tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3684836532849161264..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Hallowe'en storyBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22294950348544332082008-11-01T16:23:00.000+00:002008-11-01T16:23:00.000+00:00Not me, Malty dear, but sounds like a good novel. ...Not me, Malty dear, but sounds like a good novel. My latest review is of John Updike's "Widows of Eastwick," and it hasn't run yet (though it was supposed to afore Halloween). I used to think J.U. a misogynist, but I have reformed my opinion: He is channeling post-menopausal women so well in this novel you'd think he was one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-32563415691975322932008-10-31T18:01:00.000+00:002008-10-31T18:01:00.000+00:00susan, totally off message I know (apologies to Br...susan, totally off message I know (apologies to Brit for borrowing his borrowed blog), just picked up Shadow of the Wind...is this yours?.."Once again I have encountered a book that proves how wonderful it is to become immersed in a rich, long novel....This novel has it all, seduction, danger, revenge and a mystery that the author teases with mastery. Zafon has outdone even the mighty Charles maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-60887774482925583322008-10-31T14:38:00.000+00:002008-10-31T14:38:00.000+00:00Sounds very Darwinian, Brit. The usual generationa...Sounds very Darwinian, Brit. The usual generational struggle, acted out in ice water and black paint.<BR/><BR/>Today in Philadelphia, we're thinking more about the Phillies parade than Halloween. My son and I are soon to walk a few blocks to the train station (which apparently has an hour long line just to BUY tix) to go downtown for the celebration. We won the World Series! Woohoo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5779491565303314512008-10-31T11:06:00.000+00:002008-10-31T11:06:00.000+00:00When I was living in France, in a fairly remote vi...When I was living in France, in a fairly remote village, Halloween took the form of a "choir" led from house to house by a schoolmistress. There they would assemble in a neat row, some with monster masks and some without, and sing beautiful carols. A tray holding cakes, biscuits, sweetmeats, etc., was de rigeur.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, as I was to discover, the village was riven by alcoholismMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-54610690342632798992008-10-31T09:55:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:55:00.000+00:00Perhaps the paint job actually improved the proper...Perhaps the paint job actually improved the property's appearance.<BR/>The Geordies, inventive as ever, have a slight variation on trick or treating, called ram raidingmaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65517219176968222792008-10-31T09:48:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:48:00.000+00:00Perhaps he just fancied a paint job on his house a...Perhaps he just fancied a paint job on his house and figured this was the cheapest way to go about it. <BR/><BR/>Some nasty little runts tried to extort sweets from me one<BR/>Hallowe'en as i was getting out of the Elberrymobile (3rd hand Ford Escort, now defunct). i was so bemused i found myself solemnly blessing them and intoning: "Go in peace, my lovely ones." <BR/><BR/>And indeed, they did goAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29158561267833877592008-10-31T09:32:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:32:00.000+00:00...of course, I realise there's a possibility she ......of course, I realise there's a possibility she lives in another town and is an obsessive-compulsive hiking freak!Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67693254294530110932008-10-31T09:29:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:29:00.000+00:00Well, frankly, I don't know what shocks me more, t...Well, frankly, I don't know what shocks me more, the fact that she chose to remain close the estate she grew up on or that she walks her kids to school...Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.com