tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post5231085805565658415..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-91124243907753566292007-05-06T22:50:00.000-05:002007-05-06T22:50:00.000-05:00I too like the line "Adolescents are those most in...I too like the line "Adolescents are those most in need of writers." But the first time around I read it as: "Adolescents are the neediest of readers." Which could be an implication of your statement... and might even be true...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-30557345162656803122007-05-02T13:29:00.000-05:002007-05-02T13:29:00.000-05:00I also loved Vonnegut at the ages you mention. (I ...I also loved Vonnegut at the ages you mention. (I remember an 8th grade student teacher showing me the * in <I>Breakfast of Champions</I>.) And I stalled on <I>Jailbird</I>; I couldn't finish it. <BR/><BR/>After a few years I picked up <I>Galapagos</I> and enjoyed that. Now and then over the years I will try a Vonnegut. I didn't like <I>Bluebeard</I> but I thought <I>Hocus Pocus</I> quite good.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-16654531331851944592007-04-14T15:06:00.000-05:002007-04-14T15:06:00.000-05:00I think "adolescents are those most in need of wri...I think "adolescents are those most in need of writers" is pretty well put!Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-66934081869122548272007-04-14T11:55:00.000-05:002007-04-14T11:55:00.000-05:00"my writers *were* ...""my writers *were* ..."Ellavonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457795299304091258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-50113341449273926642007-04-14T11:54:00.000-05:002007-04-14T11:54:00.000-05:00I'm quoting that line on basil.ca, if you don't mi...I'm quoting that line on basil.ca, if you don't mind.<BR/><BR/>PS --> my writers back then was Eugene O'Neill and R.D. Laing.Ellavonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457795299304091258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-31810318210405186242007-04-14T11:03:00.000-05:002007-04-14T11:03:00.000-05:00I can't believe you read Catch 22 five times. I h...I can't believe you read Catch 22 five times. I hope you recovered.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430253706561827669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-52836494206325008082007-04-14T08:22:00.000-05:002007-04-14T08:22:00.000-05:00If I had known you were going to do that I would h...If I had known you were going to do that I would have polished the sentence a little more.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-35005089320438733442007-04-13T22:43:00.000-05:002007-04-13T22:43:00.000-05:00I like that line about the adolescent need for wri...I like that line about the adolescent need for writers so much that I have put it in my signature file.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com