tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post2354423843229507131..comments2024-03-18T20:56:05.132-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: While I Was OutFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-8967147493137472422011-10-24T10:18:03.854-04:002011-10-24T10:18:03.854-04:00Here, I do not actually imagine it will have effec...Here, I do not actually imagine it will have effect.www.mueblesencorbera.comhttp://www.mueblesencorbera.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-42110593243025159572007-02-27T21:22:00.000-05:002007-02-27T21:22:00.000-05:00I read that C.S.Lewis didn't start out to slip a J...I read that C.S.Lewis didn't start out to slip a Jesus-story into the mix. I guess it was just so much a part of his inner landscape, or whatever. Of course, by the time he has Aslan appear as a lamb, he's obviously made a clear decision along the line there... still, every time I read it I think that going to Narnia after you die might not be so bad...<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'm about a quarter of the way through Middlemarch. I treat all prolouges and ESPECIALLY introductions with suspicion, especially ones that coome in any sort of 'classics' series. They often tend to be the sort of thing you should ony read when/if you fall head over heels with the book and want to know all about it and its author. Many a book will not stand after a read-through of the introduction, nasty, parasitic things that they are.Kaviarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08409825601485451978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-27021788020744993702007-02-08T11:10:00.000-05:002007-02-08T11:10:00.000-05:00I have to add that I have been lucky enough to bor...I have to add that I have been lucky enough to borrow a book now and then...i did at one point fall into 2 and 3, but even now I get the odd tome. Howeve, he knows where I live so.....Anonmoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283010096967244807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-22702029729574150942007-02-07T20:10:00.000-05:002007-02-07T20:10:00.000-05:00I'm with you on authors and individual taste. I'm ...I'm with you on authors and individual taste. I'm always terrified when someone pushes a book on to me stating that I'll love it because it changed their life and the way they view the world, etc. I'm very happy for them but find it highly implausible it would do the same for me. Last time I suffered through reading a foisted-upon-me book, I ended up having to buy the person a new copy of it... it tore along the spine when I threw it across the room!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124722668160658606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-14255179622270194862007-02-07T19:21:00.000-05:002007-02-07T19:21:00.000-05:00About some books I'm happy to adopt a live and let...About some books I'm happy to adopt a live and let live policy: for example, A Wrinkle in Time. I liked it, even with the semi-religious themes (something for which I have no patience in Mr. Sunday School CS Lewis), but I hold no brief for it and don't mind that others don't like it.<br /><br />Middlemarch: I loved, loved, loved it. One of my fondest reading memories was one golden fall day with an early martini and late sunshine and Middlemarch. But I can understand people not liking martinis, or Middlemarch. Their loss, but what can you do?<br /><br />But about other books I can be evangelical. Lolita: don't like it? Get out of my sight, for we clearly have nothing to talk about. <br /><br />I get even worse when you tell me you actually liked a book I hold in deep contempt. I know that literary taste is not a test of character, but I can't help myself: people who like bad books must somehow be made to see the error of their ways.<br /><br />Probably best not to talk to me of books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-43438430112079884382007-02-07T16:33:00.000-05:002007-02-07T16:33:00.000-05:00I was a Great Reader as a child. (Oh, who am I kid...I was a Great Reader as a child. (Oh, who am I kidding? I was until I finished the advanced degree.) Totally with you on Wrinkle in Time. Everyone kept telling me I was supposed to like it, and I just didn't.Anna van Schurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-50820514320920622252007-02-07T14:28:00.000-05:002007-02-07T14:28:00.000-05:00I love the socks. The pattern is so simple that i...I love the socks. The pattern is so simple that it's beautiful.<br /><br />Glad you're feeling better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-7743225986464694132007-02-07T12:19:00.000-05:002007-02-07T12:19:00.000-05:00Welcome back.Welcome back.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187303372682555817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-29975017495073982442007-02-07T11:35:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:35:00.000-05:00Hey Franklin - I am woefully behind on my "Cast On...Hey Franklin - I am woefully behind on my "Cast On" listening and only just finished episode 39 yesterday. I had to drop by and tell you how much I loved "The Romney". Brilliant! Genius! Hilarious! I'm sure my constant giggling unnerved my fellow subway passengers no end. You rock.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399447301356626262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-18324161761750886682007-02-07T08:36:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:36:00.000-05:00Glad you're feeling better, Franklin. I missed yo...Glad you're feeling better, Franklin. I missed your blog while you were gone.<br /><br />I'll have to try that with Middlemarch. A good friend of mine absolutely adores it, but I couldn't get through the first reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-49580917020050992742007-02-07T04:09:00.000-05:002007-02-07T04:09:00.000-05:00Welcome back.
