Comments on: A game of checkers http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11766 Bill Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:02:08 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11766 Thanks. It's daily. The Safari update is 180M, or nearly my daily allowance. I hope soon to get a download manager working that I can task to show highM house guests to their rooms during off-peak hours when my allowance isn't at stake. I can entertain them, rested and flush the following day. Thanks. It’s daily. The Safari update is 180M, or nearly my daily allowance. I hope soon to get a download manager working that I can task to show highM house guests to their rooms during off-peak hours when my allowance isn’t at stake. I can entertain them, rested and flush the following day.

]]> By: Joan http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11765 Joan Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:47:25 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11765 Ah, well there you have it. Perhaps I should have taken the hint when plastic was deemed more precious than silver and gold. At any rate, I didn't know it was a dream, and I knew it wasn't a poem, and therefore I figured, as usual, I was missing something. It's a problem I have with a small view with hints of the larger picture. I keep looking around the edges/corners for the rest. I'm obviously of the ambiguity challenged ilk. Also, there are those things you write about which are based on actual news articles that I didn't happen to read/hear. This one had just enough hints of Iran/Iraq/Saudi Arabia/Afganistan etc that it haunted me. At any rate, I liked it..and like anything well written, I wanted to know more about the characters. Ah, well there you have it. Perhaps I should have taken the hint when plastic was deemed more precious than silver and gold. At any rate, I didn’t know it was a dream, and I knew it wasn’t a poem, and therefore I figured, as usual, I was missing something. It’s a problem I have with a small view with hints of the larger picture. I keep looking around the edges/corners for the rest.

I’m obviously of the ambiguity challenged ilk.

Also, there are those things you write about which are based on actual news articles that I didn’t happen to read/hear. This one had just enough hints of Iran/Iraq/Saudi Arabia/Afganistan etc that it haunted me.

At any rate, I liked it..and like anything well written, I wanted to know more about the characters.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11764 Dave Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:48:41 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11764 Hmm. I was hoping it might work to leave it up to the reader's imagination. I guess not. It can be risky to turn a dream into a story without eliminating some of the ambiguities. Hmm. I was hoping it might work to leave it up to the reader’s imagination. I guess not. It can be risky to turn a dream into a story without eliminating some of the ambiguities.

]]> By: Joan http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11763 Joan Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:58:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11763 Ok. At the risk of sounding dumb again. Back to the writing. I was hoping someone would else ask about this. All of this haunting story/snippet works for me except one. I'm left with the question of who the narrator is and what his relationship is to the girl. Friend, brother, former husband? I guess it's important for me to know because the depth of his self protective silence and her "him" protective silence hinges a bit on their personal closeness. Ok. At the risk of sounding dumb again. Back to the writing. I was hoping someone would else ask about this. All of this haunting story/snippet works for me except one. I’m left with the question of who the narrator is and what his relationship is to the girl. Friend, brother, former husband? I guess it’s important for me to know because the depth of his self protective silence and her “him” protective silence hinges a bit on their personal closeness.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11762 Dave Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:12:13 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11762 Hey, whoa -- congratulations! A 200M download limit? Please tell me that's daily and not monthly. If the latter, you won't be able to follow my Moving Poems site, for one thing. Hey, whoa — congratulations! A 200M download limit? Please tell me that’s daily and not monthly. If the latter, you won’t be able to follow my Moving Poems site, for one thing.

]]> By: Bill http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11761 Bill Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:15:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11761 Dave, you can spare me the special considerations (though I do appreciate them!): I hocked the grandkids and got satellite. I'm still getting accustomed to my new powers - I've got to be wary of my 200 megabyte download limit and there are punishments for those who exceed it - but updating Safari should be a piece of cake. Yes, the speed is good. I think ease of access to Shadow Cabinet and my sudden arrival in the midst of its contents helped to make for the good read I had there. I'm enjoying a sense of timelessness. Dave, you can spare me the special considerations (though I do appreciate them!): I hocked the grandkids and got satellite. I’m still getting accustomed to my new powers – I’ve got to be wary of my 200 megabyte download limit and there are punishments for those who exceed it – but updating Safari should be a piece of cake. Yes, the speed is good. I think ease of access to Shadow Cabinet and my sudden arrival in the midst of its contents helped to make for the good read I had there. I’m enjoying a sense of timelessness.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11760 Dave Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:21:28 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11760 I'm afraid i don't remember anything I wrote more than three days ago (which is partly why I need a good search function). I’m afraid i don’t remember anything I wrote more than three days ago (which is partly why I need a good search function).

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11759 Dave Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:18:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11759 Oh good. Yes, I imagine it must be extremely time-consuming for you to try and download new versions of Safari at dial-up speed. I have Safari for Windows, and even at 1000k/sec it takes a couple minutes. Oh good. Yes, I imagine it must be extremely time-consuming for you to try and download new versions of Safari at dial-up speed. I have Safari for Windows, and even at 1000k/sec it takes a couple minutes.

]]> By: Bill http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11758 Bill Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:06:43 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11758 It was "Trip" I wanted to see. You don't often do portraits. It was “Trip” I wanted to see. You don’t often do portraits.

]]> By: Bill http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/08/a-game-of-checkers/#comment-11757 Bill Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:03:13 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5381#comment-11757 Dave, I should have tried Explorer. Everything looks better now. Your search works fine. It was definitely my Safari. Sorry about that. Dave, I should have tried Explorer. Everything looks better now. Your search works fine. It was definitely my Safari. Sorry about that.

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