tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post9005584300895757088..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Like an Asp Among Withered Thornapples I Coil To and at YouUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-35394299293736949402018-06-07T09:22:46.511-04:002018-06-07T09:22:46.511-04:00following a link from your blog roll - rob mclenna...following a link from your blog roll - rob mclennan's post about david mcfadden on the occasion of his death - i learned that he was seen by some as similar to john ashbery<br /><br />and that he had a particular type of dementia in his last years - <br /><br />logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia<br /><br />http://www.uhn.ca/corporate/News/Pages/poet_dementia.aspx<br /><br /><br />it adds some poignancy to a steve martin joke i have long recalled<br /><br /><br /><br />"Some people have a way with words.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some<br /><br />not<br /><br />have<br /><br />way."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b></b>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-25864455412991577112018-06-06T09:36:11.614-04:002018-06-06T09:36:11.614-04:00i did read the passage from middlemarch out loud
...i <b>did</b> read the passage from <i>middlemarch</i> out loud<br /><br />i looked for reviews of annotated editions, settled on the one from broadview press, and ordered it from barnes and noble<br /><br />and speaking of george eliot novels, i was surprised during my first watching of the steve martin movie 'a simple twist of fate' to realize that it was based on <i>silas marner</i><br /><br />and speaking of steve martin, over the weekend missus charley and i watched the netflix show of steve martin and martin short - i was surprised how good a singer martin short is<br /><br />this morning on the msnbc show morning joe they were talking about bobby kennedy's killing, 50 years ago, and in talking about the deaths in vietnam that day i was not surprised they spoke only of american deaths - the pain and destruction produced by american action against the country and people of vietnam were not mentioned<br /><br />previously in the show several minutes had been spent speaking of the selfless sacrifices of america on d-day, also having its anniversary today<br /><br />and today american men and women and machines are destroying things and killing people all over the world, allegedly defending our freedom and making the world a better place<br /><br />may the creative forces of the universe have mercy on our souls, if any<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i></i>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com