tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post8944052443686673437..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: I Got a Call from the White House, from the President Himself, Asking Me if I Would Do Him a Personal Favor. I Like the President, so I Said, “Sure, Mr. President, Anything You Like.” He said, “Just Act Like Nothing’s Going On. Act Normal. That Would Mean the World to Me. Can You Do That, Leon?" "Why Sure, Mr. President, You've Got It. Normal, That's How I'm Going to Act. I Won't Let On, Even if I'm Tortured," I Said, Immediately Regretting That "Tortured" Bit. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-5237445202167593652013-06-15T10:19:55.335-04:002013-06-15T10:19:55.335-04:00Thanks for the link a few days ago. I've been ...Thanks for the link a few days ago. I've been combing through my strawberry patches for the past 2 weeks, and have fallen behind on my internet stuff as a result.zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-3332447687422251752013-06-14T21:04:49.111-04:002013-06-14T21:04:49.111-04:00Sorry, poem is from 2004, first published in APR.Sorry, poem is from 2004, first published in APR.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-75588661867572553622013-06-14T20:34:05.168-04:002013-06-14T20:34:05.168-04:00Um, not Thursday Night Pints posts printed out and...Um, not Thursday Night Pints posts printed out and mailed to you, actual books of Tate's poems.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-52564030683477797462013-06-14T20:00:35.319-04:002013-06-14T20:00:35.319-04:00Funny how many are willing to believe what DiFi an...Funny how many are willing to believe what DiFi and a pack of neocons say, rather than their own common sense.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-50519033604664611832013-06-14T19:44:18.684-04:002013-06-14T19:44:18.684-04:00I love James Tate. There's a reason Thursday N...I love James Tate. There's a reason Thursday Night Pint posts sound the way they do, I said.<br /><br />I can make some appear in a mailer between your screen door and front door if you want.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-38695822431850517882013-06-14T17:51:36.114-04:002013-06-14T17:51:36.114-04:00then there's dave thomas of wendy's hambur...then there's dave thomas of wendy's hamburgers, and dave thomas the canadian comic actor<br /><br />i liked the "Bounden Duty" poem and wondered how recent it was<br /><br /><br />coincidentally, before reading the poem i went out to get milk today - actually i was looking for almond milk, as we have gone plant-based at our house - see campbell's "the china study", e.g.<br /><br />at the giant supermarket they charge pretty close to four dollars for half a gallon, at trader joe's it's three dollars, and i wondered what it went for at food lion - i haven't been to their store since they abandoned the "bloom" guise, and i only went once or twice during that phase<br /><br />apparently they still remember me from years ago - they gave me the sale prices when i put in my phone number at the self-checkout stand - or else they are content with tracking my purchases without a formal enrollment<br /><br />i didn't buy the almond milk, though - they wanted $3.19 sale price, regular price of $3.39 - instead i went on to aldi's, where i got it for $2.50<br /><br />i did get some peaches and bananas at food lion<br /><br />the first poem that came up in the google search on "president" "milk" "food" "lion" was Allen Ginsberg's Kaddish<br /><br />http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179391<br /><br />certainly it's a famous poem, maybe it's a great poem - but frankly, i didn't like it and stopped reading it partway throughmistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-51441520181132383042013-06-14T16:07:06.253-04:002013-06-14T16:07:06.253-04:00I thought you were going to play Blood Sweat &...I thought you were going to play Blood Sweat & Tears. Oh wait, that's David Clayton Thomas. Spinning wheel, gotta go round...Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-72461062734836672362013-06-14T15:02:47.839-04:002013-06-14T15:02:47.839-04:00Now that my Firefocks has an deblockinator thingam...Now that my Firefocks has an deblockinator thingamatool, I, too, can partake in all of your sundry YooToobery. Thanx!<br /><br />(the Night Music clip has been a fave since you presented it way back wheneverthatwuz.)davidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.com