tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post5476259283322067040..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Looking In The Mirror And Seeing The Poetic Young BloggerAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-85048335407384654662010-08-11T16:51:44.692+01:002010-08-11T16:51:44.692+01:00Dickens? I think Martin Luther might have beat him...Dickens? I think Martin Luther might have beat him to the punch, albeit a tad more controversially. Hah!JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-61629996167162764082010-08-10T00:56:21.031+01:002010-08-10T00:56:21.031+01:00Darn! How'd I miss this one?!?
Amazingly on-t...Darn! How'd I miss this one?!?<br /><br />Amazingly on-target! I have said the same thing more than once about Mr. D, as well as saying (on my own blogs) that he would be equally at home writing for soap operas to pay the bills... but never as eloquently as you have! <i>Great</i> post!The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-37925057889843618932010-08-07T10:36:10.692+01:002010-08-07T10:36:10.692+01:00I feel you have unearthed the roots of blogland he...I feel you have unearthed the roots of blogland here...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-3766814586867031682010-08-06T05:49:17.349+01:002010-08-06T05:49:17.349+01:00Now that's fascinating. I need to read this a...Now that's fascinating. I need to read this again.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-40438813639951231552010-08-05T08:46:12.953+01:002010-08-05T08:46:12.953+01:00Funny you should say that.....Funny you should say that.....Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-71810125307928290672010-08-05T07:15:31.889+01:002010-08-05T07:15:31.889+01:00Let's try that againLet's try that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius" rel="nofollow">again</a>Subbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969166266526522612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-31840810528357259032010-08-05T07:13:17.309+01:002010-08-05T07:13:17.309+01:00@Martin, I nominate Kong Qui for the world's f...@Martin, I nominate <a rel="nofollow">Kong Qui</a> for the world's first "tweeter"...but I <i>could</i> be in error...<br /><br /><br />Alan, wv="catic"Subbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969166266526522612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-78207838616799069852010-08-05T06:53:02.525+01:002010-08-05T06:53:02.525+01:00Hmm, the debate about who was the first twit in hi...Hmm, the debate about who was the first twit in history is worthy of its own blog, surely!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05064817267974193772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-68407973827111261242010-08-04T23:53:55.014+01:002010-08-04T23:53:55.014+01:00I agree. If Dickens had a PC at his disposal he...I agree. If Dickens had a PC at his disposal he'd certainly have blogged. I wonder if he'd have had difficulty getting published?Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-67453836082108901702010-08-04T23:10:20.997+01:002010-08-04T23:10:20.997+01:00Martin : I have never read him - not yet anyway - ...Martin : I have never read him - not yet anyway - but could not a case be made that Montaigne was the first tweeter rather than the first blogger?Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-81860793715941456392010-08-04T21:25:43.205+01:002010-08-04T21:25:43.205+01:00It is with some temerity, a great deal of trepidat...It is with some temerity, a great deal of trepidation and a natural degree of deference that I must post my utter disagreement with your assertion that Dickens was the first blogger.<br />This honour must surely be attributed to Montaigne (1533-92). He is credited with inventing the word 'essay' "by which he meant 'attempts' or 'tries'. Into them he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, the way his dog's ears twitched when it was dreaming,..."(taken from Sarah Bakewell: How to Live; a life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer).<br />I must therefore challenge your assumption and champion the cause of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne.<br />I do recommend his essays which remain sparkling entertainment over four centuries later.<br />Yours,<br />etcAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05064817267974193772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-46197053327197142132010-08-04T20:15:41.336+01:002010-08-04T20:15:41.336+01:00Lovely!! Ah, young poets. I mean bloggers.Lovely!! Ah, young poets. I mean bloggers.Wild Celtichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839331422541811675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-76887262878325276412010-08-04T19:19:13.283+01:002010-08-04T19:19:13.283+01:00As you wish. I was tempted to give you the design...As you wish. I was tempted to give you the designation of "Mashter".Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-66258969325938933142010-08-04T18:46:50.622+01:002010-08-04T18:46:50.622+01:00Kat : Given my recent experience with home brewing...Kat : Given my recent experience with home brewing Useless Lauterwort might be more appropriate. And you Kat will be Estella Ablerhyme.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-47915835461568176482010-08-04T17:58:12.149+01:002010-08-04T17:58:12.149+01:00Many a true word is spoken in jest (or at least to...Many a true word is spoken in jest (or at least tongue-in-cheek). I have to agree with the superlatives bit - 'good' just isn't good enough these days!jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-1983546566778833992010-08-04T16:47:48.963+01:002010-08-04T16:47:48.963+01:00Love the inventiveness in this post, Alan. I'l...Love the inventiveness in this post, Alan. I'll certainly see myself in a slightly different light now, when I'm putting a post together.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-29851942099356623472010-08-04T16:43:13.156+01:002010-08-04T16:43:13.156+01:00...and a fine inventor he was, too!...and a fine inventor he was, too!RLM Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218851852114927602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-59582261240993403562010-08-04T16:32:34.067+01:002010-08-04T16:32:34.067+01:00Oh, I think we all need to select appropriate Dick...Oh, I think we all need to select appropriate Dickensian monikers now! Actually, I think it would be fun if we gave each other names.<br /><br />Henceforth, you shall be known as Eustace Lauterwort (I'll leave you to work out the origins.)<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-90595210572636465192010-08-04T16:04:09.833+01:002010-08-04T16:04:09.833+01:00I'm a bit more chaotic but most of it fits...u...I'm a bit more chaotic but most of it fits...uh-oh...!<br /><br />Most excellent post, sir!Subbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969166266526522612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-48440553725213029852010-08-04T15:28:10.313+01:002010-08-04T15:28:10.313+01:00You little Dickens you! :)The BachYou little Dickens you! :)The BachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-68788332537949944592010-08-04T15:06:35.341+01:002010-08-04T15:06:35.341+01:00Thank you for stopping by my abrahamlincolnsblog a...Thank you for stopping by my abrahamlincolnsblog and commenting there. It is always appreciated. I decided to come here since this is your main blog. And while I like the others, I should settle in on one.<br /><br />Charles Dickens is one of my favorites. I like anything about him or pictures or sketches of him.<br /><br />I envy him his clay pipe. I used to smoke a corncob and had to give it up. <br /><br />Anyway, enjoyed the post. My blogging is not staring at the ceiling but rather my fixation with a single word. And working memories around it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-51682420570272171592010-08-04T14:25:24.966+01:002010-08-04T14:25:24.966+01:00Heh, heh! You may have a point there, Alan. Intere...Heh, heh! You may have a point there, Alan. Interesting to see serialization considered as blogging.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-18183886355252601972010-08-04T14:10:18.554+01:002010-08-04T14:10:18.554+01:00This is the grandest, greatest, noblest, mightiest...This is the grandest, greatest, noblest, mightiest, loftiest post on blogging ever written, Alan! I will now and forevermore look at my self in the mirror in a ever-so-slightly Dickens-esque light.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-44934606338689099592010-08-04T13:53:41.260+01:002010-08-04T13:53:41.260+01:00You are absolutely right! I would have been on hi...You are absolutely right! I would have been on his follower's list for sure! ha. Very intuitive post, Alan. I love how your mind works!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-12423123204898850422010-08-04T13:28:55.609+01:002010-08-04T13:28:55.609+01:00'The favourite attitude of the blogger is lou...'The favourite attitude of the blogger is lounging on a sofa with his eyes fixed upon the ceiling, or sitting bolt upright in a high-backed chair, staring with very round eyes at the opposite wall...' Nails it perfectly. Love your thesis here about Dickens.Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.com