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Tundra # 11
That first post makes me nostalgic for Pike's ire, stoked at the proliferation of Halloween cuties all over the net. The second makes me wonder where that lovely pool of water might be. At any rate, you forget to consider the considerable attractions of chin whiskers in the presence of foreflippers. ;)— April 8, 2010 6:13 a.m.
Trying to find love...
I have an idea, LPR: Why not post invites online and in your neighborhood, asking people who live in your hood to meet for coffee on a particular night? It could be a discussion group, with a different topic each time, to be voted on once there is an initial meeting. The topic should be something that tends to get people talking, but isn't likely to cause political fallout--so no politics, religion, etc--and nothing too sex-related, though gender differences might be interesting to discuss in a light manner. You can build up a regular group that meets and discusses, and who knows--besides making some good friends, you just might meet a special lady or two?— April 7, 2010 6:29 p.m.
Attachments... a book ...come on by SDaniels and let me know if u want to sort thru this book with me
Coda to this discussion: I think a Tom Robbins style is what we are dealing with here--except that nan's special brand of irreverence extends to form as well as content. Somehow it all works--a good part of the time. I would not claim to be knowledgeable enough about publishing to be your editor, nan--I was saying gringo might have some leads in that department--but I'd be happy to continue to offer my thoughts from the critic's seat--which is to say, from the position of one who has both read and written a lot, and takes very seriously the task of considering what might make any piece of writing more successful according to its own intentions--rather than the writer's or reader's.— April 7, 2010 6:18 p.m.
Tundra # 11
Chin whiskers can definitely be sexy. I have a cousin who actually belongs to a blog page for beards and moustaches. And a Mona Lisa curve to the lip? Suits as well, man or beast. Let us know when the nuptial bells are to ring, Quilly, and I'll make up a big pot of seaweed salad. ;)— April 7, 2010 6:09 p.m.
Tijuana Temblor Report
Let's hope that the buildings are not now compromised, weakened enough by the quake and aftershocks that they endanger lives. But...what's a "temblor" report? ;)— April 7, 2010 5:26 p.m.
Life as Workweek
I think the misanthropy is also a big part of the cause, and resolving it, learning to love others as much as they you, would help your health, as well as your options for recovery. Of course, the burgeoning physical elephant in the room you don't mention--ceasing to drink is the first step. (If you cease to drink, you will become a better candidate for help--ways around not having insurance can be found). Fact is, they are not going to help a person whose only goal is to daily drink himself into the ground, to the extent that he has lost everything but the ability to beg or steal cash to get more alcohol. 1. You put yourself and your need to drink first, always. 2. You employ a used-tissue philosophy of friendship. You take--and even steal outright-- from those who give to you, over and over and over. Then you disappear, and make them worry, juuust long enough that they forget all you've done to them, and are anxious enough about you that what you did no longer matters. Then you show up again, and they help you again, right? Isn't that the way it goes? The way it has gone for nearly three decades now? The problem with these philosophies is that they run you down--faster than it runs down your friends, even. At the end, it is you alone who can take the steps necessary to stop being a burden on the system and on your friends. I truly hope you make the right decision, John. For you, and for your son, who doesn't deserve the consequences of any of your choices.— April 7, 2010 4:03 p.m.
what some Canadian r saying about the Ann Coulter/Ontario visit
"...filmmaker Albert Nerenberg conducts an inquiry into the origins of stupidity, exploring why humans increasingly choose to be ignorant despite information being more widely available than ever. Footage includes interviews with authors, academicians and pop-culture personalities such as Noam Chomsky, Coolio, John Cleese, Salma Hayek and Bill Maher..." Yes! I've been meaning to add this one on our blockbuster queue. Will do it. Wondering if Avital Ronell is interviewed among the "academicians?" She wrote a book called "Stupidity" that is amazing, going back to the origins of the term in "stupor," which has connotations that pretty much turn our accepted ones on their heads. Love it. ;)— April 6, 2010 2:35 a.m.
what some Canadian r saying about the Ann Coulter/Ontario visit
nan @6: "it does give one a feel for the underlying negative attitude Canada has about America in general...something we might need to think about as we have the only unguarded border with that many miles in distance in the world" Yeah, there is that, and unfort., it goes both ways. Just as Bush's illegal war mongering popularized anti-American sentiment everywhere, there has been an intensification of anti-Canadian sentiment among Americans fearing socialized medicine and higher taxes attendant to social reform. Canadians become the automatic scapegoat. Of course, as you and I know, there are a million other reasons, but this is just the latest. Not sure if it is here or there, but you do remember that my family is from Canada, right nan? I have a lot of love for Canada and Canadians--and my family hails from parts West, Central, and Eastern -- so imagine the differences that might have existed between them--they are all mostly americanized now and were never very political--politics are in my family seen as like religion--impolite to talk about or push on others (even the Easterners are a bit this way, due to influence of matriarchs from central Canada). All, most importantly, retain ethnic traditions--sucn as lovely French dishes, Mennonite dishes, and books on our histories, and memories ...always the memories passed along of how things used to be on the iceslicked prairies or in the frozen Gothic suburbs--I don't hold all of them, but we continue to share with each other from the store of common memory in our family, not to let my Nana's and her mother's and her mother's traditions and thoughts and loves die out...we can talk anytime ;)— April 5, 2010 11:07 p.m.
what some Canadian r saying about the Ann Coulter/Ontario visit
nan, I need to clear up something here. Looks like you might have misunderstood who I was referring to, when you wrote: so ur saying ordinary Canadians r ignorant SDaniels....hahahahahaha...they'd love that!!! I wrote: As usual, a bunch of yahoos want to bring up "free speech" without considering what really happened--including Coulter herself, who decides to lob immediate insult upon the University of Ottawa, rather than consider the situation for what it was. So by "yahoos," I was referring to the usual suspects on any comment board following a story; these are the folk who react without reflection, often indulging themselves in irrational emotionalism that is supposed to pass for passion (and incl. Coulter, who did not examine the issue, just reacted, as is her wont)--never limited to a single nationality, though most of the yahoos I read are American--come to think of it, we just might have more ignorant yahoos here! Wheee! Guaranteed frustration for life in any case :)— April 5, 2010 10:50 p.m.
Cyberlove....fictional
lovely (reworking?) poem, even better on second chewing— April 5, 2010 10:36 p.m.