Keep up the fine work and I look forward to your next undertaking.An opus nonsensibus of the first class. Heartily recommended.
";}s:7:"summary";s:68:"An opus nonsensibus of the first class. Heartily recommended.";s:12:"atom_content";s:76:"An opus nonsensibus of the first class. Heartily recommended.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1245739866;}i:1;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: kate";s:4:"link";s:158:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-247627";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"kate";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:14:34 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:143:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-247627";s:11:"description";s:73:"best. podiobook. ever. well, maybe not: i haven't heard his other yet.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:93:"best. podiobook. ever.
well, maybe not: i haven’t heard his other yet.
";}s:7:"summary";s:73:"best. podiobook. ever. well, maybe not: i haven't heard his other yet.";s:12:"atom_content";s:93:"best. podiobook. ever.
well, maybe not: i haven’t heard his other yet.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1226729674;}i:2;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:14:"By: jeff white";s:4:"link";s:157:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-25664";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"jeff white";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 08 May 2007 06:22:27 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:142:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-25664";s:11:"description";s:1168:"This was a scream. Laugh-out-loud funny. I loved the bit about fainting, which was actually about marriage, which was actually a sort of existential treatise regarding hominids and how damned hard it is to get through the day, unless you happen to have that certain special miniscule winged insect in your life. And also about how joy is fleeting, and tragedy inevitable. The tone is perfect, from the first plonk-plunkety-plonk notes of the music to the last signoff. (What does it say about me that when I downloaded this book, I understood it to be literally true that you were going to be sharing lectures from the Common University? I thought it might be slightly humorous at times, dry enough at others, and interesting mostly in its evocation of the worldview/zeitgeist of the 1920s. I felt duly and regretfully stupid, for only for a short bit). af harrold, you are a brilliant man. The spiritual heir, surely, to John Cleese. Or, because I'm an American and thus clueless about such things, whichever articulate, absurd, witty, philosophical, wildly creative and bust-a-blood-vessel funny English fellow you might choose. My hat is off to you, sir.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1212:"This was a scream. Laugh-out-loud funny.
I loved the bit about fainting, which was actually about marriage, which was actually a sort of existential treatise regarding hominids and how damned hard it is to get through the day, unless you happen to have that certain special miniscule winged insect in your life. And also about how joy is fleeting, and tragedy inevitable.
The tone is perfect, from the first plonk-plunkety-plonk notes of the music to the last signoff.
(What does it say about me that when I downloaded this book, I understood it to be literally true that you were going to be sharing lectures from the Common University? I thought it might be slightly humorous at times, dry enough at others, and interesting mostly in its evocation of the worldview/zeitgeist of the 1920s. I felt duly and regretfully stupid, for only for a short bit).
af harrold, you are a brilliant man. The spiritual heir, surely, to John Cleese. Or, because I’m an American and thus clueless about such things, whichever articulate, absurd, witty, philosophical, wildly creative and bust-a-blood-vessel funny English fellow you might choose.
My hat is off to you, sir.
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I loved the bit about fainting, which was actually about marriage, which was actually a sort of existential treatise regarding hominids and how damned hard it is to get through the day, unless you happen to have that certain special miniscule winged insect in your life. And also about how joy is fleeting, and tragedy inevitable.
The tone is perfect, from the first plonk-plunkety-plonk notes of the music to the last signoff.
(What does it say about me that when I downloaded this book, I understood it to be literally true that you were going to be sharing lectures from the Common University? I thought it might be slightly humorous at times, dry enough at others, and interesting mostly in its evocation of the worldview/zeitgeist of the 1920s. I felt duly and regretfully stupid, for only for a short bit).
af harrold, you are a brilliant man. The spiritual heir, surely, to John Cleese. Or, because I’m an American and thus clueless about such things, whichever articulate, absurd, witty, philosophical, wildly creative and bust-a-blood-vessel funny English fellow you might choose.
