Kappa Tracks

"A story is made up of words and characters. Are the words well chosen and do the characters live? All the rest is literary gossip."

My six decade love affair with the English language compels me to offer a list of authors whose work meets my critical standards. The single criterion operant is the quality of the prose as composed by the writers. I have made no discrimination whatsoever as to subject matter, theme, or plot.

Therefore be warned!

A great many of the works here listed may involve themes or subjects repugnant to some readers. I can only advise that if a particular story cannot be stomached, go on to the next; you will find at least a few to be to your taste.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

n.b.(nota bene)

I am reminded of the old feminist joke-
Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did,
only she did it backwards and in high heels...
During that knock down, drag out fight scene..
Leo is au naturel.. Raph is wearing what appears
to be a full suit of armor--which should have
been a handicap of sorts, don't you think?
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Yet, he still manages to come out on top...
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Here's another one..
If, during that fight scene,
you can drag your attention away
from the combatants for a few nanoseconds,
you will see that the film makers'
in-joke is still in place...
Big, bold and twice as natural...
in the background--backwards..
the call letters are there..
G R M K
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I still think that's a very fine
and amusing means of
putting the 'blame' where it truly
belongs...wonder if the
idea came from the director
or did the Scots nobleman*
have a say in its appearance?
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*oh, com'on...