tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post7886428170513385227..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: You thought the leaden winter would bring you down foreverAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-28972556712250135842016-04-12T07:24:10.471+01:002016-04-12T07:24:10.471+01:00Oh, and thanks for the link to "Tales of Brav...Oh, and thanks for the link to "Tales of Brave Ulysses." I had forgotten how much I liked that piece.Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-45083775693526626352016-04-12T07:23:17.769+01:002016-04-12T07:23:17.769+01:00Re the giving money to the homeless, I recall a re...Re the giving money to the homeless, I recall a relevant quote (to which I hope someone can direct me to the source). As near as I can remember and I know it's not exact but is close enough for the sense of it, it went like this:<br /><br />Our protagonist gave money to a beggar only to be chastised by a companion who said "he will only waste it on drink or tobacco."<br /><br />"So what if he does?" came the reply. "Life is hard enough that none of us can face it without gilding, but it is only the poor we expect to face it full bore with nothing to ease the burden."Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-51211921827033797142016-04-11T13:03:29.780+01:002016-04-11T13:03:29.780+01:00Getting over a campaign isn't easy, as I'v...Getting over a campaign isn't easy, as I've learned from being part of several. Always some one will be going on about how if everyone had just done it the way they thought (no way of establishing whether or not that actually happened) the win would have been achieved.<br />My advice of choosing the right candidate also made folks mad.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553541514560319083noreply@blogger.com