tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post332811204089451766..comments2024-03-28T13:45:49.002-04:00Comments on BSO: Two BurroughsTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-46049636305123220072011-01-14T21:17:56.394-05:002011-01-14T21:17:56.394-05:00Ha , you're right on about Burroughs. I love ...Ha , you're right on about Burroughs. I love him and all, but biographies of his life are much more interesting than much of his writing. He was in so many crazy scenes. Would have been a great guy to know.song 2 the sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146128778998664436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-20468346440338694922010-01-03T14:12:01.999-05:002010-01-03T14:12:01.999-05:00Keroac was the only one of the beats that I consid...Keroac was the only one of the beats that I consider to have been a first rate writer, although beats like Burroughs and Ginsberg were interesting personalities, to say the least.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-32204458882541063952010-01-03T13:20:15.641-05:002010-01-03T13:20:15.641-05:00I've never read much of Burroughs, but I'm...I've never read much of Burroughs, but I'm an amateur Kerouac scholar and so have read a bunch about him by proxy.<br /><br />I always wonder how much he got away with because of his family's wealth; he was an heir of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company.<br /><br />His character in "On The Road," Old Bull Lee, lives off a pension, if I recall correctly, though I read somewhere that Burroughs called that a fiction.<br /><br />He also accidentally killed one of his wives in a game of 'William Tell' and got away with it.<br /><br />What a crazy dude.S.P. Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14890128873734264889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-67787286746325579072010-01-01T16:26:25.510-05:002010-01-01T16:26:25.510-05:00I followed the link to Nancy Hoar's obit and w...I followed the link to Nancy Hoar's obit and was very moved by her obvious spirit. Her passing is truly a loss. I have no connection and didn't know her, but I now wish that I had. Thanks, Tom, for mentioning her.Larry Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-19580391150468271852009-12-30T13:07:41.596-05:002009-12-30T13:07:41.596-05:00That's too bad about Nancy Hoar. You guys taug...That's too bad about Nancy Hoar. You guys taught a good communications class and she was obviously very fond of you.Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-44829998014357956902009-12-30T11:48:26.220-05:002009-12-30T11:48:26.220-05:005-8-77: after which, walking out not into morning ...5-8-77: after which, walking out not into morning dew, but a Mother's Day snowstormAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-16690200852738321842009-12-30T10:58:10.068-05:002009-12-30T10:58:10.068-05:00Our Valley thanks you for taking the time to photo...Our Valley thanks you for taking the time to photograph it.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-24517820521829806672009-12-30T05:14:59.144-05:002009-12-30T05:14:59.144-05:00Glad you liked the photo, Tom! I'm not sure if...Glad you liked the photo, Tom! I'm not sure if anyone else saw the sunrise over Springfield on December 23, the Wednesday before Christmas, but it was like nothing I've seen before. The way the sun was hitting the clouds caused a golden tower of light to stretch from the earth high into the sky narrow and defined. It was amazing.Mark T. Alamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07244483426665656300noreply@blogger.com