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George Dance

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Apr 14, 2011, 11:36:06 AM4/14/11
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Today on The Penny Blog:
The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth

A man kneels to a lake of tears
and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
A woman's drama is less:
she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
[...]

http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

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Will Dockery

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Dec 20, 2017, 3:07:55 PM12/20/17
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More poetry by my friend, the late Gary Frankfurth, who passed away on August 12th 2015, at 7pm.

Dental River

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Dec 20, 2017, 3:41:44 PM12/20/17
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7:00 PM Gary Frankfurth passes away.

7:30 PM Judge Judy

8:00 PM The Big Bang Theory

8:30 PM Modern Family

9:00 PM Movie: "Home Alone 2"

11:00 PM Local News

12:00 AM Amazing Juice Wizard

2:00 AM Sign-off







Will Dockery

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Dec 20, 2017, 4:14:08 PM12/20/17
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On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 3:41:44 PM UTC-5, Dental River wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 12:07:55 PM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> > >
> > > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > > The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
> > >
> > > A man kneels to a lake of tears
> > > and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> > > A woman's drama is less:
> > > she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html
> >
> > More poetry by my friend, the late Gary Frankfurth, who passed away on August 12th 2015, at 7pm.
>
> 7:00 PM Gary Frankfurth passes away.

He left behind some great poetry and art, that's imoortality.

michaelmalef...@gmail.com

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Dec 20, 2017, 9:40:59 PM12/20/17
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Let's see ... there's Mrs. O'Leary's cow, Else the Borden cow, Clarabelle Cow, The Laughing Cow ...

Can anyone think of any other imoortal cows?

Will Dockery

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Dec 20, 2017, 9:43:57 PM12/20/17
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Another mobile gizmo typo...

:)

Robert Burrows

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Dec 21, 2017, 1:04:36 AM12/21/17
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michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:

Can anyone think of any other imoortal cows?

The imoortal cow that jumped over the moon...


Will Dockery

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Dec 21, 2017, 8:42:49 AM12/21/17
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"Robert Burrows" wrote in message
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> michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Can anyone think of any other imoortal cows?
>
> The imoortal cow that jumped over the moon...

So, I made a typo... it happens to us all from time to time, as you know.

:)

George J. Dance

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Dec 21, 2017, 8:46:48 AM12/21/17
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On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 8:42:49 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> "Robert Burrows" wrote in message
> news:551a8018-3b63-4794...@googlegroups.com...
> > Michael Pendragon <michaelmalef...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone think of any other imoortal cows?
> >
> > The imoortal cow that jumped over the moon...
>
> So, I made a typo... it happens to us all from time to time, as you know.
>
> :)

Spelling lames are all Pedodragon seems to have left these days.

michaelmalef...@gmail.com

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Dec 21, 2017, 9:00:19 AM12/21/17
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Lighten up, Dunce. It was a good-natured joke.

Will Dockery

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Oct 20, 2018, 6:22:21 PM10/20/18
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"Dental River" wrote in message
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Hello Barry, long time no see...






General Zod

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Oct 22, 2018, 12:50:49 AM10/22/18
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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
Sensational...………...

Will Dockery

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Oct 22, 2018, 11:39:54 AM10/22/18
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On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 8:46:48 AM UTC-5, George J. Dance wrote:
Yet, as we see, he ducks for cover when making any mistakes of his own.

Such as his big one about Joni Mitchell and Blood Sweat and Tears yesterday.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 22, 2018, 11:56:23 AM10/22/18
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As you'd noted yesterday (in an uncharacteristic moment of lucidity), my silence indicates that I am not challenging Dunce's correction.

Will Dockery

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Oct 22, 2018, 12:02:39 PM10/22/18
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Okay, Pendragon, fair enough on that.

Will Dockery

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Oct 22, 2018, 2:18:16 PM10/22/18
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"Dental River" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 12:07:55 PM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> >
> > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
> >
> > A man kneels to a lake of tears
> > and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> > A woman's drama is less:
> > she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> > [...]
> >
> > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html
>
> More poetry by my friend, the late Gary Frankfurth, who passed away on
> August 12th 2015, at 7pm.
>
> 7:00 PM Gary Frankfurth passes away

Yes, on August 12th 2015, as I already wrote.

George J. Dance

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Oct 26, 2018, 7:53:33 PM10/26/18
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If we don't talk about it, it doesn't exist, remember? That's how the "Tiny Truth" strategy works.


Will Dockery

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Oct 26, 2018, 8:22:26 PM10/26/18
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Or how about how pretty much every opposing Regular bumps their posts with reckless abandon... yet they attempt to single me out, when I actually almost always have a reason to "bump to the top"?

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 26, 2018, 9:44:25 PM10/26/18
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Awww ... Poo itty Dunceling diddin det he's acknowwedgement.

Poo itty Dunceling donna cwy.

Will Dockery

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Oct 26, 2018, 9:49:42 PM10/26/18
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I think what he's doing is called "rubbing it in", Pendragon.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 26, 2018, 10:03:12 PM10/26/18
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I think what he's doing is called "whining," Will.

Will Dockery

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Oct 27, 2018, 12:01:12 AM10/27/18
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Not surprising that you'd think that, Pendragon.

It looks more like you made a big mistake and George Dance is rubbing it in.

😀

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 27, 2018, 12:09:51 AM10/27/18
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On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 12:01:12 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Not surprising that you'd think that, Pendragon.
>
> It looks more like you made a big mistake and George Dance is rubbing it in.

Which would be equally childish of him.

Perhaps it's a combination of whining and taunting?

Will Dockery

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Oct 27, 2018, 12:30:15 AM10/27/18
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Pendragon, shouldn't you be off sniffing Stephan Pickering's farts or something?

Just saying...

mydemon...@gmail.com

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Oct 27, 2018, 12:43:47 AM10/27/18
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On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 12:30:15 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Pendragon, shouldn't you be off sniffing Stephan Pickering's farts or something?
>
> Just saying...

It doesn't bother (or, at least, interest) you that Pick's been lying to you for the past 40-odd years?

I barely know the guy, and I find the process of cutting through his web of lies to be an exhilarating one. As delusional schizophrenics go, Pickles is a prize turkey. I would love to uncover a past so terribly dark that he's created an arranged Common Law marriage to a 12-year old Jewess, along with two bastard children, and a make-believe exile to Canada to keep himself from facing it.

Will Dockery

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Oct 27, 2018, 1:00:33 AM10/27/18
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Do you actually have proof for these accusations yet, Pendragon?

mydemon...@gmail.com

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Oct 27, 2018, 1:10:14 AM10/27/18
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On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 1:00:33 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Do you actually have proof for these accusations yet, Pendragon?

