tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post29517558965667486..comments2023-11-03T06:12:03.847-05:00Comments on Mrs. Linklater's Guide to the Universe: Time For A PimpMrs. Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16582230399160973531noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-43422376038121493102009-01-10T18:46:00.000-06:002009-01-10T18:46:00.000-06:00Sorry Mrs. L, it seems that PK and I have momentar...Sorry Mrs. L, it seems that PK and I have momentarily turned your blog comment area into a something of a ... well, I would call it a whoop-de-do (country to city translation: animated gathering of any size where talking and not much else is accomplished) I don't know what the city word is for these social events. Yes, in all sincerity, I have used the phrase whoop-de-do without a trace of irony. Once.<BR/><BR/>That said. PK -- David Foster Wallace, will do. <BR/><BR/>YOU don't change a thing. Except wishing time in airports on me. I avoid them entirely. Not because I don't like to fly, but because I live my life wading through diesel fumes and fertilizer. I suspect that I would set off every bomb detection device in the place. I can see the news report now ...thisismaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333787054694926228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-61034983749605241652009-01-10T10:36:00.000-06:002009-01-10T10:36:00.000-06:00Well then...I'll just have to start re-patterning ...Well then...I'll just have to start re-patterning myself along the lines of the heartbreakingly missed, ultra-genius of the Midwest, David Foster Wallace. His footnotes are pee-in-your-pants funny. I recommend “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” as a morsel to taste his reading. <BR/><BR/>He hanged himself this past September. I hope it wasn’t about the burden of footnoting. <BR/><BR/>I do have opinions on ketchup, though. (Why does ketchup have pre-cum? And, assuming they* know about this, why do they now make ketchup-flavored potato chips? Are they now going out of their way to make me throw-up in my mouth as I try to plow my wacky-wheeled cart through the snack section? I can’t wait for them to come out with orgy-flavored Doritos. “An orgasm in every bite!”- ooh yeah, I’ll take a bowl full of those. Can I get some KY-flavored Pepsi to wash them down?)<BR/><BR/>If my words come across as cross, please understand that they’re not. I have a hideous sarcastic gene wrapped around my brain stem that only makes me seem that way.<BR/><BR/>*Ketchup United Marketing Manufacturers (KUMM, Inc.)PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779259577118585428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-68920775212951056872009-01-10T08:58:00.000-06:002009-01-10T08:58:00.000-06:00PK - outre beats the alternative and talking footn...PK - outre beats the alternative and talking footnotes are ....<BR/><BR/>In short - DrHGuy footnoted a post on ketchup decantation. I laughed until I cried. I eventually stopped crying, I never did stop reading.<BR/><BR/>http://1heckofaguy.com/thisismaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333787054694926228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-12273964913272222902009-01-09T20:31:00.000-06:002009-01-09T20:31:00.000-06:00I meant that in a nice way.I will pimp you back so...I meant that in a nice way.<BR/><BR/>I will pimp you back soon.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779259577118585428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-57237317412744836522009-01-09T20:22:00.000-06:002009-01-09T20:22:00.000-06:00Is outré good?**As a medical copywriter, I carry a...Is outré good?*<BR/><BR/><BR/>*As a medical copywriter, I carry a disdain for footnotes like an eight stone weight. Are they useful? Negligibly. Do they clarify? Somewhat. Do they muddy the stream? Yes, yes, oh a thousand times yes. I prefer parenthetical phrasing. (Acts as a whispered aside without diverting the eye.) That being said, I don’t think anyone would want to be privy to my bibliography, anyway.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I’m almost positive I have a footnoted entry somewhere. I’ll do the digging. Otherwise, I have a pallet of Irritable Bowel Syndrome brochures from my day job footnoted to the wazoo ready for whoever wants them!<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Mrs. L (and Fabiola,) for the kind mention. Whenever I’m stranded in O’Hare, I'll wish you were there.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01779259577118585428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-57489665821534576482009-01-05T17:19:00.000-06:002009-01-05T17:19:00.000-06:00OMG! PK is fascinating! Where do you find these pe...OMG! PK is fascinating! Where do you find these people?<BR/><BR/>PK is -- almost -- as delightful as DrHGuy. However, PK looses points for not footnoting.thisismaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333787054694926228noreply@blogger.com