Comments on: Thread and thrum http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martha Bridegam http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-152115 Martha Bridegam Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:47:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-152115 I'm terribly sorry to see him drying up but he is. I think the problem is he's writing for too narrow a community of friends. The in-jokes about felafel, ponies, etc. aren't explained; the outside world doesn't feel welcome; excuses to vent old running peeves get more energy than new news. And it's awful to watch. I’m terribly sorry to see him drying up but he is. I think the problem is he’s writing for too narrow a community of friends. The in-jokes about felafel, ponies, etc. aren’t explained; the outside world doesn’t feel welcome; excuses to vent old running peeves get more energy than new news. And it’s awful to watch.

]]> By: tianyi http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-152104 tianyi Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:54:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-152104 <a href="http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/textresults.xq?term=thread&type=and&prox=25&coll=illbk&limit=phystext" rel="nofollow">Blake</a>, from <i>Jerusalem</i> When winter rends the hungry family and the snow falls: Upon the ways of men hiding the paths of man and beast, Then mourns the wanderer: then he repents his wanderings & eyes The distant forest; then the slave groans in the dungeon of stone. The captive in the mill of the stranger. sold for scanty hire. They view their former life: they number moments over and over: Stringing them on their remembrance as on a thread of sorrow. Blake, from Jerusalem

When winter rends the hungry family and the snow falls:
Upon the ways of men hiding the paths of man and beast,
Then mourns the wanderer: then he repents his wanderings & eyes
The distant forest; then the slave groans in the dungeon of stone.
The captive in the mill of the stranger. sold for scanty hire.
They view their former life: they number moments over and over:
Stringing them on their remembrance as on a thread of sorrow.

]]> By: ArC http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-152087 ArC Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:39:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-152087 What would Stan Lee have to say, threadwise? What would Stan Lee have to say, threadwise?

]]> By: Adam Kotsko http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-152037 Adam Kotsko Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:06:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-152037 Has anyone started a pool on how long it will be before Atrios closes up shop? Has anyone started a pool on how long it will be before Atrios closes up shop?

]]> By: John Holbo http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-151988 John Holbo Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:23:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-151988 Yes. Yes.

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-151968 Barry Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:00:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-151968 John, I don't mean to be critical, but is this just an exercise in literary copy-and-paste? John, I don’t mean to be critical, but is this just an exercise in literary copy-and-paste?

]]> By: David Sneek http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/17/thread-and-thrum/comment-page-1/#comment-151932 David Sneek Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4566#comment-151932 Frist? "Illic et lentum filis inmittitur aurum et vetus in tela deducitur argumentum." - Metamorphoses VI Frist?

“Illic et lentum filis inmittitur aurum et vetus in tela deducitur argumentum.” – Metamorphoses VI

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