Is anyone else reminded of Woody Allen's Sleeper?
"We wanted to have sex, but there aren't enough people . . . "
Yeah, pride goeth, early and often.
Mine often goeths by hopping away on one foot, the other firmly lodged in its mandibles.
Now that's talent. . .
Lawrence @ #38:
I just ran the number through RefUSA here at work. It doesn't come up in the residential or business databases, which could mean:
a) it's a brand new number
b) it's a cell phone number
c) it's not a main\registered number on a phone system
d) it's unlisted
e)RefUSA missed it
I use reverse directories all the time---usually for historic research--but modern tech has rendered the most current ones hit-or-miss for phone numbers.
I wasn't sure which post to comment on, so:
Does anyone have any tips on how 'legitimate' audience members might neutralize the hecklers who are trying to take over the Town Hall meetings?
All I can think of is to stand up and ask the heckler where s\he's from and remark that I haven't seen them in my community before. Unfortunately, this could backfire if they're local 'talent.'
Rikibeth @ #66 Oh, and did you know that there was a story about Richard's younger days in the March/April issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction? It was called "A Wild and a Wicked Youth," and it's very good.
I'll have to ILL it--thanks again!
Rikibeth @52, I owe you so much for mentioning Privilege of the Sword!
I love Swordspoint (my often re-read copy was a break-up gift from an otherwise completely wrong college boyfriend, speaking of a memory I'd like removed, if it weren't for the inherent benefits of horrible mistakes)and had pretty much given up on Ms. Kushner writing another book set in Riverside.
I just ordered a copy---I can't wait to see what Alec and Richard have been up to!
For only $9.99 extra per month (lower rates available with a 24-month commitment) our editors will, randomly and without warning, break into your devices and delete everything on them that’s crap
My first thought was that I might pay that much for to have typos, plot holes, and incontinuity mistakes to be magically corrected . . .
. . . but then I realized that this would open the door for other tweaks and sentence restructures and other 'it would have been so much better ifs' that eventually the reader might discover herself in the middle of a story where changes made in the chapters she just read are made for a modified plot that might change itself as she reads it--a sort of acid trip lit, I suppose.
Because some writers are never finished.
For a complete deconstruction of the psyche, I can't recommend much better than Sturgeon's More Than Human
And might I suggest that Stephen King's Just After Sunset short story collection provides one-stop shopping for many of your self-help needs:
"Stationary Bike" might provide a more balanced view of wellness than Thinner;
"The Gingerbread Girl" for coping (more or less) with the loss of a child;
"The Cat From Hell" touches on the ethics of animal testing and provides tips on caring for that difficult pet;
"The Things They Left Behind," provides insight into survivor's guilt;
and "N" is a case study on OCD, though I'm not sure how helpful it is. There is actually a lot of OCD running (pardon the pun) throughout this entire collection.
Other stories touch on the afterlife, miracles, positive thinking, negative thinking, and personal growth.
Come to think, I'm not sure what else a self-help customer would need beyond a collection of the works of Stephen King (and perhaps his bio), except maybe a nightlight and a lock for the closet door . . .
I wish Blagojevitch had had an affair, too.
Then maybe his wife wouldn't have shoved the whole mishegoss right over the top.
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