Eccentric Flower talk:200907/Are You Serious

Bunny42:

I've never seen the strip itself, but the words are great. I'd be a party pooper if I asked why he needs a machine, wouldn't I.

-- 17:33, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Columbina:

No, even though I'm not a prayer by nature, I think it's a legitimate question.

The problem - as is true in so many situations - is, I think, that sometimes talking without getting a reply is manifestly unsatisfactory.

-- 17:47, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Bunny42:

Indeed it is. Comparable to not knowing whether the lack of response to an email or journal comment is due to lack of receipt or lack of interest... or, perhaps, not having anything constructive to add?

It is said that God always answers one's questions. Sometimes, the answer is no. I got that from early Sunday School training. I'm not much into prayer, either, but I remember that concept and it makes sense to me.

-- 18:37, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Bunny42:

As for your poetry post:

"More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world."

Ah, Edna. Lovely. Simply lovely.

-- 18:39, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Settsimaksimin:

ahh, poetry! ...and then 30 minutes lost to re-reading about the search for the Golden Hare.

-- 20:58, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Danima:

You know, I've been meaning for years (yes, years) to ask you what you thought of Jitterbug Perfume -- in general, but specifically the descriptions of New Orleans.

-- 22:24, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Columbina:

It is, in my opinion, the only Tom Robbins novel worth rereading.

(Although most of them are worth reading once, and select bits of Still Life With Woodpecker are worth reading many times.)

-- 22:57, 30 July 2009 (BST)

ProfRobert:

HFS! We actually agree on a literature point. I like Robbins very much, to the point of being willing to read anything he writes, but JP is the best one, and really the only one I have a major desire to reread (well, maybe Skinny Legs and All -- I love the scenes with the inanimate objects).

-- 23:39, 30 July 2009 (BST)

Yarnivore:

Re: the poetry post that's next:

love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places

yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds

-- E.E. Cummings

-- 04:23, 31 July 2009 (BST)