That he lied about Canada? Yes.
That he lied about his arranged Common Law marriage to a 12-year old? Yes.
That he lied about the two arranged Common Law bastards from this marriage? Yes.
That he lied about not having been in a mental hospital? Yes.
That he lied about having been at the historic, Bob Dylan, Newport concert? Yes.
That he lied about the "Forry" letters being forgeries? Yes.
That he skipped several grades of school? Yes.
That he has three advanced college degrees? No. But I've never seen any
evidence that he has, nor when he would have gotten both the time and money
to have matriculated.

Zod

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Oct 29, 2018, 7:41:39 PM10/29/18
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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> Today on The Penny Blog:
> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>
> A man kneels to a lake of tears
> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> A woman's drama is less:
> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> [...]
>
> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

Ole gary man he is missed...................

Will Dockery

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Oct 29, 2018, 9:31:20 PM10/29/18
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Yes, seems strange that Gary F. has been dead three years now.

George J. Dance

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Oct 29, 2018, 9:43:27 PM10/29/18
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I think what you're doing is called "faking reality," Psycho.

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 29, 2018, 9:54:00 PM10/29/18
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No, I'm just letting you know how your comments come across.

"Faking reality" would be ... oh ... inventing a story that you spent two years in Canada evading the Draft with your 15-year old imaginary wife and year and a half old imaginary daughter in tow.

Will Dockery

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Oct 29, 2018, 9:55:17 PM10/29/18
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Pendragon just can't handle either being wrong or worse yet to have to admit being wrong.

Rachel

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Oct 29, 2018, 9:56:23 PM10/29/18
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On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 6:55:17 PM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:
> Pendragon just can't handle either being wrong or worse yet to have to admit being wrong.

i never picked that up about him. :)

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 29, 2018, 10:01:02 PM10/29/18
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Thank you, Rachel.

Rachel

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Oct 29, 2018, 10:14:43 PM10/29/18
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jess calls 'em likes i sees 'em, sir !

George J. Dance

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Oct 29, 2018, 11:11:35 PM10/29/18
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You know, that's the problem: I think you really do believe this stuff you come up with.

> "Faking reality" would be ... oh ... inventing a story that you spent two years in Canada evading the Draft with your 15-year old imaginary wife and year and a half old imaginary daughter in tow.

Or inventing a story that anyone else did, of course.

Zod

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Oct 29, 2018, 11:51:17 PM10/29/18
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On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 8:31:20 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> Yes, seems strange that Gary F. has been dead three years now.

Yeah that a long time..........

George J. Dance

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Oct 30, 2018, 5:49:06 PM10/30/18
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No, Will, I'm not "rubbing it in." All I did (besides remembering that I'd heard "The Circle Game" in 1967) was search on the Web for and read articles on that song and "Spinning Wheel". Anyone with a 3-digit IQ (perhaps much less) could have done it. There's nothing to "rub in" about that.

And now we all know the facts about the songs (that DCT was a big fan of Joni, and her song inspired his), meaning everyone knows as much as everyone else. So I can't "rub in" the fact that I know more, because in this case we know the same.

I'm pointing out that, whenever Psycho finds an inconvenient fact, he'll try to blank it out by saying nothing about it. On the other hand, if you or I (not to mention Stephan!) asserted something wrong (or even if he just thought it was wrong) he'd be making post after post about it.

The underlying idea is the same as in his "Big Lie" technique: that whoever controls the narrative controls reality, because the narrative is reality. Unfortunately, there's some truth to that, as people from Goebbels to Orwell to the post-modernists to Trump railing about the msm have elucidated.

I'll continue to point out when he's doing it, time and inclination permitting. That would be something worth rubbing into a few heads, though I'm sure not possible wrt his.

George J. Dance

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Oct 30, 2018, 5:54:38 PM10/30/18
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On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 11:11:35 PM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:

Oh, I've got a better example.
Will's comments about "rubbing it in" made me think of another example: someone who can't demonstrate that he's competent to find and read something on the searchable Web, but who likes to pose as a sleuth of the Dark Web.

George J. Dance

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Oct 30, 2018, 6:31:17 PM10/30/18
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Let's bring the discussion back to his poem:

The Bat and the Loon

A man kneels to a lake of tears
and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
A woman's drama is less:
she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
Her frantic scissors clip through the night
like startled bats.
At dawn she presses
this garment between pages
of yesterday's diary.
A man pines in the manner
of the Ojibwa Loon:
his screams are the color of silver.

---
Gary Frankfurth
September 2009
Georgia U.S.A.

I published that in 2011, in volume 2 of /April/ magazine, an online magazine of contemporary poetry that appeared for 2 years on my blog. Its going in was almost accidental: Gary submitted his witty Bukowski parody, "The Night Charles Bukowski Died," which I used, but I was getting tired of soliciting poems all the time, and decided to ask those who submitted for a second one.

Here's the link to the complete volume 2:

https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html

Will Dockery

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Oct 30, 2018, 6:57:09 PM10/30/18
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Thanks, George... GF deserves some recognition.

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 30, 2018, 8:15:01 PM10/30/18
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You're as far out on the lunatic fringe as Pick.

Apparently you can't move on until I've patted you on the head for catching an error.

Good Dunce. [pats head] You get a shiny red star.

As to your bizarre equating or Goebbels, Orwell, President Trump and myself, I can only explain that I point out inconsistencies in Pick's lies because I wish to establish, beyond any all doubt, that he has lied.

If he makes a mistake regarding "King Kong" or "The Lost World," I'll point it out and move on.

Will Dockery

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Oct 30, 2018, 8:20:07 PM10/30/18
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Oh, don't be such a sore loser, Pendragon.

😀

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 30, 2018, 8:25:47 PM10/30/18
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On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:20:07 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Oh, don't be such a sore loser, Pendragon.

What are you talking about, Will? I gave the boy two pats on the noggin and a star.

Will Dockery

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Oct 30, 2018, 8:29:28 PM10/30/18
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Who, George or Zod?

George J. Dance

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Oct 30, 2018, 8:58:34 PM10/30/18
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Another IKYABWAI from the Psycho the Psychopathic Dragon. Aren't you on fire tonight?

> Apparently you can't move on until I've patted you on the head for catching an error.

If you did something like that, I'd suspect insincere flattery; just as I suspect insincere insults in this case.

> Good Dunce. [pats head] You get a shiny red star.

I've never seen someone act so superior about being wrong before. That could explain why you end up being wrong so often.

