tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4367044097662311048..comments2024-03-18T19:57:16.505-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/18/24: Bob Newton tackles his toughest opponentNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61635711874427043522015-06-16T15:28:11.274-05:002015-06-16T15:28:11.274-05:00It was a lovely response. Must have been shortly b...It was a lovely response. Must have been shortly before he died. I was working for the Army then and the quote I inquired about related to my work. He signed his response "John Ciardi, Ex T/Sgt USAF."<br /><br />He was a fine poet and essayist. And. so I heard from someone who had studied under him, a good teacher.<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73837743611739732262015-06-16T10:59:03.915-05:002015-06-16T10:59:03.915-05:00Now who's flirting? ; ) Uh, you can continue...Now who's flirting? ; ) Uh, you can continue to press your point, curse me in Italian, or whatever, but I'm done arguing about this.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54888523293792199972015-06-16T10:55:31.776-05:002015-06-16T10:55:31.776-05:00The "mish mash" book is a swell idea, T....The "mish mash" book is a swell idea, T. E. I'm glad that you responded to the queries about the quotes which you cleverly apply to Neil's posts. Other than the anonymouse who thought that you were a show-off, I think everybody who bothers to read these comments enjoys your contributions, and I don't see why NS wouldn't appreciate them, as well. They're certainly much more enjoyable and topical than the bickering I engaged in yesterday, for example Ahem. ; )<br /><br />Eric Zorn used to have an occasional feature on his blog called "Fine Lines" where he'd just post unrelated quotes that he'd come across in his reading recently that he found noteworthy or engaging. He doesn't seem to do that anymore -- perhaps he keeps them in his own "mish mash" book these days. <br /><br />Not being much of a poetry fan, myself, my entire knowledge of John Ciardi is limited to the short segments he would do on NPR's "Morning Edition" back in the day. (Lordy, he died in 1986, so that was 30 years ago -- ugh!) Those pieces reflected his interest in etymology, and were delightful. Neat that he responded to your letter.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46049302372325182672015-06-16T09:37:15.313-05:002015-06-16T09:37:15.313-05:00Well, I for one rather enjoy your quotes. I love ...Well, I for one rather enjoy your quotes. I love the story of your "mish mash" book, and it is indeed a great idea. Much better than my sticky notes all over my studio.Nikki Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68790739787659846532015-06-16T09:34:51.826-05:002015-06-16T09:34:51.826-05:00Don't know if anybody is still reading here, b...Don't know if anybody is still reading here, but since my honor is at stake I must state I'm not teetotal. I believe life's pleasures are to be enjoyed unless they are harmful to self or others. Smoking is clearly suicidal behavior, moderate drinking is not. I take my cue from A. J. Liebling, he who dubbed our town "the Second City," and once wrote:<br /><br /> " No sane man can afford to dispense entirely with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man. When the other Krauts saw him drinking water in the beer hall they should have known he was not to be trusted."<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46850610402591231772015-06-16T09:11:06.881-05:002015-06-16T09:11:06.881-05:00I read a lot, and some years ago began entering bi...I read a lot, and some years ago began entering bits I thought particularly wise, unusually well put or, as in the case of the little Victorian ballad cited above, charming in my "mish mash" book. (A little notebook I call that in imitation of John Ciardi, who kindly answered a letter I wrote him once and said he had entered a quote I had asked about in his own "mish mash" book. I have the letter framed above my desk and like to refer to it as my correspondence with a famous American poet.)<br /><br />I like leafing through the pages from time to time, and when something Neil says strikes me as pertinent to an entry enjoy sharing.. I don't think he minds. Or if he does he hasn't told me. Anyway, you can do it too if you start now.<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69116446412106222492015-06-16T08:01:13.113-05:002015-06-16T08:01:13.113-05:00One of these days, Jak, I will put you over my kne...One of these days, Jak, I will put you over my knee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69534579348268497112015-06-16T06:15:00.617-05:002015-06-16T06:15:00.617-05:00Jak, I'd like to see you make a nice neckbone,...Jak, I'd like to see you make a nice neckbone, tomato pasta sauce with wine and see how much more useful that would be than putting weed in it. wink (brownies don't count)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23555810365426076342015-06-16T06:13:30.450-05:002015-06-16T06:13:30.450-05:00ha, good oneha, good oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2900661848554916112015-06-15T23:08:01.790-05:002015-06-15T23:08:01.790-05:00Mr. Evans, in full sincerity, I'm wondering ho...Mr. Evans, in full sincerity, I'm wondering how you pull all of these relevant quotes. Are they all memorized, or do you think oh so and so said something on this and have to look it up? If the former, I am so jealous and in awe. The latter I'm still a bit jealous.Nikki Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67871513579916010352015-06-15T22:57:28.759-05:002015-06-15T22:57:28.759-05:00I cook with wine. Sometimes I put it in the food.
...I cook with wine. Sometimes I put it in the food.<br />-- WC FieldsSteverinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76398182243313025542015-06-15T22:21:02.325-05:002015-06-15T22:21:02.325-05:00yes, a funny one, I heard and worth repeating
Any...yes, a funny one, I heard and worth repeating<br /><br />Anyway, congrats to the Blackhawks, I didn't think they'd do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47138503470267056572015-06-15T20:10:38.750-05:002015-06-15T20:10:38.750-05:00This reminds me of a joke. Stop me if you've h...This reminds me of a joke. Stop me if you've heard this one: A woman is sipping on a glass of wine, while sitting on the patio with her husband, and she says, "I love you so much, I don't know how I could ever live without you." Her husband asks, "Is that you or the wine talking?" She replies, "It's me...talking To the wine."Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23439411910953128672015-06-15T19:54:41.743-05:002015-06-15T19:54:41.743-05:00Coey, you are nosy.
