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Smart woman in a short short skirt

The title of this post is from a Jimmy Buffett song. But while exiting the Orange Line on Monday evening, I noticed a young woman in a very short skirt reading an Ayn Rand novel. Smart, and a libertarian too! It was a very strange site. Normally all the women on the Metro seem to be raging liberals.

Meanwhile, I'm now reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, which is like a science fiction version of Atlas Shrugged, except that The Moon is a Harsh Mistress has a more interesting story and a lot more sex, but it seems kind of short on the politics.

posted Tuesday, October 12, 2004

2 Comments:

By GirriG:

What was so strange about the Orange Line exit site?

I've been sighted reading Atlas Shrugged, Hayek, etc., but I don't wear a short skirt so perhaps I might not be cited as an example of the flaming liberal that I am.

Check your spelling, and be a little more discrimatory evaluating your perception too. But good to see you active again.

posted at 10/14/2004 10:36 PM

By John Cunningham:

Perhaps you are early in the book, but I always thought that _Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ was filled with politics, both interstate and internal. a superb book, our local SF discussion group will be reading it in February. So, if you happen to be near Joseph-Beth Bookstore in Cincinnati on the second Tuesday of 2/95, drop into the coffeehouse part about 7 p.m. and join us. Of course it would be perfect if you got the short skirted babe to come along...

posted at 10/22/2004 2:03 AM