Comments on: Tours http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Mon, 21 May 2012 18:25:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=493 By: Anonymous http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-23416 Anonymous Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:17:11 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-23416 amalle, I am touched that you enjoyed my Dr. Seussian moment. But I assure you that I am not even worthy to dust off the Oxford English Dictionary of some on this blog, as regards genius. I am more like a pet raccoon, or perhaps a pair of fluffy slippers or something harmless like that. amalle,

I am touched that you enjoyed my Dr. Seussian moment.
But I assure you that I am not even worthy to dust off the Oxford English Dictionary of some on this blog, as regards genius. I am more like a pet raccoon, or perhaps a pair of fluffy slippers or something harmless like that.

]]> By: amalle http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-23233 amalle Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:49:35 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-23233 <i>“Cake on a Train…with Helene.</i> silvio you're a genius. also, best blog ever. “Cake on a Train…with Helene.

silvio you’re a genius.

also, best blog ever.

]]> By: silvio soprani http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22569 silvio soprani Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:44:27 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22569 AnnaP, That's bad, but try being an Italian-American married to a Presbyterian White Guy who WOULDN'T EAT GARLIC! We should have had pre-marriage counseling to uncover that little foible! AnnaP,
That’s bad, but try being an Italian-American married to a Presbyterian White Guy who WOULDN’T EAT GARLIC! We should have had pre-marriage counseling to uncover that little foible!

]]> By: AnnaP http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22492 AnnaP Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:15:05 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22492 I once lived together with a man who did not like chocolate. I once lived together with a man who did not like chocolate.

]]> By: Josiah http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22438 Josiah Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:50:06 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22438 A dyke socialist orangist? Me? Actually, I'm quite honored. :o A dyke socialist orangist? Me?

Actually, I’m quite honored. :o

]]> By: Maggie Jochild http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22395 Maggie Jochild Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:52:19 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22395 Silvio, I too have strong memories of my mother telling us about the gift of an orange in their stockings, those children of the Depression. She didn't receive a Christmas gift per se until she was five (and then it was a small red kerosene lantern, rather utilitarian), but the stockings would have hard candy, socks, pecans, and a single orange. Which might be the only orange they had all year. She would tell us this story as we emptied out our own stockings each year, and although we were poor, it was clear we were not THAT poor. I often cried when she told that story. Never stopped her, though. Re the Orange Politics lunacy: It's a little frightening to me how easy it is to Formulate a Position and then find evidence to support it. (I mean, I fucking LIVE for chocolate, you dig?) The Christian Right, the male-dominated left, the wingnut hawks, and now the dyke socialist orangists (I include you in that number, Josiah) are all able to find ample "proof" that their emotional beliefs are the one true way. Silvio, I too have strong memories of my mother telling us about the gift of an orange in their stockings, those children of the Depression. She didn’t receive a Christmas gift per se until she was five (and then it was a small red kerosene lantern, rather utilitarian), but the stockings would have hard candy, socks, pecans, and a single orange. Which might be the only orange they had all year. She would tell us this story as we emptied out our own stockings each year, and although we were poor, it was clear we were not THAT poor. I often cried when she told that story. Never stopped her, though.

Re the Orange Politics lunacy: It’s a little frightening to me how easy it is to Formulate a Position and then find evidence to support it. (I mean, I fucking LIVE for chocolate, you dig?) The Christian Right, the male-dominated left, the wingnut hawks, and now the dyke socialist orangists (I include you in that number, Josiah) are all able to find ample “proof” that their emotional beliefs are the one true way.

]]> By: Jen http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22385 Jen Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:52:47 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22385 Whoa! could your friend's eyes be any more blue?!? Gorgeous... Whoa! could your friend’s eyes be any more blue?!? Gorgeous…

]]> By: --MC http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22355 --MC Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:36:33 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22355 I love those chocolate oranges at Xmas time; I love eating them, I love their stickers that say "Whack and unwrap". But two years ago they had a sload of unpleasant new flavors -- chocolate raspberry oranges, chocolate ranch oranges -- and those sold badly, and this year I couldn't find them at all! I love those chocolate oranges at Xmas time; I love eating them, I love their stickers that say “Whack and unwrap”.
But two years ago they had a sload of unpleasant new flavors — chocolate raspberry oranges, chocolate ranch oranges — and those sold badly, and this year I couldn’t find them at all!

]]> By: Silvio Soprani http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22349 Silvio Soprani Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:36:41 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22349 Ian, We can buy those chocolate oranges here in the USA--at least I have bought them in the Safeway at Christmas time for a stocking stuffer. I thank Our Maggie for her invigorating analysis of the ramifications of this Orangist struggle in which we are engaged. Comrade Jana displays an admirable determination to document the entirely worthy tangent we have embarked upon. However, in view of the meanderings of the various comments from one thread to another, I fear that we will have to assign ourselves to various work camps in order to round up all the comments and shepherd them to the aforementioned CAKEBLOG (otherwise known as "Siberia.") I must confess that I am fond of frequent focused chocolate-eating. That is, I look forward to just the right morsel of chocolate with my evening cup of coffee. But I confine this activity strictly to moments after all my work is done. Speaking of the class distinctions of chocolate vs oranges, my mother-in-law (a most intelligent woman), was fond of telling us the story of how as a child (in the 1930s), the children would each receive one orange apiece in their Christmas stockings, and she would enjoy eating ONE SEGMENT PER DAY in the weeks after the holiday. Truly this reflects a thriftiness extinct in today's American culture! Ian,
We can buy those chocolate oranges here in the USA–at least I have bought them in the Safeway at Christmas time for a stocking stuffer.

I thank Our Maggie for her invigorating analysis of the ramifications of this Orangist struggle in which we are engaged. Comrade Jana displays an admirable determination to document the entirely worthy tangent we have embarked upon. However, in view of the meanderings of the various comments from one thread to another, I fear that we will have to assign ourselves to various work camps in order to round up all the comments and shepherd them to the aforementioned CAKEBLOG (otherwise known as “Siberia.”)

I must confess that I am fond of frequent focused chocolate-eating. That is, I look forward to just the right morsel of chocolate with my evening cup of coffee. But I confine this activity strictly to moments after all my work is done.

Speaking of the class distinctions of chocolate vs oranges, my mother-in-law (a most intelligent woman), was fond of telling us the story of how as a child (in the 1930s), the children would each receive one orange apiece in their Christmas stockings, and she would enjoy eating ONE SEGMENT PER DAY in the weeks after the holiday. Truly this reflects a thriftiness extinct in today’s American culture!

]]> By: cybercita http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22277 cybercita Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:17:45 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/tours#comment-22277 pam i, many thanks for the hedzup about the cakeblog thread! i returned there just now and was vastly entertained. or should i say educated? pam i, many thanks for the hedzup about the cakeblog thread! i returned there just now and was vastly entertained. or should i say educated?

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