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play0:00 / 4:35
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ganymeder123 Wow. Beware the pity date! Loved the use of 'frakkin' ala BSG. Great twist. The music and sign off was a nice touch for the boo too. :)
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play0:00 / 4:36
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ganymeder123 Sometimes you need to be sort of blunt. It's hard when you want to be nice, but maybe just a firm, "Look, I don't want to be rude, but I'm reading now." That way, you're letting them know that you're busy. :) I'm sorry about all your troubles. I hope things go better for you.
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vexation Hi Chris - first time listener to your boos! Just wanted to say I sympathise - hope something happens soon that give you a boost! With the people who tell you their life story when you're otherwise occupied...is it to do with all of us being just too damn polite! I know I am. What makes me say "that's interesting" when what I really want to say is - "shut the fuck up!"
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play0:00 / 4:59
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vexation Great thoughts Chris - and comments on the topic all. I think there's always a certain stigma with any thing that is new...the television versus reading a book debate? I think it's nearly the same thing - it takes time for new media to be accepted. Particularly with anything people see as being "easy" (and be "easy" people usually mean "quick"). If something takes a fraction of the time it must not be as stimulating as something that takes days or weeks to absorb. But we accept now that a movie can be as stimulating as a book (not all, but some movies!). The fact that it only takes two hours to watch a movie doesn't mean it's without artistic merit. But always - there's good and bad work. Art Spiegelman's "Maus" is considered to be a high art example of the comic book form. A person who argues that the latest trashy thriller trumps "Maus", just because the latter is prose and the former has pictures, is definately missing out on a rich and thought provoking form of storytelling.
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JodiCleghorn Greg... we've been very careful never to make our son feel ashamed about any part of his life - especially reading... thus I've come and asked those I trust to give me the low down. As you say - we're thrilled he is reading and I get a tingle all over when I see him in the back of the car with his latest comic book totally absorbed in it. He's 6 and the fact he wants to read something is brilliant. The only problem I foresee now is his reading ability outstripping what is actually appropriate for his reading level. He told me reading is comic is like "reading a movie" and he then went on to explain to me the intricacies of the thought and dialogue boxes etc. And I should reframe what I said about thinking comics were "trash"... I just never appreciated what they actually were/are.
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gregmcqueen One thing I always say to people is, never be ashamed of what you read. Just read. As Chris says, "Let the boy read comics." If you make him somehow ashamed of what he's reading, you'll probably put him off reading totally. Don't make this more complicated that it needs to be. The boy IS reading. Let him get on with it. If anything, you should read what he reads. Be proud of him. The rest will come.
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play0:00 / 3:28
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pjkaiser The kind of day that never ends - house renovation by day, writing by night. Hang in there :-)
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gregmcqueen Hill Street Blues was an awesome show! Anyway, bios ... I say, write your bio like you are the most famous writer in the world. A bio is just a piece of flash fiction about you. Make yourself sound like the amazing person that you are.
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ChrisChartrand Thanks Tina. I like that idea. I'll use it next time. They came out OK it's an ego issue with me. I never think I'm worth talking about.
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play0:00 / 4:59JodiCleghorn likes this.
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KateSherrod I like the energy of the narration here but it's rushed. Putting these on AudioBoo is a challenge for brevity, isn't it? Great story, though, vivid as hell and very entertaining, as Chris's work always is. Fun hearing what you sound like, buddy!
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KateSherrod I like the energy of the narration here but it's rushed. Putting these on AudioBoo is a challenge for brevity, isn't it? Great story, though, vivid as hell and very entertaining, as Chris's work always is. Fun hearing what you sound like, buddy!
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jen_b I had the same problem with clipped words on the web utility, Chris. I had to record a few times before I got a clean copy. In any case, it didn't draw away from the story for me. I agree with Jodi, too-- it does need a slow start, but your reading is great and you differentiate the voices well. Your pace is great when he's running away! And anyway, it's a fantastic story. I love how he's telling the story, then he's telling THAT story... heh.
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play0:00 / 4:51
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pjkaiser I'm loving my iPad, but my hubs loves his kindle. We use them entirely differently. My hubs reads ebooks - period. Nothing fancy and he doesn't need other formats. I read various formats and I read online with my iPad - eg, fridayflash, etc. It's perfect for the way I use it.
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icypop You have SUCH a cool voice! Btw, I had no idea you could put PDFs or DOC files on the Sony e-reader.
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gregmcqueen Thanks Chris. The is exactly the kind of comments I am looking for. Muchly appreciated. I have a Kindle DX. The note taking is good. I can highlight text and add notes, and then sent myself the notes. I can even Twitter book quotes! I think the recent release of the iPad forced Amazon to open up some of the hidden features in the Kindle. One good thing is the Whispernet 3G connection. I can buy and download books at any time, and there's some basic web surfing on the Kindle, too. You can also send Word docs to your Kindle. You do it via an online service through Amazon. It costs, I believe. I am not sure of the price because that function isn't available in Europe (at least, in Denmark) as yet. But you can load PDF documents onto the Kindle DX. I certainly haven't regretted buying my Kindle. They have also just dropped the price of the Kindle DX ;-)
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play0:00 / 4:36
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JodiCleghorn Oh babble away... love hearing about the Victory garden. In Jason's story in The Red Book - he had long passages in the beginning section about the Victory garden growing in his grandparents back yard. For length's sake I asked him to cut a lot of it out - but it was my first exposure to such a thing. I have no idea how much food went from Australia to the war effort and what people did to get by here. If my Nanna and Pa were alive I'd be be able to ask them... but alas they passed over before I was interested in any of this stuff. Making you feel better... my desk is a bomb shell also. It is my plan on the next dark moon - in about an hours time to give it a really good clean. I have dead flies and cobwebs on my window sill and just general crap lying about the place. The only place of my desk which is any sort of semblence of order is my writer's altar so I guess it is all good... but as you say, it's bad feng shui it is a demotivator to sit at a desk that looks like crap! Thanks for all those message last night... we were howling with laughter at YOU as much as us. It was almost like you were there with us (but yeah... I know you'd never set foot into a movie theatre to watch a Twilight movie!)
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play0:00 / 3:13JodiCleghorn likes this.
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jen_b Oh Chris! I can hear the embarrassment even now... what a tale. And somehow her dad let you marry her anyway! ;)
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pjkaiser Chris - what a brave guy you are, sharing this story with us. I was blushing and squirming just listening to it - i can't imagine how you felt telling us about it! Water under the bridge, though, fortunately :-)
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JodiCleghorn BOO!! I loved your story... could see exactly where it is going.. and yes I think I can use it. I guess I'm going to have to think of my own and share them. Though birthdays are either huge events or non events here... and not a lot in between. Looking forward to hearing you again - maybe this will help quell that silly pine in me, for your company.
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