Comments on: The Beast is Red, Chapter 13: Getaway

By: nolo

nolo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:58:18 +0000

Brilliant, just brilliant.

By: Willy

Willy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:16:26 +0000

Top shelf stuff. The whole series was great.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:55:45 +0000

I salute you, you bold bastard. Get some sleep!

By: bjacques

bjacques — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:29:01 +0000

My friend, if you’re ever in Amsterdam, drinks are on me.

By: Strange Forces

Strange Forces — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:01:02 +0000

MLP, I salute you. Excellent work.

By: islmfaoscist

islmfaoscist — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:20:58 +0000

Dude, that was awesome.

By: Niles

Niles — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:31:10 +0000

Leonard,

If you are in Chicago, you will never lack for booze; you’ve earned it, sir.

Great series of reports. Now forget everything about it for a day or two…

By: OneMan

OneMan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:20:20 +0000

MLP, let me add my own kudos to the chorus. That was a fine bit of writing, most enjoyable.

May you now find your way home, chill out, dry out, and know that you have done a great service for our little community.

By: Leonard Pierce

Leonard Pierce — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:42:07 +0000

Me, sorry, I wrote that (like I wrote all of these) under the influence and in a hurry, whenever I could find the time. I’ll flit in and edit them later, when I’ve had about 70 hours of sleep.

Thanks to all of you who enjoyed the stuff — it’s incredibly gratifying to hear. And especially, thanks to all y’all who sent me there.

By: harmfulguy

harmfulguy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:32:09 +0000

…an authoritarian bully and a personal coward.

Has anyone ever met one of the former who wasn’t one of the latter?

By: Gentlewoman

Gentlewoman — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:03:14 +0000

Well done, MLP! Go home, get some rest, socialize with the non-deranged, do some thinking, and I’ll bet you’ve got at least one more post on CPAC In Retrospect or something. I look forward to reading it.

Also: The jacket was smokin’.

By: ignobility

ignobility — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:53:19 +0000

Bravo and bis! And what Mikey said.

By: CaseyL

CaseyL — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:51:33 +0000

You have fought the good fight, just by refraining from a true Freak Out and running screaming naked across the room to strangle someone. By now your head must feel as though it’s full of hardened concrete and your stomach as if you’ve eaten nothing but pretzels and chips for 3 days.

You definitely deserve a vacation. (Hell, you deserve a medal.)

Thank you for going into the heart of darkness and reporting from the place.

By: Bistroist

Bistroist — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:40:49 +0000

Me needs to read it with the next sentence:
I am in, but not of , and now it’s time to get out.

Or so I read it anyway. The author, clinging to what scraps remain of his sanity, reminds himself of his true identity, that though he has walked among the freaks, trying to blend in, he is not one of them.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:29:11 +0000

Barbeara, I thought I spoke fried as well. Perhaps I’m not fried enough. But you as well as gbear have clarified things a great deal. Thanks.

By: Caveat

Caveat — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:28:17 +0000

I gotta tell ya – that was one of the finest series of reports I’ve ever read.

Well done!

By: barbeara billingsley

barbeara billingsley — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:57:34 +0000

Oh Stewardess! I speak Fried….

and signs = signed

By: gbear

gbear — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:54:12 +0000

like=line (typo)

Me, I believe he’s saying it’s fitting to finish out the conference on the shittiest note possible.

more or less.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:17:19 +0000

Okay, I’m really glad that I stuck with this series to the end. I started out slightly underwhelmed, but I finish a total convert. This last entry was absolutely brilliant. So many great lines that I don’t know where to begin to quote them.

Now that I’ve gotten the effusive praise out of the way, perhaps somebody can help me with the following passage:

there’s a longish like to have books signs by both of these moronic hunks of right-wing meat on the hoof, and it’s a bracing tonic for the long trip home ot the dead city center of San Antonio to hear their bovine bleatings prior to hopping on a cab. In, but not of, thank whatever weird god holds this thing together

I’ve labored over that SOB several times now, and I got nothin’. Anyone?

By: Rightwingsnarkle

Rightwingsnarkle — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:34:17 +0000

Mister Pierce, your saga was a vicarious thrill, the quality of which I will probably never again have the opportunity to experience; and I thank you for it.

I echo g’s sentiments, and offer you libations to enjoy while facing our other great ocean.

I belatedly sent along $25.01 via the S,N! Amazon donation button. If you never see a penny, you should at least know that I sent it in your honor.

Now, put that kickass two tone jacket up for auction at eBay…