Comments on: Marginalia

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:10 +0000

I am at a loss. I give up. Uncle! I need help. Anyone out there want to join in?

By: Jacquie Roland

Jacquie Roland — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:55 +0000

Oh no… you did it…you’re going to hell … Festering little ball of scribbling hate… caricaturing sainted little grannies in bibles, no less… I bet if I looked you up on youtube there would be videos of you doodling on helpless little puppies. Call PETA… alert the media… (sound of thunder in the background ) Oh no! Too late …it’s THEM! The flying monkeys! ( a flutter of wings… a spilled cup of coffee) …. TO BE CONTINUED

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:43 +0000

No, I never scribbled in the bible, if you don’t count the family stats section where I did write snide comments about my three brothers (all of whom I hated at the time), and altered a few birth dates, including my own. I also did a pretty good caricature of my maternal grandmother as the Wicked Witch of the East.

By: Jacquie Roland

Jacquie Roland — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:03:10 +0000

Puhleeeze don’t tell me you scribbled in a bible… Oh no! How COULD you… PHILISTINE!! SACRILEGE!!!… NO GUILT!!! How could you… you could go to HELL for THINKING about scribbling in a bible… ooops! Wait a minute… I’m an atheist… I think. Wait… maybe you HAD books as a child and your parents threw them out in an unselfish act of “tough love” to help cure your addiction?!!! … I’ll pray for you. … uh…oh… um… OTHERS will pray for you… Operators are standing by.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:21:18 +0000

Hi Jacquie: I LOVE your reaction to the Marginalia post and how you express it (the Charlie Brown (AAAAAAAGGGHH!!!, etc.). But I have to remind you that I, too, grew up in a house without books. Actually, there was one, the bible, and since it was illustrated I must have figured that gave me all the license I needed to scribble . So I have doodled away happily ever since, and without a sliver of guilt.

By: Jacquie Roland

Jacquie Roland — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:06:39 +0000

AAARRRGGGHH!!! OH NO!! – JIm… I LOVE the little doodle guy… he’s drawn with wit and verve and joy,even! But you wrote in a BOOK!!! Maybe it’s because I didn’t have books as a child… but I CAN’T write in one… even work books… even now that I own hundreds… pant, pant, pant… I need a headache powder. Someone fetch me a chair.