tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post1084332847005397608..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): FFBpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47059223938282855212021-04-10T14:42:25.061-04:002021-04-10T14:42:25.061-04:00Jack Lait, in the lede for the story about Loeb...Jack Lait, in the lede for the story about Loeb's stabbing wrote:"Despite his genius level IQ, today Dickie Loeb ended his sentence with a proposition."dSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407278458580956678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58097056531370897102021-04-03T15:21:25.723-04:002021-04-03T15:21:25.723-04:00I don't know much at all about the original Le...I don't know much at all about the original Leopold and Loeb murder case, so this would be interesting, although it might be hard to read. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4099574459890899742021-04-02T17:17:29.020-04:002021-04-02T17:17:29.020-04:00Do catch the recent NATURE episode about household...Do catch the recent NATURE episode about household aquarium octopuses, if you haven't, by the way. (Thread drift in extremis!)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24813317916926568392021-04-02T17:13:24.834-04:002021-04-02T17:13:24.834-04:00Alice will sometimes call "Ninja!" in a ...Alice will sometimes call "Ninja!" in a falsetto, which Ninja will occasionally but only spottily respond to, particularly if bored.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-54444114359023639362021-04-02T17:11:59.914-04:002021-04-02T17:11:59.914-04:00Cats can, though they will know them better with m...Cats can, though they will know them better with more association (with treats or other rewards) than dogs usually take. (When we call our current cat Ninja, we usually make a clicking noise, or tap a surface we'd like her to jump up on...if she's mewing in the distance, the first call we make to see what's up with her is "Munch munch!" which she knows means we're offering food.)<br /><br />Carp, in distinction, at least in my limited experience, don't respond to voice calls from humans much, but their larger cousins certain have clustered whenever other apes and I have approached their ponds--"Crumbs? Other deliciousness?" Compulsion was certainly happy to get her/his fish-food flakes...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58074414159297162272021-04-02T16:48:48.599-04:002021-04-02T16:48:48.599-04:00Awfully long name to call although do cats know th...Awfully long name to call although do cats know their names? pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-6297408141580613712021-04-02T15:39:37.858-04:002021-04-02T15:39:37.858-04:00I was 6yo and looking for a name for our new big-e...I was 6yo and looking for a name for our new big-eyed goldfish...walked over to my parents' bedroom and my pregnant mother was having a bit of a nap with the afternoon movie starting to play on their tv, so the little carp's name became Compulsion...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24392645263364836712021-04-02T14:23:30.030-04:002021-04-02T14:23:30.030-04:00I read it too in the sixties. ALSO The OLD BUNCH, ...I read it too in the sixties. ALSO The OLD BUNCH, which I liked even more. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58615584381990698382021-04-02T13:00:43.660-04:002021-04-02T13:00:43.660-04:00I like both the book and the movie. I read it in t...I like both the book and the movie. I read it in the early sixties. I believe it was a Pocket Books edition. For some reason I almost always can remember the publisher of a pb I have read. Steven A Oerkfitznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63248650397533485082021-04-02T12:37:08.277-04:002021-04-02T12:37:08.277-04:00Deb always captures the essence of a book!Deb always captures the essence of a book!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71350529407893728492021-04-02T09:22:16.991-04:002021-04-02T09:22:16.991-04:00Margot, there is also a movie version, with Dean S...Margot, there is also a movie version, with Dean Stockwell as Judd Steiner and Bradford Dillman as Artie Strauss, with Orson Welles as the lawyer.<br /><br />My mother had a copy of the book, and I remember just picking it up one day and reading it, probably in the early to mid-1960s.<br /><br />Nice review, Deb.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45450287822035610422021-04-02T07:34:34.794-04:002021-04-02T07:34:34.794-04:00I find the case itself fascinating, Patti, and I d...I find the case itself fascinating, Patti, and I didn't even know that there was a fictional account of it! I'd definitely read it, just based on the case itself. It's good to know it presents the complexities of the case, too, and doesn't, as you say, take the easy way out.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com