Comments on: The Mad Man http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/ "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." --Robert Louis Stevenson Mon, 28 May 2012 04:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4472 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:14:27 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4472 JessO has weighed in on the story and its a two-parter, to be completed I am assuming with the next set of random words recently selected by The Daily Wit. Here’s here link:

http://jessicaosrant.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/random-story-part-1/

JLou, I saw where you made a submission for the next list so I’m expecting your story in the next week or so!

Jess, regarding the picking apart of the story, I refer you to something I once heard James Joyce said about his classic (they say) and indecipherable (to me) work Ulysses: that there were so many puzzles and inside jokes and hidden meanings that future scholars would be twisted in knots trying to see it all.

And the biggest and most obvious joke of all is the self comparison to Hemingway, upon who’s style I occasionally try to mimic, for he is my favorite of all authors, and I admire him and I have not read him in too long and I would like to have a drink with him and see if I could ever get him to appreciate my wit, but we would probably part as enemies after too many drinks but would forgive one another for that is who we are.

]]> By: jessica o http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4454 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:41:40 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4454 I shall pick this apart like Indian Camp and Hills Like White Elephants. It will not defeat me.

]]> By: jessica o http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4453 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:39:52 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4453 BAH! MacGuffins kill me! WHAT is the revenge????

Great take. Delicious imgery. Very arid and Hemingway-esque.

]]> By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4305 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:31:51 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4305 A major part of the fun of this whole thing is reading which way people take the story. Here are links to three more excellent takes on the 15 words challenge.

http://mtnmindgarden.blogspot.com/2009/06/fun-creative-writing-exercise.html

http://mo-stoneskin.blogspot.com/2009/06/daily-wit.html

the stoneskin story introduces the exclamation “Neptune’s Bathtub!” which I now intend to use in my everyday life without further attribution.

http://rubbishatpoker.blogspot.com/2009/06/daily-wit-is-one-of-these-guys-i-enjoy.html

this one has naked girls

]]> By: The Daily Wit http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4252 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:45:41 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4252 Ok, I started laughing at the Let’s Make A Deal joke and didn’t stop until the end. At which point, I started laughing some more. We need to start another list next week.

MD, I’ll take a compliment from you any day, my friend.

]]> By: Jessie Lou http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4230 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:10:20 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4230 I’ve got to make time to read this I see from the comments alone.

]]> By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4226 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:36:42 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4226 SM went non-fiction with the story–its really funny standing alone, but if you keep up with her weekend updates it works on whole different level.

Another classic.

And as an enticement for you perverts who are turning my adventure novel hopes into a romance rag and for Smily she talks about her ass, so if you weren’t sure about clicking the link below, I’m sure you will now. (Sorry for sending more degenerates your way SM)

http://raisingstink.blogspot.com/2009/06/1.html

]]> By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4224 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:58:35 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4224 http://www.thedailywit.com/2009/06/02/the-story

I’m still laughing about the butt bandits joke.

]]> By: Madd Dawg http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4222 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:31:16 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4222 Very nice work Harmony and TB—you are both truly twisted and creative individuals.

If anyone else enjoyed reading what TB and Harmony did with these 15 random words, then you absolutely must go to The Daily Wit’s site and see what he comes up with for 15 random phrases as submitted by his audience–he is truly the master of this domain. TB, can you link DW’s “The Story” from June 2?

]]> By: Harmony http://travellinbaen.com/2009/06/10/the-mad-man/#comment-4221 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:17:15 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=1521#comment-4221 Wow..did you have as hard of a time with reading my first comment that I just did? LOL, my brain thinks too fast for my fingers I guess. I will learn to proofread someday.

I love the imagery in this post, staring blankly into a fading sun..haven’t we all done that? I can see him very clearly blowing bubbles like a mad man taking great joy in hearing the crackling and disturbed feedback of his disinterest.

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