tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7972081079888111418..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Desire for a riotous black comedy that will offend everybody--Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-70251137674703256372016-05-27T23:45:22.605-04:002016-05-27T23:45:22.605-04:00Hah. I'll tell him you asked!Hah. I'll tell him you asked!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-5649990255322673082016-05-27T23:35:33.879-04:002016-05-27T23:35:33.879-04:00his name isn't indiana, is it...?his name isn't indiana, is it...?Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27047470439186171712016-05-27T20:58:56.612-04:002016-05-27T20:58:56.612-04:00Oh, is that right about Herodotus? It's a curi...Oh, is that right about Herodotus? It's a curious thought.<br /><br />Yes, it would be hard to stretch such a wide canvas!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-22905280972019209842016-05-27T20:57:20.284-04:002016-05-27T20:57:20.284-04:00Well, I'm not sure "artists of all media ...Well, I'm not sure "artists of all media will rise about it all," but it's a good thought.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16087924867230173782016-05-27T20:15:51.920-04:002016-05-27T20:15:51.920-04:00On the basis of The Lecturer's Tale and Kings ...On the basis of <i>The Lecturer's Tale</i> and <i>Kings of Infinite Space</i>, I suspect that James Hynes could do the work if he cared to. It would probably have to be on a smaller canvas--offices and departments discussing the news rather than the news itself.<br /><br />Didn't Herodotus think that the pyramids had at one time been occupied by the living? If so, be grateful that Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3188437071126450742016-05-27T19:51:08.010-04:002016-05-27T19:51:08.010-04:00Are the politicians and is the rhetoric worse than...Are the politicians and is the rhetoric worse than previous editions, or are we seeing it all more clearly now because of media saturation? Even the Greeks and Romans had their fair shares of buffoons and lunacy. Somehow, though, in spite of it all, artists of all media will rise above it all and shine the needed lights upon the insanities. First of all, we must endure, and poets will help us do RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-89526881749105236352016-05-27T15:08:02.376-04:002016-05-27T15:08:02.376-04:00Yes, it is a dilemma--how to choose?Yes, it is a dilemma--how to choose?Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-35512339506012473042016-05-27T15:04:56.381-04:002016-05-27T15:04:56.381-04:00Some things are almost beyond satire--almost. None...Some things are almost beyond satire--almost. None of the three remaining candidates has an official position on our debilitating $19 trillion national debt--yet a quick visit to their websites shows that Trump deigns to notice only seven issues (chief among them "Pay For The Wawl"), Sanders offers a carefully articulated policy for supporting the people of Guam, and Hillary Clinton, Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14836556958603621062016-05-27T13:41:15.460-04:002016-05-27T13:41:15.460-04:00Good idea!Good idea!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13955375614805291962016-05-27T13:41:00.173-04:002016-05-27T13:41:00.173-04:00Agreed.Agreed.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85314853893661600092016-05-27T13:40:48.191-04:002016-05-27T13:40:48.191-04:00"Mewling moldwarp" is pretty great, isn&..."Mewling moldwarp" is pretty great, isn't it?<br /><br />My husband was in Egypt a couple of years ago and had a horse race with his guide to the pyramids. The guide was rather incensed at not winning.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43349114145500040922016-05-27T13:35:36.802-04:002016-05-27T13:35:36.802-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.rick601https://www.blogger.com/profile/17659101774197030977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-91181256487902133732016-05-27T13:35:24.070-04:002016-05-27T13:35:24.070-04:00Note to self, reread The Man Who Was ThursdayNote to self, reread The Man Who Was Thursdayrick601https://www.blogger.com/profile/17659101774197030977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73743910568808723172016-05-27T13:06:46.504-04:002016-05-27T13:06:46.504-04:00AND WHERE IS H.L. MENCKEN now that we need him...?...AND WHERE IS H.L. MENCKEN now that we need him...?Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-12401684436179680952016-05-27T13:04:53.146-04:002016-05-27T13:04:53.146-04:00very recently(yesterday) i read somewhere that ear...very recently(yesterday) i read somewhere that early biblical figures did think the pyramids were for storing grain... so now we know where carson and his ilk get their facts... "mewling moldwarp" haha; that's what i chant to my pet moles as i chase them around the yard!Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com