> As to your bizarre equating or Goebbels, Orwell, President Trump and myself

Oh, I forgot; there are no books on those subjects on your lits of titles. Well, I explained the concept once; if you can't understand it, either, that's not my problem.

> , I can only explain that I point out inconsistencies in Pick's lies because

all you can do to back up your new "Bakersfield Mental Hospital" story is to repeat the same things, over and over.

> I wish to establish, beyond any all doubt, that he has lied.

But, as I told you months ago when we were discussing your "Big Lie" technique, simply repeating the same things over and over again does not establish anything. If you think (and I'm using the term loosely, of course) that you've actually "established" some facts, then take your own advice and move on yourself.


mydemon...@gmail.com

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Oct 30, 2018, 9:22:58 PM10/30/18
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On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:58:34 PM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:

< Duncesnip >

> Oh, I forgot; there are no books on those subjects on your lits of titles.

Thank you, Dunce. I'd forgotten to include "Going Rogue" on my list:

Since there is some question as to who is, and who is not, literate here, I thought I'd provide an overview of *SOME* of the books that I have read:

The Academy Awards Index: The Complete Categorical and Chronological Record, Richard Shale
Adam Bede, George Eliot
Addiction to Perfection, Marion Woodman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
The Aeneid, Virgil
Age of Reason, Thomas Paine
Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, C.G. Jung
Alfred Hitchcock: Tales of Terror: 58 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense,
Alfred Hitchock, ed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
The Alienist, Caleb Carr
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
The American Dream, Edward Albee
The American Movies Reference Book: The Sound Era, Paul Michael, ed.
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950, Alec Wilder
The American Songbook: The Singers, Songwriters & Songs, Ken Bloom
The Amityville Horror, Jay Anson
And Then There were None, Agatha Christie
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne
The Art of Alfred Hitchcock: Fifty Years of His Motion Pictures, Donald Spoto
As a Driven Leaf, Milton Steinberg
Autobiography: The Magic Lantern, Ingmar Bergman
Autobiography: Pat Boone's America, Pat Boone
Autobiography: The Name Above the Title, Frank Capra
Autobiography: My Life in Pictures, Charles Chaplin
Autobiography: American Prince, Tony Curtis
Autobiography: Doris Day: Her Own Story, Doris Day, A.E. Hotchner
Autobiography: Been There, Done That, Eddie Fisher
Autobiography: My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Errol Flynn
Autobiography: An Autobiographical Study, Sigmund Freud
Autobiography: That Lucky Old Son, Frankie Laine
Autobiography: The Movies, Mr. Griffith, & Me, Lillian Gish
Autobiography: Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl Jung
Autobiography: Dean (Martin) & Me, Jerry Lewis
Autobiography: 'Tis Herself, Maureen O'Hara
Autobiography: Going Rogue: An American Life - Sarah Palin
Autobiography: The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Mark Twain
Autobiography: Fun in a Chinese Laundry, Josef Von Sternberg
Autumn of the Patriarch, Gabriel García Márquez
The Avant-Garde Film, P. Adams Sitney, ed.
The Bad Guys, William K. Everson
Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead), anonymous
The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beowulf, Anonymous
The Best Damn Trumpet Player: Memories of the Big Band Era and Beyond, Richard Grudens
The Best of Jeani Rector, Jeani Rector
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie, Dean Koonz
Biography: Goodnight, Sweet Prince: The Life & Times of John Barrymore, Gene Fowler
Biography: Humphrey Bogart, (Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies), Alan G. Barbour
Biography: Jim Bowie: Boy With a Hunting Knife, Gertrude Hecker Winders, Jerry Robinson
Biography: (Marlon) Brando: A Life in Our Times, Richard Schickel
Biography: George Gordon, Lord Byron (three, unknown)
Biography: Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet, Jess Stearn
Biography: Nat King Cole, Daniel Mark Epstein
Biography: Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams – The Early Years, 1903-1940, Gary Giddins
Biography: George Custer:
George Custer: Boy of Action, Augusta Stevenson
Custer's Gold: The United States Cavalry Expedition of 1874, Donald Jackson
Biography: Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin, David Evanier
Biography: James Dean: American Icon, David Dalton, Ron Cayen
Biography: W.C. Fields: His Follies & Fortunes, Robert Lewis Taylor
Biography: Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn: A Memoir, Earl Conrad
The Two Lives of Errol Flynn, Michael Freedland
(A third biography)
Biography: Henry Fonda (Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies), Michael Kerbel
Biography: Snootie Little Cutie: The Connie Haines Story, Richard Grudens
Biography: The Life, the Legend, the Legacy of Alan Ladd, Beverly Linet
Biography: Frankie Laine:
That Lucky Old Sun, Todd Everett
I Believe, Todd Everett
Rawhide, Todd Everett
Mr. Rhythm: A Tribute to Frankie Laine, Richard Grudens, Clint Eastwood
Reaching for a Star, Craig Cronbaugh
Biography: Fritz Lang, Lotte H. Eisner
Biography: Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods, Derek Mannering, Ellisa Lanza Bregman
Biography: Dean Martin: Memories are Made of This: Through His Daughter’s Eyes, Deanna Martin, Jerry
Lewis, Wendy Holden
Biography: Edgar Allan Poe:
Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe, Hervey Allen
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance, Kenneth Silverman
The Portraits and Dguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe, Michael J. Deas
Poe: A Biography, William Bittner
The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings by Edgar Allan Poe, With Appreciations
By Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, J.K. Huysmans & Andre Breton
Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Daniel Hoffman
The Haunted Palace: A Life of Edgar Allan Poe, Frances Winwar
The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, Dwight Thomas, David K.
Jackson
(several others)
Biography: The Secret Life of Tyrone Power, Hector Arce
Biography: The Elvis Presley Scrapbook: Solid Gold Memories, James Robert Parish
Biography: Johnnie Ray:
Cry: The Johnnie Ray Story, Jonny Whiteside
Cry (Bear Family vers.), Jonny Whiteside
Yes Tonight Josephine, Jonny Whiteside
Biography: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Biography: All or Nothing at All: A Life of Frank Sinatra, Donald Clarke
Biography: James Stewart (Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies), Howard Thompson
Biography: Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu, Simon Callow
Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Bless the Beasts and the Children, Glendon Swarthout
The Blue Bird, Maurice Maeterlinck
The Blue Dahlia (screenplay), Raymond Chandler
The Blue Fairy (Several of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books - I don't recall which colors)
Bogey: The Films of Humphrey Bogart, Clifford McCarty
Le Bon Sens, Paul-Henri Thiry, Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
The Book of Runes, Ralph H. Blum
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley
Bulfinch's Mythology (I & II), Thomas Bulfinch
Call of the Wild, Jack London
Candide, Voltaire
The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer
Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham
