Does this look funny to you? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T09:16:16Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:43533?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A43875&feed=yes&xn_auth=no..yeah, David, next year is a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-27:537324:Comment:442322007-05-27T19:23:26.320ZPat Mullanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/patmullan
..yeah, David, next year is a must for me ... and I'd love to share a few jars and some excellent 'craic' with you. Maybe your WIP will be on the shelves by then - and maybe my agent will have placed mine as well. Nevertheless, I'll be back!<br />
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Slan go foill,<br />
Pat.
..yeah, David, next year is a must for me ... and I'd love to share a few jars and some excellent 'craic' with you. Maybe your WIP will be on the shelves by then - and maybe my agent will have placed mine as well. Nevertheless, I'll be back!<br />
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Slan go foill,<br />
Pat. You're welcome. Though I star…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-26:537324:Comment:441602007-05-26T22:03:27.376ZToni McGee Causeyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ecouteuse
You're welcome. Though I started to tell the breast-milk story.
You're welcome. Though I started to tell the breast-milk story. Ah, Pat, you're turning my he…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-26:537324:Comment:440962007-05-26T14:44:29.045ZDavid Terrenoirehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Terrenoire
Ah, Pat, you're turning my head.<br />
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Hiaasen is great. The scene with the coati mundi from Stormy Weather is one of the funniest things I've ever read and I read that book by flashlight as Hurrican Fran tore up the trees all around us. I thought it was only right.<br />
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When I started thinking I could write a book, it was Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard who were my teachers and guiding lights. I tore their books apart, analyzing the structure, seeing how they put scenes together, how they handled dialogue…
Ah, Pat, you're turning my head.<br />
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Hiaasen is great. The scene with the coati mundi from Stormy Weather is one of the funniest things I've ever read and I read that book by flashlight as Hurrican Fran tore up the trees all around us. I thought it was only right.<br />
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When I started thinking I could write a book, it was Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard who were my teachers and guiding lights. I tore their books apart, analyzing the structure, seeing how they put scenes together, how they handled dialogue and POV. I still have so much to learn but they sure gave me a boost up.<br />
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I finished that screenplay and the producers are out drumming up the money. We'll see how it goes. But, given the obstacles like never having done that before and my universally-acclaimed lack of talent, I think the script turned out pretty good. Not great, but good.<br />
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Hope all is well with you and the fam. Next year, Baltimore. What do you say? ...just one name for me: CARL…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-26:537324:Comment:440702007-05-26T10:36:07.368ZPat Mullanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/patmullan
...just one name for me: CARL HIAASEN! I suck up every book he writes - for me STORMY WEATHER is his funniest ; maybe that's because I lived in Miami for seven years and survived (or did I?) Hurricane Andrew!<br />
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..and, you may have been drunk in Phoenix, David, but I thought you were damn funny (well, maybe I was drunk too - what do you think, Stephen?) Anyway I sometimes have a secret chortle when I recall your story about the local movie you were 'working' on...and my wife thinks I'm losing it.…
...just one name for me: CARL HIAASEN! I suck up every book he writes - for me STORMY WEATHER is his funniest ; maybe that's because I lived in Miami for seven years and survived (or did I?) Hurricane Andrew!<br />
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..and, you may have been drunk in Phoenix, David, but I thought you were damn funny (well, maybe I was drunk too - what do you think, Stephen?) Anyway I sometimes have a secret chortle when I recall your story about the local movie you were 'working' on...and my wife thinks I'm losing it. You may not think you are 'Bob Hope funny' but satire is second nature to you - and, here in Ireland and Britain, we love satire...<br />
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Cheers, Pat. I'm not worthy...I'm not wort…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-25:537324:Comment:438752007-05-25T22:36:06.487ZJordan Danehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane
I'm not worthy...I'm not worthy...
I'm not worthy...I'm not worthy... There are those who earn bead…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-25:537324:Comment:438492007-05-25T21:03:22.530ZKaryn J. Powershttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/karyning
There are those who earn beads and those who earn the Bead Factory. Honey, I'm holding the Bead deed.<br />
'nuff said.
