tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post9136492003198996208..comments2024-03-26T17:48:13.000-07:00Comments on The Clerk Manifesto: More food blog for a dayFeldenstein Calypsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-89623218546540567312014-07-07T17:42:21.919-07:002014-07-07T17:42:21.919-07:00I know, he's almost like a running character h...I know, he's almost like a running character here, but he's real! It's super neat!<br /><br />I have never inherited anything, but it strikes me that that's pretty good really.Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-75418609444427872272014-07-07T16:14:44.660-07:002014-07-07T16:14:44.660-07:00I AM lucky to know Grape and I always get a kick o...I AM lucky to know Grape and I always get a kick out of it when I see him mentioned here. Thank you for the long comment back. It was very satisfying. You'll see me around more now, and I won't expect an answer to EVERY comment.<br /><br />A woman I worked with over 20 years ago introduced me to Nero Wolfe. She had a collection, and I started my own as well. When she died, I inherited her collection, so I combined the two, came out with a complete set of the books in the best shape and gave the rest to a friend who was just starting on her own Nero Wolfe adventure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-91554383211666350182014-07-07T09:59:04.752-07:002014-07-07T09:59:04.752-07:00But I have decided that the shyness thing is helpe...But I have decided that the shyness thing is helped by the non-marketing and the way that I don't have the same kind of casual, one-time readers I used to have. The left out thing I decided is okay because anyone who would pour over my blog enough to read comments is probably happy enough to find anything extra to read, and the having to write an extra blog post to respond is helped by the realization that I actually like writing, so this, for instance, is not a burden, but a pleasure, and so, what the hell.<br /><br />I suppose this might be a restating of a lot of what you would have read in my other response you found about commenting, but your comment seemed to deserve a somewhat kinder version of all that, and some updating too. Anyway, I do diligently respond to comments now, so comment away, as you like, and I will always be glad to see them.<br /><br />My responses may not always be this long though.<br /><br />No, I don't remember a mention of your Rex Stouts. A complete set would be handy. I think there might be one or two I've never read or tracked down. My library system maybe has two thirds and I got most of the rest through inter library loan. There was one neat copy from world war 2 era that was printed in a smaller size to save on paper resources for the war effort!<br /><br />You know Grape? Lucky!Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-51295914987454976102014-07-07T09:32:39.658-07:002014-07-07T09:32:39.658-07:00Well then, welcome back. I will now try and over-a...Well then, welcome back. I will now try and over-address everything in your comment.<br /><br />No, no, I always always read comments. I'm afraid that I obsessively check my blog for comments despite the leisurely pace at which they arrive on my blog. Then I read the comments several dozen times. When I gave up marketing my blog, a position I still must feverishly struggle to keep (I don't know if you read that post, it would be from a few months back), it probably only increased my comment checking, despite the fact that it had the effect of greatly reducing my actual readers and commenters. I have tried to channel some of this energy, curiously, into writing some of my own comments, buried deep into the history of my blog. They can be like extra blog posts, but with a kind of latitude that comes with the feeling that almost no one will ever find them. The response you read to that woman was perhaps at the beginning of that phase. I'm afraid to look at that comment of mine as I think I will find it a tad, er, sharp.<br /><br />But you probably noted there that for awhile I specifically wasn't responding to comments. Thus the non personal lack of response back then to your comment. Now I am responding. Just look at this! <br /><br />The reason for that is that sometimes I feel a bit of trepidation in responding to comments.<br /><br />This is out of A. Pure shyness. B. The concern of talking directly so much to one person out there and making anyone else feel left out. C. Feeling like some things I need to say to make a proper response to a comment will end up being like a whole blog post in itself and be a lot of writing time away from writing daily blog posts.<br /><br />I think there's a length limit on these comments so I'll continue below...Feldenstein Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-26695707062225062042014-07-06T17:47:31.032-07:002014-07-06T17:47:31.032-07:00Hello, I'm back. I wandered away for a while,...Hello, I'm back. I wandered away for a while, mostly because, though I enjoy the posts very much, if felt like you weren't reading my comments as you rarely replied. I know it shouldn't matter, but it did. Then recently I saw Grape, and he said, "are you still reading my friend's posts?" and I said I hadn't for a while (I'd pop in now and again, but not comment). So I came back and read a whole bunch of posts, all of which were well worth the time. And I saw your comment to the woman who asked why you would say you feverishly await comments and then not reply to them. I understand your answer. I feel the same way about leaving comments. I am shy on the Internet (though not in person). <br /><br />I like to reply to posts. But when no one answers, I feel that I'm somehow not cool enough or something. I know you'll understand.<br /><br />P. S. I have the whole collection of Rex Stout Nero Wolfe books! Maybe I already said that back in the day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com