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Re: Even Nobel Laureates Get the Blues

Maud Newton — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:35:05 -0000

Blue Girl: I love that line, too. It's like beseech -- but even more dramatic.

Agreed on the praise for The Grapes of Wrath. Has anyone read it recently? I think that's the next of his I'll go back to.

Re: Live Blogging the Grammys

Maud Newton — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:25:42 -0000

Hate to kick off the comments with a non sequitur when you've written so brilliantly about the Grammys and popular music, but I'm still stuck on your first words being "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

See, not long ago I had a dream that I was watching a friend's 3-month-old baby. He was threatening meltdown, so I was bouncing him and singing, and then I asked him some nonsense question of the kind people ask babies on the verge of crying, and he said, "Yeah, yeah," in a typically blase NY way. I ran into the kitchen to tell my friend, and she was like, "Yeah, I know. He's been saying it for *weeks* now. A few months old, and already jaded. We're still waiting for 'mommy' or 'daddy' or even 'hello.'"

Re: What Howard Roark might have brought to Brooklyn

Maud Newton — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:45:55 -0000

Dear Blue Girl,

I'm so sorry! I should have been clear that it's a satirical ad thingie, but I've amended the post accordingly.

And no worries about the "e." I kinda like it that way.