Comments on: At last. http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/ one writer's daily download Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: harrison http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195951 harrison Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:06:33 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195951 addenum: i googled a hunch i had and i was right: pete dexter wrote the novel paris trout, which i read years ago and enjoyed. i recommend it. I also recommend the movie made from it, featuring barbara hershey, ed harris, and dennis hopper, and directed by the father of maggie and jake gyllenthal -- i forgot his first name and i hoped i spelled his last name correctly. addenum:

i googled a hunch i had and i was right: pete dexter wrote the novel paris trout, which i read years ago and enjoyed. i recommend it.

I also recommend the movie made from it, featuring barbara hershey, ed harris, and dennis hopper, and directed by the father of maggie and jake gyllenthal — i forgot his first name and i hoped i spelled his last name correctly.

]]> By: harrison http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195948 harrison Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:56:19 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195948 nance, you said, and i quote/copy/paste: <i>there were novels and screenplays and a National Book Award, and this is about the time I started reading him. I think the first piece was in the mid-’80s, for Playboy</i> so you read playboy -- but only for the articles. and i believe you -- unlike any guy who says that. as for newspaper middle management -- hell, all middle management is a plague! nance, you said, and i quote/copy/paste:

there were novels and screenplays and a National Book Award, and this is about the time I started reading him. I think the first piece was in the mid-’80s, for Playboy

so you read playboy — but only for the articles.

and i believe you — unlike any guy who says that.

as for newspaper middle management — hell, all middle management is a plague!

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195874 basset Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:10:02 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195874 Coozledad, I suppose you could Google "bovine" and "sybian," but I'm afraid to... Coozledad, I suppose you could Google “bovine” and “sybian,” but I’m afraid to…

]]> By: joodyb http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195865 joodyb Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:39:56 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195865 my dad took me to that place when i was 5, nancy. he was cross-breeding Holsteins in the 60s. i still have flashbacks. hand to god. my dad took me to that place when i was 5, nancy. he was cross-breeding Holsteins in the 60s. i still have flashbacks. hand to god.

]]> By: LAMary http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195861 LAMary Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:30:46 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195861 I knew my lunch hour was too good to be true. I had an appointment in the postpartum unit right before lunch, and a grateful grandparent had ordered huge trays of great Italian deli sandwiches for the staff. They gave me a few for lunch (free food! and it's good food!) so I stayed in my cubicle to read news online and enjoy the bounty, and then this discussion started. The last line I heard was, "he makes good money snowboarding. Sponsorship is great. That watch he had on must be worth 50 thousand dollars." I knew my lunch hour was too good to be true. I had an appointment in the postpartum unit right before lunch, and a grateful grandparent had ordered huge trays of great Italian deli sandwiches for the staff. They gave me a few for lunch (free food! and it’s good food!) so I stayed in my cubicle to read news online and enjoy the bounty, and then this discussion started. The last line I heard was, “he makes good money snowboarding. Sponsorship is great. That watch he had on must be worth 50 thousand dollars.”

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195855 nancy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:37:49 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195855 Well, I'm glad you're writing this stuff down, nonetheless. I once had a dental hygienist who would stop in the middle of cleanings to make remarks about Cher's love life. (This back when Cher had a love life.) Just when you thought teeth-cleanings couldn't be worse. Well, I’m glad you’re writing this stuff down, nonetheless.

I once had a dental hygienist who would stop in the middle of cleanings to make remarks about Cher’s love life. (This back when Cher had a love life.) Just when you thought teeth-cleanings couldn’t be worse.

]]> By: LAMary http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195854 LAMary Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:35:13 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195854 It's been going on now for forty minutes. I just heard the line, "What is he going to do to support her when he can be a snowboarder anymore?" Just shoot me. It’s been going on now for forty minutes. I just heard the line, “What is he going to do to support her when he can be a snowboarder anymore?” Just shoot me.

]]> By: LAMary http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195851 LAMary Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:20:06 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195851 Speaking of artificial stuff, I'm sitting her listening to two of my colleagues having a serious discussion of the outcome of The Bachelorette. Speaking of artificial stuff, I’m sitting her listening to two of my colleagues having a serious discussion of the outcome of The Bachelorette.

]]> By: coozledad http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195850 coozledad Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:08:20 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195850 I have to confess to some nagging questions that often keep me awake. Do they market those electronic ejaculation systems to the public? Is there a suitcase model? And where might a farmer purchase one? I have to confess to some nagging questions that often keep me awake. Do they market those electronic ejaculation systems to the public? Is there a suitcase model? And where might a farmer purchase one?

]]> By: MichaelG http://nancynall.com/2008/07/09/at-last/#comment-195849 MichaelG Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:03:28 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1858#comment-195849 When my daughter was in high school she did a ride around with a local vet. This was a school approved deal. Our then vet (still my ex's) does both large and small animals and they have a half dozen service trucks that travel to farms and ranches. She thought it was cool until the vet was armpit deep in a cow. It squicked her out and she dropped being a vet from her list of career possibles. As an aside, their large animal facility is said to rival that at UC Davis. They have all these cranes, slings, turntables and a host of other medieval looking stuff. The place was spotless. When my daughter was in high school she did a ride around with a local vet. This was a school approved deal. Our then vet (still my ex’s) does both large and small animals and they have a half dozen service trucks that travel to farms and ranches. She thought it was cool until the vet was armpit deep in a cow. It squicked her out and she dropped being a vet from her list of career possibles. As an aside, their large animal facility is said to rival that at UC Davis. They have all these cranes, slings, turntables and a host of other medieval looking stuff. The place was spotless.

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