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SDGQ
It's the ironically poor, or poorly ironic dressed hipsters that get on my nerves.— October 25, 2009 12:39 a.m.
SDGQ
re: #2: Sew twoo. Now, let me finish readin' this here blog thing! :)— October 25, 2009 12:36 a.m.
SDGQ
"I have the fashion sense of inert matter." Not in your avatar pic.— October 25, 2009 12:35 a.m.
SDGQ
"OUR NORMAL GO TO SPOT IS DEAD AFTER 35 YEARS." Uh, yeah. That's because you depopulated it, jerk. Duly tagged.— October 25, 2009 12:30 a.m.
Bonus Blog: Second Grade Mom
re: #14: Glad to hear there is more than six feet of you around, Pike :)— October 25, 2009 12:24 a.m.
Bonus Blog: Second Grade Mom
re: #10: Yes, they are working, mostly. As long as I still make sense...;)— October 25, 2009 12:22 a.m.
The Scenes of the Crimes
Used to seeing news stringers from skipcarufel, I am surprised to see this--a very good, well-written piece that makes me want to keep an eye out for more. If we pay attention to the narrator's process and point of view, I really don't think judgement is the natural result of reading it; the narrator is playing with the idea of reportage and judgement, and ironically inserting reference to his own peccadillo(s) ('new' may or may not suggest past affairs) within lines about crimes full of conclusions that are more certain to make, and ambiguities of motivation that always remain in the wake of the place-identified violent crimes he tells about, tiny, unfinished narratives within a narrative on the move--in passage itself. There is a regret expressed over the loss of the marriage, and that connection with the spouse that at one time was promising, but this is narrated with restraint, and another irony: treated almost as any other of these stories with which it is hard to connect unless a person has knowledge beyond news bylines and impersonal reportage. The memories of connection with the children are also heavily ironic; father and children spent time together watching something transient and not rooted in home: the passage of planes. As with the details of the crimes the narrator attempts to recall as he drives past various scenes, he and his kids attempted to trace out or track features of the planes as they passed from view. I could go on and say more about the subtle, deft touches to this deceptively simple piece--excellent!— October 24, 2009 9:38 p.m.
Bonus Blog: Second Grade Mom
"I'm certain they would have forgotten me and forgotten the books I read them fairly quickly..." Cuddle, they may not have forgotten. You are the experienced parent, and I don't have any kids of my own, but do know, from teaching them and observing them in my own family, that kids have a way of retaining fondest memories. Someone to read to them in entertaining fashion is likely to be remembered, as will be the texts they enjoyed so much. Of course, when they grow up and graduate from the sippy cup to AG's brand of sippin' juice, we may have some memory issues...;)— October 24, 2009 9:15 p.m.
Bonus Blog: Second Grade Mom
Sippin' on Gin & Juice? :)— October 24, 2009 7:53 p.m.
Wicked Costly
I wish! I hear they offer bright pink straightjackets that are all the 'rage!' :)— October 24, 2009 7:03 p.m.