This post is apropos only of a good set of laughs to the quasi-literary minded. Or the quasi-minded. In either case, I had posted some of the "winners" of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in another thread as a kind of humorous commentary.
I recently found this account of winning the contest written by a prior winner, which is itself hilarious, and thought readers here would enjoy it. http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/CaltechNews/articles/v39/paper-hack.html Anyone who writes will especially enjoy this. David, fellow writer, I hope you get a good laugh from this one. By the way, it's titled "Paper-Hack Writer" which should already tell you something!
We often need to lighten up. Although that reminds me of a book review by the critic Dorothy Parker who said, "This book should not be taken lightly. It should be thrown with great force."
A Happy Easter to all.
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CAPii for Cpnii 11/04. Dx: 25yrs CFSii & FMSii. Currently: 150mg BID Roxithromycin, Doxycycline 100mg BID, Tiniii 1000mg/day pulses; Vit D2000 units, T4 & T3
Excellent,
Excellent, Jim-
Quasi-minded! That's funny. Ersatz intelligence. . .
Perhaps I qualify for consideration, with a collection of short stories (which can also be read as a novel), the first line of which runs:
Now, before I'm assaulted with rolling-pins etc, I must point out that this woman turns out very creditably in the story. If anyone wishes to check, a pdf can be obtained via this link: http://www.davidwheldon.co.uk/highrise-08.03.23.pdf
Have a good Easter,
David
D W - [Myalgia and hypertensioni (typically 155/95.) Began (2003) taking doxycycline and macrolide and later adding metronidazolei. No medication now; just supplementsi and IR sauna. Morning BP typically 110/75]___________________________________________________________
D W - [Myalgia and hypertensioni (typically 155/95.) Began (2003) taking doxycycline and macrolide and later adding metronidazolei. No medication now; just supplementsi and IR sauna. Morning BP typically 105/75]
Jim, that is a fine quote
Jim, that is a fine quote by Dorothy Parker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker even if she wasn't talking about "Paper-Hack Writer," written by a man trying to emulate Nabokov and Tolstoy(??)
DW, less of the rolling pins, yours iss a jolly good short story!............Sarah
An Itinerary in Light and Shadow...........Completed Stratton/Wheldon regime for aggressive secondary progressive MSi in June 2007, after four years, three of which intermittent. Still slowly improving and no exacerbation since starting. EDSSi was 7, now 2, less on a good day.
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So says The Chatelaine from
So says The Chatelaine from her war desk...I will have to commence reading it
--Minai
RRMSi, diagnosed 2/04. NACi 4/06. Started Wheldon/Stratton regime 8/30/06. Doxycycline, 8/06, Azith, 10/06. Switched to Roxithromycin 11/06. Psuedo relapse/die-off with hospitalization 1/07. Gad-enhanced MRI of brain and spine shows NO NEW DISEASE ACTIVITY Restarted CAPi with NAC and Doxy 2/07. LDNi 4/07. Stopped NAC, started Roxi, again 5/07. Now on full doses of Doxy and Roxi. NAC, again, 7/07. 1st Tinidazole Pulse, 8/11/07. USA