The Castle, Franz Kafka
Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
Character People, I & II, Ken D. Jones, Arthur F. McClure, Alfred E. Twomey
Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Däniken
Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov
A Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson
Christabel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Cinema of Orson Welles, Peter Cowie
The Citizen Kane Book, Pauline Kael
Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud
Classics of the Foreign Film: A Pictorial Treasury, Parker Tyler
Classics of the Silent Screen, Joe Franklin
Close-Ups: The Movie Star Book, Danny Peary
Cobwebs & Whispers, Scott Thomas
Collection: Age of Enlightenment poetry
Collection: Elizabethan Poetry
Collection: The Giant Book of Poetry, William Roetzheim
Collection: Medieval Lyrics
Collection: Modern Poetry
Collection: Modern Traditional Poetry
Collection: Norton Poetry Anthology (3 editions)
Collection: Romantic Poetry
Collection: Victorian poetry
Collected essays: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Collected essays: Benjamin Franklin
Collected essays: David Hume
Collected essays: Baruch Spinoza
Collected nursery rhymes: Mother Goose
Collected plays: Aeschylus
Collected plays: Aristophes
Collected plays: Euripides
Collected plays: Henrik Ibsen
Collected plays: Plautus
Collected Plays: William Shakespeare (I haven't read all of the histories)
Collected plays: Sophocles
Collected plays: Terence
Collected poetry: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Collected poetry: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Collected poetry: Eugene Field
Collected poetry: Robert Frost
Collected poetry: Hesiod & Assorted Homerica
Collected poetry: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Collected poetry: Andrew Marvell
Collected poetry: Sir Walter Scott
Complete poetry: Shel Silverstein
Collected poetry: Walt Whitman
Collected poetry: William Wordsworth
Collected short stories: Algernon Blackwood
Collected short stories, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Collected short stories: Robert Heinlein
Collected short stories: O. Henry
Collected Short Stories: M.R. James
Collected short stories: Rudyard Kipling
Collected short stories, H.P. Lovecraft
Collected short stories: Herman Melville
Collected short stories: Washington Irving
Collected stories, essays, Jonathan Swift
Collected Socratic dialogues: Plato
Collected Works, C.G. Jung
Complete: Elizabeth Barret Browning
Complete: William Blake
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Complete: George Gordon, Lord Byron
Complete: Emily Dickinson
Complete (Poetry & Letters): John Donne
Complete: Hermann Hesse
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Complete (poetry), Rudyard Kipling
Complete (poetry, plays, short stories, criticism, letters): Edgar A. Poe
Complete: Friedrich Nietzsche
Complete (fiction, plays, essays): Ayn Rand
Complete: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Complete (sonnets): William Shakespeare
Complete: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Complete Guide to the Tarot, Eden Gray
The Complete Prophecies, Nostradamus
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain
Crime & Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cult Movies I & II, Danny Peary
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
De rerum natura, Lucretius
The Dead, James Joyce
Dead Cat Bounce, Norman Green
Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol
The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio
The Detective in Film, William K. Everson
The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce
Dictionnaire philosophique, Voltaire
The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
Doo-dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture, Ken Emerson
Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley
Dracula, Bram Stoker
Drawing Down the Moon, Margot Adler
Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe
Early American Cinema, Anthony Slide
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
The Echo of Greece, Edith Hamilton
The Ego and the Id, Sigmund Freud
The Encyclopedia Of Witchcraft & Demonology, Rossell Hope Robbins
Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
Everyman, Anonymous
The Evil Entwines, John B. Ford & various
Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything & Everybody, Charles Panati
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, Charles Panati
Fables, Aesop
Fables, Jean de La Fontaine
Fatal Women, Kevin N. Roberts
Faust, Goethe
Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake, Northrop Frye
The Federalist Papers, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
50 Classic Motion Pictures: The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of, David Zinman
Film as Art, Rudolf Arnheim
The Film Encyclopedia, Ephraim Katz
The Film Director, Richard L. Bare
Film Form, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Film Noir & the Spaces of Modernity, Edward Dimendberg
Film Sense, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Film Theory & Criticism, Leo Braudy, Marshall Cohen
The Filmmaker's Handbook, Edward Pincus
The Films of Errol Flynn, Tony Thomas
Films of the Fifties, Tony Thomas
Films of the Forties, Tony Thomas
Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies, C.G. Jung
Forbidden Mysteries of Enoch, Elizabeth Clare Prophet
4x4, Brian Keene, Geoff Cooper, Michael T. Huyck Jr., Michael Oliveri
Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film, Seigfried Kracauer
The Future of an Illusion, Sigmund Freud
The Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar
Gangsters from Little Caesar to the Godfather (Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies) – John Gabree
The Gates of the Alamo, Stephan Harrigan
The Genius & the Goddess, Aldous Huxley
Getting Even, Woody Allen
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
The Golden Bough, Sir James George Frazer
The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies
of the Hermetic Order, Israel Regardie
Golden Turkey Awards, I & II, Harry and Michael Medved
Graveyard Shift, Stephen King
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Pretenders: My Strange Love Affair With ‘50s Pop Music, Karen Shoemer
Great Television Heroes, Donald F. Glut, Jim Harmon
Hallelujah, Anyway, Patrick Woodroffe
Halliwell's Film Guide, Leslie L. Halliwell
Hallowe’en Party, Agatha Christie
Happy Days, Samuel Beckett
The Haunted Bookshop, Christopher Morley
The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German cinema and the influence of Max
Reinhardt, Eisner H. Eisner
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
Harvest Home, Tom Tyron
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
Heaven & Hell, Aldous Huxley
Hero & Leander, Christopher Marlowe
The Histories, Herodotus
The History of World Cinema, David Robinson
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
The Hobbit, J.R.R.Tolkien
Hollywood, Garson Kanin
Hollywood: The Pioneers, Kevin Brownlow
Hollywood Babylon (I & II), Kenneth Anger
The Holy Bible (King James Version), Multi-author
The Holy Bible (Revised Standard Edition), Multi-author
How Sweet It Was, Arthur Shulman, Roger Youman
How to Kill, Vol. 1, John Minnery
The Human Comedy, William Saroyan
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
I Ching, anonymous
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him, Sheldon Kopp
The Iliad, Homer
Immortals of the Screen, Ray Stuart, Czeslaw Z. Banasiewicz
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
In the Days of the Comet, H.G. Wells
Independent Feature Film Production, Gregory Goodell
Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3 vol.s, Christopher Lyon, ed.
