Comments on: re-posting that weird post to see what happens

By: BlueHornet

BlueHornet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:01:11 +0000

This look interesting,so far.
If it’s not just all bots here, let me know. I’m looking to network
Oh, and yes I’m a real person LOL.

See ya,

By: FreedomRed

FreedomRed — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:46:48 +0000

Hi people !
I just want to say hi, and to check if there is anyone from Toronto here ?

By: R

Sun, 31 May 2009 11:11:06 +0000

I just spotted the book on your desk, Adrienne Rich, awesome.

By: Jain

Jain — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:37 +0000

Hairball of Hope–I loved Salt, too. The Weatherford book starts out with silver from Bolivia & the transformation of the European economies, covers how the Canadian fur trade yielded corporations, goes on through amazing food stuff, through Iroquois democracy, quinine…there’s really a lot in it.

By: hairball_of_hope

hairball_of_hope — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:11:17 +0000

@Iara

During the interview on our local NPR affiliate today, they read some of the entries for “BOOK: The Sequel.” There were an awful lot of parodies of Moby Dick; my two favorites were:

Moby Dick II: The Reckoning

“Ishmael? Shmishmael! I was big, I was white, and the ocean was mine.”

… and …

“Call me Shamu.”

Technically, the second one doesn’t qualify, you have to come up with a title for the sequel as well as the first line.

I’d like to work on one in French and English for Albert Camus’ “L’etranger” (“The Stranger”). But my French sucks; it was bad nearly 40 years ago when I last had a French class, and it’s gone downhill since.

The original first line:

“Aujourd’hui, mama est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.”

“Today, mama is dead. Or perhaps yesterday, I don’t know.”

I submitted a parody of James Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”:

Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

Once upon a time and a very bad time it was there was a nurseoo coming down along the hall and this nurseoo that was coming down along the hall met a nicens little old man named stephen doodoo…

By: hairball_of_hope

hairball_of_hope — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:56:56 +0000

@Iara

Oh, it was supposed to be about the blog…

Let’s try this one:

Like many blogs, mine could occasionally be prevailed on for a shot of “bacon.”

By: hairball_of_hope

hairball_of_hope — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:53:21 +0000

Another typo… that should have been “prevailed on,” not “prevailed upon.”

Another vote for preview/edit feature on the blog.

By: hairball_of_hope

hairball_of_hope — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:51:51 +0000

@Iara

(…digs out her autographed copy of “Fun Home”…)

How about the following:

Like many fathers, mine could occasionally be prevailed upon for a snort of “airplane glue.”

(… apologizes profusely to AB for making a mess of her opus…)

By: iara

iara — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:39:50 +0000

@hoh: Help! Book sequels thingie you mention sounds like fun. I had this idea for a sequel, it is called “Fan Home” (sequel to … you know what) and is about this blog. But I am drawing a blank on the first sentence.

By: Renee S.

Renee S. — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:33:12 +0000

The appellate court should overturn this….
How can there be equal rights for only some of the people?