrowed, as doubt, despondency, and apprehension fell to contending with one another. Yet this crisis of emotion seldom crystallized into the form of a definite idea-- still less into that of a fixed resolve. Almost always such emotion evaporated in a sigh, and shaded off into a sort of apathetic lethargy.