The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud
Interview With the Vampire, Anne Rice
Into Film, Laurence Goldstein, Jan Kaufman
John Brown's Body, Stepen Vincent Benét
Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy, Karl Marx
The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War, Michael Shaara
The King in Yellow, Robert W. Chambers
King Solomon's Mines, H. Rider Haggard
The Kingdom of the Wicked, Anthony Burgess
Language in Thought and Action, S.I. Hayakawa
The Last Vampire, T.M. Wright
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin
The Life of Greece, Will Durant
Life, the Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals, Robert M. Pirsig
The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
Little Men, Louisa May Alcott
The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Lives, Plutarch
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
The Lore of Still Building: Or Getting to Know Your Local Sheriff, N. and K. Gibat
Lost Horizon, James Hilton
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
Malleus Maleficarum, James Sprenger, Heinrich Kramer
The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
Man and His Symbols, C.G. Jung
Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, Marvin Kaye, ed.
Medieval Punishments: An Illustrated History of Torture, William Andrews
The Metamorphoses, Ovid
The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
The MGM Story, John Douglas Eames
The Miracle Worker, William Gibson
The Misanthrope, Molière
Mr. Arkadin, Orson Welles
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
Modern Man in Search of a Soul, C.G. Jung
Moll Flanders, Daniel DeFoe
The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
Le Morte d'Arthur, Thomas Malory
Mountain of Dreams: The Golden Years of Paramount Pictures, Leslie Halliwell
Movie-Made America, Robert Sklar
Movie Stars in Bathtubs, Jack Scagnetti
The Movies, Richard Griffith
The Naked Ape, Desmond Morris
The Necronomicon, Simon
The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle
Night, Eile Wiesel
Night Shift, Stephen King
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Nighttouch: Journeying into the Realms of Nightmare, Gerry Goldberg, Stephen Storoschuk, Fred
Corbett, eds.
1984, George Orwell
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, & Other Short Stories, Ambrose Bierce
The Occult, Colin Wilson
The Odyssey, Homer
The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens
The Old Man & the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
Omoo, Herman Melville
On Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau
The Once & Future King, T.H. White
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: A Play in Two Acts, Dale Wasserman, Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
Out of This Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis
An Outline of Esoteric Science, Rudolf Steiner
The Outline of History, H.G. Wells
An Outline of Psycho-Analysis, Sigmund Freud
The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter, Marion Woodman
The Parade's Gone By, Kevin Brownlow
Paradise Lost, John Milton
Paradise Regained, John Milton
Perelandra, C.S. Lewis
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
Phèdre, Jean Racine
The Philippics, Cicero
A Pictorial History of Crime: 1840 to the Present, Julian Symons
A Pictorial History of the Talkies, Daniel Blum
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan
The Poe Shadow, Matthew Pearl
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers
A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism, Gareth Knight
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince & the Pauper, Mark Twain
The Purple Cloud, M.P. Shiel
Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice
Quest for the Beloved, Kevin N. Roberts
Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane
The Republic, Plato
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The River Midnight, Lilian Nattel
Roll Away the Stone, Israel Regardie, Aleister Crowley
Roughing It, Mark Twain
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald
The Salvaging of Civilization, H.G. Wells
Satan Wants You: The Cult of Devil Worship in America, Arthur Lyons
The Satanic Bible, Anton S. LaVey
The Satanic Witch, Anton S. LaVey
Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou - A Nostalgic Look at Charlie Chan, Andy Hardy, and Other Movie Heroes
We Have Known and Loved, David Zinman
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. I, 1929-1964, Robert Silverberg, ed.
The Sea Wolf, Jack London
A Season in Hell, Arthur Rimbaud
Shane, Jack Schaefer
She: A History of Adventure, H. Rider Haggard
A Short History of the Movies, Gerald Mast
The Show Business Nobody Knows, Earl Wilson
Sinatra! The Song Is You, Will Friedwald
Sir Gawain & The Green Knight, Anonymous
Silas Marner, George Eliot
Sleepeasy, T.M. Wright
The Song of Eve: Mythology and Symbols of the Goddess, Manuela Dunn Mascetti
Songs of the Sea Children, Bliss Carman
The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem van Loon
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Stranger in a Strange Land (orig. & expanded vers.), Robert Heinlein
Suddenly, Last Summer, Tennessee Williams
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, C.G. Jung
The Taking, Dean Koontz
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Tales of Devilry & Doom, John B. Ford
The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
Tartuffe, Molière
The Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda
Tender Is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Terminal Man, Michael Crichton
That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis
The Thing in the Weeds and Other Tales of the Tideless: The Sargasso Sea Stories, William Hope
Hodgson
This Fabulous Century (8 vol.s), various eds.
This Is My God, Herman Wouk
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll
Tiger at the Gates, Jean Giraudoux, Christopher Fry
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
Time Must Have a Stop, Aldous Huxley
The Time Out Film Guide, Tom Milne, ed.
The Time-Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, John Ford
Tom Sawyer, Detective, Mark Twain
Too Young to Die, Patricia Fox-Sheinwold
Totem and Taboo, Sigmund Freud
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Trial, Franz Kafka
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
Twilight, Dean Koontz
Two Years Before the Mast, Richard Henry Dana
Typee, Herman Melville
Understanding Movies, 2nd & 3rd editions, Louis D. Giannetti
The Unholy Bible: Blake, Jung, and the Collective Unconscious, June Singer
The Universe & Dr. Einstein, Barnett
The Upanishads, Anonymous
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, Bruno Bettelheim
The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
Very Special People, Frederick Drimmer
Volpone, Ben Jonson
Waldon Pond, Henry David Thoreau
The War Film (Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies), Norman Kagan
The Waste Land & collected poems, T.S. Eliot
Waves at Genji's Door, Joan Mellen
The Western Film (Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies), Charles Silver
Whatever Became Of …?, Vol.s I – III, Richard Lamparski
The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
Wicca Craft: The Modern Witches Book of Herbs, Magick and Dreams, Gerina Dunwich
William Blake: His Philosophy and Symbols, S. Foster Damon
Winterset, Maxwell Anderson
The Witch of Cologne, Tobsha Learner
The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum
The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
The World as Will & Idea, Arthur Schopenhauer
World Book Encyclopedia (ca. 1953)
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
Zardoz, John Boorman
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, Robert M. Pirsig

