tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6297694287757662526..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: squirrel quarter-life dressAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-76539792934151287442013-01-26T18:27:30.047+00:002013-01-26T18:27:30.047+00:00Yes, how well said: "the view from the carri...Yes, how well said: "the view from the carriages is distracting and full of interest if not delight".marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-27645506492988352032013-01-26T16:44:09.586+00:002013-01-26T16:44:09.586+00:00m-l, RR and L For some life is a series of crises ...m-l, RR and L For some life is a series of crises linked like rail carriages in a freight train negotiating a bleak railway journey Others and I include bloggers and blog readers, barely recognise them because the view from the carriages is distracting and full of interest if not delight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-4453398500202814902013-01-26T13:48:50.818+00:002013-01-26T13:48:50.818+00:00That's funny, I just read about a film featuri...That's funny, I just read about a film featuring someone going through a quarter-life crisis and wondered what on earth it might be. Surely those years are supposed to be one long crisis aren't they? Or is that just in hindsight?<br /><br />I might put in a word for the five-eighths crisis, come to think.<br /><br />Though all of these rather presuppose we actually know how long our span is going to be...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-3734870253507205042013-01-26T07:14:30.160+00:002013-01-26T07:14:30.160+00:00Occasionally, when I creak out of bed and the worl...Occasionally, when I creak out of bed and the world is dark outside, I imagine myself undergoing a posthumous crisis. As Woody Allen said: jumping back into bed, adopting a foetal position, and turning the electric blanket up to No. 8.<br /><br />Luckily there is a specific against this. The recognition that under conditions of extreme comfort I would start to write in my head and quickly run out of RAM. Quite agonising, especially if I'm trying to do a sonnet. The computer has no such limitations. Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-6341906339853828122013-01-25T18:26:01.685+00:002013-01-25T18:26:01.685+00:00Hah, at first reading of your title I thought you&...Hah, at first reading of your title I thought you'd be writing about a squirrel-furred dress! <br /><br />I've heard of mid-life crisis called male menopause hitting men in the 50's. Now there's a quarter-life crisis?! marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com