tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post3741284728653818412..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: BiographyDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-11948761318352109812007-05-09T10:55:00.000-07:002007-05-09T10:55:00.000-07:00epitaph with royalties.bid for immortality.epitaph with royalties.<BR/><BR/>bid for immortality.AsianSmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574684366358480498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-22586397005869430532007-05-08T10:46:00.000-07:002007-05-08T10:46:00.000-07:00did the little redhead bring you here in her baske...did the little redhead bring you here in her basket again, Mushy? :)Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-81182258989292908982007-05-08T05:07:00.000-07:002007-05-08T05:07:00.000-07:00ActonbellThat TLP! She didn't stop you from readi...Actonbell<I>That TLP!</I> She didn't stop you from reading, I noticed.<BR/><BR/>Kyah, there's a reason we bred out the opposable thumbs and language.<BR/><BR/>Great point, g.<BR/><BR/>Amoeba, it's a fine line between parody and biography typically missed by both the author and the subject.<BR/><BR/>Icy, it's only possible if you skip the virtues.<BR/><BR/>Mushroom, Bierce says the difference between a politician and a statesman is the latter suffers the disadvantage of being alive.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-50277006138746818142007-05-08T03:27:00.000-07:002007-05-08T03:27:00.000-07:00Biography: Telling it like it wasn't. How school...Biography: Telling it like it wasn't. How schoolchildren learn about great men who were rather human until they died.The Mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466433750698090728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-78393398762785361782007-05-07T23:53:00.000-07:002007-05-07T23:53:00.000-07:00Compressing seventy years into a few hours.Compressing seventy years into a few hours.Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-54682853617765535602007-05-07T21:07:00.000-07:002007-05-07T21:07:00.000-07:00BIOGRAPHY, n. On sale at bookstores everywhere. ...<B>BIOGRAPHY</B>, <I>n</I>. On sale at bookstores everywhere. The more "graphy" the better. <A HREF="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/don+henley/dirty+laundry_20042033.html" REL="nofollow"><I>Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down</I> ...</A><BR/><BR/><I>Ka-CHING!!!</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-72564079340582021352007-05-07T20:11:00.000-07:002007-05-07T20:11:00.000-07:00Doug, aren't we all?Doug, aren't we all?Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-86209883278834829032007-05-07T17:15:00.000-07:002007-05-07T17:15:00.000-07:00wouldn't it be interesting if our dogs could write...wouldn't it be interesting if our dogs could write our biographies? <BR/>on second thoughts...maybe not.<BR/><BR/>:-)Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-75227768929346269572007-05-07T16:41:00.000-07:002007-05-07T16:41:00.000-07:00And the censorship, Sar. You're in publishing, are...And the censorship, Sar. <BR/><BR/>You're in publishing, aren't you, g?<BR/><BR/>Sar, just so we're clear: It's no less shameful when you call it shameless.<BR/><BR/>Subtle, Indie. Is that why two out of three biographies claim to be "haunting" in their jackets.<BR/><BR/>Al, no one writes biographies of the honest, do they?<BR/><BR/>So, Morgan, a translation in lieu of resurrection?<BR/><BR/>That's funny, Jamie Dawn. I think they should carry you on a litter while you belly dance with ROP. Because it would be funny, that's why.<BR/><BR/>Pia, great thinking about the memoir. Who is The Power Broker about? Sounds like Tip O'Neill or Willie Brown to me.<BR/><BR/>Ariel, that's a wonderful definition. Makes me giggle. Uh-oh.<BR/><BR/>Hey, there, Nessa! Thanks for bringing the other side of the coin up.<BR/><BR/>Actually, Jenna, I don't mind if you do as long as I get to play myself in the movie.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-31185294033719318232007-05-07T13:34:00.000-07:002007-05-07T13:34:00.000-07:00Give the Dog a BoneThe Unauthorized Biography of D...<B>Give the Dog a Bone</B><BR/><BR/>The Unauthorized Biography of Doug Pascover by Me!<BR/><BR/>Don't worry...I'll only fudge the truth a little. But oh what I'll do with those embellishments!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-57144036574979754032007-05-07T12:51:00.000-07:002007-05-07T12:51:00.000-07:00biography, tickling the dead.biography, tickling the dead.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-44389857991193972802007-05-07T12:30:00.000-07:002007-05-07T12:30:00.000-07:00Biography: usually unathorized and celeb based the...Biography: usually unathorized and celeb based these days<BR/><BR/>The best bio I ever read, much more than a bio was Robert Caro's The Power Broker. Spent three nights and two days doing nothing else<BR/><BR/>memoir: something best done in fictionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-49414177774005284562007-05-07T10:27:00.000-07:002007-05-07T10:27:00.000-07:00Biography: The thrills and spills.Auto-Bio: The ...Biography: The thrills and spills.