Comments for Daily Blague / reader http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog Reading the Internet Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Dear Diary: Aestivation by pobierowo http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=2178&cpage=1#comment-1716 pobierowo Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:16:08 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=2178#comment-1716 I just stumbled on your blog when i was lookng on Google. I have to express that the content here was the most complet that I found anyplace. I am definitly bookmarkin this to be bck and read later I just stumbled on your blog when i was lookng on Google. I have to express that the content here was the most complet that I found anyplace. I am definitly bookmarkin this to be bck and read later

]]> Comment on Weekend Open Thread: Big Bambù by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7608&cpage=1#comment-1619 Quatorze Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:23:14 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7608#comment-1619 Reminded me of Disney World and the "Swiss Family Robinson Tree House" when I was but a lad. The installation is still a'buildin and late summer should see it completed as a "cresting wave". I recommend it heartily, for the ephemeral artistry and not least for the views. Reminded me of Disney World and the “Swiss Family Robinson Tree House” when I was but a lad. The installation is still a’buildin and late summer should see it completed as a “cresting wave”. I recommend it heartily, for the ephemeral artistry and not least for the views.

]]> Comment on Doodaderie: A Break from the Break by Flather http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7541&cpage=1#comment-1591 Flather Thu, 27 May 2010 23:44:12 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7541#comment-1591 *smile* *smile*

]]> Comment on Monday Scramble: Spring Break by Mike http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7483&cpage=1#comment-1578 Mike Mon, 24 May 2010 18:36:50 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7483#comment-1578 hope you enjoy your break. hope you enjoy your break.

]]> Comment on Dear Diary: Authority by Mike http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7473&cpage=1#comment-1576 Mike Fri, 21 May 2010 12:53:15 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7473#comment-1576 Would like to hear your thoughts on the Puppet masters who control the leaders you write about. Would like to hear your thoughts on the Puppet masters who control the leaders you write about.

]]> Comment on Daily Office: Thursday by Fossil Darling http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7457&cpage=1#comment-1575 Fossil Darling Thu, 20 May 2010 14:28:17 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7457#comment-1575 Tierce : I will see tonight the ravages of dementia when I have dinner, My friiend has gone from being a smart, funny, tennis and book-loving person into a zombie, essentially, cared for by her doting husband who, bless him, cannot bear to put her in a home. There is little chance she will recognize her hostess, none me, and it fills me with sadness and while there is no history of the disease in either side of my family, a sense of dread. What might she be thinking? Or is it all mush? But, as a 'good' Catholic, I know that my distress this evening will free many many souls from Purgatory........ Tierce : I will see tonight the ravages of dementia when I have dinner, My friiend has gone from being a smart, funny, tennis and book-loving person into a zombie, essentially, cared for by her doting husband who, bless him, cannot bear to put her in a home. There is little chance she will recognize her hostess, none me, and it fills me with sadness and while there is no history of the disease in either side of my family, a sense of dread. What might she be thinking? Or is it all mush? But, as a ‘good’ Catholic, I know that my distress this evening will free many many souls from Purgatory……..

]]> Comment on Dear Diary: Loisaida Headline by Mike http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7451&cpage=1#comment-1572 Mike Wed, 19 May 2010 12:20:11 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7451#comment-1572 Thanks for the update. Thanks for the update.

]]> Comment on Monday Scramble: Shelving by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7425&cpage=1#comment-1570 Quatorze Tue, 18 May 2010 21:12:52 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7425#comment-1570 "Frighteningly persuasive" makes me sounds like a bank robber, or a down on his luck nobleman trolling for a rich wife. Sleep was, in fact, elusive. Unlike the Almighty, I guess we mortals do not get an automatic rest after creating a world. “Frighteningly persuasive” makes me sounds like a bank robber, or a down on his luck nobleman trolling for a rich wife.

Sleep was, in fact, elusive. Unlike the Almighty, I guess we mortals do not get an automatic rest after creating a world.

]]> Comment on Daily Office: Tuesday by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7433&cpage=1#comment-1571 Quatorze Tue, 18 May 2010 21:05:18 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7433#comment-1571 I believe the doormen reflect the outlooks of the majority of their building's tenants; old money buildings have a polished elan and and evenhanded graciousness, even to tradesmen and the odd, oddly dressed guest. Buildings with a decidedly nouveau riche tenantry assume the air of uneasy, belligerent entitlement, and are as rudely flashy as the contents of their tenants' apartments... and about as inviting. I believe the doormen reflect the outlooks of the majority of their building’s tenants; old money buildings have a polished elan and and evenhanded graciousness, even to tradesmen and the odd, oddly dressed guest. Buildings with a decidedly nouveau riche tenantry assume the air of uneasy, belligerent entitlement, and are as rudely flashy as the contents of their tenants’ apartments… and about as inviting.

]]> Comment on Monday Scramble: Shelving by Ellen Moody http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7425&cpage=1#comment-1569 Ellen Moody Tue, 18 May 2010 03:46:01 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7425#comment-1569 Dear RJ, I enjoyed your friend's blog tonight: Mnémoglyphes at neuf ans. For us to take care of our books we need Library Thing. There are so many. I'm not surprised to recognize some of the books where we share a taste, e.g., Piranesi. Ellen Dear RJ,

I enjoyed your friend’s blog tonight: Mnémoglyphes at neuf ans. For us to take care of our books we need Library Thing. There are so many.

I’m not surprised to recognize some of the books where we share a taste, e.g., Piranesi.

