tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.comments2023-11-29T08:37:13.272-08:00Dare I read?Glenn Ingersollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comBlogger901125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-6008648005970076132023-11-29T08:37:13.272-08:002023-11-29T08:37:13.272-08:00Thank you for sharing this. Lovely poem, interesti...Thank you for sharing this. Lovely poem, interesting story. Sarah Byamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935964177872817430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-80476418903533156172023-10-10T20:46:39.378-07:002023-10-10T20:46:39.378-07:00Thanks for reading closely enough to notice that. ...Thanks for reading closely enough to notice that. I have corrected the typo and appended a note. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-47158830967455370282023-10-08T13:19:59.382-07:002023-10-08T13:19:59.382-07:00You typed "out lout to each other" inste...You typed "out lout to each other" instead of "out loud" but somehow it seems more like a correction than a mistake. David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-4641096155047322422023-01-02T11:42:45.716-08:002023-01-02T11:42:45.716-08:00I had a poet friend say to me (half-seriously, he ...I had a poet friend say to me (half-seriously, he claimed) that his ambition was to make my list. He actually came close a few years ago. There was a poem about standing at a pasture fence and reading poems to cows that I liked a lot. Ultimately I chose not to copy it out -- as is the case with most poems I mark for rereading. <br /><br />We wonder if anybody reads us ... Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-15919817464100994872023-01-02T11:15:45.403-08:002023-01-02T11:15:45.403-08:00Considering GI's talent for reading and writin...Considering GI's talent for reading and writing and editing poetry, this is real grand, making the list. M.MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-69107125438911354772022-12-18T21:04:48.096-08:002022-12-18T21:04:48.096-08:00Didn't Greg V. think he was going to die at 21...Didn't Greg V. think he was going to die at 21? Or some almost equally crazily young age? It seemed to give him a certain drive.<br /><br />Die young, stay pretty, sang Blondie. On the other hand, I wasn't riding on pretty. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-90390766734871521602022-12-18T18:31:25.467-08:002022-12-18T18:31:25.467-08:00Big Sister says Dad had his heart attack at 49. I&...Big Sister says Dad had his heart attack at 49. I'd been thinking it was 55. I'm glad we've failed at dying young. David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-42496239079796574182022-11-02T13:12:52.512-07:002022-11-02T13:12:52.512-07:00And/or no permission given. We applaud the artists...And/or no permission given. We applaud the artists who refuse permission to the Trumps of the world for using their songs -- although how effectively, I don't know -- but the walled-off portions of culture can make for ridiculous mazes.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-82147760194695794602022-11-02T06:07:58.213-07:002022-11-02T06:07:58.213-07:00A recent film biography of David Bowie featured no...A recent film biography of David Bowie featured no Bowie songs. Too expensive. David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-28842814251700410262022-10-31T11:46:09.920-07:002022-10-31T11:46:09.920-07:00So you're not a good fit for a Caspar the Frie...So you're not a good fit for a Caspar the Friendly Ghost relaunch?<br /><br />Well, here's the our uniqueness!Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-528150764791755942022-10-31T02:51:21.184-07:002022-10-31T02:51:21.184-07:00I can't imitation other artist's styles. A...I can't imitation other artist's styles. A friend who is a working comics artist told me he got his first big work by studying Jim Lee's style and mimicking it. I've learned techniques by studying the art of artists whose work I admire but I still end up drawing like me. David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-11673789703962594792022-10-18T16:07:54.674-07:002022-10-18T16:07:54.674-07:00Sam Rayburn was married to Metze Jones in 1927, bu...Sam Rayburn was married to Metze Jones in 1927, but they divorced later the same year, and Rayburn was never married, either before or since. The story is that they disagreed over the use of alcohol, but considering that they had known each other for nine years, and that National Prohibition was still in effect, you would think they would have known about that before they got married. On the other hand, despite the social advantages of being married, he probably realized, on his wedding night or shortly thereafter, that he just could not. Total speculation, but the stated reason for the short marriage makes no sense. My theory does. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859645490284476623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-63575291039309093432021-11-05T00:33:24.601-07:002021-11-05T00:33:24.601-07:00Hi thanks foor posting thisHi thanks foor posting thisMonty Bridgeshttps://www.montybridges.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-10109373489732730072021-04-20T10:52:46.718-07:002021-04-20T10:52:46.718-07:00"Dear Editor,