My hat is off to you, sir.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1178605347;}i:3;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:16:"By: The Red Chef";s:4:"link";s:157:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-16820";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"The Red Chef";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:05:47 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:142:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-16820";s:11:"description";s:256:"Pretty humorous overall, for British humor of course, if you can call that humor. Not haha funny, but amusing enough to listen too. A.F. Harold's other story on Podiobooks "The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard" is quite good and I recommend it.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:282:"Pretty humorous overall, for British humor of course, if you can call that humor. Not haha funny, but amusing enough to listen too. A.F. Harold’s other story on Podiobooks “The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard” is quite good and I recommend it.
";}s:7:"summary";s:256:"Pretty humorous overall, for British humor of course, if you can call that humor. Not haha funny, but amusing enough to listen too. A.F. Harold's other story on Podiobooks "The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard" is quite good and I recommend it.";s:12:"atom_content";s:282:"Pretty humorous overall, for British humor of course, if you can call that humor. Not haha funny, but amusing enough to listen too. A.F. Harold’s other story on Podiobooks “The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard” is quite good and I recommend it.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1170389147;}i:4;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: Jeff";s:4:"link";s:157:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-11601";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Jeff";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:46:27 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:142:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-11601";s:11:"description";s:204:"I've just listened to the first episode. It was delightful, I hope to see more from this author in the future. It reminded me of one of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams, and that is high praise indeed.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:218:"I’ve just listened to the first episode. It was delightful, I hope to see more from this author in the future. It reminded me of one of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams, and that is high praise indeed.
";}s:7:"summary";s:204:"I've just listened to the first episode. It was delightful, I hope to see more from this author in the future. It reminded me of one of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams, and that is high praise indeed.";s:12:"atom_content";s:218:"I’ve just listened to the first episode. It was delightful, I hope to see more from this author in the future. It reminded me of one of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams, and that is high praise indeed.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1165830387;}i:5;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:19:"By: Thomas Garrison";s:4:"link";s:157:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-11539";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Thomas Garrison";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:46:17 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:142:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-11539";s:11:"description";s:163:"Oh No!!! The collection suddenly ended after months of waiting for a new episode! Ah, well. :( Keep up the fine work and I look forward to your next undertaking.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:281:"Oh No!!! The collection suddenly ended after months of waiting for a new episode! Ah, well. Keep up the fine work and I look forward to your next undertaking.
Oh No!!! The collection suddenly ended after months of waiting for a new episode! Ah, well. Keep up the fine work and I look forward to your next undertaking.
I had the stupid idea to start listening to this at midnight…
Oh how i annoyed my housemates – this is proberly the funniest thing I ever heard as a podcast…and yes that includes the Wingin’ it Dragoncon podcast…
";}s:7:"summary";s:219:"I had the stupid idea to start listening to this at midnight... Oh how i annoyed my housemates - this is proberly the funniest thing I ever heard as a podcast...and yes that includes the Wingin' it Dragoncon podcast...";s:12:"atom_content";s:257:"I had the stupid idea to start listening to this at midnight…
Oh how i annoyed my housemates – this is proberly the funniest thing I ever heard as a podcast…and yes that includes the Wingin’ it Dragoncon podcast…
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1161154693;}i:7;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:10:"By: Angela";s:4:"link";s:156:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-3214";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Angela";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:36:08 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:141:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-3214";s:11:"description";s:65:"Very funny... will definitely be listening to more A. F. Harrold.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:77:"Very funny… will definitely be listening to more A. F. Harrold.
";}s:7:"summary";s:65:"Very funny... will definitely be listening to more A. F. Harrold.";s:12:"atom_content";s:77:"Very funny… will definitely be listening to more A. F. Harrold.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1154946968;}i:8;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:8:"By: DrAT";s:4:"link";s:156:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1522";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"DrAT";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:39:47 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:141:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-1522";s:11:"description";s:17:"Delightful! DrAT";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:31:"Delightful!
DrAT
";}s:7:"summary";s:17:"Delightful! DrAT";s:12:"atom_content";s:31:"Delightful!
