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Bangkok? Will Josie and the Pussycats be there?
--J
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Hiram Gonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Now wait a gosh darn minute. Here you are asking people to send you money
> when you still haven't paid me back. Worse, you're holding one of my
> precious books hostage.
>
> You have major league cajones, lady.
>
> - H.G.
>
> Are we still meeting up at Bangkok? I've got the massage oil...
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_...> wrote:
> >
> *snip* *snip*
>
> >
> > "Well," I tell her, "It's like a standup routine, in a certain sense.
> There
> > is some self-exposure." And I think that's a big part of what I do,
> whether
> > I'm writing about politics, my mom, or driving on the Interstate 5. And I
> > enjoy it; I just wish people would send me more money.
> >
> > It has certainly occurred to me to publish a chapbook, like Jan's,
> > but--whatever would I put in it? Essays? Poems? Snippets of dialogue?
> Like
> > Snoopy in Charles Schulz's Peanuts, the first thing I'd want to write
> would
> > be the price.
> >
> > --J
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Alex Melnick <aemelnick_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > So, I started reading Paul's book over the weekend, and I'm mostly
> enjoying
> > > it so far (and yes, the non-math people around here should definitely
> check
> > > it out). But the thing is that there are times when I have to remind
> myself
> > > to take it seriously.
> > >
> > > What I mean to say is, if this book had been written by John Smith
> instead
> > > of that ex-Olive Paul Lockhart, I'd be paying more attention to the
> content
> > > and less to the author. But instead of thinking about the argument, I
> find
> > > myself thinking about the time that Paul did [insert your favorite Paul
> > > anecdote here].
> > >
> > > And it's not just this book--I've had similar reaction to David's,
> Mike's,
> > > and Janine's books, Joy's blog, and Sandra Loh's radio commentaries. I
> > > suspect that it says something about my refusal to accept that I'm a
> > > grown-up. After all, if the rest of you are serious, respected adults,
> > > surely I ought to be one, too?
> > >
> > > So, is it just me? And is it just the Olives, or do you think that
> [insert
> > > your favorite "serious" author]'s old school friends have the same type
> of
> > > reaction?
> > >
> > > aemelnick_at_... <aemelnick%40yahoo.com> --
> > > http://www.geocities.com/alexm_94109
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joy M. McCann
> > Goddess of Ink and Paper
> > (But pixels obey me, too.)
> > Mistress of proofreading, fact-checking,
> > Line-editing, and copyediting
> > Copy Write Editorial Services
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
--
Joy M. McCann
Goddess of Ink and Paper
(But pixels obey me, too.)
Mistress of proofreading, fact-checking,
Line-editing, and copyediting
Copy Write Editorial Services
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Received on 2009-05-11 21:52:47