tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post7154889999211948304..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: “Uncle Buddy’s House”, Chapter 20: disturbingDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-85210018187662793062009-10-22T00:15:10.433-04:002009-10-22T00:15:10.433-04:00Manny, there are people for whom the phone is a pr...Manny, there are people for whom the phone is a practical instrument of communication, and then there are the other sort, and I think Cordelia falls into that camp, those for whom the telephone is a means of plumbing the depths of the human soul...Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-33291364152517821362009-10-21T22:36:38.602-04:002009-10-21T22:36:38.602-04:00phone conversations are so mysterious. You have to...phone conversations are so mysterious. You have to read the other person invisibly. But Buddy seems up to the task.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378662301271706094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-19304259787583816192009-10-21T16:45:12.321-04:002009-10-21T16:45:12.321-04:00Female trouble!Female trouble!Bald Samsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-76972581024726092322009-10-20T18:31:30.116-04:002009-10-20T18:31:30.116-04:00We can only hope.We can only hope.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-57936930800434131542009-10-20T17:27:24.435-04:002009-10-20T17:27:24.435-04:00Methinks I sense a plot development!Methinks I sense a plot development!Goodtime Samaritannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-5244689614575282272009-10-20T12:27:20.509-04:002009-10-20T12:27:20.509-04:00Thanks, Kathleen -- your first sentence made me sm...Thanks, Kathleen -- your first sentence made me smile.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-46893914349670421622009-10-20T11:06:43.687-04:002009-10-20T11:06:43.687-04:00Great dialog: repetitive like real life, but not b...<i>Great</i> dialog: repetitive like real life, but not boring like real life. Then, too, whenever someone yells, "Stop that!" into the phone meaning the cat, you know the plot is racing subversively all around, binding you tight.<br /><br />PS. I was under the impression Janis Joplin was unattractive. She looks fine here. If only she had hired David Bowie's make-up artist...But then I've heard men rave about Patti Smith's sexiness--big mystery to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.com