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Comment on Vaya Con Dios, Norton by Grammy

Grammy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:43:44 +0000

And by “their” of course, I mean “there.”

Fer kee-rist’s sake.

I is a writur, and oncet, I do study the englishes.

Comment on Vaya Con Dios, Norton by Grammy

Grammy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:03 +0000

Awww, thanks, Peg. That makes me feel good.

And, WHOA, nelly! I find that freaky and delightful, that you had a Norton encounter on this very day in which I write so bathetically of mine. Kee-razy!

Although, your comment is making me think maybe I should hold on to these puppies. I want to bring MY books down to the furnace room someday and find MY Nortons in their from before I was born, or…okay, that made no sense, but you know what I mean.

Oh, lord, I am a weak-willed ninnypoop.

Comment on Vaya Con Dios, Norton by Peggasus

Peggasus — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:31:58 +0000

You DID NOT just write this.

Know what I just did, this morning? Brought a bag full of books down from the loft to some bookshelves in the furnace room (do I know how to honor my books, or what? Also, I’ve been here TWO years now, so it was about time, ya think?) and what was in there?

Yep, my Norton Reader! Required for every freshman, still in my possession! Since before you were born!

Mine, however, only has just over 1500 pages. It must be the abridged version.

Answer 1: Tolstoy. I actually read that BY CHOICE. I KNOW.

Answer 2: Joyce or Vonnegut would be my picks, but that’s just me.

But this? And when I come to a new place, a freshly-painted vacancy behind a numbered door, the thing that sparks the home heartbeat and lets me know where I am is my books. Out on a shelf, adding weight and substance to what were at first just empty, hollow rooms. Having a bookcase full of books in a room is like having a fireplace there.

That is beautiful.

Comment on Hell’s Bells! by Grammy

Grammy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:09:22 +0000

Ah, yes, the sweet siren song of “store credit.” Sing to me, O sweet, sweet store credit, of flashlight trysts under the bedcovers and the bookshelf yawning wide.

Yeah…I’ve lost my mind a little bit. I think it’s in one of these here boxes, I know I saw it yesterday, next to my cookbooks…

Comment on Hell’s Bells! by emily

emily — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:48:58 +0000

I took a whole backseat car load to the Goodwill last Saturday and I still have junk. It felt good though to haul some of it away.

I also tried a book purge - could only part with 4 though - took them to the used bookstore which told me they’re only giving credit, not cash, so I ended up walking home with 2 more books I didn’t need.

Comment on Episode 38: In Which The Words “Ass” and “Packing” Appear In What Some May Deem Too Close A Proximity by Grammy

Grammy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:07:58 +0000

Hey Peg! I think I salvaged your previous comment - it was in my spam thingy for some godforsaken reason.

Huzzah!!

Comment on Dear Karl Rove by Grammy

Grammy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:09:59 +0000

You said it, lady!

Congress needs to grow a set and throw his ass in jail for contempt, because right now (and for the past YEAR or so) it sort of seems like he’s got the entire Legislative branch of our democracy by the short hairs (their stones were yanked off long ago).

Comment on Dear Karl Rove by Peggasus

Peggasus — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:11:56 +0000

‘Executive privilege,’ my big fat ass. What office did we ever elect him to? He can bite me.

Comment on Episode 38: In Which The Words “Ass” and “Packing” Appear In What Some May Deem Too Close A Proximity by Grammy

Grammy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:43:06 +0000

That’s happened to me before, and it just sucks, don’t it? Made me want to throw a turkey at a wall.

I am very sad at the untimely passing of your great words.

Comment on Episode 38: In Which The Words “Ass” and “Packing” Appear In What Some May Deem Too Close A Proximity by Peggasus

Peggasus — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:05:10 +0000

Fuck.

I just wrote a comment almost as long as your post and it didn’t take. I’ll try again later.