I am a best-selling author writ..."Dear Editor,<br />I am a best-selling author writing under a pseudonym. Read my fucking book now. <br />All the best,<br />A Writer"David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-79941484466822291032021-04-20T10:45:36.211-07:002021-04-20T10:45:36.211-07:00Yes, but they don't even get to the first page...Yes, but they don't even get to the first page of the manuscript -- let alone the next 499 -- if the proposal / cover letter doesn't sink the hook into their cheek. That's what this editor was saying. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-63800279726368194522021-04-20T04:32:48.632-07:002021-04-20T04:32:48.632-07:00"Make your first sentence so good I'll be..."Make your first sentence so good I'll be hooked for the next 500 pages!"David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-42120669557559672112021-02-16T21:46:55.033-08:002021-02-16T21:46:55.033-08:00hi mlw -- Barney Frank didn't offer any eviden...hi mlw -- Barney Frank didn't offer any evidence for his IDing Joseph Martin and Sam Rayburn as gay (at least, not in this interview) -- and I have done no independent research -- but Barney Frank isn't known for making wild claims. It might have been meant as a joke -- serious/not serious. I don't know. But not only is there nothing wrong with being gay, I think it's time we offered historical figures an opportunity to live a little beyond their straitened images. We all have thoughts we don't express, desires we keep behind closed doors. Let's imagine whole people, gay, het, or somewhere indescribable. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-89007652255846916382021-02-14T06:48:55.555-08:002021-02-14T06:48:55.555-08:00Martin and Frank represented the same Congressiona...Martin and Frank represented the same Congressional district. Martin was my congressman when I was a kid. Everyone knew that he never married, but I can't recall rumors that he was a homosexual. And it's not that wasn't in the air. Sen. David I. Walsh was pretty well driven out of office because the was supposed to be gay. Bachelor Gov. Paul Dever was also under suspicion.mlwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641603054601372595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-42356257843234562832020-12-07T10:52:21.484-08:002020-12-07T10:52:21.484-08:00I'm culturally Christian in that I grew up sur...I'm culturally Christian in that I grew up surrounded by it and know as much about Christianity as most Christians, but these arguments about who is "semi-Christian" or "cafeteria Christian" or whatever, are not arguments, I realized, on which I have a position. Sure, I'd like people not to be hypocrites -- saying one thing and doing another -- but hypocrisy seems to be a foundational requirement for millions of Christians -- and if that's a hidden tenet of Christianity, well, who am I to say different?Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-66541193353148266352020-12-07T09:21:26.811-08:002020-12-07T09:21:26.811-08:00We now live in a world where anyone can be anythin...We now live in a world where anyone can be anything just because they say so and the same goes for anything they do. A poem, for example, used to be a thing that rhymed and even young children could identify one; a man had a willie and a woman didn't--simple--and the truth was everything that wasn’t a lie. There was no need for debate. But nowadays it's all got so--and so unnecessarily--complicated. Christianity is not a matter of choice. Admittedly working out what exactly the rules are could be easier--never understood why the Bible couldn't be a lot clearer--but there can only be one way, the right way and if it doesn't suit you then be something else and get on with it. We now live in a world where something-else's are more and more accepted. Why can't people just say they're semi-Christian or Sunday Christians or flexi-Christian?Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-49677903165781772602020-10-12T11:40:19.306-07:002020-10-12T11:40:19.306-07:00Good name for a punk band -- or maybe an emo band....Good name for a punk band -- or maybe an emo band. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-50578993630449114612020-10-11T05:41:29.369-07:002020-10-11T05:41:29.369-07:00"fuggy fumes"!"fuggy fumes"!David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-70801625921686114922020-10-09T14:38:49.465-07:002020-10-09T14:38:49.465-07:00I haven't seen either of Disney Rescuers movie...I haven't seen either of Disney Rescuers movies. There are nine books in the series. Six to go. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-74434308667735317002020-10-09T04:37:56.618-07:002020-10-09T04:37:56.618-07:00I'm sure I read at least one of The Rescuers b...I'm sure I read at least one of The Rescuers books but I have no memory of the plots or, really, the characters. All my Rescuers memories are of The Rescuers Down Under movie. I doubt if the vocabulary in the film matched that of the books. David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-44420541354743816332020-07-06T04:29:29.357-07:002020-07-06T04:29:29.357-07:00Those were some good times, amigo.
Those were some good times, amigo. <br />Jim McCraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15653393821253902827noreply@blogger.com