tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post43479649444140391..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: Are you a dog writer or a cat writer?Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-31686099922807261272010-09-04T15:47:10.070+01:002010-09-04T15:47:10.070+01:00The thing is, Loren, every now and then I'll r...The thing is, <b>Loren</b>, every now and then I'll read something that I've written and got right and I wonder where the hell my head was the day I wrote it and what do I need to do to get back there. I just posted an extract of a novel at a comment, just two or three sentences and they are so good that I simply cannot imagine being able to write them again.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-81587229636033546092010-09-03T23:50:12.298+01:002010-09-03T23:50:12.298+01:00When I'm writing like this I understand. I kno...<i>When I'm writing like this I understand. I know what I'm trying to say. But then I read back over the words and realise that what I intended to say it not what I've actually said. It's as if something's wrong with my wiring.</i><br /><br />Goodness, I do this all the time.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-85712889439755990072010-08-30T11:18:39.160+01:002010-08-30T11:18:39.160+01:00Glad you found me, Lazarus. Hope you keep on readi...Glad you found me, <b>Lazarus</b>. Hope you keep on reading.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-58946154652172666442010-08-29T20:02:52.545+01:002010-08-29T20:02:52.545+01:00Great post,both informative and funny! I latched ...Great post,both informative and funny! I latched onto you via "Blogs of Note," what a great find. Keep up the terrific writing!Lazarushttp://www.lgreport.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-79190749020948378442010-08-29T15:27:34.246+01:002010-08-29T15:27:34.246+01:00Just please don't write a song about it, Ken.Just please don't write a song about it, <b>Ken</b>.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-22755531904064672772010-08-29T14:33:37.752+01:002010-08-29T14:33:37.752+01:00I'm a Dog Person. I have no compunction in sa...I'm a Dog Person. I have no compunction in saying this. Em... tome!<br /><br />Good stuff.Ken Armstronghttp://kenwriting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-36362583791843827862010-08-29T10:30:57.069+01:002010-08-29T10:30:57.069+01:00Yes, Brent, dogs will wag their tails at anyone – ...Yes, <b>Brent</b>, dogs will wag their tails at anyone – they’re just desperate for attention – whereas cats will size you up before condescending to approach which I like. Earned love is deserved love. I’m not sure I trust unconditional affection.<br /><br />I’ve not seen <i>Cats and Dogs</i>, <b>Art</b>, although, to be honest, it <i>is</i> my kind of film. I’ve always enjoyed pictures with pets who could talk back from <i>A Boy and his Dog</i> on. I even enjoyed <i>Look Who’s Talking Now</i>.<br /><br />Plus, <b>Rachel</b>, you could always eat the hen if it got too annoying. I keep threatening to microwave our cockatiel but he knows I’m full of hot air.<br /><br />And, <b>Kass</b>, you could probably do that with <i>our</i> brains too.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-46277481191521191602010-08-29T04:30:42.314+01:002010-08-29T04:30:42.314+01:00I once read that if you removed 95% of a cat's...I once read that if you removed 95% of a cat's brain, it would behave exactly the same as before the operation. It makes you wonder where instincts reside?<br /><br />I enjoyed your description, poems and musings here.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-6371489750588394112010-08-29T02:56:41.842+01:002010-08-29T02:56:41.842+01:00Give me a cat who bahaves like a dog and he's ...Give me a cat who bahaves like a dog and he's mine!<br /><br />I think Toni Morrison coined the word "rememory" when commenting about her book "Beloved" - and it is a brilliant use of language. <br /><br />Your post was fun and I enjoyed your poetry very much. I think you could write a cool collection of fables.<br /><br />I'd rather have a hen than a dog or a cat - they lay eggs, don't puke, don't leave dead animals or guts on your doorstep and you don't have to follow them round with a carrier bag picking up shit...though if I could get a dog that laid eggs I'd be interested..Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-85459594695927307202010-08-29T02:30:08.533+01:002010-08-29T02:30:08.533+01:00Cats and Dogs<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sypexdnG1z4" rel="nofollow">Cats and Dogs</a>Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-76589999721849912602010-08-28T22:56:24.262+01:002010-08-28T22:56:24.262+01:00As both a writer and reader, I'm in the cat fa...As both a writer and reader, I'm in the cat family. Dogs are all on the surface, no subtlety. All about serving the master. Fun, but a little unsatisfactory for me. Cats are all mystery, unplumbed depths, taking the world on their own terms... more my style. Or at least I'd like to think so.Brent Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882060411376854563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-66092982420146751002010-08-28T15:49:00.410+01:002010-08-28T15:49:00.410+01:00Of course, Dick, cats will also eat their own vomi...Of course, <b>Dick</b>, cats will also eat their own vomit. Gives me the dry boak just thinking about it.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-2823424003390099232010-08-28T14:05:59.551+01:002010-08-28T14:05:59.551+01:00Another glorious excursion, Jim, with a couple of ...Another glorious excursion, Jim, with a couple of your best poems snuggled down inside it all. <br /><br />For the record, I am emphatically a cat person. For me, dogs are all guilty until proven innocent. An addition to your list - Proverbs 26:11: 'As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly'.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-15162905299442603022010-08-28T09:32:11.493+01:002010-08-28T09:32:11.493+01:00Thanks for dropping by, Brahm. Mind you I’ve seen ...Thanks for dropping by, <b>Brahm</b>. Mind you I’ve seen Garfield do petulant too on occasion but he’s nothing like Snoopy and Odie is absolutely nothing like Snoopy.