Full of impotent rage

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

High Windows

When I see a couple of kids
And guess he’s fucking her and she’s
Taking pills or wearing a diaphragm,
I know this is paradise

Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives —
Bonds and gestures pushed to one side
Like an outdated combine harvester,
And everyone young going down the long slide

To happiness, endlessly. I wonder if
Anyone looked at me, forty years back,
And thought, That’ll be the life;
No God any more, or sweating in the dark

About hell and that, or having to hide
What you think of the priest. He
And his lot will all go down the long slide
Like free bloody birds. And immediately

Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:
The sun-comprehending glass,
And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows
Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.

Everything? Really?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

You forgot to mention that Not Bob would probably also compliment Rihanna on her hairstyle at some point in the conversation. Otherwise, you've pretty much got it covered.

Also, you would be wracked with guilt about the infidelitous nature of the hairstyle compliment.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by ironweed

Everything? Really?

You must give Atticus self-awareness credit for choosing, as his proxy, a deceased librarian-poet who claimed that deprivation for him was what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Also, you would be wracked with guilt about the infidelitous nature of the hairstyle compliment.

the original notbob never felt guilt. he felt fear his wife might find out about the compliment, but never guilt, because he always knew the compliment was innocent.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

You must give Atticus self-awareness credit for choosing, as his proxy, a deceased librarian-poet who claimed that deprivation for him was what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

can I use that as the avatar for my upcoming Thurgreed@60 sock?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Context. I don't understand why Adder is offended because of the timing. If the people in charge of the Grammys made a statement like, "Chris Brown physically injured one of our Grammy performers and a beloved singer, while also damaging our show by robbing us of performances we were counting on for our show at the last minute; he also managed to distract the many fans who were interested in celebrating the achievements of their favorite artists a few years ago, and for those reasons, we are not comfortable giving him a stage to perform," I would understand. But as far as Adder taking offense is concerned, what difference does it make when it happened?

TM

I suspect that Adder didn't really mean "I am so offended by this!" but, rather, "why didn't they say something like "Chris Brown physically injured ... and therefore we aren't comfortable giving him a stage to perform."

You have to read what Adder says through a filter that makes it make sense (sort of like with Hank, except with Adder it's usually possible).