tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post3357234495693214025..comments2023-03-27T04:21:27.436-04:00Comments on Crosses and Cradles: Word and QuestionDauvit Balfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-84279535308690044992010-08-17T19:48:27.192-04:002010-08-17T19:48:27.192-04:00Sorry, I haven't checked your blog in a while!...Sorry, I haven't checked your blog in a while! Social protocol or no, this was a great poem!emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220496668273511434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-35242449142654901332010-07-09T08:52:07.475-04:002010-07-09T08:52:07.475-04:00yes, if you were the sort to dig through stale ...yes, if you were the sort to dig through stale 'bloggery, at Null Epistolary you might notice something like<br />"<br />cat <<eof >>/dev/null<br />Here's a note I want<br />to be able to refer to<br />for my own silly purposes<br />later...<br />signed, Belfry Bat<br />eof<br />"<br />which other people might have set up explicitly as "note to self: ..."<br /><br />Further poking around would reveal that /dev/null's email address (=P) starts out qnoodles, q being for Quincy, not quantum. Mr. Noodles can't get enough ... respect? ... anyways.<br /><br />And we're all "some guy on the street", accross (or over) whom you may have run before.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-80148010172827218792010-07-08T19:42:55.670-04:002010-07-08T19:42:55.670-04:00E,
Haha, I didn't take it as an insult; you&#...E,<br /><br />Haha, I didn't take it as an insult; you're fine :). It wasn't an easy word, I'm glad Ellen did well with it.<br /><br />Sullivan,<br /><br />Thanks, I did fret for a while, but it worked out.<br /><br />Bat,<br /><br />Ha! All of them? I've only the one (though I have a few filed away for future use, I guess...).Dauvit Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-62083149224433942652010-07-08T18:47:00.397-04:002010-07-08T18:47:00.397-04:00I'm so often "meta" it doesn't m...I'm so often "meta" it doesn't make much sense to distinguish when I'm <i>not</i>... take all my pseudonyms, for example!Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-58753300214814748922010-07-08T17:23:35.085-04:002010-07-08T17:23:35.085-04:00I think you did a wonderful job with a word like s...I think you did a wonderful job with a word like soliloquies, I think I'd have ripped my hair out if I had gotten it.Sullivan McPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133432350331782496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-57274018906989204252010-07-08T16:58:02.370-04:002010-07-08T16:58:02.370-04:00+JMJ+
Hahaha! Oh, Dauvit, I didn't mean to in...+JMJ+<br /><br />Hahaha! Oh, Dauvit, I didn't mean to insult your choice of word. (After I randomise and assign everything, I consider them filed away.) So that makes <i>two</i> faux pas I've made in your combox, in a single day! A record, even for me!Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-74923210055470923362010-07-08T15:36:08.251-04:002010-07-08T15:36:08.251-04:00Tsk tsk. Nah, I'll let it stand. Matrices and ...Tsk tsk. Nah, I'll let it stand. Matrices and soliloquies were the two obvious possibilities, anyway.<br /><br />I think I could've done <i>snakeskin</i> fine as long as the question was also my question (remember that was the word I gave you... maybe next time I'll pick based on something other than Clapton songs). I liked what Ellen did with it, though.Dauvit Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-48129442995924012192010-07-08T15:27:24.127-04:002010-07-08T15:27:24.127-04:00+JMJ+
Ooops! I just gave the word away, didn'...+JMJ+<br /><br />Ooops! I just gave the word away, didn't I? =( <br /><br />Dauvit, feel free to delete that post, if you want other visitors to guess some more!Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-47246963210769228812010-07-08T15:26:28.281-04:002010-07-08T15:26:28.281-04:00+JMJ+
"Soliloquies" is abstract enough ...+JMJ+<br /><br />"Soliloquies" is abstract enough to suit this poem. Can you imagine what you would have had to do if you had ended up <i>spaghetti</i>? Or worse, <i>snakeskin</i>?! I'm very impressed at what Ellen did with the latter. I think I would have jumped out of the window, if I ended up with a word like "snakeskin"!Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-61147800522245966682010-07-08T15:09:26.776-04:002010-07-08T15:09:26.776-04:00E
I'm glad you like the same part of the poem...E<br /><br />I'm glad you like the same part of the poem that I did. It occurs to me that there could be many more layers of symbolism in the whole thing than I intended when I wrote it (about one and a half of the three or four were intentional, God forbid any AP English teachers get a hold of it...).<br /><br />And yes, I was quite proud of my notion. Maybe moreso than the poem itself.<br /><br />Bat,<br /><br />Wait... was that question intentionally meta?<br />And I loved the word, though I hated it at first, once that line came to me, I knew what I wanted to do.Dauvit Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-79629957776818115082010-07-08T14:51:42.597-04:002010-07-08T14:51:42.597-04:00I won't say what it was, but I recognize my ow...I won't say what it was, but I recognize my <i>own</i> word quite easily. As for the question, I don't know... am I over-thinking this?Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-59313879971518742502010-07-08T14:21:58.757-04:002010-07-08T14:21:58.757-04:00+JMJ+
And it took me the longest time to figure o...+JMJ+<br /><br />And it took me the longest time to figure out why you used the pictures you used. *facepalm*<br /><br />Brilliant, Dauvit! <i>Brilliant!</i><br /><br />I wish I had thought of it . . .Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-40865127424049777632010-07-08T11:58:11.598-04:002010-07-08T11:58:11.598-04:00+JMJ+
It sounds very angular . . . and futuristic...+JMJ+<br /><br />It sounds very <i>angular</i> . . . and futuristic! Or am I unduly influenced by your title? =P<br /><br />But the last seven lines are much softer. I think they're my favourite part of the poem.<br /><br />Since I already know what your word and your question are (and have <i>no</i> idea what your penultimate paragraph is referencing!), I guess there won't be any fun points for me! <br /><br />Thanks for playing this week, Dauvit.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com