tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post5012017546004659156..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: Splash du Jour: TuesdayCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-57506244652904849142008-07-08T22:02:00.000-04:002008-07-08T22:02:00.000-04:00Thank you for your comments, all.It's true, as ano...Thank you for your comments, all.<BR/>It's true, as anonymous points out, I only posted the quote because I like the way Dubus wrote this little passage... I have nothing against Florida per se, or its median human age of 103. <BR/>Even though I love that one joke that Seinfeld does, where he says that the state-flag of Florida should be a steering wheel with two knuckles at the top of it, arthritically placed at ten and two!<BR/>But yes.... sometimes I just love the WAY a thing is written. <BR/>To my chagrin, I lost a ton of quotes I had been saving, quotes just like this... passages from books, stuff that is not so much saying something <I>profound</I>, as <I>profoundly saying something.</I><BR/>I lost it all in the Big Crash of my last Hard-Drive.<BR/>Now... I back up stuff more frequently.<BR/>And <I>speaking of backing up</I>.... beware, if you are driving through Florida..... literally hundreds and thousands of half-blind old people are <B>backing out of driveways everywhere and NOT LOOKING!</B>Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-30140480435278659912008-07-08T20:06:00.000-04:002008-07-08T20:06:00.000-04:00What would "a place like Florida" BE though? Flori...What would "a place like Florida" BE though?<BR/> <BR/>Florida is not only Everglades and old people, it is historic fortresses, and home to bird sanctuaries, the shelling capital of the world (Sanibel Island), Peace River, orange groves, persimmons growing on your backyard tree, grapefruit that needs no sugar, Corkscrew Swamp, romantic lighthouses, miles of miniature golf, and pink flamingos on the lawn. <BR/>It's all that!<BR/><BR/>Still, that Dubus passage - put here, I presume so we could appreciate the delightful prose - is the freshly communicated perspective of a talented writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-19555815543623166912008-07-08T17:14:00.000-04:002008-07-08T17:14:00.000-04:00To me, Florida spells Everglades. I have been twic...To me, Florida spells Everglades. I have been twice and I love the place.Maaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444125754967223180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-55325189522107704192008-07-08T10:49:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:49:00.000-04:00I must confess that I like the fact that Austria d...I must confess that I like the fact that Austria does not have a place like Florida.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.com