tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post8752573090616385935..comments2023-10-28T04:50:55.216-05:00Comments on Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: Writer's strikeNancy Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-27637483442556865092007-11-08T20:33:00.000-06:002007-11-08T20:33:00.000-06:00lol! I knew it! Sheesh, though, I missed all the f...lol! I knew it! <BR/><BR/><BR/>Sheesh, though, I missed all the fun. <BR/><BR/>Don't anybody tell Fmom.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-49451324411157010752007-11-08T20:29:00.000-06:002007-11-08T20:29:00.000-06:00And they were pretty cheap too.Considering.And they were pretty cheap too.<BR/><BR/>Considering.katiebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262129879015590898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-37283859875761063202007-11-08T20:27:00.000-06:002007-11-08T20:27:00.000-06:00Actually, Nancy, FM danced naked on the table, but...Actually, Nancy, FM danced naked on the table, but only after drinking all the alcohol in the joint. Fotunately, he actually has some pretty good moves.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-79997620032917908612007-11-08T20:19:00.000-06:002007-11-08T20:19:00.000-06:00They've been paid off, Nancy. You won't get anythi...They've been paid off, Nancy. You won't get anything from them.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-79168872758404021842007-11-08T17:00:00.000-06:002007-11-08T17:00:00.000-06:00lol!! Thanks, fm.You guys behaved yourselves suspi...lol!! Thanks, fm.<BR/><BR/>You guys behaved yourselves suspiciously well in my absence. I have found no empty beer bottles. Of course, I haven't talked to the neighbors yet.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-18488536010515970052007-11-08T15:11:00.000-06:002007-11-08T15:11:00.000-06:00Nancy is back, Nancy is back - Oh boy, oh boy, oh ...Nancy is back, Nancy is back - Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!<BR/><BR/>Glad you had a good time Nancy.Family Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101125448247590979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-87896494263399786312007-11-08T13:47:00.000-06:002007-11-08T13:47:00.000-06:00Hi, guys, I'm back home, after a delightful visit ...Hi, guys, I'm back home, after a delightful visit with really nice people.<BR/><BR/>Now back to reading email and catching up on news.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-30892718782711708282007-11-08T10:54:00.000-06:002007-11-08T10:54:00.000-06:00I'm way late to the party, but wanted to get my ta...I'm way late to the party, but wanted to get my take on the writers' strike in:<BR/>Why is it that creative people are never honored, venerated, even exalted? I sometimes wish we'd all disappear for a year and then re-appear. A year without art of any kind...that'd teach 'em.<BR/><BR/>Okay, now back to real life of editing and teaching exercise.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-20283029008999136712007-11-08T08:41:00.000-06:002007-11-08T08:41:00.000-06:00TV is off, but I did watch "Fargo" last night. It'...TV is off, but I did watch "Fargo" last night. It's the white noir that I'd like to write. Winter is so wonderfully portrayed.<BR/><BR/>It deserves to be in AFI's top 100 movies of the 20th century, but as I was watching it, I wondered how it would play as a novel, and I suspect, not well. There would be so much visual that was effective communicated on screen, that I have a tough time imagining mystery readers reading through it with patience.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's me, but next to the action/thriller bunch, I think mystery readers read impatiently.<BR/><BR/>Eh?<BR/><BR/>-rick<BR/>http://muse-needed.blogspot.com/Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-55167676065019559942007-11-07T19:40:00.000-06:002007-11-07T19:40:00.000-06:00Late to the party again. Good idea, Nancy.Late to the party again. Good idea, Nancy.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-40670258916024960102007-11-07T12:32:00.000-06:002007-11-07T12:32:00.000-06:00Oh far, Monty Python. LOL. I went to high school i...Oh far, Monty Python. LOL. I went to high school in London, and every Friday we had a Bible Study (which ended up being more of a social event than anything). MP was on Thursday night, so every Friday we'd rehash the entire episode. I just have to hear the theme music and I start laughing.<BR/><BR/>Another MP story: I was dating a Catholic boy in college, and we wanted to see Life of Bryan. Got to the theatre (SMALL town in upstate NY) and his uncle, a priest, was picketing...we had to sneak in to avoid his family's wrath! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-79332326581049610382007-11-07T12:19:00.000-06:002007-11-07T12:19:00.000-06:00Nancy, my first thought on reading the article was...Nancy, my first thought on reading the article was the catapult scene in <I>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</I>. Twannnng mooooooooo!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-492411676548637312007-11-07T12:17:00.000-06:002007-11-07T12:17:00.000-06:00Not having anything pressing to write about during...Not having anything pressing to write about during lunch, I did Nancy's exercise — looked out the window, saw a stone sign (for the shopping strip next to the one I was in) and wrote about someone scurrying to it for cover, watching for predators. OK. No problem tossing that.<BR/><BR/>But THEN, on the way back to the office came this:<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>"Evil weather a-comin'," the old man said. "The gods, they be hungry."