tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post867492158352213853..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: The Great King of Egalitaria Has Died, Long Live The KingDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-9004452748102708312010-03-13T19:14:20.284-08:002010-03-13T19:14:20.284-08:00It was good seeing you yesterday, Chad. I'll l...It was good seeing you yesterday, Chad. I'll look forward to seeing you next month.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-21894695969494285492010-03-13T18:49:05.917-08:002010-03-13T18:49:05.917-08:00So aptly stated, that was a big sweep of a poem. ...So aptly stated, that was a big sweep of a poem. Thank you Doug, I look forward to hanging out with you next month. - ChadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-26906236114921085242010-02-25T07:15:11.632-08:002010-02-25T07:15:11.632-08:00Jim, I feel quite sure you'd have liked him. ...Jim, I feel quite sure you'd have liked him. Mrs. Jim, at least, is probably glad you're not like him. A good mess, but a mess.<br /><br />Yeah, sorry, TLP. I changed the post to make it less enigmatic and there's an explanation on today's.That's funny about Murtha. Among the things I can be grateful for in the timing of Jan's death is that Murtha's probably already had the streets of heaven regilded at taxpayer expense.<br /><br />Papi, I'm sure you will be bet let me rest up from this one.<br /><br />Minka, thank you. That was lovely and I'm glad you got to meet him.<br /><br />Thanks, crow and bear. I guess that leaves one slot open.<br /><br />Thanks, mom. It was always very good of you to give up your children to the general Mother's Day.<br /><br />Thanks, Nessa and Thom.<br /><br />Ave, Ariel! If you could pay your taxes with goodwill, Jan could have afforded even the late payment penalties.<br /><br />Pia, see today's post.<br /><br />Thanks, Sauerkraut.<br /><br />Dre, the best way for us to pay it forward is to find some young idiot to hire and mentor. I'm just not sure I can find anyone dumb enough.<br /><br />Thanks, Quilly and OC.<br /><br />You bet, Pop. And even at the very end he still talked about how you helped him.<br /><br />Weirsdo, thank you. And your request is amply granted.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-81874709554376949932010-02-24T21:26:30.657-08:002010-02-24T21:26:30.657-08:00Our sympathies, though we would like to know more ...Our sympathies, though we would like to know more about the departed.<br /><br />The poem struck us as Dr. Minnie's Utopian dream.weirsdohttp://pansifiles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-56082625964937634372010-02-24T18:28:31.804-08:002010-02-24T18:28:31.804-08:00Thanks Doug and Minka
Jan really was a King and a...Thanks Doug and Minka<br /><br />Jan really was a King and a had a remarkable talent as an artist and person.<br /><br />DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-69528947012739002252010-02-24T17:40:55.890-08:002010-02-24T17:40:55.890-08:00Doug -- Amoeba and I add our condolences as well f...Doug -- Amoeba and I add our condolences as well for the loss of your friend.quillyhttp://quilldancer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-31741531450698408342010-02-24T15:21:35.417-08:002010-02-24T15:21:35.417-08:00That was an AWESOME sting of poetry, Doug. I am go...That was an AWESOME sting of poetry, Doug. I am going to pay-it-forward and positively impact people the way Jan did. Thank you, Doug, for creating an opportunity for me to work for Jan. He remains the best boss ever. Ever! Not only was he my first boss, Jan was a beloved mentor and friend.oneandrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059293325642792364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-13627649925528109502010-02-24T13:14:25.791-08:002010-02-24T13:14:25.791-08:00I was waiting for the "the king is dead; long...I was waiting for the "the king is dead; long live the king" ending but then, there it is. Thanks for explaining what I did not understand.<br /><br />And sorry for your loss.sauerkrauthttp://run4chocolate.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-88786761957981019062010-02-24T11:12:21.080-08:002010-02-24T11:12:21.080-08:00That was lovely. And I didn't mind the famili...That was lovely. And I didn't mind the familial jokes. Made it that much more poignant <br />Though the definition is very mysterious--last phrase :)piahttp://courtingdestiny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-16094370701209173002010-02-24T10:01:06.625-08:002010-02-24T10:01:06.625-08:00"Rum for the tax guy" - this line shows..."Rum for the tax guy" - this line shows a man with boundless goodwill indeed. Long live the King!Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-68159408202712998262010-02-24T09:50:57.961-08:002010-02-24T09:50:57.961-08:00My thoughts are with you Doug. It was a wonderful ...My thoughts are with you Doug. It was a wonderful tribute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-13203512232755999712010-02-24T09:46:27.923-08:002010-02-24T09:46:27.923-08:00I am sorry for your loss, Doug.
Lovely tribute po...I am sorry for your loss, Doug.<br /><br />Lovely tribute poem.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-72854989043436628632010-02-24T08:49:13.552-08:002010-02-24T08:49:13.552-08:00Ah, Jan-Jan the Flower Man...you gave so much and ...Ah, Jan-Jan the Flower Man...you gave so much and deserved so much better than was handed you, especially at the end...but your mark has been left on many, especially my loving, appreciative pages who, in many ways, give like you did. I bid you a fare thee well, showered with all the petals from all the flowers which came to me through you during my children's wonder years.Muthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358469444543601060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-54125832776382400622010-02-24T08:42:26.281-08:002010-02-24T08:42:26.281-08:00We send our condolences - having just attended a f...We send our condolences - having just attended a farewell to a grand lady last week ourselves. xo Bear and Crow<br /><br />Florist: Friend of senders of doghouse flowerstsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-12843173993164186252010-02-24T08:34:18.404-08:002010-02-24T08:34:18.404-08:00A toy car and three wooden spoons,
a magnet and a ...A toy car and three wooden spoons,<br />a magnet and a toothles comb;<br />all them things where'd nobody bother, <br />he'd pick them up and give them a home;<br />one time: even to Andy's brother.<br /><br />His little world of cast aways now faces loneliness,<br />may his heaven hold all the shelves<br />that he may care for everything less.<br /> -February 2010-<br /><br />I am so sorry for your loss and so fond of that thought, that I met him in that little house filled to the brim, and where he still manged to seat us and give us all the space we needed. <br />Have a good trip, J. You'll be missed!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-41524014361966374462010-02-24T08:32:08.624-08:002010-02-24T08:32:08.624-08:00May the King have known that his gifts were acknow...May the King have known that his gifts were acknowledged by some, the worthy<br /><br />May I be remembered by somebody, anybody<br />that way<br /><br />And praised be the worthy page<br />who befriended the master in his time of neederric0https://www.blogger.com/profile/10291064596946446521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-8134248018051063452010-02-24T08:07:36.765-08:002010-02-24T08:07:36.765-08:00I have no idea what/who you're talking about. ...I have no idea what/who you're talking about. Good poem anyway.<br /><br />At first I thought about John Murtha, but his middle initial isn't "C" so I'm wrong (again).<br /><br />FLORIST: A person who sells my husband potted plants for <b>ME</b>, a cut-flowers gal.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-20423940749581702272010-02-24T07:09:41.254-08:002010-02-24T07:09:41.254-08:00He (deceased king) sounded like the kind of guy I ...He (deceased king) sounded like the kind of guy I would like, maybe want to be! I do hope the new king can live up to his predecessor's graces (good and bad).<br /><br />Best wishes to to JCM's family and friends. Sorry, I wondered until I read your comment. Thanks for doing that, Doug.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-64538862632628793932010-02-24T06:57:24.499-08:002010-02-24T06:57:24.499-08:00I'll apologize to regular readers for a bunch ...I'll apologize to regular readers for a bunch of in jokes which will make sense to my analog friends and family.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com