<BR/><BR/>Auto-Bio: The thrills; kind of like a resume.<BR/><BR/>I looped AP3's music and recorded it, so now I can belly dance to it in ten minute intervals. I'm also demanding my family call me Xerxes.Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-86001570430426993842007-05-07T10:15:00.000-07:002007-05-07T10:15:00.000-07:00bio - lifegraphy - an anglicization of the French ...bio - life<BR/>graphy - an anglicization of the French "graphie" inherited from the Latin "graphia", which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek meaning "to write" (Wiki)<BR/>thus,<BR/>biography: writings of a person's life that have been passed through the ages and translated through many languages and cultures (at least by the time we read it.)I Dive At Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726422679358658819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-83863892316366800492007-05-07T09:46:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:46:00.000-07:00Biography: Selective recounting of the events of s...<B>Biography:</B> Selective recounting of the events of someone's life. Sometimes, but not usually, as completely full of bullshit as an <I>auto</I>biography.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-62925791353650143572007-05-07T09:42:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:42:00.000-07:00Biography: An autobiography written by a ghost wri...Biography: An autobiography written by a ghost writer.Indeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-19292154018742212442007-05-07T09:37:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:37:00.000-07:00WARNING: Shameless Self-Promotion AheadAre you si...WARNING: Shameless Self-Promotion Ahead<BR/><BR/>Are you sitting down, all? I posted!<BR/><BR/>/shameless self-promotionSarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-18983909426108013672007-05-07T09:32:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:32:00.000-07:00Exactly!Exactly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-28691863340320481252007-05-07T09:24:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:24:00.000-07:00Biography: This is your life and mine for the pri...<STRONG>Biography:</STRONG> This is your life and mine for the printing and propheting.Sarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-17861050790526129442007-05-07T09:22:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:22:00.000-07:00Automatically, Karma.Poobah, so a blog is a poor m...Automatically, Karma.<BR/><BR/>Poobah, so a blog is a poor man's biography, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Good one, TLP. And less verbose.<BR/><BR/>Quilly, once again, that's just right.<BR/><BR/>Well, Minka, that's why I want to buried deep so I can spin in privacy from the memories of the living.<BR/><BR/>Puppy, retroself-help? <I>The Four Agreements </I>once you're ready to keep your end?<BR/><BR/>Right, g, and incontravertibly proven by the lack of a lawsuit.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-28954563874420019152007-05-07T08:42:00.000-07:002007-05-07T08:42:00.000-07:00As Minka pointed out - usually compsed after one's...As Minka pointed out - usually compsed after one's demise and most likely the only undsiputable fact contained therein. "This book is about John. He is dead."Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-9757294835506197202007-05-07T07:30:00.000-07:002007-05-07T07:30:00.000-07:00Biography: A life, reimagined<B>Biography</B>: A life, reimaginedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-10519319428701136922007-05-07T06:43:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:43:00.000-07:00biography,n. a fictitious, shallow and partial obs...biography,n. a fictitious, shallow and partial observation usually composed after death with the ability to make the subject turn in its grave!<BR/><BR/>and you thought being food for worms was the last of your problems!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-92148200135188008992007-05-07T06:18:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:18:00.000-07:00biography -- a book in which an author describes s...<<B>biography</B> -- a book in which an author describes someone else's life. It is written after much research and even greater envy, and usually manages to destroy a once stellar reputation; or polish a corroded one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-60827708187725409212007-05-07T06:15:00.000-07:002007-05-07T06:15:00.000-07:00Biography: Life writ large. In fact usually writt...Biography: Life writ large. In fact usually written larger than the life was.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.com