tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post2450373244424646116..comments2023-10-30T05:20:03.213-04:00Comments on The Blog of Stupid: Editing; A Writer's Friend or Foe?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-51544758507438612902007-03-16T23:32:00.000-04:002007-03-16T23:32:00.000-04:00Constructive criticism is always good. I can use a...Constructive criticism is always good. I can use all I can get. Ultimately, though, a writer should use his own judgment. That's something I've learned and it's tough, because it makes you ultimately responsible. Scary. And sometimes embarrassing.Jack W. Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17858111182435641933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-5308757822286148472007-03-15T02:51:00.000-04:002007-03-15T02:51:00.000-04:00When I was little, he tried to get me to eat dryer...When I was little, he tried to get me to eat dryer lint. Told me it'd make me smarter.<BR/><BR/>And you know what? That was a lie.Paul FooDaddy Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808220772196526618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-64738861951312493682007-03-11T17:57:00.000-04:002007-03-11T17:57:00.000-04:00I tend to think that Foodaddy's Daddy WAS "that ev...I tend to think that Foodaddy's Daddy WAS "that evil". However, there is precedent to support the theory that an evil, overbearing authority figure can produce great genius--<I>ala</I> Pagannini, Michael Jackson and others.<BR/><BR/>So, as unbearable as he must have been (yeah, he makes hisself sound so nice with the Whopper bit, but imagine that Whopper after it had been left to chill in the garage for a few days and then shoved under the garret door for poor little Foo!), he has unleashed a maniacal genius on the earth.<BR/><BR/>Here's to Evil PappysJacob Nordbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823868503967166652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-39619858652253746022007-03-09T20:26:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:26:00.000-05:00Wise choice Big Macs aren't near as good as a good...Wise choice Big Macs aren't near as good as a good ole whopper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-88222287966792617352007-03-09T20:04:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:04:00.000-05:00Also examples from *Young Ones* and Stephen Leacoc...Also examples from *Young Ones* and Stephen Leacock and Thomas Wolfe and Maxwell Perkins and Joseph Heller! And he didn't even offer to pay for the Whopper! And I didn't give him The Look. Really!<BR/><BR/>Editing really IS painful, which I tried to teach him years ago. Regardless, it must be done. It makes all the difference. It's finally making the transition between spoken English and written English. They're almost different languages.<BR/><BR/>(Uck.) Big Macs! (Gag.) No! The Boy doesn't touch 'em, thanks Gott, otherwise I'd have to reserve my regard for the tad..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-91974597634217456392007-03-09T18:36:00.000-05:002007-03-09T18:36:00.000-05:00Unless, of course, their son preferred Big Macs.Unless, of course, their son preferred Big Macs.Jack W. Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17858111182435641933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-43072355550275998522007-03-09T18:28:00.000-05:002007-03-09T18:28:00.000-05:00Well, the whopper is what makes me think you reall...Well, the whopper is what makes me think you really weren't that mean. Nobody would feed their son a whopper if they were mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-89900954182654925632007-03-09T16:59:00.000-05:002007-03-09T16:59:00.000-05:00Honest! I wasn't! I gave him examples from Twain a...Honest! I wasn't! I gave him examples from Twain and Spike Milligan and Vonnegut! I fed him a Whopper!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25695637.post-6789866571553253732007-03-09T15:20:00.000-05:002007-03-09T15:20:00.000-05:00The Father has asked me to point out that he reall...The Father has asked me to point out that he really wasn't that evil.Paul FooDaddy Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808220772196526618noreply@blogger.com