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Sarah A. Hoyt
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Will do critiques over the weekend. I’ve been fighting my CPAP, and of course today was Dan’s birthday.

12 responses to “Sorry”

  1. TXRed Avatar
    TXRed

    I fought the hose and the/hose won,
    I fought the hose and the/ hose won!

    *races off to dive under the bed*

    1. accordingtohoyt Avatar
      accordingtohoyt

      LOL. yeah. I know.

      1. snelson134 Avatar
        snelson134

        “Indiana Gato and the Hose of Doom.”

        1. D. Jason Fleming Avatar
          D. Jason Fleming

          “Vacuums. Why did it have to be vacuums?”

  2. Chrismouse Avatar
    Chrismouse

    Happy Birthday to Dan! I regret that I have no cat-bottle of wine to lift in his honor.

    At least the hoses are following your command now. They are not leder hosen.

    1. accordingtohoyt Avatar
      accordingtohoyt

      Don’t make me reach through the computer. you won’t like me when I do.

  3. Matt Avatar
    Matt

    Rage Against the Machine?

  4. Mary Catelli Avatar
    Mary Catelli

    Many happy returns of the day.

  5. Roger Ritter Avatar
    Roger Ritter

    Happy birthday to Dan!

  6. D. Jason Fleming Avatar
    D. Jason Fleming

    Indy-cat finding the hoses soooooo tempting reminds me of a funny/sad line that needs a bit of set-up.

    Country singer Steve Earle was being interviewed about the late, great Townes van Zandt (interview seems not to be on Youtube any more, alas), and the interviewer started into a question about why Townes never had success as a recording artist, when so many of his songs were successful for other singers. The interviewer started to ask if record companies or executives or someone had it in for him, and Earle interrupted to say:

    > It was his own fault. He kept shooting himself in the foot. I mean, his foot was Right There, and he had *real* good aim.

    1. harryvoyager Avatar
      harryvoyager

      Was Townes van Zandt the guy who hitchhiked to some thing in Nashville with nothing but the clothes on his back and a backpack full of nothing but records?

      1. D. Jason Fleming Avatar
        D. Jason Fleming

        It wouldn’t surprise me if he told that story, and it would only surprise me a little if it were true (because his family was rich, but there were times in his life he lived in an unheated, no-electricity trailer).

        Townes wrote “Pancho and Lefty”, “To Live Is To Fly” (a verse of which is his epitaph), and lots of other great songs.

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