tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post8075889170680849227..comments2024-03-29T06:21:29.439+00:00Comments on Finding life hard?: A hopeless caseLiz Hindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-13979759205896190152008-09-03T20:47:00.000+01:002008-09-03T20:47:00.000+01:00That's an interesting way to get inspiration. I wo...That's an interesting way to get inspiration. I would like to write, I shall try to keep your advice in mind.Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-33186388756489393262008-09-03T07:17:00.000+01:002008-09-03T07:17:00.000+01:00Well, Blogger chewed my previous comment, so I'll ...Well, Blogger chewed my previous comment, so I'll try again:-<BR/><BR/>QUOTE<BR/>Lotteries are a tax on stupidity ;-)<BR/><BR/>Just been reading some Rumpole, which I discovered while I was touring Scotland. Now I'm hooked and am reading ALL of them. The dry wit is great, as is the observation of human nuances. But I find his frequent use of <BR/><I>deus-ex-machina</I> rather annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-36661272520985441272008-09-03T07:15:00.000+01:002008-09-03T07:15:00.000+01:00Lotteries are a tax on B ;-)ut I fiJust been readi...Lotteries are a tax on B ;-)<BR/>ut I fi<BR/>Just been reading some Rumpole, which I disvovered while I was touring Scotland. Now I'm hooked and am reading ALL of them. The dry wit is great as is the observation of human nuances. But I find his frequent use of <BR/><I>deus-ex-machina</I> rather annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-91153573338938801882008-09-02T19:09:00.000+01:002008-09-02T19:09:00.000+01:00I remember reading a line that went sometime like ...I remember reading a line that went sometime like this: <I>Hope is one of the means by which the aristocracy maintains control of the peasants</I>.<BR/><BR/>I know what the author is saying, but I can’t fully agree. Hope, to me, is akin to having a dream and, as Bloody Mary saying in South Pacific:<BR/> <I>You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream<BR/>How you come not have a dream come true? </I>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.com