tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post8837000253378609021..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: REMEMBER?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-12035244823351101472014-06-26T12:49:13.103-05:002014-06-26T12:49:13.103-05:00I read real books. No e-books for me. My children ...I read real books. No e-books for me. My children told me I would not like a Kindle, and I'm quite sure they're right. They know me. I exchange letters with a blogger friend. We are creatures of days gone by. We enjoy receiving something other than a bill in the mail.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-3777783179227391382014-06-25T23:09:21.613-05:002014-06-25T23:09:21.613-05:00Clearly I've lived a sheltered life!Clearly I've lived a sheltered life!Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-67906434385780849752014-06-25T22:10:39.250-05:002014-06-25T22:10:39.250-05:00D.G.:
Yes, Ed, the psycho, knew she would be naked...D.G.:<br />Yes, Ed, the psycho, knew she would be naked and emotionally vulnerable then. It is an on-going plot thread in the series.<br /><br />Helena:<br />I lost all my letters from all those I held dear in my house fire so I double know how you feel about your late father's letters!<br /><br />Keith:<br />I see a few comic strips, but outside of repeats of PEANUTS there are so few I enjoy now.<br /><br />Hilary:<br />Yes, we are in a changing world, and we must change with it, while bringing with us what was worthwhile in our past -- if only in our memories. :-)<br /><br />Tara:<br />I loved that you made your own stuffed Hobbes and went out as Calvin one Halloween (another fun event that is being warped and taken from us by the unpleasant in society).<br /><br />I hope libraries can survive. I live close to one, and when my home burned, it was my lifeline for weeks.<br /><br />Alex:<br />Yes, I forgot about THE DARK SIDE. Society is changing all around us, and I think I have become a dinosaur!! LOL.<br /><br />Wendy:<br />Comic Strips a boy thing? Say it isn't so! CALVIN & HOBBES is for everyone -- as is PEANUTS. But those were classics.<br /><br />Libraries may survive as they evolve to meet popular demands.<br /><br />But I have eight bookcases in my apartment that attest to how much I love actual books. I have two long shelves with just leather-bound volumes with embossed covers. I am such a child at heart! :-) Thanks for RT-ing my tweet for this post!!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-48886544955303544532014-06-25T15:22:55.074-05:002014-06-25T15:22:55.074-05:00Hell could freeze over before I find myself readin...Hell could freeze over before I find myself reading an e-book as apposed to a good-old-fashioned paperback.<br /><br />And as for libraries. It is heartbreaking to think that they are rapidly closing down. Like you, and countless others, they are (and have always been) a huge part of my life.<br /><br />And as for comics. I've never really been all that into them. I think it's more of a 'boy thing'. And as for magazines. I agree with DG. Too much advertising for my liking, so no thanks. <br /><br />Books. And lots of books for me :)Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-51806665908007358442014-06-25T13:07:43.004-05:002014-06-25T13:07:43.004-05:00I was never a letter-writer, but I've always s...I was never a letter-writer, but I've always sent hand written thank you cards.<br />Calvin and Hobbes was one of the last strips I read. And The Far Side. Kept up with Dilbert for a while until it lost its edge.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-88856413994579152492014-06-25T11:03:59.381-05:002014-06-25T11:03:59.381-05:00wow, what a nostalgic post! love the quotes - alwa...wow, what a nostalgic post! love the quotes - always enjoy mark twain's wit!<br /><br />books are morphing and tho I miss libraries and bookstores, the only way to keep people reading is to make sure us parents limit the electronics and keep the kids reading (and make sure us writers give them great stuff to read and keep them interested!)<br /><br />calvin and hobbes is awesome! i even made a stuffed hobbes and was calvin for halloween one year =)<br /><br />and thank you for your comments on my broken branch falls blog tour!Tara Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587802105993889515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2312222624091406512014-06-25T10:27:45.508-05:002014-06-25T10:27:45.508-05:00Hi Roland .. I occasionally use our library here, ...Hi Roland .. I occasionally use our library here, but I really want to see the new Birmingham Library and hope to get shown round by some students at some stage - I can't easily get to it without a trip away from my seaside ... <br /><br />I still buy books, but I buy ebooks too .. and I've never really bought magazines - by choice I buy The Week - a curated news magazine and like DG buy one paper a week .. and read a free one if I go up to town, London town that is .. <br /><br />Thankfully I've always written letters and have some that just might now be the time to look at - some I've never seen.<br /><br />The last comic strip I used to read regularly was in South Africa probably 30 years ago .. and was Garfield .. and growing up I loved the Punch cartoons ... <br /><br />I could be more negative but I guess I'd better not and hope humanity will come to its senses and realise what's important .. the three Rs ... Reading Riting and Rithmetic!<br /><br />Cheers .. we are in a changing world .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11748553884153296912014-06-25T06:34:07.407-05:002014-06-25T06:34:07.407-05:00Roland you are so right about comic strips - I nev...Roland you are so right about comic strips - I never see them anymore! SO so sad. Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-30566016307489136702014-06-25T00:54:03.721-05:002014-06-25T00:54:03.721-05:00If people want the library to supply them with e-b...If people want the library to supply them with e-books, then they should also be willing to pay higher taxes so that the library can receive more tax money so that it can buy those e-books. Until then, people can toughen up and keep checking out old-fashioned paper books. (And there's my tough-talk lecture for the day.)<br /><br />A lot of people don't understand what they're missing with the loss of letter writing. One of my most cherished possessions is a large box with all my late father's letters and cards to me over my lifetime. They are a part of him.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-37173059454814353692014-06-24T23:55:45.895-05:002014-06-24T23:55:45.895-05:00A bite of her shower soap? That's weird. But n...A bite of her shower soap? That's weird. But now I see why he (Walt) was quietly threatening. . .to a psycho in the making.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-85183914229156967452014-06-24T22:42:16.859-05:002014-06-24T22:42:16.859-05:00D.G.:
Oh, just wanted to say that Ed, the stalker,...D.G.:<br />Oh, just wanted to say that Ed, the stalker, had broken into the house of his female deputy and taken a bite of her shower soap so she would feel especially violated and vulnerable. You don't mess with Walt's friends.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-70315896094507471922014-06-24T22:30:37.343-05:002014-06-24T22:30:37.343-05:00D.G.:
Longmire is loyal to his friends, even to th...D.G.:<br />Longmire is loyal to his friends, even to threatening stalkers.<br /><br />Yes, print media has atrophied.<br /><br />I've been sleeping most of today, but I am heading your way now!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-84680884349115208512014-06-24T21:39:38.947-05:002014-06-24T21:39:38.947-05:00That Longmire trailer is dark in its implications....That Longmire trailer is dark in its implications. . .<br /><br />Newspapers - we only get one once a week now. Libraries - I still have and use my library card.<br /><br />Mags are expensive and so full of advertisements that they have little room for quality content. I don't buy them anymore. <br /><br />As our writing sources dwindle, we must look elsewhere. Speaking of that, hope you can stop by and read the entry I had for the Romance WEP.<br /><br />Take care, Roland.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com