&
Various film books
College Textook World History (3 different editions)
An additional book on Blake’s writing
Numerous short story compendiums
Western Film
Film Noir
New Jersey Ghosts

Children’s Books:

A to Z, Sandra Boynton
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators (various titles), Robert Arthur, Harry Kane, William Arden,
et al.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery: Eleven Spooky Stories for Young People, Alfred Hitchcock, ed.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries, Alfred Hitchcock, ed., Robert Arthur
The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans, 12 Vol.s, multi-authored set
And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Dr. Seuss
Are You My Mother?, P.D. Eastman
Arm in Arm: A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and Other Echolalia, Remy Charlip
Arty the Smarty, Faith McNulty, Albert Aquino, illus.
Babar and His Family, Jean De Brunhoff
Babar the King, Jean De Brunhoff
A Baby Sister for Frances, Russell and Lillian Hoban
Barney Beagle, Jean Bethell, Ruth Wood, illus.
Barney Beagle and the Cat, Jean Bethell, Ruth Wood, illus.
Barney Beagle Plays Baseball, Jean Bethell, Ruth Wood, illus.
The Bee-Man of Orn, Frank R. Stockton, Maurice Sendak, illus.
Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos, Robert Lawson
Best Balloon Ride Ever, Richard Scarry
Best Read-It-Yourself Book Ever, Richard Scarry
The Big Honey Hunt, Stan and Jan Berenstain
Bread and Jam for Frances, Russell and Lillian Hoban
But Not the Hippopotamus, Sandra Boynton
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, Esphyr Slobodkina
The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary, The Cat himself, P.D. Eastman
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Dr. Seuss
Chicken Little, Vivienne Benstead, Richard Scarry, illus.
The Color Kittens, Margaret Wise Brown, Alice and Martin Provensen, illus.
The Color Kittens, Margaret Wise Brown, Kathi Ember, illus.
Corduroy, Don Freeman
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs, Alvin Schwartz, Glen Rounds, illus.
Curious George, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George and the Dump Truck, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George Flies a Kite, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George Gets a Medal, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George Goes to the Beach, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George Goes to the Hospital, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George Goes to the Zoo, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Curious George Takes a Job, H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
Diary of a Worm, Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss, illus.
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, Dr. Seuss
Doctor Dan: The Bandage Man, Helen Gaspard, Corinne Malvern, illus.
Dr. Seuss’ ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!, Dr. Seuss
Don and Donna Go to Bat, Al Perkins, B. Tobey
The Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale, Jack Kent
The First Transcontinental Railroad: Central Pacific – Union Pacific, John Debo Galloway, C.E.
Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown, Scott Nash, illus.
The Foot Book, Dr. Seuss
Fortunately, Remy Charlip
Fox in Socks, Dr. Seuss
The Fuzzy Duckling, Jane Werner Watson, Martin Provensen, illus.
Gerald McBoing Boing, Dr. Seuss
The Gingerbread Man, Nancy Nolte, Richard Scarry, illus.
Go, Dog. Go!, P.D. Eastman
The Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies, Jane Werner, compiler, Garth Williams, illus.
The Good Humor Man, Kathleen N. Daly, Tibor Gergely, illus.
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd, illus.
Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss
Hansel and Gretel, The Brothers Grimm, Eloise Wilkin, illus.
Happy Birthday to You!, Dr. Seuss
The Happy Man and His Dump Truck, Miryam, Tibor Gergely, illus.
The Hardy Boys (various titles), Franklin W. Dixon
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson
Harry By the Sea, Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham
Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham
Henry and Ribsy, Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins, Beverly Cleary
Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss
Horton Hatches the Egg, Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss
The House on East 88th Street, Bernard Waber
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss
If I Ran the Zoo, Dr. Seuss
In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak
The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford
The Kitten Who Thought He was a Mouse, Miriam Norton, Garth Williams, illus.
The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper, George Hauman, illus.
The Little Red Caboose, Marian Potter, Tibor Gergely, illus.
The Little Red Hen, Diane Muldrow, J.P. Miller
Little Red Riding Hood, Elizabeth Jones
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss
The Lucky Puppy, Jane Werner Watson, Walt Disney Studios
Lyle and the Birthday Party, Bernard Waber
Lyle Finds His Mother, Bernard Waber
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Bernard Waber
Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton
Mr. Brown can Moo! Can You?, Dr. Seuss
Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself, Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams, illus.
Mr. Pine’s Mixed-Up Signs, Leonard Kessler
Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Richard & Florence Atwater
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, Charlotte Zolotow, Maurice Sendak, illus.
The Mitten, Alvin R. Tresselt, Yaroslava, illus.
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from Folklore and Retold by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen
Gammell, illus.
Mouse’s House, Kathryn and Byron Jackson, Richard Scarry, illus.
My First Counting Book, Lilian Moore, Garth Williams, illus.
No Roses for Harry, Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham
Nurse Nancy, Kathryn Jackson, Corinne Malvern, illus.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Dr. Seuss
101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith, Disney Studios
The Original Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, Johnny Gruelle
The Owl and the Pussycat, Edward Lear, Jan Brett
Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt
A Pocket for Corduroy, Don Freeman
The Poky Little Puppy, Janette Sebring Loerey, Gustaf Tenggren, illus.
Put Me in the Zoo, Robert Lopshire
Ramona the Brave, Beverly Cleary
Ramona the Pest, Beverly Cleary
Remember the Alamo!, Robert Penn Warren, William Moyers, illus.
The Saggy Baggy Elephant, K. Jackson, B. Jackson
The Sailor Dog, Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams, illus.
Sam & the Firefly, P.D. Eastman
Scuffy the Tugboat, Gertrude Crampton, Tibor Gergely, illus.
Scuttle the Stowaway Mouse, Jean Condor Soule and Nancy Soule, illus.
The Shy Little Kitten, Cathleen Shurr, Gustaf Tenggren, illus.
Sleeping Beauty and the Good Fairies, Disney Studios
The Sneetches and Other Stories, Dr. Seuss
Snoozers, Sandra Boynton
Snow, P.D. Eastman
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, adapt. from The Brothers Grimm, Disney Studios
Spot Goes Splash and Other Stories, Eric Hill
Spot Helps Out, Eric Hill
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen, M.R. James, trans., Marcia Brown, illus.
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown
The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant, Jean De Brunhoff
Strangely Enough, C.B. Colby
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Tom Kitten, Beatrix Potter
Tawny Scrawny Lion, Kathryn Jackson, Gustaf Tenggren, illus.
The Three Bears, Carol North, Lisa McCue, illus.
The Three Bears, F. Rojankovsky, illus.
The Three Little Kittens, Mother Goose, Milo Winter, illus.
The Three Little Pigs, Alan Benjamin, Lilian Obligado, illus.
Tootle, Gertrude Crampton, Tibor Gergely, illus.
The Ugly Duckling, Hans Christian Andersen, Lisa McCue, illus.
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams, Florence Graham, illus.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
The Whispering Rabbit, Margaret Wise Brown, Cindy Szerkeres
The Wonderful House, Margaret Wise Brown
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Dr. Seuss
You Will Live Under the Sea, F. & M. Phleger, Ward Brackett, illus.

