Comments on: Roundup http://www.edrants.com/roundup-77/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Tata http://www.edrants.com/roundup-77/comment-page-1/#comment-74258 James Tata Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:10:16 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=4868#comment-74258 Ed-- Thanks for the good wishes on NaNoWriMo. I'll need all the luck I can get! Jim Ed–
Thanks for the good wishes on NaNoWriMo. I’ll need all the luck I can get!
Jim

]]> By: Richard Pachter http://www.edrants.com/roundup-77/comment-page-1/#comment-74007 Richard Pachter Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:25:09 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=4868#comment-74007 Updike can take Toprol XL like everyone else! Updike can take Toprol XL like everyone else!

]]> By: Levi http://www.edrants.com/roundup-77/comment-page-1/#comment-73988 Levi Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:59:24 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=4868#comment-73988 Ed, what's your beef with the Stephen King review? I thought it was refreshingly energetic and broad in scope. Ed, what’s your beef with the Stephen King review? I thought it was refreshingly energetic and broad in scope.

]]> By: Ron http://www.edrants.com/roundup-77/comment-page-1/#comment-73949 Ron Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:42:45 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=4868#comment-73949 Yes, to put a plainer spin on it, the fact that Foer couldn't incorporate the Rumsfeld developments into his story is a problem with the way the story was ASSIGNED, not the way it was written. Considered in and of itself, it's a perfectly competent review of State of Denial, just as good as any of the ones filed a month before it. Yes, to put a plainer spin on it, the fact that Foer couldn’t incorporate the Rumsfeld developments into his story is a problem with the way the story was ASSIGNED, not the way it was written. Considered in and of itself, it’s a perfectly competent review of State of Denial, just as good as any of the ones filed a month before it.

]]> By: rasputin http://www.edrants.com/roundup-77/comment-page-1/#comment-73948 rasputin Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:38:29 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=4868#comment-73948 I'm actually excited about the Simpsons movie for the perverse reason that the makers of the show have hinted in the DVD commentaries that it would probably kill the show. No specific details, but there's a definite vibe that the movie will be a sort of grand finale. Of course, I also totally bought into the idea that REM would break up at midnight on New Year's Day, 2000, so... I’m actually excited about the Simpsons movie for the perverse reason that the makers of the show have hinted in the DVD commentaries that it would probably kill the show. No specific details, but there’s a definite vibe that the movie will be a sort of grand finale.

Of course, I also totally bought into the idea that REM would break up at midnight on New Year’s Day, 2000, so…

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