tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post6763258897770336067..comments2023-11-05T17:00:29.086+09:00Comments on The Misplaced Man in Japan: Poets AllNYDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-48674494600638169742008-04-23T23:39:00.000+09:002008-04-23T23:39:00.000+09:00Thanks for your visit to my blog! Saw that you cam...Thanks for your visit to my blog! Saw that you came to me via Mona! Couldn't have a better reference!<BR/><BR/>You site seems very interesting. I'm too busy right now, but I promise! I will be back!<BR/><BR/>The Mad magazine? Does that still exist? I was a regular reader in the 60's!PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-86472023182930240502008-04-23T23:22:00.000+09:002008-04-23T23:22:00.000+09:00Mona~ Been there done that. The guy is very talent...Mona~ Been there done that. The guy is very talented and has a lot of really great friends.<BR/><BR/>SJ~ Thank you! It's a struggle to make the stuff that goes on in my head make sense to others.<BR/>Glad you grokked me.NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-33819737502562437312008-04-23T11:53:00.000+09:002008-04-23T11:53:00.000+09:00I love this post! The pictures are wonderful and ...I love this post! The pictures are wonderful and match your ruminations perfectly. I think Stranger in a Strange Land might make a great reread for the flight from Lilliput.:)Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-60922389708530003052008-04-23T03:24:00.000+09:002008-04-23T03:24:00.000+09:00NYD, for a real eye treat you can visit Peter's P...NYD, for a real eye treat you can visit Peter's Photo blog . That is marvelous! You have the link in his profile!Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615034229525061880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-17853778884670850022008-04-22T23:01:00.000+09:002008-04-22T23:01:00.000+09:00X. Dell~ Hmm I shall leave you a hint, a rather la...X. Dell~ Hmm I shall leave you a hint, a rather large one. That which floats above his head is not a halo, but the one ring.<BR/><BR/>Dissecting books does not sound like fun.<BR/><BR/>If your work becomes famous then ipso facto...<BR/><BR/>Grunt~ Mad magazine will have to wait for the return trip. We don't get them here.<BR/><BR/>VE~ I wish I could tell you. I boosted them from a magazine article I read and have been using them as wallpaper.<BR/><BR/>Moi~ In the past trashy spy novels used to do it for me. I would devour them and leave on the plane.<BR/>Now they just put me to sleep and I end up with a bad case of jet-lag.<BR/><BR/>Kurt ~Will look for it during my stay. I have to stock up on a goodly amount of reading material.<BR/><BR/>Kate~ Thank you ma'am.<BR/><BR/>Thursdaynext~ Leaving Johnny out just wouldn't be right. The man had the best of messages for us.<BR/><BR/>Pink~ Hmmm More titles for me to look up while browsing through my local book shop.<BR/><BR/>P.S> I kinds cheated and bought a camera. I t is officially school property, but I have a feeling that it will fill in until I can get the one I really want.NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-44520771334993297972008-04-22T15:02:00.000+09:002008-04-22T15:02:00.000+09:00On flights I look for something that will capture ...On flights I look for something that will capture my attention despite distractions but which I can put down for a snooze if I want. And I always look for books with unforgettable characters. Two have hit me like that. The Kite Runner had some excellent characters and What the Body Remembers was the first book where I ever finished reading and later wondered "I wonder what that character is doing today"<BR/><BR/>Have a safe and entertaining trip :)<BR/>xx<BR/>pinksPinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002817889549140522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-56185262977270400222008-04-22T11:19:00.000+09:002008-04-22T11:19:00.000+09:00The fact that you have Cash there just makes me th...The fact that you have Cash there just makes me think ten times more of you, and I regard you highly. ;) Happy MM!ThursdayNexthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838415125991375824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-22690669755723791462008-04-22T09:57:00.000+09:002008-04-22T09:57:00.000+09:00These are outstanding! Great MM!These are outstanding! Great MM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-392585433196886122008-04-22T08:39:00.000+09:002008-04-22T08:39:00.000+09:00"If somebody wants to sing my songs after I'm gone..."If somebody wants to sing my songs after I'm gone, nobody will be happier than my dead body." - Richard Rodgers.<BR/><BR/>I just read the Best American Essays of 2007, and I can recommend it.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-71608526865488965532008-04-22T06:36:00.000+09:002008-04-22T06:36:00.000+09:00Well, I have a teensy weensy problem when it comes...Well, I have a teensy weensy problem when it comes to flying. It scares me to freakin' death. So I can only read the dumbest stuff while in the air, the fluffiest, most preoccupyingliest, celebrity gossipiest, frilly fashion-filled shit imaginable. <BR/><BR/>Somehow, I don't see that working for you.<BR/><BR/>But once I land, I pop open my always at the ready copy of Flannery O'Connor's short stories. Ever inspirational.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-5079516533329326012008-04-22T03:33:00.000+09:002008-04-22T03:33:00.000+09:00Who drew those? I like 'em!Who drew those? I like 'em!Ed & Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-78769282885973399562008-04-22T02:27:00.000+09:002008-04-22T02:27:00.000+09:00MAD Magazine and a bunch of crosswords. That will...MAD Magazine and a bunch of crosswords. That will keep you busy.The Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845796879498225434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-61066232898006438872008-04-22T00:39:00.000+09:002008-04-22T00:39:00.000+09:00(1) I recognize all of the gentleman except for t...(1) I recognize all of the gentleman except for the one immediately over John Lennon.<BR/><BR/>(2) I re-read books all of the time, but don't particularly enjoy the excercise. Sometimes, I just don't have the scratch to buy a new book. Most often, howver, I am re-reading it to dissect it. <BR/><BR/>(3) I have no desire to be famous. I would prefer that my work be famous.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-61711421181683876092008-04-21T22:39:00.000+09:002008-04-21T22:39:00.000+09:00Mona! Hello.It's been a while. How was the holiday...Mona! Hello.<BR/><BR/>It's been a while. How was the holiday? Good, I hope.<BR/><BR/>Short stories, hmmmmm. You might have something there.<BR/><BR/>Lime~ I love children's books. Good thing too 'cause I use them in my classes all the time. But "Le Petit Prince." might just remove any New Yawker facade I might want to paint myself with.NYDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182735945473879595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-82908727963260550752008-04-21T22:27:00.000+09:002008-04-21T22:27:00.000+09:00In the Name of Honor: a Memoir by Mukhtar Mai is a...In the Name of Honor: a Memoir by Mukhtar Mai is a quick read but so incredibly thought provoking.<BR/><BR/>as for alod standby's...Le Petit Prince bu Antoine de St. Exupery. yes, it's a children's book but the grownups among us have much to learn from it.<BR/><BR/>safe travels!limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21698605.post-31083569698250789042008-04-21T21:34:00.000+09:002008-04-21T21:34:00.000+09:00I am trying to find a book that will keep me occup...I am trying to find a book that will keep me occupied on the flight from Lilliput to Brobdingnag.<BR/><BR/>I think you are looking for Gulliver's Travels. :D ( Surely your journey can't be THAT long!)<BR/><BR/>Lord Jim (Yelch) . I like Farewell to Arms better! ( I wish one president of a large nation would say that soon enough now ! )<BR/><BR/>Yes there are a lot of stories that really does that to me! There is one called Second Thoughts by a Shobha De that reflects my life...<BR/><BR/>I search for the mysteries of Life in books & they make me reflect upon my own in a new light at times. Multiple points of views too can provide interesting angles to a story and Stream of consciousness makes you tread the thin line that lies between the subtle and the gross.<BR/><BR/>Take some short stories with you. They are the best to read while traveling.Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615034229525061880noreply@blogger.com