tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post3404842785779695395..comments2024-03-27T16:07:00.131-04:00Comments on Sentence of Dave: A Good Thriller You Probably Haven't SeenDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10076160316071071272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-75098097028617309372011-06-02T22:19:31.826-04:002011-06-02T22:19:31.826-04:00So, I was thinking about that time in high school ...So, I was thinking about that time in high school when we bet on who could write the longest sentence and you said there was no doubt it was you, but I begged to differ, thinking I was by far the more clever one between the two of us, and then we started writing, and we got to a point where it just seemed kind of ridiculous, because there was no punctuation or opportunities to take a breath, and we joked that when we got older we would start a blog page where we would write one crazy-long sentence a day, every day, only back then we didn't know what a blog was, and now I joined Facebook and see that you have actually followed through with this crazy notion, and that you write a hilariously long blog a day, all in one sentence, although now you have discovered punctuation (and parentheticals) and what is most impressive is that you don't use semicolons - because that would be cheating under any respectable author's rules - but you nevertheless seem to get out your entire thought (and then some, through the creative use of parentheticals, which, as I noted above, I admire) while at the same time writing quite an entertaining piece each day that your students must love and I have thoroughly enjoyed, and so I hope you keep up the good work and keep these crazy non-run-on-sentences coming, because I, for one, get a real kick out of them and look forward to catching up with them on my train ride home from New York (which is long and tedious and generally in need of a pick-me-up, which you have provided for me since I made the fateful decision to join Facebook), and I also hope that we can catch up sometime, now that I completely made up that story about when we were kids -- but do really enjoy the daily blogs --seeing as how I live only about 15 miles from you up the Parkway, and I am very happy to see you are doing so well. Best, ErikErikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748305687536327046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-58949738590146284262011-06-02T10:40:06.639-04:002011-06-02T10:40:06.639-04:00that's a brilliant idea-- but it would have re...that's a brilliant idea-- but it would have required foresight.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10076160316071071272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350047293841073888.post-20946380766671850472011-06-02T09:59:34.546-04:002011-06-02T09:59:34.546-04:00Perhaps you would be more comfortable buying your ...Perhaps you would be more comfortable buying your wife's underpants via the internet. That would have avoided the whole pantie fiasco.zmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435738243743797845noreply@blogger.com