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Attack of the giant broccoli.
Use Beano before... and if you have nightmares, at least they won't be in smell-o-vision... or would that be scent-surround?
Posted by Larry the Dial-Up Guy | July 5, 2010 8:14 PM
Posted on July 5, 2010 20:14
The glowing sun glommers gloated as the gloaming glazed the ground.
Posted by Kevin[0] | July 5, 2010 11:51 PM
Posted on July 5, 2010 23:51
"Gloaming" is one of those words that used to sound romantic, but just doesn't seem to anymore. I'm not sure that emo vampires would be as popular today if the series was called "The Gloaming Saga" rather than "The Twilight Saga"
Posted by Ed B | July 6, 2010 9:08 AM
Posted on July 6, 2010 09:08
Fortunately, children's books don't connote strong romantic undertones...
...unless you're in a very sick book store...
...& in which case, I can't even write the vile & painful things I hope befall you.
The Gloaming could be a fine kids' book, as small children's minds are sponges, & children haven't developed the subtle biases for "preferred words" like adults have.
One of my favorite books as a kid was If I Ran the Circus... "The Circus McGurkus" isn't very romantic sounding--it's awkward, even--but I still love that book...
...& I'm thankful the title was used for a long time as an underhanded dig against politicians...
...but to use it now would be "racist" (along with anything else that might be critical of BHO)...
...which makes me think...
...certain black folk have a penchant for grandstanding, even to the point of insinuating violence & overshadowing bully power--take the "Pennsylvania Black Panther" case, for example...
...but even mention race in conjunction with those same folk, & they become a mob of sniveling p___ies, scurrying to hide under the big flat rock of "racism"...
...Crying "Racism": How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too, coming to a bookstore near you.
Posted by Terwiliger | July 7, 2010 3:37 AM
Posted on July 7, 2010 03:37
Cool image John-it scares me a little.
Posted by Steve M | July 7, 2010 12:14 PM
Posted on July 7, 2010 12:14
Hey T:
I was addressing the etymology of the word "gloaming", not the book itself.
a) Get your mind out of the gutter.
b) Try to stay on topic!
Posted by Ed B | July 7, 2010 5:06 PM
Posted on July 7, 2010 17:06
Hey Steve
I enjoy letting the illustration hover between "enchanting" and "eerie".
Posted by john cox | July 7, 2010 6:23 PM
Posted on July 7, 2010 18:23
EdB:
The thread is about a children's book called "The Gloaming".
I think I was on topic while you were picking a nit. It was a very clever nit to pick, however--& I thought it would be fun to take your cleverness & string it out...
...& taking a cue from Democrat "strategists" [read: advocates], I thought I'd bend the topic to work in a jab anywhere I could at the regressive reactionaries who call themselves progressives (& since this was a thread about a children's book, a tie-in to another children's book wasn't that hard to do).
JOHN:
I like this cover. I also think it would be cool if you expanded on this one. I imagine a full moon partially obscured by the tree, lightly illuminating the silhouette, with little shafts of light beaming through the branches... with perhaps one of them illuminating that little lone "faerie" perched on top of a mushroom cap (he had a number on his back--you posted it a couple years back) in the foreground.
Posted by Terwiliger | July 8, 2010 2:51 AM
Posted on July 8, 2010 02:51
It's very good, I like it. Thanks very much.
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