tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post9105886204115001943..comments2024-03-08T21:37:38.443-08:00Comments on VinoFictions: Am I Back?Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post-14469947352791126362013-01-01T08:18:33.879-08:002013-01-01T08:18:33.879-08:00Ron,
Odd as it seems, I agree with you--about &qu...Ron,<br /><br />Odd as it seems, I agree with you--about "snark." If I wasn't being sloppy (which is to say, blogging) I would not use that word at all--really; believe me; I'm not kidding; cross my heart; lightening should str--no, I better not go there.<br /><br />Incidentally, Twain was snarky, Swift was just fast.<br /><br />Oh please, me blog more than once a month? That's like my dog driving a car more than in my dreams, which he has done in my dreams, and quite well, too.<br /><br />Mea culpa: I am a slave to the concept of perfection--a slave, not necessarily a practitioner.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post-52771545457453264692012-12-31T17:43:21.534-08:002012-12-31T17:43:21.534-08:00Thomas,
"Snark" is too easy a word to to...Thomas,<br />"Snark" is too easy a word to toss around. It gets applied in a derogatory fashion to almost every bit of critical writing that one disagrees with that isn't cutesy or insipid. Was Swift "snarky" (well, no, the word didn't exist then), was Twain? (perish the thought). One of my hopes for 2013 is that the word "snark" goes away. It sounds like a harelipped narcotics detective. And, aside from you, my friend, only witless people use it.<br /><br />That said, I hope you return to blogging, only more regularly. Not that once a month thing. Have some fun, stop trying to make it all perfect, say whatever you want to say, and I'll read it. Hell, I'll even reinstate you on my blog roll so my other ten readers will show up.<br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post-59423181622653505212012-12-31T13:55:21.857-08:002012-12-31T13:55:21.857-08:00The "honor among thieves" type of honor?...The "honor among thieves" type of honor?<br /><br />I don't see scandals anywhere. For an activity to be scandalous it has to take place inside an activity that has merit. <br /><br />Wine blogging and wine reviewing = merit? Nah.<br /><br />I was thinking about you a couple of days ago. Hope all is well.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post-53856784972356737662012-12-31T13:42:54.812-08:002012-12-31T13:42:54.812-08:00Welcome back! Perhaps you can bring some honor to ...Welcome back! Perhaps you can bring some honor to a scandal-filled year.King Kraknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post-31904847392291951982012-12-31T10:45:58.887-08:002012-12-31T10:45:58.887-08:00VG,
The story of my life can be told in the numbe...VG,<br /><br />The story of my life can be told in the number of black eyes, cuts, bruises, and general beatings I've had to take--because I have (had?) a big mouth.<br /><br />I never thought it would come to this, but with age I am definitely mellowing, seeing the world slightly less in need of correction and more in need of affection.<br /><br />Introspection consumes me now, as I wonder what my next book will be, or will there be a next book at all?<br /><br />Writers are simultaneously perfectionists and masochists--have I gotten the order reversed?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128271396089958050.post-54866619989079199152012-12-31T08:48:24.969-08:002012-12-31T08:48:24.969-08:00Hello there, oh great Snark-maestro! Snark on, A...Hello there, oh great Snark-maestro! Snark on, And f people don't like what you have to say they don't have to read it, do they? I have no doubt that you are a person who doesn't hide behind a keyboard: I am fairly certain that if you had something snarky to say in person, you'd just say it.<br />Anyway, congrats on finishing the book and it's nice to see you blogging again... Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.com