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Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
re: #104: What is a "chimpmunk?" Sounds like the offspring of an ascetic and an ape. So, Pete? In between your exhortions against a badly run public sector, have you paused for breath, and prepared your speech to "Don and friends" here, to disclose the fact that you are a tax cheat?— February 4, 2010 1:25 a.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
re: 115: Used to like Roger Reynolds more--a bit staid for my tastes now. Reich I appreciate more, but Glass? You really want to give sweeping, blowsy, savannah-plainsy Glass a score for a Beckett opera? Why not someone a bit more minimalist, o foulizarde? ;)— February 4, 2010 1:20 a.m.
Tijuana, Refined
Now, we need to pun on it. I'd say its era will justify my first definitional pun: Scofflaws: in-laws inconsiderate of house rules. ;)— February 4, 2010 1:06 a.m.
The Measure of Success
Well, hell. Slap us down some verse there, laddie--a nice tall frosty one, please ;)— February 4, 2010 1:02 a.m.
Golden Opportunities
Still, I would expect everyone would push you to be able to go to the party, saying, hey--he'll have a b-day next year, and this kind of invite does not happen even yearly (at least for me)! I think I've put in enough time that they'd automatically give me a free pass :)— February 4, 2010 12:59 a.m.
Tijuana, Refined
"Now, scofflaws will be fined and ultimately closed down if they violate the new stipulations." "Scofflaws!" I love it! Where has this word been all my life?...— February 4, 2010 12:57 a.m.
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A 'berto by any other name, Xian? You recommend ALL 'bertos?!— February 4, 2010 12:54 a.m.
Bonus Blog: You mean you can get paid to Twitter????
Hey, hey, now people. Relax. Much ado about a written signifier of an air kiss. Gotta keep the frenemy fans happy (heehhehehehehhheee) ;)— February 3, 2010 11:26 p.m.
The Measure of Success
re: #29: AG, change the "identifying details," as in things like the name, such as where they live, etc.? That goes without saying. They'd still know, no matter what I did. re: #19: "(may I call you S? that's not too familiar?)" Hey Brad, you know, the "S" would just be too lonely without its "D," ;) Everyone here calls me SD or Daniels, just like back at school ;) re: #20, 21: Fan-f'in-tastic! We are going to love having you around! And...any chance your dad'll make a guest appearance? Get a blog? re:#26: Yeah, even those who read-read could still misread--it's about YOURSELF, for chrissakes. Never easy for a person, although I'd be flattered beyond beyond if someone chose me as worthy of it! Sigh. Anyway, you've got your dead bug-picking uncle, and mythological grandfathers! Blog forthcoming? :)— February 3, 2010 11:18 p.m.
The Measure of Success
True, the dilemna remains. I have often considered how many family stories there are to tell; the characters would just roll onto the pages, practically writing themselves. I wanted once to write about an elderly relative with a reputation for uncomplicated, nature-loving sunniness, who also sufffered a secret, painful depression and anxiety, or another's tragicomic, brilliant battle with alcohol, played out verbally and creatively, with a loudly proclaimed aesthetic derivative of Kafka's and Sartre's existential philosophies; I've been tempted to take one or another of these fascinating people and just write a character sketch. Because there is really no way to do these in a way that would satisfy all parties originating these characters, I can't do it. Chaos and hurt and betrayal--the likes of which I'd never want to be the originator myself--would likely ensue. Thus, probably some of the best writing of my life will not likely happen, unless I hid it from those I love best, who do occasionally read what I've written. In so many cases, like the one described in this thread, the ideas involved seem to call for expression, safely nestled in under an ethic of intellectual production. Yet if the lives of other people are the focus, with the everpresent chance that they will feel hurt or slandered? I guess it is best to abstract the experiences to the point of unrecognizability,and make it an everyman sort of scenario? Though even this can be problematic, and the dangers still lurk...— February 3, 2010 8:29 p.m.