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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 10, 2023 18:18:18 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Hermes. I live near the Basilica of St. Lawrence now and think of you often when I pass it.
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Mar 1, 2023 8:11:10 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 1, 2023 8:11:10 GMT -5
also I'm jealous of your big empty floor If only … this is in an academic building
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 22, 2023 23:36:38 GMT -5
Thank you for the very fine dispatch, JL! I am glad to have it after such tumultuous times and will keep it in my last safe safe.
(And seriously, thank you for the kind words! I love the design, too!)
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 22, 2023 20:46:40 GMT -5
I learned about this very late after not logging in for a long time, so I am just now posting a tribute. It's strange to write about someone you knew only online and in one very specific context. It feels like Hermes was as much a part of my life as other friends. He offered a remarkable example of compassion and humor coupled with keen, sometimes jarring, insight. He advocated for the most correct and just course of action in all cases, unbiased by personal relationships and unswayed by fallacious appeals to authority. I consulted him frequently in my time as admin. When I read his perspective, whether on matters forum or literary, I would frequently think "yes, that's exactly right - how had I not seen it before?" I think about Hermes all the time. I think about him when I encounter Plato's allegory of the cave (this post or around it was the first time I had heard of it). I think about him on St. Lawrence's Day. I think about him when I hear or find myself humming "Here We Come a-Wassailing." I think about him - and blame him - when I find myself using too many em dashes. I am grateful to be one of the people who knew him and to have access to years of his thoughts, archived in this forum. Pax requiem Hermes.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 22, 2023 19:45:18 GMT -5
A solemn Ash Wednesday to all!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 22, 2023 19:43:57 GMT -5
It's been a long journey, but here he is, eight months and going strong. Hope all 667ers are well!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Oct 7, 2021 11:30:06 GMT -5
Came here with censorship gloves on, making a contribution instead:
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Post by Christmas Chief on Oct 7, 2021 10:10:43 GMT -5
Shall we put it to a vote? Come to think of it, 'answering the wrong questions' takes on new significance in the light of DH's recent remarks about us. Because the questions we answer are arbitrary?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Oct 3, 2021 14:44:58 GMT -5
A belated welcome to you, HAL 10,000! Hello hello hello. I am GlitteryMisery and I've been a fan for years and years and am a longtime lurker on this board(haven't read ATWQ or Beatrice Letters but will when I have the time). I'm also active on Reddit and was active on a site called PotterForums until it 404ed. Was all the content lost??
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Post by Christmas Chief on Oct 3, 2021 12:45:37 GMT -5
When you Reply to a post (as opposed to Quick Reply) you can also use the "Link" button. The icon is a globe with a piece of paper over it.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Oct 3, 2021 12:11:48 GMT -5
I'm wanting to be clear... I'm implying that the ASOUE and ATWQ story didn't actually happen in the PFB universe. They are just fictional stories from Lemony's point of view of the PFB universe. Hmm, I can see good reasons to think that ASOUE and ATWQ are fiction in the PFB universe. The line that comes to mind is the one about how we "wish" or could "pretend" that we all belong to the same organization. Also, I thought the narrator's attitude towards his past books was more Handler-esque than Snicket-esque, and of course, Handler's books are fiction. I think it would create too much discontinuity, though, if it turned out ASOUE and ATWQ were fiction. It would undermine too much of the world. Although I think all the books can work together and be "true," if anything, I'd be more inclined to think PFB is fiction in the ATWQ universe. I agree that there is a lot of Handler here. Yes - so much Handler! I read some of the lines as he's said them in interviews. The geographical references, too, seemed to place us in San Francisco. I wonder how much the PFB style will be replicated in the memoir. I had the same frustrations throughout the book. I think his decision not to go to the hospital requires some suspension of disbelief (the reason Lemony gives is that he wouldn't be able to or didn't want to answer their questions?). And from there, the lack of urgency becomes only more bewildering. I like your point that "Lemony has already achieved calmness in the face of death" - I think this point does resolve some frustrations, since we can believe he didn't rush to solve his murder due to his own belief that his time had come, or something like that.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Sept 28, 2021 8:05:36 GMT -5
Do you agree that in the PFB universe, Lemony is the author of the fictional story of ASOUE and ATWQ? Yes, he's definitely the author of ATWQ given the explicit reference to ?3, and the author of ATWQ is the author of ASOUE given the references to the ASOUE characters and so forth.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Sept 28, 2021 7:43:00 GMT -5
I at last obtained my copy and finished reading today! I am still reading through this thread, but some initial thoughts:
- Well, it's clear why the target audience age jumped around so much, and why the publishers might have had their doubts about marketability. This is a very strange children's book. - I appreciated the philosophy jokes - e.g., no one likes reading philosophy and no one listens to philosophers. - The inside panel was also funny - "In the ears since this publishing hose was founded, we have worked with an array of wondrous authors who have brought illuminating clarity to our bewildering world. Now, instead, we bring you Lemony Snicket."
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 29, 2021 19:34:20 GMT -5
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 25, 2021 17:18:37 GMT -5
Fixed! Thanks.
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