tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1019445047141401025..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Happy Mother's Day, ma.Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32425131452179029262021-05-10T15:07:39.483-05:002021-05-10T15:07:39.483-05:00Love this account of you and your mother’s relatio...Love this account of you and your mother’s relationship. My mother always spoke her mind, too — often to the chagrin of others. Once at a funeral we ran into a distant cousin and his wife. My mother didn’t recognize him at first because he had lost quite a bit of weight. When I told Mom, “You remember Charles, Mom,” she looked at him again and blurted loudly, “Oh, you used to be fat!” Mom always said it like it was. Miss her dearly.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373960140777556685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88598725862025203292020-05-10T00:31:13.844-05:002020-05-10T00:31:13.844-05:00wow. just wow. i didn't quite remember the cla...wow. just wow. i didn't quite remember the clark gable story about grandma sarah. she was a flirty coquette to be sure. but she was so much more than that. she was the kindest most empathatic woman i've ever known. we spoke everyday when mom parents were out in colorado. we spoke every evening at 630 and she always had all the time in the world to listen to whatever was deep inside me. that is what i loved and valued so much about her. she listened and she cared. deeply. i miss her so much. i am proud to have named my daughter in her memory. souls like her's are rare one's in my mind. much loveVegan Soap Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672117105213929932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-968841328860008982018-05-14T16:11:56.671-05:002018-05-14T16:11:56.671-05:00Refuse to use the self check out lane , even if ca...Refuse to use the self check out lane , even if can- I get a discount if I'm to do own work!Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51586256056419964272017-05-10T08:19:12.754-05:002017-05-10T08:19:12.754-05:00Nice, sounds like Auntie Mame.Nice, sounds like Auntie Mame.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90717247519147181902015-05-10T20:52:43.907-05:002015-05-10T20:52:43.907-05:00I don't remember reading this column the first...I don't remember reading this column the first time around. Very well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it today. Thanks!StanPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36116963914671079042015-05-10T15:52:05.989-05:002015-05-10T15:52:05.989-05:00the food products are good too and for a good caus...the food products are good too and for a good causeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55509117201239322152015-05-10T15:51:16.281-05:002015-05-10T15:51:16.281-05:00Any other Newman fans here?Any other Newman fans here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54874501589512497262015-05-10T15:46:07.835-05:002015-05-10T15:46:07.835-05:00not silly, your description of calling wasn't ...not silly, your description of calling wasn't clearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25986577730364191512015-05-10T13:37:41.293-05:002015-05-10T13:37:41.293-05:00I meant to Mr. S, I'd love to hear his views o...I meant to Mr. S, I'd love to hear his views on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67300299155241705072015-05-10T13:34:04.149-05:002015-05-10T13:34:04.149-05:00Unfortunately , with some elderly, they are fine a...Unfortunately , with some elderly, they are fine and travling round one minute, then the next can barely get around- it happened to my own folks.<br /><br />Like Will Varner in the guise of Orson Welles said in that film, " I think I could live forever."<br /><br />Pardon a missed comma in a post further up some where, just typing and posting too hastily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24999799427055321012015-05-10T13:30:18.420-05:002015-05-10T13:30:18.420-05:00Whoo hoo, love that Ben Quick- and it made me appr...Whoo hoo, love that Ben Quick- and it made me appreciate Amer-Hungarian/ Polish Jews more after that. Ya gotta love those pale , Slavic eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84302180375158685652015-05-10T13:25:24.505-05:002015-05-10T13:25:24.505-05:00Mr Evans, I love Faulkner especially the Hamlet pi...Mr Evans, I love Faulkner especially the Hamlet pieces on that small town and fictional Yaknapatawpha (sp?) county in MS. But I read he was a crab in real life,<br /><br />That was brought to life well in the movie "Long Hot Summer " with Paul Newman and his soon to be 2nd wife Ms. Woodward. Though I'm the same age as one of his daughters, I just love early day Mr. Newman fare.