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Re: the morning after (my team loses the World Series)

hwhall — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:31:24 -0000

as someone who isn't likely to ever get to bed at a decent hour, i still feel a slight sense of relief at the drama being over -- at least for now.

and i also know those people who seem to actually get angry at the idea of treating a game as, well, a game rather than a life-or-death struggle between good and evil. i mean, i really enjoy the storylines of a great sporting matchup, which is probably why i enjoy sports so much, but in the end, i can't see myself every lining up to jump off the Walt Whitman over any of it.

and since you mentioned writing something longer than a comment on the subject of franchises and their people, i'll be looking forward to it ;)

Re: too cool for school

hwhall — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:36:41 -0000

i can relate to leafing through vintage journals and laughing (or cringing) at some of the ideas i once held to firmly -- though i suppose it would be a somewhat sad thing to hold all the same beliefs over that sort of timespan. in that way, i completely agree that we should never stop developing intellectually, so may your hope become reality.

Re: facade, layers, veneer, etc.

hwhall — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:17:54 -0000

beautiful analysis. there's probably a good 3 years worth of behavioral
science studies in that post, Anthony.

Re: facade, layers, veneer, etc.

hwhall — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:00:06 -0000

i think you've got it more or less pegged. in my experience, despite the fact that i'm not much like anyone else i know, i do alter my behavior to a certain extent, depending on my surroundings. which one's the real one? that's an excellent question -- maybe i'll have that answer some day ;)

Re: secondhand haiku: Tears

hwhall — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:30:07 -0000

thanks, Susan -- i will check them out

Re: secondhand haiku: Tears

hwhall — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:48:34 -0000

thanks for stopping by, Susan!

i think you could probably handle the haiku fairly well -- though i tend to think of it as something to practice rather than something to master.

Re: secondhand haiku: Tears

hwhall — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:51:19 -0000

that seems to be a fair interpretation. the beauty of this haiku, to me, is that it can be seen from various perspectives and reasonably apply to all of them.

Re: virtual street poetry

hwhall — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:52:27 -0000

i'm glad you like it!

maybe i shouldn't tell you this, but you were only the second person to order one, so there wasn't much of a line in front of you.

Re: Heading to Parent’s Weekend

jtramsay — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:50:58 -0000

Yes, watching the Yankees is something akin to watching Walmart roll over
mom and pop shops in small towns, but the experience of playoff baseball in
that new stadium should be pretty amazing. Of course, it is still American
League baseball, which I find repugnant.

Re: Heading to Parent’s Weekend

frankroche — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:51:15 -0000

I have all my warm weather gear. It'll be odd seeing the Yankees...but how cool it'll be...and you're right about the weather.

Re: virtual street poetry

hwhall — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:54:25 -0000

thanks, PJ.
incidentally, I've already written haiku for both sorts of occasions, long
before this idea cropped up in my mind -- but I'd be happy to do some more
:)

Re: What a Bad Girl

frankroche — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:21:28 -0000

That's the scary part...I am amazed at how fast people drive in my neighborhood...it's a 25 mph limit, but I know people double that some times. I'm the crotchety old guy out there yelling at them...and mostly it's because I fear that Snickers will go in the road...well, I don't want to think about it.

You have to admit, it's cute that Judy goes to the girlfriend's house...that must get you a million points in karma. Just hope she stays on the sidewalks, too.

Re: day to day

hwhall — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:26:15 -0000

I agree. I think it's absolutely impossible to undo without putting aside partisan thinking. By that, I mean considering even the idea that bi-partisan is just as bad as partisan.

A lot of good ideas get shut out by both parties simultaneously, and too many Americans get fooled into buying the concept that there are only two legitimate ways to think about policy.

Oh, and thanks :)

Re: secondhand haiku: Haiku for Sally

hwhall — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:43:04 -0000

oh, come on, Al. don't let it scare you too much. everyone has at least a little poetry in them ;)

Re: secondhand haiku: summer breeze

hwhall — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:17:08 -0000

you ought to try one yourself, Al. (the more the merrier)

Re: secondhand haiku: summer reading

hwhall — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:29:57 -0000

I agree with you on the scarcity of the handwritten word, Shelley. there's an element of personality in handwriting that is lost when we go digital.

I'm so glad you added your personal touch to this little project. Thanks again.

Re: a bottle of red…

hwhall — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:56:32 -0000

that's odd that you mention that, Colin, because two of the wines I almost went with were a Chilean and a South African -- both had really cool labels too, so they might have been satisfying on totally different levels. who know?

but thanks for the tip on WineLibrary TV. I'm checking it out now.

Re: a bottle of red…

hwhall — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:25:34 -0000

maybe I should, but as you may have already realized, I'm a little bit of a wine wimp ;)

Re: knowing your place

hwhall — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:22:19 -0000

no, I think you caught the general flavor of it, Anthony ;)

Re: Glenn Beck's 'Racist' Comment Sends Advertisers Elsewhere - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

hwhall — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:09:40 -0000

you're an idiot -- Sicko is one of the top 5 grossing documentaries of the past 27 years. whatever you think of the policy, you should at least try to get your facts straight before you go off sounding like a town hall yeller.

that said, popularity (in tv ratings or box office) have never been a decent guarantor of quality content. Beck is popular for the same reason as most popular radio and tv shows: he appeals to a wide audience -- which speaks quite sadly of the members of that audience.

Re: secondhand haiku: zero sum

hwhall — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:15:12 -0000

well, in the interest of honoring anonymity, i can neither confirm nor deny -- but i hope you and your hubby have had more good days than bad days (or at least the kind of days that would inspire this sentiment).

Re: knowing your place

hwhall — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:12:09 -0000

yes indeed, though i'm not necessarily implicating every woman as a "Black Widow" ;)

i actually submitted an earlier form of this haiku to haikubreakup.com. if it gets posted there, i'll link to it so others can see the earlier version too (which is written in more of a first person voice).

Re: for a girl in a mall

hwhall — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:00:20 -0000

that would be interesting too, I suppose, though I've always tended toward the melancholy.

Re: partitions

hwhall — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:55:03 -0000

on the Flickr posting of this photo, I basically admit to my fascination with 7-syllable words, so yeah, I did count that as a slight triumph ;)

Re: wasted guilt

hwhall — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:43:54 -0000

and don't we all fall into this habit from time to time?

i think this one was already rattling in my head for a while, but while i was watching news coverage and commentary on the Prof Gates arrest and its ensuing analysis, it started to take a more solid form. with people in situations like that being goaded into apologies, as if a forced apology even has meaning, it seemed to me that righting a wrong has inherently more meaning than any amount of apology or idle regret.