tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post4157347945046245714..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: Ur-Story: A Shot in the Dark—Part DeuxJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-65001344657728347792010-06-17T19:15:46.595-04:002010-06-17T19:15:46.595-04:00Oh man,
Sometimes with me it's one step forwar...Oh man,<br />Sometimes with me it's one step forward and two back. I don't mean to impose but I've got myself in something of a jam over at 3QD. If you look, you'll detect what I mean at once. http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2010/06/mind-over-mass-media.html<br />Anyway, it's starting to feel like one of those lesbian prison movies, the kind without Simone Signoret, Frances Madesonhttp://www.booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-71739638609682720002010-06-17T17:41:04.175-04:002010-06-17T17:41:04.175-04:00Ooh la la, Jim,
I feel like smoking a cigarette, p...Ooh la la, Jim,<br />I feel like smoking a cigarette, possibly a menthol. We've come a long way, baby, n'est pas?Frances Madesonhttp://www.booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-39129584309613216032010-06-17T11:50:45.970-04:002010-06-17T11:50:45.970-04:00Duly Toasted, FM. Ta.
Yes.
Let's hit the hig...Duly Toasted, FM. Ta.<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Let's hit the high points. You strike paydirt w/r/t 're-reading'; yet the point remains: many clues and subtleties may (will) elude the first-time-through reader, their significance becoming clearer (less foggy) only on the second go-round.<br /><br />Rule 7's letter may not have been violated (corpse at the end rather than the Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-79834000396213963692010-06-16T12:25:03.842-04:002010-06-16T12:25:03.842-04:00Mon dieu, Brother Jim! I see you've been havin...Mon dieu, Brother Jim! I see you've been having some rainy nachts in Georgia. Foggy, too? <br /><br />Despite the alarming frequency of the atypical solecisms (Please believe me, I was not on a nit hunt! Besides, manger in an Ur story does have a certain je ne sais quoi; as does Dumont in this instance―any relation to Margaret?) I've got to hand it to you, like a lovely salade composée onFrances Madesonhttp://www.booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.com