tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post6890163017780682110..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Stuff for a MondayNikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-3061450278471230032015-07-17T11:23:33.453-04:002015-07-17T11:23:33.453-04:00I had similar feelings as you after watching the f...I had similar feelings as you after watching the first episode of Grace and Frankie, but stuck with it and was glad I did. I'm not a fan of Jane Fonda, and it seems like she may be playing herself, but I love Lily Tomlin, and her character. Moments like the one in the store with Grace's breakdown really underline just how people (especially women) are considered invisible by society when they become seniors.Forest City Fashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04428940427287921203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-58338254119586507492015-07-15T11:43:05.266-04:002015-07-15T11:43:05.266-04:00I'm going to read Watchman over a vacation sta...I'm going to read Watchman over a vacation starting next week. With some of the recent stories I've seen about the release I'm wondering if Harper has wanted to release the book but her sister didn't. And now Harper gets to decide for herself. Maybe this is naive. I've known some very with it elders and some not so. I hate to think of her being taken advantage of so I'll live in my happy bubble. Just adding my speculation to all the other. :)<br /><br />I follow the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards that honors excellent works that deal with racism and diversity issues. While I don't think Watchman will win an A-W next year, I'm very interested how all the buzz about this book plays out in the pages. <br /><br />Love this post Nikki. I was a HUGE Bloom County fan. I need to go find my books and share them with my girls!!Kiki Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-26510102854251567182015-07-14T12:29:07.315-04:002015-07-14T12:29:07.315-04:00I totally agree with you on Grace and Frankie. I t...I totally agree with you on Grace and Frankie. I try and tell people not to give up on it and keep going after the first 2 or 3 episodes and ultimately they will be rewarded.... I loved it and am glad it has been given the go on a second season.<br /><br />Also, are you watching Hoff The Record? A brilliant semi-improvised Mockumentary starring David Hasselhoff!!! Love it!!myselfixionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260627648863354792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-9400075742797631552015-07-13T21:03:12.975-04:002015-07-13T21:03:12.975-04:00I’d think of Watchman as possible, might-have-been...<br>I’d think of <i>Watchman</i> as possible, might-have-been, alternate history (or future) to <i>Mockingbird</i>. What became the “new” book was apparently an early draft of <i>Mockingbird</i>, even if it was tinkered with after <i>Mockingbird</i>’s publication with an eye towards future release before being set aside and frozen in the form in which it was discovered — I haven’t read enough to know, or at least don’t recall, whether that was the case. Your (and others’) thoughts on Atticus Finch in <i>Mockingbird</i> regarding larger questions of social justice outside the legal system are valid, but from what I understand we shouldn’t really look to <i>Watchman</i> for a continuation or contextualization of any of the <i> Mockingbird </i> characters; as we like to say in the sci-fi/superhero biz, it’s not strictly in established continuity.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-31152974727749223462015-07-13T19:51:37.919-04:002015-07-13T19:51:37.919-04:00Don't forget Kafka left instructions to his fr...Don't forget Kafka left instructions to his friend Max Brod to destroy all his literary work, published and unpublished. Nabokov's last unpublished work was to be destroyed according to its author's wish, but resides in limbo in a Swiss vault. Even Virgil had asked a friend to burn his manuscript of the Aeneid! Religion often has a role, as Gogol and Hopkins burned parts of their works after religious conversions. And one cannot forget Savonarola's bonfire of the vanities, which included works by Botticelli. <br /><br />But let's raise a more difficult thought experiment. Imagine buying books with the legal proviso that they be destroyed once the author dies. This may seem impossible, but imagine a world in which, as environmentalists propose, "we leave no footprints."Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474623954925835867noreply@blogger.com