Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:06:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: slouching http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1185484 slouching Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:43:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1185484 <p>Re: Sarah Caudwell. I read all her books and liked them a lot. Saw “Juno” with my daughter and loved it. Very funny. Great soundtrack. My daughter has seen it twice more with her friends. Loved the Pullman Dark Materials trilogy and also his Sally Lockhart books. Great stuff. It’s raining and storming here. I am warm and dry. I just made a gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and fondue with a lot of wine and some brandy in it. Good food for cold weather. I hope all of you are warm and dry. How terrible it must be to be homeless in this weather. It makes me realize that despite my worries and complaints, I have a lot to be thankful for.</p> Re: Sarah Caudwell. I read all her books and liked them a lot. Saw “Juno” with my daughter and loved it. Very funny. Great soundtrack. My daughter has seen it twice more with her friends. Loved the Pullman Dark Materials trilogy and also his Sally Lockhart books. Great stuff. It’s raining and storming here. I am warm and dry. I just made a gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting and fondue with a lot of wine and some brandy in it. Good food for cold weather. I hope all of you are warm and dry. How terrible it must be to be homeless in this weather. It makes me realize that despite my worries and complaints, I have a lot to be thankful for.

]]> By: MarieRoget http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1184874 MarieRoget Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:22:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1184874 <p>T.H. White beats Rowling any day IMHO. Thanks for reminding me of my daighter’s utter delight in being read <em>Mistress Masham’s Repose </em>each night during one holiday vacation. A wonderfully plotted story- it’s a surprise some shrewd movie maker hasn’t snapped up this little gem yet, it’s very filmable in our era of CG screen wonders. Peter Jacksonesque….</p> T.H. White beats Rowling any day IMHO. Thanks for reminding me of my daighter’s utter delight in being read Mistress Masham’s Repose each night during one holiday vacation. A wonderfully plotted story- it’s a surprise some shrewd movie maker hasn’t snapped up this little gem yet, it’s very filmable in our era of CG screen wonders. Peter Jacksonesque….

]]> By: JLML http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183724 JLML Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:56:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183724 <p>These days I need Evanovich just to be able to sleep at night.</p> These days I need Evanovich just to be able to sleep at night.

]]> By: petrecca http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183701 petrecca Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:46:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183701 <p><strong>RED</strong> for crsy</p> <p>A red breasted warbler flits<br /> on to a branch<br /> depending so much upon the silent,<br /> hatted, faces in the crowd.</p> RED for crsy

A red breasted warbler flits
on to a branch
depending so much upon the silent,
hatted, faces in the crowd.

]]> By: JLML http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183673 JLML Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:34:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183673 <p>Someone mentioned Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books. These were also brilliantly dramatized by (I believe) Canadian television which should be available on DVD. (It was VHS in my children’s day.) Funny, loving, whimsical family life through the eyes of the 7 year old little sister.</p> Someone mentioned Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books. These were also brilliantly dramatized by (I believe) Canadian television which should be available on DVD. (It was VHS in my children’s day.) Funny, loving, whimsical family life through the eyes of the 7 year old little sister.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183615 SouthernDragon Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:06:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183615 <p>Your guess is as good as mine. I linked to a number of the poems and the links worked so…. Guess I’ll hafta spend a little time with it.</p> Your guess is as good as mine. I linked to a number of the poems and the links worked so…. Guess I’ll hafta spend a little time with it.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183521 Margot Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:24:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183521 <p>Jez Alborough wrote some wonderful children’s books: “Cupboard Bear” is my favorite. I used to have to recite it to my little one over the phone at night when I worked the evening shift.<br /> I saw a funny movie starring Judy Holliday. Might have been Born Yesterday. Goofy and hilarious.</p> Jez Alborough wrote some wonderful children’s books: “Cupboard Bear” is my favorite. I used to have to recite it to my little one over the phone at night when I worked the evening shift.
I saw a funny movie starring Judy Holliday. Might have been Born Yesterday. Goofy and hilarious.

]]> By: jorogo http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183410 jorogo Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:36:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183410 <p>Holiday Snow Globe - Interactive<br /> A silly little power trip</p> <p><a href="http://www.freeonlinegames.com/advertising/future_ad_loader.swf?game=http://files.freeonlinegames.com/13883/games/snowglobe/snowglobe.swf" rel="nofollow">http://www.freeonlinegames.com.....wglobe.swf</a></p> Holiday Snow Globe – Interactive
A silly little power trip

http://www.freeonlinegames.com…..wglobe.swf

]]> By: ThatGuy http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183406 ThatGuy Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:34:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183406 <p>This always makes me smile. </p> <p><a href="http://rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.ytmnd.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.ytmnd.com/</a></p> This always makes me smile.

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]]> By: romanxp47 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183368 romanxp47 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:18:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/05/pull-up-a-chair-80/#comment-1183368 <p>Late to this thread, but haven’t seen where anyone mentioned “Mistress Masham’s Repose” by T. H. White; one of the most beautifully written books I know, with (absent spoilers) a very deep, very satisfying, laugh-so-hard-you-have-to-put-down-the-book moment towards the end. Rowling should pray she’ll ever write anything this good.</p> Late to this thread, but haven’t seen where anyone mentioned “Mistress Masham’s Repose” by T. H. White; one of the most beautifully written books I know, with (absent spoilers) a very deep, very satisfying, laugh-so-hard-you-have-to-put-down-the-book moment towards the end. Rowling should pray she’ll ever write anything this good.

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