There are those who earn beads and those who earn the Bead Factory. Honey, I'm holding the Bead deed.<br />
'nuff said. I want Dave Barry as my next…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-25:537324:Comment:438462007-05-25T20:39:07.800ZJordan Danehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane
I want Dave Barry as my next door neighbor. Some people are in touch with their inner child and he's definitely one of them. He sees things through his eyes that so many people can relate to but few actually see it for themselves.
I want Dave Barry as my next door neighbor. Some people are in touch with their inner child and he's definitely one of them. He sees things through his eyes that so many people can relate to but few actually see it for themselves. People who make me laugh are…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-25:537324:Comment:438392007-05-25T20:23:15.735ZPatti McCoy Jacobhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pattimccoyjacob
People who make me laugh are not those who say something so absurd, you find yourself laughing more out of shock than anything else. Those who I find genuinely funny are saying something I can completely relate to. They are talking humorously about real life, making me laugh while at the same time making me realize, "Oh my gosh, that is SO true!"<br />
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Paul Reiser wrote two hilarious books: Couplehood and Babyhood. I can relate to pretty much every aspect of both books because for one, I'm part of a…
People who make me laugh are not those who say something so absurd, you find yourself laughing more out of shock than anything else. Those who I find genuinely funny are saying something I can completely relate to. They are talking humorously about real life, making me laugh while at the same time making me realize, "Oh my gosh, that is SO true!"<br />
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Paul Reiser wrote two hilarious books: Couplehood and Babyhood. I can relate to pretty much every aspect of both books because for one, I'm part of a couple, and, secondly, I have it on very good authority I was once a baby (and have several times since been accused of acting like one). This one par in Couplehood will always stay in my mind: Paul's talking about how you and your wife go out with a few other couples for dinner. People take turns talking about some funny event, and then it gets to be your turn and you start telling your story, and after a minute or two, you look around and realize that people have gotten distracted w/the menus or whatever. Bottom line - NOBODY IS LISTENING!<br />
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Except your wife. Who was there with you when this funny event happened. She is sitting there, paying 100% to your story, nodding intently.<br />
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And she was there! So what do you do?<br />
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You continue to tell the story... to HER!.<br />
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Anyway, I fall to the ground laughing - literally - whenever I read passages from either of these books. Which is why I automatically lie face down on the carpet whenever I begin to read one of them. I mean, I'm going to end up in that position anyway, right? No sense waiting until the last minute.<br />
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And Dave Barry cracks me up. I have an old book of his "The Best of Dave Barry," and it is my "Bathtub Book." Every night, I pour myself a Coor's Light (yeah, I know - VERY high class), fill my tub with hot water and bubbles, and read from his book. This guy is "laugh out loud" funny, and when I laugh, it's not one of those demure and timid little feminine giggles. It is one of those throw-your-head-back-laugh-from-your-toes-until-you-nearly-hyperventilate-type experiences. That's the kind of laugh my children hear when they pass by my locked bathroom door every evening.<br />
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"Daddy, why does Mommy laugh hysterically everytime she takes a bath?"<br />
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My husband just shrugs. Cause honestly? He doesn't know why. And I think is too scared to ask. Spring Break? Knowing you, Ka…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-25:537324:Comment:438062007-05-25T19:34:57.325ZJordan Danehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JordanDane
Spring Break? Knowing you, Karyn, there's video on it. And you probably earned your beads.
Spring Break? Knowing you, Karyn, there's video on it. And you probably earned your beads. Once, on Spring Break at Dayt…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-25:537324:Comment:437992007-05-25T19:06:04.207ZKaryn J. Powershttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/karyning
Once, on Spring Break at Daytona Beach, um, wait a minute, I better check the staute of limitations for crimes in Florida. ..............I guess I have to wait a couple more weeks to tell this one.
Once, on Spring Break at Daytona Beach, um, wait a minute, I better check the staute of limitations for crimes in Florida. ..............I guess I have to wait a couple more weeks to tell this one.