<br /><br />There’s nothing wrong with being a concrete thinker, <b>Koe</b>, and I think that’s where much of your own style comes from, a literal interpretation of life. But that’s why characters like Mork and Data were so loveable, because of how they viewed things. Perhaps that were Jilly gets it from.<br /><br />And, <b>Scattercat</b>, true but I think that’s true about most things: one man’s meat is another man’s poison.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-83821559558859884892010-08-28T00:41:32.318+01:002010-08-28T00:41:32.318+01:00I've always been amused that cats are such a p...I've always been amused that cats are such a polarizing animal. It's not like there's good points that the people who love them like and bad points the people who dislike them can't get over; the same traits tend to be cited as both the reason to love or hate. (Though they either call it "standoffishness" or "independence," depending on their preference.)Scattercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302815654553659644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-39337696753823736972010-08-27T22:05:04.845+01:002010-08-27T22:05:04.845+01:00Jim - fable is a wonderful metaphorical work then....Jim - fable is a wonderful metaphorical work then. . . it wasn't at all about what i thought it was about. . . a bird, a fish and a pond. i've been learning just how concrete a thinker i am when it comes to reading - probably writing too. it's likely in my genes as my dad worked for a company that mixed and delivered concrete. <br /><br />Have you written the sequel yet? The social work happy ending for the fish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-47159086668527924192010-08-27T16:24:19.236+01:002010-08-27T16:24:19.236+01:00Interesting and fun post. Both by your description...Interesting and fun post. Both by your descriptions of dog vs cat people, and the fact that I have a furball havanese on my lap as I type this, am totally a dog person.<br /><br />Agree on Garfield vs Snoopy, though, as love Garfield and thinks it rings true, and Snoopy not so much. He is a petulant child rather than a dog.<br /><br />Woof!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883394577835241921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-71155015098919649492010-08-27T10:32:19.562+01:002010-08-27T10:32:19.562+01:00‘Fable’ is a work poem, Koe. It is about the day m...‘Fable’ is a work poem, <b>Koe</b>. It is about the day my boss sacked the cleaner. The cleaner was lovely. She used to give me a hug every time she arrived and left and always had time for a chat although to be fair she talked more about herself and her problems but I never minded. The strange thing is that he actually did her a favour because it enabled her to get into social work for which she had both a passion and a talent. At the time it made me very angry – there really was no reason to let her go – and I pined for weeks. The thing was she had known my boss since they were at school together and I don’t think she ever quite showed him the respect he believed he was due.<br /><br /><b>Scattercat</b>, yes, well, what else would I have expected from someone with a name like yours?<br /><br />And, <b>Gwilym</b>, I have followed <i>Garfield</i> for years. I have many books and a house full of soft toys in fact there’s a 2’ tall Garfield sitting in the chair next to me as I write this. I’ve always thought that Davis really has the characteristics of cats and dogs nailed down in Garfield and Odie. Snoopy never quite rang true for me. I prefer the kids in <i>Peanuts</i>. <br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-45049084785862474122010-08-27T07:34:05.253+01:002010-08-27T07:34:05.253+01:00Jim,
Congartulations onbeing featured as a 'B...Jim, <br />Congartulations onbeing featured as a 'Blogger of Note'<br /><br />People have dogs. <br />Cats have people.<br /><br />Last week I composed a fox poem. Dog?<br /><br />I like cats for their mysterious inscrutability and their dogged independence. Cat?<br /><br />I'm really mixed-up. Doat?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-63387508948671710212010-08-27T06:35:39.286+01:002010-08-27T06:35:39.286+01:00Meow?Meow?Scattercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302815654553659644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-8814314467324063882010-08-27T03:01:33.841+01:002010-08-27T03:01:33.841+01:00oh my - what a great posting Jim. Every thought o...oh my - what a great posting Jim. Every thought of yours a treat. I knew I'd written a cat poem - just about a month ago - and there was a dog in 'the half-life of linoleum' that stole a police car. <br /><br />I did a quick search through all of my writing (ex the novel) and found that I'd written about dogma many more times than I'd written about dogs. So it goes. <br /><br />My mom had a couple dogs, sandy and midge and a couple of cats tiger and louie. my mom actually has no use for pets so it's so bizarre to me that she had them at all. they were companions she could grouse about i suppose after my brother and i moved out I suppose, something to keep the veterinarians employed.<br /><br />my son had a goldfish named charlie one day. actually one day and part of a night. I'm not into pets either but I have work to grouse about.<br /><br />Fable is a great poem, I like how you used that line 'just not in that way' for a whole new meaning. But of course, I don't really know what you meant, I only know what I think you meant, and I think you meant something different from what that line really means. Unless you meant what it means, in which case, it's not about what i think. <br /><br />When I searched through my archives I found this, the only poem i've written about a dog:<br /><br />yo-yo <br />when we're walking<br />the dog,<br /><br />when we're going around<br />the world,<br /><br />you let me out on a<br />string, you pull me<br />back in.<br /><br />-it's not even really about a dog, is it? it's about a yo yo. i wrote it for a dear, dear, dear love of mine. she had a dog, we loved to travel, i was the yo-yo. she didn't really pull me back in. that part was made up.<br /><br />-meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com