Comments on: Burned up. http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/ one writer's daily download Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: LAMary http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163851 LAMary Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:26:41 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163851 He not only smoked dope, he took Ritalin forever. Speed. I saw him once on one of his boats, anchored in Stirling Harbor, Shelter Island, NY. He appeared to be very drunk, but that's what rich guys on yachts do in places like that. He not only smoked dope, he took Ritalin forever. Speed. I saw him once on one of his boats, anchored in Stirling Harbor, Shelter Island, NY. He appeared to be very drunk, but that’s what rich guys on yachts do in places like that.

]]> By: Danny http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163800 Danny Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:03:14 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163800 <i>Nancy, the “moral excellence” bit has me laughing aloud.</i> Me too. That is if "laughing aloud" could be a euphemism for "groaning inwardly." Nancy, the “moral excellence” bit has me laughing aloud.

Me too. That is if “laughing aloud” could be a euphemism for “groaning inwardly.”

]]> By: Kim http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163799 Kim Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:38:21 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163799 "The problems play out every day, though mostly beyond public view." I got that far in the story and thought: Whoa. What a stupid thing to write/say. I get the impression the fire dept. keeps quite busy protecting -- or trying to protect -- the public. The fact that this has played out in public view but nobody's noticed says quite a bit more. To me, anyway. Nancy, the "moral excellence" bit has me laughing aloud. “The problems play out every day, though mostly beyond public view.”

I got that far in the story and thought: Whoa. What a stupid thing to write/say. I get the impression the fire dept. keeps quite busy protecting — or trying to protect — the public. The fact that this has played out in public view but nobody’s noticed says quite a bit more. To me, anyway.

Nancy, the “moral excellence” bit has me laughing aloud.

]]> By: Jeff http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163796 Jeff Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:47:08 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163796 Before we flip to today's post, here's the best WFB overview/tribute, with something for respecters and despisers alike, from the editor of the NYTimes Book Review -- http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/qa-with-sam-tanenhaus-on-william-f-buckley/ Before we flip to today’s post, here’s the best WFB overview/tribute, with something for respecters and despisers alike, from the editor of the NYTimes Book Review –
http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/qa-with-sam-tanenhaus-on-william-f-buckley/

]]> By: Jeff http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163793 Jeff Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:34:15 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163793 You guys . . . Reminds me of the story about the woman who was shopping with her child and husband who had not wanted to go along at first, but then kept turning aside and hanging back, saying "Just a sec, Mom'" and "Hey, hold on a sec, i wanna see this." Needing to move along and get into a checkout line before a clot of people got there before them, she urged her crew forward, to which one muttered indistinctly "In a sec, hon." To which Mom said loudly "Secs, secs, secs, i'm tired of secs -- can we just finish shopping first?" And the entire front of the store turned towards the baffled mother, looking stunned . . . . . . and then all the women at the registers and in line began to applaud. And the lady in question, after a thoughtful delay, blushed furiously. You guys . . .

Reminds me of the story about the woman who was shopping with her child and husband who had not wanted to go along at first, but then kept turning aside and hanging back, saying “Just a sec, Mom’” and “Hey, hold on a sec, i wanna see this.” Needing to move along and get into a checkout line before a clot of people got there before them, she urged her crew forward, to which one muttered indistinctly “In a sec, hon.”

To which Mom said loudly “Secs, secs, secs, i’m tired of secs — can we just finish shopping first?” And the entire front of the store turned towards the baffled mother, looking stunned . . .

. . . and then all the women at the registers and in line began to applaud. And the lady in question, after a thoughtful delay, blushed furiously.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163781 alex Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:20:18 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163781 I got all Aristotelian and altruistic this morning so gonna be late for work. But I don't care. The best moral excellence always happens at sunrise in this house. I got all Aristotelian and altruistic this morning so gonna be late for work. But I don’t care. The best moral excellence always happens at sunrise in this house.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163770 brian stouder Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:04:02 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163770 Dexter: Winston 100's - gold pack with red writing. If dad was awake, he was smoking, and he was dead at 53 (which I am 6 years away from). And my favorite punctuation is (are?) parenthesis, and their cousin - the dash. But semicolans are pretty cool, too Dexter: Winston 100’s - gold pack with red writing. If dad was awake, he was smoking, and he was dead at 53 (which I am 6 years away from).

And my favorite punctuation is (are?) parenthesis, and their cousin - the dash. But semicolans are pretty cool, too

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163728 Dexter Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:41:17 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163728 On the topic of synonyms, I object heartily to the inclusion of the word ginormous into the American lexicon. It just seems wrong. Now it's an official entry in the dictionaries. I also do not understand the demise of the semicolon, my favorite punctuation mark. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE1DD1431F93BA25751C0A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=semicolons&st=nyt On the topic of synonyms, I object heartily to the inclusion of the word ginormous into the American lexicon.
It just seems wrong. Now it’s an official entry in the dictionaries.

I also do not understand the demise of the semicolon, my favorite punctuation mark.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE1DD1431F93BA25751C0A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=semicolons&st=nyt

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163727 Dexter Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:36:53 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163727 A few thoughts pertaining to Brian St.'s dad's four-pack consumption: I knew two people who smoked five packs, and also I remember reading that Jackie Gleason smoked five packs. One man was my friend's dad, and he died of lung cancer when he was 52 years of age. He smoked filters. A friend smoked five packs of non-filters per day. He had a massive coronary at 46 , still smokes filtered cigarettes, and is now 61. I used to smoke 2 packs a week,and quit 26 years ago. My point is this: if you smoke non-filters now, you get nicknamed for it. I listen to XM radio, and on the Opie & Anthony Show a character is "No Filter Paul." A few thoughts pertaining to Brian St.’s dad’s four-pack consumption:
I knew two people who smoked five packs, and also I remember reading that Jackie Gleason smoked five packs.
One man was my friend’s dad, and he died of lung cancer when he was 52 years of age. He smoked filters. A friend smoked five packs of non-filters per day. He had a massive coronary at 46 , still smokes filtered cigarettes, and is now 61.
I used to smoke 2 packs a week,and quit 26 years ago.
My point is this: if you smoke non-filters now, you get nicknamed for it.
I listen to XM radio, and on the Opie & Anthony Show a character is “No Filter Paul.”

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163725 nancy Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:53:22 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/27/burned-up/#comment-163725 Ah-yup. Only a certain type of conservative could write this... <i>Friendship, I think, can have a spiritual nature. Perhaps that is what Aristotle meant when he said the highest kind of friendship is rooted in virtue, a kind of moral excellence where a person loves his friend for his own sake, wishing him well because of who he is and not with any expectation that something is wanted in return. This attitude is reciprocal, a love of benevolence.</i> ...but still frown on the idea that a person might want to have sex outside of a religiously sanctioned marriage. Reading Tim talk about his spiritual friendships makes me think of a tent in the woods, two schoolboys, the furtive rustling of a sleeping bag, and then...<i>moral excellence!</i> Ah-yup. Only a certain type of conservative could write this…

Friendship, I think, can have a spiritual nature. Perhaps that is what Aristotle meant when he said the highest kind of friendship is rooted in virtue, a kind of moral excellence where a person loves his friend for his own sake, wishing him well because of who he is and not with any expectation that something is wanted in return. This attitude is reciprocal, a love of benevolence.

…but still frown on the idea that a person might want to have sex outside of a religiously sanctioned marriage. Reading Tim talk about his spiritual friendships makes me think of a tent in the woods, two schoolboys, the furtive rustling of a sleeping bag, and then…moral excellence!

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