tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5342205280491087202..comments2024-03-29T05:18:51.551-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Between the Dark and the Daylightpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53166428299640952672009-12-30T13:18:30.918-05:002009-12-30T13:18:30.918-05:00Yep, only on HC.
I hope she had a cheese steak.Yep, only on HC. <br />I hope she had a cheese steak.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40332946087060946002009-12-30T13:01:35.375-05:002009-12-30T13:01:35.375-05:00Busy as hell...are your quotations only on the fla...Busy as hell...are your quotations only on the flaps of the HC jacket (not on the pb package)? Always fun to be a selling point!<br /><br />Alan Moore--you know of the (corrupt, as he would be the first to insist) film versions of his work...THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, WATCHMEN, FROM HELL. Kate Laity is a friend and fan of his...most people who read comics are his fans...even ahead of Gaiman and all, probably the most respected writer of comics now.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35582457573368032382009-12-29T05:21:21.724-05:002009-12-29T05:21:21.724-05:00I got a pile of books and DVD's and a really c...I got a pile of books and DVD's and a really cool fedora hat.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63826141501798255032009-12-29T00:53:29.249-05:002009-12-29T00:53:29.249-05:00That is simply great to hear, Patti. Congratulatio...That is simply great to hear, Patti. Congratulations. I hope your New Year is as special, too. Thanks.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75790702803537041102009-12-28T17:46:21.612-05:002009-12-28T17:46:21.612-05:00Love the fact this is completely new to me, Jack.Love the fact this is completely new to me, Jack.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9047548768700558372009-12-28T17:40:29.545-05:002009-12-28T17:40:29.545-05:00Picked up Book One: Swamp Thing by Alan Moore for ...Picked up Book One: Swamp Thing by Alan Moore for the family to enjoy. Also got my son DC: The Alan Moore Stories. We're kind of fans, I guess.Jack Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055185636509700845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39851256709623666052009-12-28T17:28:41.656-05:002009-12-28T17:28:41.656-05:00Holy cow, doing it yourself. We did an update this...Holy cow, doing it yourself. We did an update this summer and could only manage choices not chores. We were modest this year too. It seemed unseemly with what Detroit is going through.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31758956784236205592009-12-28T17:01:45.786-05:002009-12-28T17:01:45.786-05:00WOW, what a great gift. Enjoy and be proud.
VEry ...WOW, what a great gift. Enjoy and be proud.<br /><br />VEry low key Christmas. Tina and I did not exchange gifts this year. Instead, we are 3/4 way through our kitchen remodel... a gift we will appreciate every day for years to come. <br /><br />Today I'm building pull out storage for the cabinets and will begin on some for more for the panty.Mystery Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810382773710059763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-3342916370937678672009-12-28T16:48:44.789-05:002009-12-28T16:48:44.789-05:00Patti,
I live in Maryland now. I grew up in Pennsy...Patti,<br />I live in Maryland now. I grew up in Pennsylvania and spent four years near Boston and three near Chicago. It takes a little longer for the joys of cold sheets to kick in in the higher latitudes, but I still dug it.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32986796994327963252009-12-28T15:13:29.183-05:002009-12-28T15:13:29.183-05:00Thanks, Sandra. It surely was.Thanks, Sandra. It surely was.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4503059988193440802009-12-28T15:08:05.986-05:002009-12-28T15:08:05.986-05:00That is such a great gift, Patti! I'm so happ...That is such a great gift, Patti! I'm so happy for you.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-62441767561439252352009-12-28T14:45:42.734-05:002009-12-28T14:45:42.734-05:00Ed-I actually emailed Megan to see if her copy had...Ed-I actually emailed Megan to see if her copy had her story on the jacket. She was as happy to see mine there as I was. Thanks so much. <br />Thanks, Paul.<br />I think those things would come along with it, Rick. Magical thinking, you know.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1325892037140830692009-12-28T14:34:33.435-05:002009-12-28T14:34:33.435-05:00Congrats Patti!Congrats Patti!Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44996946770403564862009-12-28T13:35:57.774-05:002009-12-28T13:35:57.774-05:00"I wish we were disembodied. Floating conscio..."I wish we were disembodied. Floating consciousnesses would suit me."<br /><br />Wait a minute, Patti and George. How would you hold a book? Do disembodied floating consciousnesses eat? Do they hug, can they feel the warm sun on their faces, or the cool water on their skin when they dive into a lagoon?Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41015280935183803282009-12-28T13:28:07.201-05:002009-12-28T13:28:07.201-05:00See the blog for the list of books received. It wa...See the blog for the list of books received. It was a bountiful book year for me!!Richard Robinsonhttp://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61648412609366799762009-12-28T12:52:34.240-05:002009-12-28T12:52:34.240-05:00Well-deserved, Patti. I was waiting for you to see...Well-deserved, Patti. I was waiting for you to see it. I was smiling right along with you.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-76036836323756397212009-12-28T12:25:13.025-05:002009-12-28T12:25:13.025-05:00I'm with you on clothes, Patti. Diane buys al...I'm with you on clothes, Patti. Diane buys all my clothes and lays out what I'm supposed to wear each morning. A disembodied, floating consciousness sounds great to me!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44185914691548526032009-12-28T12:19:01.213-05:002009-12-28T12:19:01.213-05:00That is a great gift! I got books as well, none o...That is a great gift! I got books as well, none of mine but others I wanted to read. And that's nothing to shake a stick at.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-653634349530585052009-12-28T12:07:12.398-05:002009-12-28T12:07:12.398-05:00I have never seen one of those, George. I'll g...I have never seen one of those, George. I'll get one from my library.<br />Clothes are not my favorite gifts. I tried to buy a coat yesterday-tried on 50 and couldn't pick one. I wish we were disembodied. Floating consciousnesses would suit me.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9466907785913434852009-12-28T11:59:05.146-05:002009-12-28T11:59:05.146-05:00Santa brought me the complete DVD set of JEEVES &a...Santa brought me the complete DVD set of JEEVES & WOOSTER plus some books and CDs. Santa brought Diane everything in the Coldwater Creek catalog.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-73833700158448776562009-12-28T11:39:57.425-05:002009-12-28T11:39:57.425-05:00Dana-I bet you don't live in a climate with su...Dana-I bet you don't live in a climate with sub-zero temps. Those cold sheets freeze here. Can't remember where-Maryland? <br />I may gave to borrow that line, Deb.<br />My husband can spend hours in Williams Sonama.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20851567494511254512009-12-28T10:27:06.495-05:002009-12-28T10:27:06.495-05:00Your gift is tough to beat. Congratulations, and k...Your gift is tough to beat. Congratulations, and keep plugging away on that novel. What Megan suggested should be cut may be usable in something else. I never throw anything away.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63433760132294884192009-12-28T09:52:22.337-05:002009-12-28T09:52:22.337-05:00I gave my husband a memoir entitled "Juicy&qu...I gave my husband a memoir entitled "Juicy" written by baseball player Jose Canseco's ex-wife, Jessica Canseco. It was a stocking stuffer I found at the Dollar Store--but it got the biggest grin, especially for the line, "She was a young Hooters trainee..." I knew I was buying the book when I read that line.<br /><br />My favorite gift: Deep-dish ceramic casserole dish from Williams-Sonoma. Love it!Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59328617537420906232009-12-28T09:34:28.651-05:002009-12-28T09:34:28.651-05:00We gave my son the new bio of Louis Armstrong (POP...We gave my son the new bio of Louis Armstrong (POPS), and Megan the Barbara Payton bio and The Last Days of Freud. Got the Raymond Carver bio and the Nellie McKay CD (songs of Doris Day).pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89310067798062989052009-12-28T09:07:27.644-05:002009-12-28T09:07:27.644-05:00Given (to wife): two new CDs from artists (John Go...Given (to wife): two new CDs from artists (John Gorka, Grant-Lee Phillips) she didn't know made new CDs.<br /><br />Received: set of gourmet popcorn and nice, at-home headphones for the iPod. Also the trade paperback of the first Sherlock Holmes story from Dynamite Comics.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.com