Comments on: Loud Mouth

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:50:30 +0000

[32] Why, because he did the right thing? :)

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:05:34 +0000

[28] Da Mayor! Totally!

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:03:20 +0000

[27] Oh, sweet Jesus. There are no words. (I taught the Iliad today, and actually, it reminds me of something one might find in Homer, so maybe there are words, but I don’t have them.)

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:59:47 +0000

I wondered if I should even mention this, cause I’m fairly certain every single person on here disagrees with me, but maybe it will be of interest: I didn’t much care for this piece.

I can’t quite put my finger on why, but the tone of it made me slightly uncomfortable. I feel like it’s somewhat maudlin – not that the roots of the story and the emotions aren’t real, it just comes across a little pretentious in the sense that there’s a bit of a put-on at work, not the artsy-fartsy sense. [12] goes a way toward explaining this, or at least it does in theory. Something about being self-conscious or embarrassed to share I think discolored the execution. I get the sense that in this piece somehow you held back and laid it on a bit thick, if that’s possible.

Maybe this a Thumper moment and if so, I apologize.

By: edoubletrouble

edoubletrouble — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:59:27 +0000

you the man Al Belt

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:48:33 +0000

Great job Alex. Da’ Mayor done a good thing.. :)

By: Bama Yankee

Bama Yankee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:16:42 +0000

[26] Wow. That had to be tough. I could see my son doing something like that as well. Although, when we play hide-and-seek and I don’t find him right away he starts to giggle and gives himself away.

I heard a story the other day about a father who had his two-year-old ripped from his arms by flood waters over in Georgia. Listening to the father describe the tragedy was heartbreaking… It made me think about how we sometimes take the time we have with our kids for granted and how we should enjoy every moment (even those times when they drive us crazy).

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:32:00 +0000

[18] That’s terrible, Bama. I once thought my kid had fallen into the sea forever more. We were at Mystic Village or whatever it’s called and he was roaming about unattended, about 4yo, probably, just old enough to extend him independence, just young enough for us still to be worried. Anyway, he disappeared, wouldn’t answer when we called him and we looked all over, frantically, realizing that there was a dock nearby and what if he just fell into the sea and that was that? Agony for however long it lasted, until the kid leapt out from the bushes, “SURPRISE!”

Must have shaved at least a year off my life. Would that were the only such moment of terror.

Parenthood.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:24:53 +0000

Just cause it was a fantasy doesn’t mean it was superficial, i don’t think. That stuff is hard to challenge. Even harder to talk about in such an easy way. Enough to make anyone a little quesy.

I swear Kennedy was working through this stuff last night. He comes all the way back. It’s the fantasy. And he’s making crafty pitches, except, they’re all balls!. He gets it straight and throws some strikes. Looks like a million dollars for the second out. Then the next batter, makes two nice pitches. Close but both balls. This ain’t the minor leagues, Jack!. Then hits the up and outside corner with a regular fastball, the Angel lifts a lazy fly ball to left. Inning over. Not so special. Not so hard though either. POP! PFFFFT!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:09:32 +0000

Thanks B. Yeah, I think you are right. The hero stuff doesn’t mean anything. It’s a superficial fantasy. The only thing that matters is that the kid was okay. Or that he might have been hurt.