Comic Books

Beetle Bailey, Mort Walker
Classically Mad (5 vol. box set)
The Complete Peanuts (various years), Charles M. Schulz
Family Circus (various collections), Bil Keane
The Far Side Gallery, Gary Larson
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Charles M. Schulz
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown, Charles M. Schulz

General Zod

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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> Today on The Penny Blog:
> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>
> A man kneels to a lake of tears
> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> A woman's drama is less:
> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> [...]
>
> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

Gary was a heck of a friend and fellow artiste...……………….

Peter J Ross

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In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:22:57 -0700 (PDT),
mydemon...@gmail.com wrote:

> Since there is some question as to who is, and who is not, literate
> here, I thought I'd provide an overview of *SOME* of the books that
> I have read:

<lits snip>

Jesus.

Fuck.



--
PJR :-)

τὸν οἰόμενον νόον ἔχειν ὁ νουθετέων ματαιοπονεῖ.
- Democritus

Peter J Ross

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In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:54:37 -0700 (PDT),
George J. Dance wrote:

> Will's comments about "rubbing it in" made me<SNIP>

Please take your sexual fantasies about shed-dwelling drunkards to
alt.sex.*, Dunce.

Peter J Ross

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In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:40:58 -0700 (PDT),
General Zod wrote:

> On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
>> Today on The Penny Blog:
>> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>>
>> A man kneels to a lake of tears
>> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
>> A woman's drama is less:
>> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
>> [...]
>>
>> http://<SPAM>
>
> Gary was a heck of a friend and fellow artiste...……………….

In how many of his thefts from parked cars were you an accomplice,
"Zod"?

Just curious.

General Zod

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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> Today on The Penny Blog:
> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>
> A man kneels to a lake of tears
> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> A woman's drama is less:
> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> [...]
>
> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

A tip of the hat to Gary.............

George J. Dance

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I'm glad to see someone trying to keep the focus on Gary and his poem.

Thanks for being so broad-
minded, General Zod.

George J. Dance

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On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 4:52:03 PM UTC-4, Peter J Ross wrote:
> In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:54:37 -0700 (PDT),
> George J. Dance wrote:
>
> > Will's comments about "rubbing it in" made me<SNIP>
>
> Please take your sexual fantasies about shed-dwelling drunkards to
> alt.sex.*, Dunce.

Please go shill for your group of perverts somewhere else, limp Peter. We're interested in poetry here.

General Zod

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That man is weird as hell...………….

Peter J Ross

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Nov 4, 2018, 7:47:35 PM11/4/18
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In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:04:54 -0700 (PDT),
George J. Dance wrote:

> On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 4:52:03 PM UTC-4, Peter J Ross wrote:
>> In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:54:37 -0700 (PDT),
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>> > Will's comments about "rubbing it in" made me<SNIP>
>>
>> Please take your sexual fantasies about shed-dwelling drunkards to
>> alt.sex.*, Dunce.
>
> Please go shill for your group of perverts somewhere else, limp Peter.

"IKYABWAI" noted, Dunce.

> We're interested in stealing poetry here.

I inserted the word you accidentally omitted in your moronic fury,
Dunce. There's no need to thank me.

>> --
>> PJR :-)
>>
>> τὸν οἰόμενον νόον ἔχειν ὁ νουθετέων ματαιοπονεῖ.
>> - Democritus

Learn how to snip signatures, clueless n00b.

Will Dockery

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Now, now, Peter... if you keep making "Jerk Store" posts, Pendragon will scold you.

😀

Good Time Charley

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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> Today on The Penny Blog:
> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>
> A man kneels to a lake of tears
> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> A woman's drama is less:
> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> [...]
>
> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

In honore of the late great Sir Gary...………………..

Will Dockery

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Nov 7, 2018, 12:12:10 PM11/7/18
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"Dental River" wrote in message
news:4b79b37d-d93e-44c6...@googlegroups.com...

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 12:07:55 PM UTC-8, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> >
> > Today on The Penny Blog:
> > The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
> >
> > A man kneels to a lake of tears
> > and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> > A woman's drama is less:
> > she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> > [...]
> >
> > http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html
>
> More poetry by my friend, the late Gary Frankfurth, who passed away on
> August 12th 2015, at 7pm.
>
> 7:00 PM Gary Frankfurth passes away.

That was what was reported, Barry, yes.


Will Dockery

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Nov 12, 2018, 3:17:35 PM11/12/18
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Good poem from one of out late great local talents...

Good Time Charley

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Nov 24, 2018, 5:59:51 AM11/24/18
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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> Today on The Penny Blog:
> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>
> A man kneels to a lake of tears
> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> A woman's drama is less:
> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> [...]
>
> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

Gary was a f

Will Dockery

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Feb 20, 2019, 12:30:01 PM2/20/19
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Thanks again for posting Gary's work, George.

George J. Dance

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Feb 20, 2019, 1:58:55 PM2/20/19
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I'm glad we did the 2-poem each thing with that issue of April. The two poems of Gary's show completely different sides of him and his work.



General Zod

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Feb 20, 2019, 2:11:07 PM2/20/19
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General Zod

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Feb 21, 2019, 2:18:02 PM2/21/19
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Outstanding....

ME

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Feb 21, 2019, 2:32:23 PM2/21/19
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On Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 11:36:06 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> Today on The Penny Blog:
> The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
>
> A man kneels to a lake of tears
> and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> A woman's drama is less:
> she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.
> [...]
>
> http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

Why are the poems you post always so short, george?

hierony...@gmail.com

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Feb 21, 2019, 2:35:17 PM2/21/19
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They're 'teasers' to entice readers to his blog.

ME

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Feb 21, 2019, 2:37:27 PM2/21/19
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On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 2:35:17 PM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
> They're 'teasers' to entice readers to his blog.

So, IOW, it’s a trap!

hierony...@gmail.com

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Feb 21, 2019, 2:42:22 PM2/21/19
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George J. Dance

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Feb 21, 2019, 8:00:51 PM2/21/19
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They're only the first part of the poem, dear. There's a link you can click to read the rest, should you decide from the sample that you want to.

George J. Dance

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Feb 21, 2019, 8:00:58 PM2/21/19
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On Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 2:42:22 PM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
> LOL https://youtu.be/4F4qzPbcFiA

A link! Must be a trap!

