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FineYoungSinger,
You're probably a better conversationalist than you give yourself credit for. Even if you aren't, your writing serves as proof that though good talkers usually make decent writers, it's not a prerequisite for expressing yourself on paper.
posted by
notapoet
on October 2, 2007 at 10:54 PM
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Hi, Matie
Thanks for the triple thumbs up. I'm happy you liked it.
posted by
notapoet
on October 2, 2007 at 10:51 PM
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Thanks, Tony
Actually the idea has occurred to me and I've begun gathering some of them together. I just don't know if there is much of a market for another book full of old jokes. Maybe if I changed my name to Joe Miller and called it Volume II....
posted by
notapoet
on October 2, 2007 at 10:50 PM
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Actually, I'm the opposite.
I can't talk to save my life. I'm always better in writing.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on October 2, 2007 at 7:27 PM
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posted by
Matie
on October 2, 2007 at 8:11 AM
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You should do a collection of funny stories and get it published!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 2, 2007 at 1:29 AM
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Thanks, Pat_B
I'm glad you liked it, and I'm glad you shared that conversation with me. I enjoyed it thoroughly. By the way, part 2 of my firefighting tale was just posted in "Notebooks," if you're still interested.
posted by
notapoet
on October 1, 2007 at 6:23 PM
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Nice essay here... Love the threads woven through it.
You reminded me of a conversation a few days ago. My dentist is a very talented art photographer. He takes shots of little things we tend to overlook, prints them large so every dewdrop, every insect footprint is distinct. Ran into him in Borders a couple days ago, he was on his way out with magazines in his bag. I said let me take a wild guess: photography? How'd you know? So that's what spurred our chat. He says he works on the follow-up art, Photoshop, etc., for 3 hours a night while his kids are busy with homework. "I don't do it for the money, or the recognition," he says. "I do it for myself, because it fills me." Which is why artists do and writers write. "On the other hand," he says, "I charge a lot for my framed pieces. I want to make sure they'll have a place of honor when the buyer gets home, that they won't just gather dust in someone's basement."
posted by
Pat_B
on October 1, 2007 at 5:49 AM
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