tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post4039035725248498683..comments2024-01-31T01:39:02.006-08:00Comments on Vanitas Magazine: TC: Philip Whalen: April Showers Bring Rain?VANITAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486783210928118377noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-88315641359162537682013-05-13T08:28:17.113-07:002013-05-13T08:28:17.113-07:00Vassilis, is it not curious that in recent weeks t...Vassilis, is it not curious that in recent weeks the google word verification idiot machine has taken to requiring that instead of laboriously sorting out and typing in two bits of gobbledygook, one now need merely type in one perfectly plausible word of English, accompanying a sole dollop of gobbledygook...?<br /><br />(The minute you start to suspect the lab pixies of developing symptoms of considerateness and/or reasonableness, then you know: You ARE a robot!)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-57390895964946723642013-05-12T22:31:42.245-07:002013-05-12T22:31:42.245-07:00The sandpiper hasn't forgotten his books--he&#...The sandpiper hasn't forgotten his books--he's just browsing through the Nature section of his library--good reads make for eclectic morsels.<br /><br />(BTW, "please prove you're not a robot" wants me to type in "nature ngistIr" so here goes!)vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-73614301860620921602013-05-10T08:18:11.980-07:002013-05-10T08:18:11.980-07:00Having now sought professional counsel in the matt...Having now sought professional counsel in the matter, I reckon he's definitely after something a bit daintier than a monster banana slug or monster seaweed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzTVokJJCvs" rel="nofollow">A group of Sandpiper scholars, applying themselves to their studies</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-84155704771930407002013-05-10T08:08:24.851-07:002013-05-10T08:08:24.851-07:00Well, it's now being contended here that what ...Well, it's now being contended here that what he needs is not math but botany and biology, because those things I have called banana slugs are not animal but vegetable. Some form of seaweed perhaps?? And the Sandpiper would know that, without requiring even simple addition.<br /><br />But even if seaweed, still succulent enough, for lunch, at the Sandpiper Cafe?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-69722967442241001742013-05-09T22:33:11.661-07:002013-05-09T22:33:11.661-07:00So he's also very good at math. Ah, these sand...So he's also very good at math. Ah, these sandpipers, they have it all.Marie Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787850063283960703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-4829888152724523692013-05-09T07:34:24.091-07:002013-05-09T07:34:24.091-07:00Yes, and perhaps he's hunting for a lost conta...Yes, and perhaps he's hunting for a lost contact lens there in the tidal flats. But even a blind sandpiper would probably be able to detect the presence close-by of those enormous tasty-looking banana slugs. And once he turns up that contact lens, being a properly literary sandpiper, he will be able to consult a book, and look up "banana slug", and put two and two together. Lunch!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-58797000325574890762013-05-08T19:32:31.094-07:002013-05-08T19:32:31.094-07:00His books! His books! Where are his books. That...His books! His books! Where are his books. That's my favorite line too. He must have forgotten them at the sandpiper library. Along with his glasses.Marie Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787850063283960703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-74998061132696025812013-05-08T05:53:30.084-07:002013-05-08T05:53:30.084-07:00And thank you, Vincent.
I love the way Philip fee...And thank you, Vincent.<br /><br />I love the way Philip feels his way into that sandpiper with two questions:<br /><br />where does he live at? Where are his books?<br /><br />The essentials.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139185550151027390.post-68479055109158289312013-05-07T16:05:01.572-07:002013-05-07T16:05:01.572-07:00Breathtaking! Thank you.Breathtaking! Thank you.Vincentnoreply@blogger.com