General Zod

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Feb 21, 2019, 8:10:39 PM2/21/19
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Probably some religious propoganda....

Zod

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Feb 22, 2019, 12:18:50 AM2/22/19
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Wow... that troll is dumber than dirt.....

George J. Dance

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Feb 26, 2019, 7:39:03 AM2/26/19
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Alas, all of them are. It's a shame they get in the way and garbage up the group. The only silver lining is that one can laugh at their stupidity.

Notice that here they're complaining about posting links and previews to my site because people will visit the site; while they'e also complaining in another thread about posting links and previews to their trollasite because then people won't visit the site. Sheer stupidity.


Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 7:55:44 AM2/26/19
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So George... you don't feel that Did's 100+ "Outdamnstanding" posts per day are "garbaging up" the group?

George J. Dance

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Feb 26, 2019, 8:21:31 AM2/26/19
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No more than mini-ME's "bump" posts. At least Zod bumps threads with actual poetry in them.

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 8:37:05 AM2/26/19
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Why must every other post you make be a variation on IKYABWAI?

ME doesn't make 100+ posts a day... or any amount remotely near it.

If you're going to accept Did's 100+ bumps, then you shouldn't have any problem accepting the few that ME makes.

And, if you were paying attention, you'd know that ME basically comments on a couple of NancyGene's and Mr. Rochester's posts, engages in a friendly conversation with Corey, slaps your gang around a bit and leaves.



hierony...@gmail.com

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Feb 26, 2019, 8:43:09 AM2/26/19
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LOL. The last time we engaged in 'friendly conversation'
she asked me if I'd done my stretches, and told me to go
fuck myself. It was hailed by some as the post of the day.

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 8:44:46 AM2/26/19
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Like I said, friendly banter.

hierony...@gmail.com

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Feb 26, 2019, 8:50:41 AM2/26/19
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Okay. I'll have to take your word
for that. I lead a sheltered life.

George J. Dance

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:22:00 AM2/26/19
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Looks like I just have a better memory than you do. You seem to have forgotten that your gang began the "bumping" game, using mini-ME and the fake(s), to try to swamp the thread with your own "poetry" - and that you only dropped it, and decided to whine about it, when Zod beat you at it singlehandedly.

Of maybe you just hope that everyone else has forgotten.

George J. Dance

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:23:13 AM2/26/19
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On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 8:43:09 AM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, at least it didn't start calling you insults like a baby. That's usually what I find when I read it's posts.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:28:20 AM2/26/19
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Let's not forget Michael Pendagon's dozens, perhaps hundreds, of gay lames.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:34:27 AM2/26/19
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On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 8:43:09 AM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
>
I suppose that's what led to the cartoon of you?

https://edwardrochesterspeaks.yolasite.com/pastor-corey.php

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:34:56 AM2/26/19
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Why do you lie so much, Dunce?

A few people bumped (and continue to bump) my "Big Fat Fuckin' Epiphany" poem. They do so, I would assume, because Will had expressed his outrage regarding (his perception of) its content.

There is no gang, no conspiracy and no attempt to bump my poetry.

There is (understandably) a collective desire to piss Will off.

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:35:33 AM2/26/19
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Whine away, Willie.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:44:39 AM2/26/19
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There's no whining at all, Pendragon, your gay lames, lies and misrepresentations make you look like the fool you are... that's more to laugh at than whine.

:)

hierony...@gmail.com

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Feb 26, 2019, 9:56:08 AM2/26/19
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Dehumanizing your antagonist obviously
makes 'it' a lot easier for you, George.

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 10:04:19 AM2/26/19
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Thank you for complying in such an expedient manner. If you continue to respond to each of my directives with the requisite "How high?," I may relax my grip upon your chain.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 10:12:57 AM2/26/19
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Just correcting your misrepresentations and setting the record straight, Pendragon, as you know I will.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 10:15:25 AM2/26/19
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You've certainly set the record straight on that point! Thanks again.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 10:22:09 AM2/26/19
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That you're a gay laming, lying misogynist?

Yes, I have Pendragon.

:)

Michael Pendragon

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Feb 26, 2019, 10:34:21 AM2/26/19
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Troll away, Willie. Troll away.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 10:56:56 AM2/26/19
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On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 10:34:21 AM UTC-5, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 10:22:09 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery™ wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Today on The Penny Blog:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Bat and the Loon, by Gary Frankfurth
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A man kneels to a lake of tears
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and cups a shattered face to his mouth.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A woman's drama is less:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > she busies herself sewing a mourning dress.

http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2011/04/bat-and-loon-gary-frankfurth.html

<snip for brevity>

> > > > > > > > > > And, if you were paying attention, you'd know that ME basically comments on a couple of NancyGene's and Mr. Rochester's posts, engages in a friendly conversation with Corey, slaps your gang around a bit and leaves.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Looks like I just have a better memory than you do. You seem to have forgotten that your gang began the "bumping" game, using mini-ME and the fake(s), to try to swamp the thread with your own "poetry" - and that you only dropped it, and decided to whine about it, when Zod beat you at it singlehandedly.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Of maybe you just hope that everyone else has forgotten.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Let's not forget Michael Pendagon's dozens, perhaps hundreds, of gay lames.
>
> > > > > > Pendragon, your gay lames, lies and misrepresentations make you look like the fool you are... that's more to laugh at than whine.

My statement stands:

> > > > Just correcting your misrepresentations and setting the record straight, Pendragon, as you know I will.

:)

Coco DeSockmonkey

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Feb 26, 2019, 11:03:04 AM2/26/19
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Much like your infamous trousers.

Troll on, Willie.

Will Dockery™

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Feb 26, 2019, 11:23:08 AM2/26/19
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> your infamous trousers

Troll much, Pendragon?

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/52513893_10157360680979363_1638152491503714304_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&oh=1d291131bc94152097db062de0ccd57b&oe=5CDE4C84

There's a glimpse of my trousers for you to slobber over, Pendragon.

:)

George J. Dance

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Feb 26, 2019, 11:24:06 AM2/26/19
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You really think telling other people to go fuck themselves is "friendly banter"? You and Stephan must be bestest friends by now, then, considering how often he tells you to do that.

George J. Dance

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Feb 26, 2019, 11:29:02 AM2/26/19
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On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 9:56:08 AM UTC-5, hierony...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dehumanizing your antagonist obviously
> makes 'it' a lot easier for you, George.

That's the way the "antagonist" game is played, Corey. It's not a game I like to play, but if someone demands I play it with them, of course I'll play to win.
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