<BR/><BR/>My first thought, forgive me, was: if his soul looked like his maimed body, the gods had tasted him already — and spit him out.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>Dubbayou tee eff?Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-8108534525113022992007-11-07T12:11:00.000-06:002007-11-07T12:11:00.000-06:00Be safe and have fun - watch out for throwed cattl...Be safe and have fun - watch out for throwed cattle! xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-35532517951504245772007-11-07T12:08:00.000-06:002007-11-07T12:08:00.000-06:00lol, both of you!Okay, time for this cowgirl to mo...lol, both of you!<BR/><BR/>Okay, time for this cowgirl to mooove along to ranch country, Kansas. I'll watch for falling cattle. Hmm, where could they fall from in Kansas? I think they'd have to be "throwed" cattle.<BR/><BR/>See you Krazy Kids tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>xxooNancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-56500069951225902182007-11-07T12:01:00.000-06:002007-11-07T12:01:00.000-06:00Did you say intercowtinental, Rick?Did you say intercowtinental, Rick?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-16679536568476055012007-11-07T11:59:00.000-06:002007-11-07T11:59:00.000-06:00Y'all can turn off your tv dinners. I cook supper ...Y'all can turn off your tv dinners. I cook supper every night, and it ne'er hurt me to whip sumptin up for me and the Mrs. I just hope those riders out there strike something good with all the time they've got now. I betcha more den one of 'em is working on a screenplay about a bunch of writers that go on strike to protest the lack of protection from cows falling from the sky. Is it part of Star Wars? Did the aliens reject this cow and forget to turn it inside-out? Is this Iran's version of intercountinental cowlistic system? I want answers. I want the truth. Even if my brain is fried and I can no longer handle the truth. TV is quiet; radio off; birds are singing; my muse is awake; I need to NANO. Bye.<BR/><BR/>-rick<BR/>http://muse-needed.blogspot.com/Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-84365146667184203682007-11-07T11:06:00.000-06:002007-11-07T11:06:00.000-06:00Hello again,One of those days, dontchaknow. Ghost,...Hello again,<BR/><BR/>One of those days, dontchaknow. <BR/><BR/>Ghost, I can't take any credit for the Q&A. I just put smart questions together with a smart writer to answer them and got out of the way.<BR/><BR/>Back to digging. (waves shovel vaguely) TTFN.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-15399602377502006692007-11-07T10:58:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:58:00.000-06:00lol, I believe there is, and it's ya'll. But I'll ...lol, I believe there is, and it's ya'll. But I'll leave it to the experts (far and fam man) to adjudicate.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-79552574953886793092007-11-07T10:52:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:52:00.000-06:00I'm in the middle of writing the climax of the sto...I'm in the middle of writing the climax of the story. So all KINDS of things are going to happen in the next couple of days - death, destruction, pestilence, locusts...<BR/><BR/>Okay, no locusts. :-)<BR/><BR/>Is there a wrong way to spell y'all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-11617866263989377812007-11-07T10:48:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:48:00.000-06:00Over at Rick's blog, he's asking, "Where do you fi...Over at Rick's blog, he's asking, "Where do you find your muse?" Hike on over there and give him a funny answer. Or, hey, a serious one.Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-70421990072553577402007-11-07T10:44:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:44:00.000-06:00I believe I misspelled y'all. Bless mah heart.Morn...I believe I misspelled y'all. Bless mah heart.<BR/><BR/>Mornin', Beth! It's a bright shiny morning for sitting down at your computer and killing somebody. ;}Nancy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429062957063032872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-7948605538131127452007-11-07T10:35:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:35:00.000-06:00I've been so busy commenting on yesterday's post t...I've been so busy commenting on yesterday's post that I forgot about today's! What a crazy morning. <BR/><BR/>Nancy, wish I could show up in Emporia...where's Scotty when you need him? Have fun!<BR/><BR/>I don't watch TV unless there's a ball involved, so don't have to pretend...until this weekend, when football starts! But I don't think that counts against the strike, does it?<BR/><BR/>Great observations, ghost - the stories ARE out there. All we can do is hope that we are blessed enough to stumble across them at the right time.<BR/><BR/>Now I have to check out Wyrdsmiths again - I must have been there too early.<BR/><BR/>Moooooooving - still laughing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-55320617801566777242007-11-07T10:22:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:22:00.000-06:00Yeah, Fetched. Grant prosposals must be where the...Yeah, Fetched. <B>Grant prosposals</B> must be where the money is. I'd like to be good at that. <BR/><BR/>Or maybe proposals for peace. :-)GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004909290975090333.post-39055636306224733882007-11-07T10:17:00.000-06:002007-11-07T10:17:00.000-06:00Far Thanks for the correction! And for finding th...<B>Far</B> Thanks for the correction! And for finding the story.<BR/><BR/>I heard it in passing on TV and I don't always listen well.GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.com