tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post116583570587527003..comments2023-05-14T21:11:23.699-04:00Comments on CHEESEBURGER BROWN: Story Wallah: Pink Santa, Part SevenCheeseburger Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1165871009479096912006-12-11T16:03:00.000-05:002006-12-11T16:03:00.000-05:00Dear Mark,Yeah, I think I'm going to hold off "upg...Dear Mark,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I think I'm going to hold off "upgrading" my Blogger stuff until they've worked more of the bugs out of the system. From all reports things are going more wrong than right, and I don't want to risk fouling the blog somehow while we're mid-story.<BR/><BR/>Those of you who have upgraded, don't be stingy with your reports. Inquiring bloggers want to know.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Cheeseburger BrownCheeseburger Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1165870083869740632006-12-11T15:54:00.000-05:002006-12-11T15:54:00.000-05:00I've been trying to comment and Blogger keeps eati...I've been trying to comment and Blogger keeps eating it.<BR/><BR/>I wish now that I had never merged my gmail account with my Blogger account. What a major pain.<BR/><BR/>Great story, is what I originally intended to day. I like the plate piling, too, and I think we can forgive an extra helping of schmaltz in a story written for kids.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722639974320971726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1165867853306750062006-12-11T15:17:00.000-05:002006-12-11T15:17:00.000-05:00Indeed, lots of fun to be had here. And getting de...Indeed, lots of fun to be had here. And getting deep, too (in a good way). The piling of food on the plate was a nice touch.<BR/><BR/>If it's written for kids (which you plainly stated), then some schmaltz is allowed.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722639974320971726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1165864024035486452006-12-11T14:07:00.000-05:002006-12-11T14:07:00.000-05:00Ninja Santas!This is the best fictional Christmas ...Ninja Santas!<BR/><BR/>This is the best fictional Christmas story ever.<BR/><BR/>"zkksgkqo": voice-recognition software's failed attempt to transcribe that weird vocalization in the Ferris Bueller soundtrack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1165863479195703362006-12-11T13:57:00.000-05:002006-12-11T13:57:00.000-05:00it's hard to approximate the sound i was making in...it's hard to approximate the sound i was making in my head as the chinese buffet speech & plate-filling ritual was happening....<BR/><BR/>chocolate and oranges. sausages and candles. fresh water and incense. fruit, bell, bow.<BR/><BR/>ohhhhhh....! ohhhhhhh!<BR/><BR/>and then... "Chloe looked down. Very quietly she said, "The whole world is against me.""<BR/><BR/>WO-OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!<BR/>*sniffle sniffle blink blink*<BR/><BR/>and then a cube of green Jell-o. "Green is yummy," she said.<BR/><BR/>*sniffle, smile*<BR/><BR/>but the "Which fills you with more feeling?" graph may have been a little over the top. nonetheless i forgive you completely. *sniffle*<BR/><BR/>is "shily" meant to be "shyly"?gl.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11890196589573443189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1165862887225631132006-12-11T13:48:00.000-05:002006-12-11T13:48:00.000-05:00Brilliant concept on altruism from the Order of St...Brilliant concept on altruism from the Order of St. Nick. <BR/>"We offer the gift of hope to those who are farthest from the light of love."<BR/>.<BR/>The back room of the Chinese restaurant made me think of the Duck dinner in A Christmas Story (FA RA RA RA RA)<BR/>combined with the mafia movies with a bunch of large men in suits stuffing pasta into their face while plotting their next action. <BR/><BR/>The Chinese buffet backdrop recalls familiar sensations in me -- They fed me through college (and beyond).<BR/>My boys will certainly react to it, as I have taught them the TAO of Buffet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com