tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post5468666484176254841..comments2023-10-30T06:39:27.052-07:00Comments on All I Have in the World: ...Chad Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085458343846938765noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-80369040256083994462008-12-02T10:56:00.000-08:002008-12-02T10:56:00.000-08:00What about the time spent reading and commenting o...What about the time spent reading and commenting on blogs? Wouldn't that be time better spent at the keyboard, writing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-73164186494566952732008-12-02T08:38:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:38:00.000-08:00Don't join Facebook, Chad. The time you'll waste t...Don't join Facebook, Chad. The time you'll waste there is time you should spend at the keyboard, writing. Seriously. Facebook is for high schoolers and procrastinators.<BR/><BR/>As for books, here are some of my latest favorites: The Watchmen by Alan Moore; A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller; How Fiction Works by James Wood; The Cradle by Patrick Somerville.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I'm a crabby old man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-3706925248072662572008-12-01T13:39:00.000-08:002008-12-01T13:39:00.000-08:00I was looking for you on Facebook not three second...I was looking for you on Facebook not three seconds before typing your blog address into my address bar. Good to catch up with you. Let me know if you join.fringeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890618644042885035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-65141701714918968252008-11-28T14:12:00.000-08:002008-11-28T14:12:00.000-08:00I cleaned my house before I went out of town, afte...I cleaned my house before I went out of town, after about a two-month lapse. Yes, cleaning is good. Clean is good. Messy is bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-66898676577499901062008-11-26T19:04:00.000-08:002008-11-26T19:04:00.000-08:00It's cool of you to order my book. I wish we lived...It's cool of you to order my book. I wish we lived closer so we could hang out sooner than Chicago.<BR/><BR/>I could recommend these, which you've probably already read anyway:<BR/><BR/>American Pastoral, Philip Roth<BR/>Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, A. Scott Berg<BR/>The End of the Straight and Narrow, David McGlynn<BR/>Serena, Ron Rash.<BR/><BR/>kyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-2790758870394619292008-11-24T12:09:00.000-08:002008-11-24T12:09:00.000-08:00One of my favorites from the last few months was A...One of my favorites from the last few months was Adam Braver's NOVEMBER 22, 1963, from Tin House:<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/November-22-1963-Adam-Braver/dp/0980243629/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227557099&sr=8-1<BR/><BR/>Also, Eugene Marten's WASTE was one of the best books I've read all year:<BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0963753614/dancinonflyas-20<BR/><BR/>Dark, dark, dark, but great.<BR/><BR/>You're already ordering Kimball and Minor, so you're off to a good start.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I'll see on Facebook.Matt Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13606082212195857006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28898491.post-6461116151531800452008-11-24T09:55:00.000-08:002008-11-24T09:55:00.000-08:00I have been waiting for you to join Facebook since...I have been waiting for you to join Facebook since this summer. So listen to JC, would ya?<BR/><BR/>And have a nice break. :)Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200732104876804746noreply@blogger.com