tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post6878997466063564191..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: Everything's Just JakeJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-52389044081123903592009-07-15T09:14:53.407-04:002009-07-15T09:14:53.407-04:00Toast,
Please don't browbeat everyone and be s...Toast,<br />Please don't browbeat everyone and be so mean, especially at Jim's house where we can relax and enjoy life. Plus, it's such a pretty day outside. Here anyway. Regarding me, are you talking about punctuation? I know I kind of make it up as I go. Does it bother you that much? If so, help me grow if you see something faulty. Don't you think I would do it correctly if I Frances Madesonhttp://www.booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-12098532913166051092009-07-14T15:24:41.117-04:002009-07-14T15:24:41.117-04:00Toast,
Your comments are always welcome. Satire ...Toast,<br /><br />Your comments are always welcome. Satire & hyperbole => COOL. "a bullet between the eyes," however, => over the line UNCOOL. Thanks.<br /><br />Best,<br />Jim H.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-72908104992553726402009-07-14T14:04:36.971-04:002009-07-14T14:04:36.971-04:00Here's my advice: For Frances Madperson — reme...Here's my advice: For Frances Madperson — remedial English lessons. For Richard — a few months in a maximum security ward receiving treatment for paranoid delusion. For BDR — a bullet between the eyes.Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239283385268255066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-78787073304550161512009-07-14T12:43:49.695-04:002009-07-14T12:43:49.695-04:00Frances, thanks as ever for your kind & observ...Frances, thanks as ever for your kind & observant comments.<br /><br />Richard, I'm right with you there. On the one hand, kids will be kids; we've all been there. On the other, somebody's gotta' clean up their mess—and it shouldn't have to be you. Nor should you always be the target of their mischief.<br /><br />BDR, Chip? Check. Lock? Check. Did those things firstJim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-60824403488358092192009-07-14T12:26:58.776-04:002009-07-14T12:26:58.776-04:00First, I'd drive the dog to the vet and get a ...First, I'd drive the dog to the vet and get a chip inserted under his skin.<br /><br />Second, I'd put locks on your fence's gates.<br /><br />And I'd tell the police, cause I bet these kids have done it before and will do it again, and someone else is going to end up broken-hearted and frantic, and would you need *that* on your conscience?<br /><br />I'd also bet it won'tBDRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-39417373487635377162009-07-14T10:29:47.293-04:002009-07-14T10:29:47.293-04:00This is a rough one. I was prepared for a specific...This is a rough one. I was prepared for a specific kind of upsetting conclusion, though in retrospect it is unlikely you'd have written the same way if something bad had happened to Jake.<br /><br />But the ethical dilemma, and the recognition of a sociopath in the making... we have some neighbors who drive me crazy: always yelling at their kids; screaming across the street into the park at Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-29115450539860412942009-07-13T17:59:45.591-04:002009-07-13T17:59:45.591-04:00You know, Jim,
Like many of your posts this one to...You know, Jim,<br />Like many of your posts this one took some time to settle, to understand what it was you were asking. If I am reading you correctly, and I truly hope I am, I would say: If this is what you're walking, and this is the ore you are mining, you are golden.Frances Madesonhttp://www.booktour.com/author/frances_madesonnoreply@blogger.com