I recently ordered Big Book of Hand...Welcome back.<br /><br />I recently ordered Big Book of Handspinning myself and I'm more curious to read it now.<br /><br />I've tried resisting spinning since I have so many projects and things to do but it just keeps calling to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-38021809555647269332007-02-07T01:13:00.000-05:002007-02-07T01:13:00.000-05:00Glad you're back. I like Middlemarch too.Glad you're back. I like Middlemarch too.brewerburnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194810403975358325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-80027751963354577452007-02-06T18:56:00.000-05:002007-02-06T18:56:00.000-05:00I could never stand Madeleine L'Engle or CS Lewis....I could never stand Madeleine L'Engle or CS Lewis. Love the socks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-92220149293167736142007-02-06T16:34:00.000-05:002007-02-06T16:34:00.000-05:00I love (!) Middlemarch, even with the beginning.I love (!) Middlemarch, even with the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-43435985178956746052007-02-06T16:17:00.000-05:002007-02-06T16:17:00.000-05:00It's lovely to have you writing again, sending goo...It's lovely to have you writing again, sending good wishes your way (and a huge compliment on the weekend knitting - it's gorgeous)!ingridknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923670973562008373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-51601032776429527502007-02-06T15:50:00.000-05:002007-02-06T15:50:00.000-05:00If this is piss and vinegar, you need to drink mor...If this is piss and vinegar, you need to drink more water and spice up your salad dressings.<br /><br />Although the lending library rules were a nice touch.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-29588760884437935102007-02-06T14:24:00.000-05:002007-02-06T14:24:00.000-05:00I probably can't adopt you, can I? Dang.
I read a...I probably can't adopt you, can I? Dang.<br /><br />I read a lot of L'Engle's books, starting with AWIT. I do like her writing and a lot of the conceits in her fantasy, but her plots don't hang together too well. And her attempts to write teen-girl-comes-of-age stories are, well, juvenile. (I have to admit I liked them well enough at the time, when, in my defense, I too was juvenile.)<br /><br />Back to knitting... your altar cloth is beautiful. I think I'm getting the lace itch again.Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344151648498823945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-27830015252329177672007-02-06T14:15:00.000-05:002007-02-06T14:15:00.000-05:00Good to have you back, you were missed.
I'm qui...Good to have you back, you were missed. <br /><br />I'm quite mad for you just for this post (never mind the groovy knitting you do). Exactly my sentiments on loaning out books. <br /><br />Well, except the part of actually loaning them out.Roggeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549838068624400016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-38779986239463606922007-02-06T14:05:00.000-05:002007-02-06T14:05:00.000-05:00I see Make Way for Lucia in your library. I love ...I see Make Way for Lucia in your library. I love it too. Try A Month in the Country by J L Carr; quiet fiction of English country life. Knitting as therapy--I've heard it works wonders.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01206220123265698075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-15258236368540520392007-02-06T12:25:00.000-05:002007-02-06T12:25:00.000-05:00No piss, hardly any vinegar. Good boy!No piss, hardly any vinegar. Good boy!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798842833839381977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-70659003207609969802007-02-06T11:16:00.000-05:002007-02-06T11:16:00.000-05:00I read Madeleine L'Engle's books when I was a kid ...I read Madeleine L'Engle's books when I was a kid and thought they were great. I started rereading A Wrinkle in Time as an adult, and I couldn't get through it. Gack, I didn't remember it being so religious. <br /><br />Rest is necessary. I'm home with another migraine, which I've concluded is my body's way of telling me "You WILL rest, unless you want to end up in the loony bin!" Glad you're back. Be well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-73346471562483312712007-02-06T11:08:00.000-05:002007-02-06T11:08:00.000-05:00I have seen the "Endless knot" in a slip-stitch mo...I have seen the "Endless knot" in a slip-stitch mosaic version and hope, eventually, to produce a cable version if for no other reason than that it's a beautifl design element.<br /><br />That it has other associations doens't hurt a bit either :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-77685292273215444522007-02-06T07:08:00.000-05:002007-02-06T07:08:00.000-05:00Welcome back... I'm sure that sock pattern has mys...Welcome back... I'm sure that sock pattern has mysterious addictive qualities; I'm onto my third pair of those too...Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226617138865451849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-91003666235783908432007-02-06T03:53:00.000-05:002007-02-06T03:53:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tip about Middlemarch. It's one of ...Thanks for the tip about Middlemarch. It's one of the books I'm reading for my English class this semester. What a fantastic read so far. (I'm "pausing" at the 500 page mark to shuttle through Jane Eyre.) <br /><br />I'm always thrilled to find someone else who thinks it's a wonderful book. Because, it is. Really.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175287704687068472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-69879422621489015282007-02-06T03:04:00.000-05:002007-02-06T03:04:00.000-05:00welcome back franklin! so do we get to hear the lo...welcome back franklin! so do we get to hear the long story about the personal inscription in a later post?Mimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06441412625615945534noreply@blogger.com