DrAT
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1150396787;}i:9;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:16:"By: Martin Watts";s:4:"link";s:156:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1496";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Martin Watts";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:36:26 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:141:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-1496";s:11:"description";s:244:"This appeals to my warped sense of humour. As a habitual punster I loved the lederhosen/leiderhosen/ledahosen sequence. I've also listened to "The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard" and will look out for anything else by A. F. Harrold.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:270:"This appeals to my warped sense of humour. As a habitual punster I loved the lederhosen/leiderhosen/ledahosen sequence. I’ve also listened to “The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard” and will look out for anything else by A. F. Harrold.
";}s:7:"summary";s:244:"This appeals to my warped sense of humour. As a habitual punster I loved the lederhosen/leiderhosen/ledahosen sequence. I've also listened to "The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard" and will look out for anything else by A. F. Harrold.";s:12:"atom_content";s:270:"This appeals to my warped sense of humour. As a habitual punster I loved the lederhosen/leiderhosen/ledahosen sequence. I’ve also listened to “The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard” and will look out for anything else by A. F. Harrold.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1150299386;}i:10;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:16:"By: Texas George";s:4:"link";s:156:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1293";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Texas George";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:47:59 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:141:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-1293";s:11:"description";s:607:"I have only gotten through the first three installments so far, but am already extremely pleased with A.F. Harrold's newest effort. I'm a huge fan of his other works, so my expectations were very high. I was not disappointed! "Nietzsche's Moustache"; what a strange man, our author... scenes painted believably, but that could only exist in a very funny world of magical realism, predominated by an all-encompassing Prussian moustache. Take a listen, you'll see what I mean. Thanks to the Author for more fun and interesting ways fill my workday. (more fun and interesting than work, anyway.... :) -George";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:777:"I have only gotten through the first three installments so far, but am already extremely pleased with A.F. Harrold’s newest effort. I’m a huge fan of his other works, so my expectations were very high. I was not disappointed! “Nietzsche’s Moustache”; what a strange man, our author… scenes painted believably, but that could only exist in a very funny world of magical realism, predominated by an all-encompassing Prussian moustache. Take a listen, you’ll see what I mean. Thanks to the Author for more fun and interesting ways fill my workday. (more fun and interesting than work, anyway…. 
-George
";}s:7:"summary";s:607:"I have only gotten through the first three installments so far, but am already extremely pleased with A.F. Harrold's newest effort. I'm a huge fan of his other works, so my expectations were very high. I was not disappointed! "Nietzsche's Moustache"; what a strange man, our author... scenes painted believably, but that could only exist in a very funny world of magical realism, predominated by an all-encompassing Prussian moustache. Take a listen, you'll see what I mean. Thanks to the Author for more fun and interesting ways fill my workday. (more fun and interesting than work, anyway.... :) -George";s:12:"atom_content";s:777:"I have only gotten through the first three installments so far, but am already extremely pleased with A.F. Harrold’s newest effort. I’m a huge fan of his other works, so my expectations were very high. I was not disappointed! “Nietzsche’s Moustache”; what a strange man, our author… scenes painted believably, but that could only exist in a very funny world of magical realism, predominated by an all-encompassing Prussian moustache. Take a listen, you’ll see what I mean. Thanks to the Author for more fun and interesting ways fill my workday. (more fun and interesting than work, anyway….
-George
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1149266879;}i:11;a:10:{s:5:"title";s:19:"By: Francis D'Eramo";s:4:"link";s:156:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1259";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Francis D'Eramo";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:01:23 +0000";s:4:"guid";s:141:"http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2006/06/01/an-irregular-miscellany-a-selection-of-essays-and-lectures-from-the-common-university/#comment-1259";s:11:"description";s:28:"This was hysterically funny.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:36:"This was hysterically funny.
";}s:7:"summary";s:28:"This was hysterically funny.";s:12:"atom_content";s:36:"This was hysterically funny.
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