Comments for Monday.

Comment on Bonfires by Andy Cook

Andy Cook — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:59:34 +0000

Glad that you can look back and laugh about this now! What an interesting coincidence about the dates.

Comment on Simple pleasures by William

William — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:04:29 +0000

That is so cool!
Love William xxx

Comment on Simple pleasures by JC

JC — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:03:55 +0000

Nice drawing

Comment on A fairly big surprise by Alx&ra

Alx&ra — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:42:20 +0000

When I lived in Warsaw (Poland) with my family, our apartment was on… Rabindranath Tagore’s street. To the taxi drivers that was too many confusing syllables (Eight, when pronunciation is adapted to the rules of the Polish language) . When asked to go to “Tagorka street” they would give one the “look” and admonish that one should’ve said so in the first place.

Comment on Crimes and questions by Alx&ra

Alx&ra — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:15:37 +0000

As I laughed at your days of crime and lack of punishment, I remembered my brief days of dabbling in same. For example, we (my Sandbox Posse and I) used to put toothpicks inside doorbells, or covered the pressed button with tape and delighted in the fury of our victims. It didn’t last very long. Mum found out and was not impressed with children being children. Following a very persuasive sermon, she offered me a deal I couldn’t refuse: I was cleared to read in bed for 2 whole hours for a whole week with the lights on, AND one day every month for the rest of the school year she would let me play hooky and write a note to cover it. I thought about renewing the deal the following year and the year after that ad infinitum. Mum was ahead of me. She spent the rest of that school year making a big fuss about being a 12-year old and negotiating issues up front and directly with her, rather than via childish pranks. I didn’t have to wait until the present to learn about empowerment.
Oh, and thanks for the acknowledgment and link. I hope the diarist in you has more stories about the hazards of photoshoots with divas, temperaments and deadlines – all in lovely places. No?

Comment on New Arrivals by Alx&ra

Alx&ra — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:11:17 +0000

Wow! What an interesting life! What a great story! More, more, more…, please.

Comment on Wetting my pants: 2 by Alx&ra

Alx&ra — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:05:53 +0000

Good story. However, for the benefit of the uninitiated and unfamiliar with the insiders’ jargon, some of your readers may find it helpful if you were to expand on some of the terms. For example: how many people know what a transparency is? Or the difference between a lightbox and a matchbox? Or why a photoshoot is such a big production? What’s the big deal? In fact, why not become a modern-day Virgil of the world where you spent so much time? Am I inferring anything? Heaven forbid! Dante would roast my posterior for such a thing…

Comment on A bus to the shops by paulw

paulw — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:50:52 +0000

Next time it happens I shall pass on your recommendation! Your words are always wise ones.

Comment on A bus to the shops by Alx&ra

Alx&ra — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:28:33 +0000

I wonder how I ever managed without headphones attached to the sign of the times: a walkman, a cd player, and now an ipod. A good set cancels out shrieks, baby cries, phone chats, makes waiting in line almost a breeze, cuts the “walkies” from 1 hour to a mere 60 minutes…

Comment on New Year, here we come. . . by Alx&ra

Alx&ra — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:47:14 +0000

Happy New Year, Paul! Let’s hope it’s a hope it’s a very good one.