tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post114068729682787335..comments2023-06-29T04:30:53.346-07:00Comments on Patriside: If on a winter's night, a babblerPuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664535689082594733noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1141058254082421802006-02-27T09:37:00.000-07:002006-02-27T09:37:00.000-07:00Wait- you mean you're not in a parallel universe? ...Wait- you mean you're not in a parallel universe? All this time I thought- ah, well. Perfection on a stick, indeed. That Jane. This post puts me in mind of one Arethusa (firecrackershrimpbowtie or something- you can find her) wrote recently about the beauty of the new Penquin classics- and they do make my palms go all sweaty, it's true.<BR/><BR/>You're fine, Jim. Just fine. Believe it. I liked the list of words, too. We've had that discussion before about the inverse relationship between blog intelligence and comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140987533490386782006-02-26T13:58:00.000-07:002006-02-26T13:58:00.000-07:00Anne, you flatter me, you make my heart pound, you...Anne, you flatter me, you make my heart pound, you make me wish for a parallel universe...<BR/><BR/>As such, I understand why the word verification was amusing to you!Puckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664535689082594733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140825519757876702006-02-24T16:58:00.000-07:002006-02-24T16:58:00.000-07:00Oh Jim...you know I hate your writing. I only leav...Oh Jim...you know I hate your writing. <BR/><BR/>I only leave comments 'cause I think you're cute. I realize my overuse of the word cute will get me fined by the word police but...after 6 kids I have a hard time stringing a complete phrase together.<BR/><BR/>Uh...my word verification is baqnhurl...? That's sending me off with a giggle.Anne Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205204013404303196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140752167308215342006-02-23T20:36:00.000-07:002006-02-23T20:36:00.000-07:00You're so very welcome, Jim. I rushed to comment o...You're so very welcome, Jim. I rushed to comment on this post as well, wanting to reassure you that you are not worthless, and certainly not stupid, but I'm glad to see Mamacita has beaten me to it. I have to agree with her... you have no idea. It always amazes and bewilders me to meet (even as superficially as this) people who have so much going on, but somehow can't see it. <BR/><BR/>And thank you for the passage from Calvino. I'm always on the lookout for challenging reading material, and if the brilliant nailing of the book categories we readers all use is any indication of overall writing ability, then I am all over it. <BR/><BR/>And I'm with Kathy about needing to just push the outside crap away for a while sometimes. It's possible to get overwhelmed and feel nothing will ever be right again, and that is a poisonous thought for idealistic souls.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269990869757461169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140713975866226292006-02-23T09:59:00.000-07:002006-02-23T09:59:00.000-07:00Yep, I get almost no comments on my political writ...Yep, I get almost no comments on my political writings either. No matter what they're about. I get a whole lot more comments when I write about the family, which sometimes is nice and sometimes feels a little creepy, depending.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Calvino! He's one of those writers that makes the hair stand up on the back of your head. Or maybe that's just me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140712553791982552006-02-23T09:35:00.000-07:002006-02-23T09:35:00.000-07:00Overestimated? I think not, my dear. After readi...Overestimated? I think not, my dear. After reading this post, I think I've probably underestimated you. Everything I've said so far stands true; I just need to add a lot more cool stuff. And then some more. And so on. Besides which, I really wasn't evaluating you; I was merely describing you. And I stand by that description.<BR/><BR/>Oh, you have no idea. No. Idea.<BR/><BR/>And, I absolutely love, love, love, this description of a bookstore. It's perfection on a stick.Mamacita (The REAL one)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15400978384217375737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140710613370110722006-02-23T09:03:00.000-07:002006-02-23T09:03:00.000-07:00First a screed and then books? BOOKS? Who the he...First a screed and then books? BOOKS? Who the heck has time for books?<BR/><BR/>Man, I wish I could find the time to read a book. I fondly recall those days, when I was in bed before 11, and I could pick up a book and read it and drift off to sleep . . . .<BR/><BR/>Sorry to have not left you a comment, really, and then to have left you a toungue-in-cheek one (not really sorry for that, btw), but dude, the screed was a bit of a conversation stopper, not exactly an opener, if you know what I mean. <BR/><BR/>I did read it :)trusty gettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428191762443615975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604824.post-1140703715123599022006-02-23T07:08:00.000-07:002006-02-23T07:08:00.000-07:00Yeah, I still get weirded out when I write a post ...Yeah, I still get weirded out when I write a post with no comments (or that takes a long time to get comments), and I spend a lot of time thinking about what it was that made that particular post so unworthy of comment. For my own particular brand of self-deception, I've convinced myself that generally, my posts on parenting are more commented on than others, and that's because many of the people who read me are mommybloggers, where my political/organizing posts tend to be less commented on. <BR/><BR/>Then I go and post a picture of my kids and no one comments for two days, and it blows my whole theory to shreds.<BR/><BR/>And then I think, but what about all the blogs I read every day that I never comment on?<BR/><BR/>Great passage from Calvino, btw.landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.com