Chicagoist: Remembering Ruby

fed up

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:46:06 -0600

Spook I believe anyone has the right to write a novel about anything they wish. No matter how inane. Your wrath is correct but should be aimed at the moron who would publish such crap. I wont be reading this I am waiting for the follow up about how a family copes with the tragedy of having a flat tire and AAA cant come out to change it for them.

Spook

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:57:46 -0600

well Big Pikchur, I know that Robert Pippin proclaimed "The Death of the Novel" a long time ago. But honestly I think it takes a person with a deep rooted and a continued rooting soul to have the courage to challenge the above Americana classiest narcissism. And I know you "libs" think I speak to be bombastic instead of out of unfeigned honesty, but please tell me how what I said could equate to soullessness? And how ironic that you call yourself "Bigpikchur". Ironic even further when Miss. Wells a freelance writer in Naperville who's dog at 13( about 150 in human years)got "diagnosed with cancer" and died, "found there were no words for her to console her young sons". Perhaps had she some perspective on the big picture which I mentioned in my first post, she would have found a wonderful, colorful poignant wide ranging vocabulary to put in perspective the death of her pet and perhaps she could have used said transition to teach her sons the word empathy for others as a way to deal with personal “tragedy” But who cares right? Why should she have too? Membership has its privileges. No please excuse me.As I type and think about this I grow tired and in need of a drink Enjoy the book

BigPikchur

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:22:02 -0600

Perhaps her follow-up will be on a topic more interesting to you, Spook; like the death of your soul.

Spook

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:15:22 -0600

Yea its been one kitten, but really am I totally off on this one? Look at that collar! and I'm a proud dog owner myself!

Jess D'Amico

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:02:29 -0600

Oh Spook. It's been a minute hasn't it?

Spook

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:01:21 -0600

Oh and how did I miss the nice diamond clasp on the collar, oh la la!

Spook

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:59:03 -0600

Wow, the stars are aligned! Chicagoist “commends Wells for tackling such a difficult subject”, and Le Spook, commends, Chicagoist for spending time on this great book selection on how a “Baby on Board” Napervanilla Mother handles the “crushing” trauma of her son's/ families grief over a dead 13 year old dog by writing a book detailing how the family over came to “cope together through finding ways to remember” the dead dog. I don’t give a tootie pot pie if Miss Wells’s privileged life is so narrowly defined to write a book about this crap, but for Chicagoist to share it with us in these times? Well I guess its better than wondering about how Nay Nay’s,Shaquita, etc, etc deals with their brother getting shot while slinging drugs on the ave., or killed by random gun shots while walking to the corner store after school. Or how Candy Lee who lives in the hills of West Virginia tries to explain to baby Destiny that her brother Billy Joe aint coming home from the war. Better hurry up and censor this, because I’m sure Miss Wells is thrilled to her moneyed gills to receive some “coverage” on her grand literary accomplishment, and would be greatly offended at this uncivilized insult. And of course her child would be further traumatized to read that some one in the world thinks publishing a book about his dead dog is stupid. Happy Holidays! :-)