<br /><br />LadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34788032606561638352015-05-10T13:22:16.318-05:002015-05-10T13:22:16.318-05:00Jack, you are correct on some seeing calls as a bo...Jack, you are correct on some seeing calls as a bother. It's a sad commentary today indeed. It makes me feel old, not to enjoy or use texting much, even though I'm not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64830019034164203262015-05-10T13:20:08.242-05:002015-05-10T13:20:08.242-05:00Sandy, Exactly, too much of that too these days, w...Sandy, Exactly, too much of that too these days, with the texting.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7410850281539874292015-05-10T12:28:43.582-05:002015-05-10T12:28:43.582-05:00Perhaps a daily call is asking a little too much f...Perhaps a daily call is asking a little too much from kids these days; I'm thinking a daily text might be the right approach :) SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82754677167478960902015-05-10T12:23:25.770-05:002015-05-10T12:23:25.770-05:00I did it to make the little red line go away. Damn...I did it to make the little red line go away. Damn Spellcheck!<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30892332811179775272015-05-10T11:54:22.458-05:002015-05-10T11:54:22.458-05:00"Silly comment." Well, there's a fi..."Silly comment." Well, there's a first time for everything! ; ) <br /><br />I'm more concerned about the uncharacteristic apostrophe abuse in your first sentence, T. E. : )<br /><br />Though Neil is certainly to be commended for his daily phone calls, I also marvel at the difference between how we viewed calls back in the day vs. today. The funny thing to me is that evidently many of today's yutes don't even WANT people to call them, as calls are too much of a nuisance.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62786672011160714122015-05-10T11:30:24.876-05:002015-05-10T11:30:24.876-05:00Thanks for the Faulkner quote. LOL moment, among p...Thanks for the Faulkner quote. LOL moment, among precious few.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307096268161119270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29880589794259954142015-05-10T11:20:41.496-05:002015-05-10T11:20:41.496-05:00Silly comment. Of course I called on special days....Silly comment. Of course I called on special days.<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52228469738457454882015-05-10T09:40:51.500-05:002015-05-10T09:40:51.500-05:00Tom, no excuse, even back then a call on special d...Tom, no excuse, even back then a call on special days wasn't just for bad news. You should hve called more, no excuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1634896615573352022015-05-10T09:36:16.337-05:002015-05-10T09:36:16.337-05:00A nice, warts and all but affectionate for all tha...A nice, warts and all but affectionate for all that, rundown on the Steinberg's. The brashness you personally lay claim to may indeed be hereditary, but does it not also come with your chosen occupational territory? Few professional writers end up being entirely beloved of their kin. As William Faulkner put it. "If a writer has to rob his mother he will not hesitate: the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies." <br /><br />Nice that you call the old dear daily, and I wish I had done something of the same when my mum was still around. But that was some time ago, and I was probably still somewhat captive to the notion that placing a "long distance call" meant someone had died. In these days when one might think nothing of picking up a cell for a call to Hong Kong that's a problem many of your readers might be too young to credit, but it was once the prevailing mindset, one the advertising agency I once worked with created a campaign for AT&T to undue. It was called "Joey Called," after the theme ad, which featured a father telling his wife he'd taken a call from their son, who was away at college. "What's wrong," she asks, with a look of horror on her face?" "Nothing," the dad says, "He just wanted to get in touch."<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73443968697191947432015-05-10T08:50:30.532-05:002015-05-10T08:50:30.532-05:00Love the photo of your Mom dancing. Love the photo of your Mom dancing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07655372320505017102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55607693185371598222015-05-10T08:26:52.760-05:002015-05-10T08:26:52.760-05:00I wouldn't. Not his thing.I wouldn't. Not his thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12789278325987028722015-05-10T07:24:07.895-05:002015-05-10T07:24:07.895-05:00What's with the President and the Pacific trad...What's with the President and the Pacific trade deal? Has he sold out to corps. I like Elizabeth Warren's view on this.<br /><br />Mr. S, would love to hear your views on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-887533034090127552015-05-10T06:57:52.666-05:002015-05-10T06:57:52.666-05:00But he went to school later then you did.But he went to school later then you did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com