Jak, you are a cappo di cazze...Coey, you are nosy.<br /><br />Jak, you are a cappo di cazze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35556530100675436612015-06-15T19:53:15.626-05:002015-06-15T19:53:15.626-05:00typo, there is , not there's is
you sound ang...typo, there is , not there's is<br /><br />you sound angry Jak, get some anger management counseling please<br /><br />one can't always agree with you<br /><br />are you handy around the house? go fix something if you own one<br /><br />perhaps you need a big lawn so you can go cut the grass or work on the car pleaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43314287117195945472015-06-15T19:50:38.037-05:002015-06-15T19:50:38.037-05:00Jak, I was merely making a general point. I don...Jak, I was merely making a general point. I don't split hairs. This is a blog not a place to write a thesis. You're giving me a migraine. There's is no need to play one upmanship games. <br /><br />You need a wife and kids to keep you centered.<br /><br /><br />And why do you keep saying that Scribe is gay????<br /><br />ha ha about the horseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14969687494673744792015-06-15T19:47:27.890-05:002015-06-15T19:47:27.890-05:00Agree, Coey, liquor won't always lead to drun...Agree, Coey, liquor won't always lead to drunkenness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1423921411414206712015-06-15T19:44:51.217-05:002015-06-15T19:44:51.217-05:00Tom, literature is great and you make a connecti...Tom, literature is great and you make a connection of literary quotes to any topic?<br /><br />If I told you I cleaned my toilet today or had to fart, what quote would you find?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46437295865394575992015-06-15T19:43:25.623-05:002015-06-15T19:43:25.623-05:00Tom, one of the main reasons for the Temperance mo...Tom, one of the main reasons for the Temperance movement was to stop demon rum which caused drunken, abusive men and hungry and beated wives and kids. PBS has been rerunning their Prohibition special. In those days of 14 hour workdays and saloons all over, it was easy to give in. What a miserly life was. REad also, the Jungle or Angela's Ashes.<br /><br />Of course some won't touch it at all due to religious fanaticism, conveniently forgetting about the water into wine parable.<br /><br />Well this is a general topic page so it s okay to switch gears.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27581981026342163082015-06-15T19:35:54.270-05:002015-06-15T19:35:54.270-05:00Have you remained a teetotaller, Tom, or did you e...Have you remained a teetotaller, Tom, or did you eventually succumb to the siren call of demon rum? While the disease of alcoholism is indeed a scourge for many families, and a danger to society because of DUIs, there is no question that most people who consume alcohol (and marijuana) will not become addicted. Your grandmother saw its worst effects, but probably had less exposure to its more benign use. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30340822282593656132015-06-15T18:57:00.062-05:002015-06-15T18:57:00.062-05:00We seem to have strayed from the topic of alcoholi...We seem to have strayed from the topic of alcoholism and its dangers. I grew up in a dry household, due to the influence of my grandmother, who, as a social worker, ran a shelter for women and their families many years ago. She found alcohol to be a root cause of much of the domestic abuse. It probably still is, but these days the mean drunk is as liable to be the wife and mother. No longer would we hear a maiden trilling<br /><br /> "For I trusted that he who stood waiting me then,<br /> Was the brightest, the truest, the noblest of men.<br /> Your lips on my own, when they printed farewell,<br /> Had never been soiled by the beverage of Hell.<br /> But they come to me now with the bacchanal sign,<br /> And the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine."<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25524928743521679922015-06-15T18:35:42.920-05:002015-06-15T18:35:42.920-05:00Even though I'd love to plug the place (we'...Even though I'd love to plug the place (we're friends with the owners), I'd prefer not to do it here. I'm sure you'll understand. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56815817438256049562015-06-15T18:13:57.727-05:002015-06-15T18:13:57.727-05:00That's cool, Coey! I believe that we've s...That's cool, Coey! I believe that we've seen every episode of "Check, Please" over the years, and although they've featured several of our favorite places, we've never been extras in a video! ; ) You don't care to mention what restaurant it was?<br /><br />Anonny, <br /><br />Your assumption that I'm riding a horse is another mistaken one. ; ) Frankly, I'll over-analyze your under-analyzed points if I feel like it. Lord knows why I bother, though. Nor do I need to lighten up, thanks very much. And if Scribe and I were planning to get gay married while high in Colorado, why should you care? ; ) I didn't MISS the point about "Check, Please" -- I indicated why it WASN'T a good point. Though Coey is right, of course -- they'd have to leave passing a joint for the Denver or Seattle productions of the show, if they have them.<br /><br />Alas, this sniping has gotten well beyond the point at which it should have been relegated to the Rocket Motel. Uh, I believe that will wrap it up for me...Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68116311491096532182015-06-15T18:09:21.314-05:002015-06-15T18:09:21.314-05:00Because even a bit of weed affects the brain in a...Because even a bit of weed affects the brain in a diff. way and not just temporarily. One may need more weed, a rare drinker doesn't necessarily need more wine. Don't be obtuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50287096604573011262015-06-15T18:06:51.771-05:002015-06-15T18:06:51.771-05:00Jeb Bush, what a joke, as was his brother and his ...Jeb Bush, what a joke, as was his brother and his keepers: Rumsfeld and Cheney. They helped set up some of the mess that Iraq finds itself in today and that Repubs blame on the Pres.<br /><br />But at least some arms companies made money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com