> So in America when the sun goes down and I sit and watch the long skies over New Jersey and think about the land that rolls away to the West Coast, and all that road, and all the people dreaming on it, I think of Dean Moriarty.

Thinking about On the Road tonight. Someone this week on Mastodon was talking about it as an early hacker text -- trying to draw a long line that connects the beatnicks to ourselves.

I'm on the road myself this week. As I am often.

On the Road, I've read four times. Got three copies at home and have read it four times over. I'm in the mood to pick up a fourth copy for a fifth read through.

My friend, who introduced the book to me ten years ago pointed out how its a very melancholic book. There are those of us who are never happy unless we're on the road, and yet being on the road does not cure of us of our melancholy.

@thegibson @lordbowlich

Some amazing thoughts, loved the first post, thanks TG for boosting it. :googlecat:

adding a book link for reference. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_R

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