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Comment on Once More to the Lodge: some thoughts on Laura Palmer after watching “Fire Walk With Me” by LAURA VERSUS LAURA « LOST

LAURA VERSUS LAURA « LOST — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:57:53 +0000

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Comment on Ur Hoard by Ian

Ian — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:13:38 +0000

I meant “nam-shub of Enki” but this was just an IM window when I typed it. People, of course I know how to spell nam-shub of Enki!

Comment on David Foster Wallace, quotes by Alex Ross

Alex Ross — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:35:35 +0000

This is a lovely entry…I miss DFW every day, almost like I miss my dad, but more like I might miss the older brother I never knew I had, because he lived in another state, and wore bandanas to stem the torrent of sweat, and believed that our greatest crime would be to succumb to our default settings and trudge through life, blindfolded and nose to the grindstone, never bothering to feel through the awful beauty…
Keep on keepin’ on, friend

Comment on Opting Out at IAD: I was enhanced. by ChristineZ

ChristineZ — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:01:18 +0000

I heard about that storm! I think I missed QUITE a winter out there. But then again, there was a spectacular winter here in NYC, too! Let’s pray summer’s not too bad. I’m glad that you are blogging, whatever the subject criteria!

Comment on my year in memoir, 2010 by Me

Me — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:52:35 +0000

Thank you. I enjoyed reading this.

Comment on Opting Out at IAD: I was enhanced. by Opting Out at IAD: I was enhanced. (via Swampwalker) « malcontentandgainingspeed

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:01:24 +0000

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Comment on Once More to the Lodge: some thoughts on Laura Palmer after watching “Fire Walk With Me” by swampwalker

swampwalker — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:00:01 +0000

Thanks! I didn’t know you were a Twin Peaks fan too–now I’m even more frustrated that you don’t live close enough to go to lunch with.

I’m feeling like I’ll reread IJ (yeesh, 4th or 5th time?) within the next year, and I’ll try to remember to read it through the filter of my own explanation, see if it works.

Comment on Once More to the Lodge: some thoughts on Laura Palmer after watching “Fire Walk With Me” by Lisa Kenney

Lisa Kenney — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:41:07 +0000

Great analysis! You’ve given me some new insights and I can’t say I disagree with you on any of your observations. I also like your theory about Hal having viewed The Entertainment. I was never very convinced by the mold either.

Comment on Opting Out at IAD: I was enhanced. by swampwalker

swampwalker — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:18:14 +0000

Hey there!

I switched over because I had this mistaken belief that this blog would be about walking around Lake Merritt 100 times. But no. So then I just stayed, planning to redo it. Still working on that last part, years in now.

You missed a heck of a storm up in the hills yesterday.

Comment on Opting Out at IAD: I was enhanced. by ChristineZ

ChristineZ — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:25:11 +0000

Thank you for the detailed description of what a pat-down entails. I often wonder what the alternative might be like (as I walk through the scan machines, knowing that I might as well be naked for those few seconds). Also, good to find you here! (Why’d you switch over here from your old blog)?