Ellen

]]> Comment on Weekend Update: En français by JR http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7419&cpage=1#comment-1564 JR Mon, 17 May 2010 09:03:14 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7419#comment-1564 Yes it's a very lovely picture, and a very kind post, my dear RJ. I'm so grateful that you found my blog in 2004 and so grateful for our friendship since that day. Yes it’s a very lovely picture, and a very kind post, my dear RJ. I’m so grateful that you found my blog in 2004 and so grateful for our friendship since that day.

]]> Comment on Weekend Update: En français by Migs http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7419&cpage=1#comment-1563 Migs Mon, 17 May 2010 04:37:08 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7419#comment-1563 That's the exact same look I have after I withdraw from an ATM and see my balance. Only, my look doesn't make anyone gush. What a handsome picture! I'm not even talking about the nice touch of green on the machine. That’s the exact same look I have after I withdraw from an ATM and see my balance. Only, my look doesn’t make anyone gush.

What a handsome picture! I’m not even talking about the nice touch of green on the machine.

]]> Comment on Dear Diary: Brains by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7406&cpage=1#comment-1551 Quatorze Sun, 16 May 2010 17:45:31 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7406#comment-1551 Or it could just be the triumph of "The Age of Hooper", as Waugh put it; middling minds now in control of the world through the accident of war and social change who actively disparage brains in order to cling to power. Or it could just be the triumph of “The Age of Hooper”, as Waugh put it; middling minds now in control of the world through the accident of war and social change who actively disparage brains in order to cling to power.

]]> Comment on Moviegoing: Harry Brown by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7414&cpage=1#comment-1561 Quatorze Sun, 16 May 2010 17:41:01 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7414#comment-1561 Perhaps it takes an unspeakable horror such as total war to pull people up short for a few generations and make them appreciate the little things in life, before we all forget, yet again, and plunge back into personal darkness, until the next time... Perhaps it takes an unspeakable horror such as total war to pull people up short for a few generations and make them appreciate the little things in life, before we all forget, yet again, and plunge back into personal darkness, until the next time…

]]> Comment on Moviegoing: Harry Brown by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7414&cpage=1#comment-1560 Quatorze Sun, 16 May 2010 17:37:56 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7414#comment-1560 I understood the connection to Gran Torino; the same subtext of shifting generations - one which fought in war and had had enough of brutality, pining their humanity on their wives and a placid existence of chess or a perfectly ordered home, and another which knows nothing but the new war of modern, unrelieved daily brutality- a seemingly unredeemable generation, perhaps not unlike the brutal and brutalized Depression/Prohibition generation, which might have sunk further into depravity had the horrors of WWII not yanked the survivors back from the brink. I understood the connection to Gran Torino; the same subtext of shifting generations – one which fought in war and had had enough of brutality, pining their humanity on their wives and a placid existence of chess or a perfectly ordered home, and another which knows nothing but the new war of modern, unrelieved daily brutality- a seemingly unredeemable generation, perhaps not unlike the brutal and brutalized Depression/Prohibition generation, which might have sunk further into depravity had the horrors of WWII not yanked the survivors back from the brink.

]]> Comment on Weekend Open Thread: Downtown by Quatorze http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7412&cpage=1#comment-1562 Quatorze Sun, 16 May 2010 17:23:09 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7412#comment-1562 Where have I seen this chandelier, Chinatown Grill? Where have I seen this chandelier, Chinatown Grill?

]]> Comment on Dear Diary: The Lives of Others by Mike http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7392&cpage=1#comment-1550 Mike Thu, 13 May 2010 14:15:19 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7392#comment-1550 Sorry to read about your decision regarding Will. It was a wonderful window for me to look through. Sorry to read about your decision regarding Will. It was a wonderful window for me to look through.

]]> Comment on Out & About: Vien…Venere splende by Fossil Darling http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7369&cpage=1#comment-1548 Fossil Darling Wed, 12 May 2010 23:10:40 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7369#comment-1548 Come back soon!!! And for me, Wozzeck over Lulu, and only once more, with Waltraud Meier..... Come back soon!!!

And for me, Wozzeck over Lulu, and only once more, with Waltraud Meier…..

]]> Comment on Out & About: Vien…Venere splende by jkm http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7369&cpage=1#comment-1547 jkm Tue, 11 May 2010 22:23:49 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7369#comment-1547 Regarding 'Lulu': I beg to differ that I am more musical than you; the thought of seeing 'Wozzeck' again gives me an excruciatingly sharp ice cream headache. I am, however, more than willing to see 'Lulu' again (and again and again) if Marlis Petersen is singing the role--she was mesmerizing (and the rest of the cast was equally superb). I owe you, Kathleen, Fossil and Quatorze a debt of gratitude for replacing Curt's unpleasant work-related memories of New York with fond memories of how enjoyable a weekend in the City can be. We will be back and now you all must visit 'Greater Tryon'... Regarding ‘Lulu’: I beg to differ that I am more musical than you; the thought of seeing ‘Wozzeck’ again gives me an excruciatingly sharp ice cream headache. I am, however, more than willing to see ‘Lulu’ again (and again and again) if Marlis Petersen is singing the role–she was mesmerizing (and the rest of the cast was equally superb). I owe you, Kathleen, Fossil and Quatorze a debt of gratitude for replacing Curt’s unpleasant work-related memories of New York with fond memories of how enjoyable a weekend in the City can be. We will be back and now you all must visit ‘Greater Tryon’…

]]> Comment on Monday Scramble: Reaching by Greg X http://www.dailyblaguereader.com/blog/?p=7353&cpage=1#comment-1546 Greg X Mon, 10 May 2010 21:01:05 +0000 http://www.dailyblague.com/blog/?p=7353#comment-1546 I'm now forever going to think of a toddler combing over maps every time I think of Churchill. I’m now forever going to think of a toddler combing over maps every time I think of Churchill.

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