Comments for benning's ink blotter http://benning.wordpress.com - thoughts on Writing and other things. Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Taxes? Yeesh! by Michael Tim http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/taxes-yeesh/#comment-38 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:13:20 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/taxes-yeesh/#comment-38 I love your site! :) _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site! :)

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]]> Comment on Copying the Anchoress by Michael Tim http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/10/copying-the-anchoress/#comment-37 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:25:11 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/10/copying-the-anchoress/#comment-37 I love your site! _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site!

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]]> Comment on Hello world! by Mr WordPress http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/14/hello-world/#comment-1 Mr WordPress Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:13:19 +0000 #comment-1 Hi, this is a comment.<br />To delete a comment, just log in, and view the posts' comments, there you will have the option to edit or delete them. Hi, this is a comment.
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]]> Comment on Copying the Anchoress by benning76 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/10/copying-the-anchoress/#comment-36 benning76 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:55:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/10/copying-the-anchoress/#comment-36 Heheheee! Use your Star Trek chops and just transporter on over! LOL Heheheee! Use your Star Trek chops and just transporter on over! LOL

]]> Comment on Copying the Anchoress by sisiggy http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/10/copying-the-anchoress/#comment-35 sisiggy Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:14:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/10/copying-the-anchoress/#comment-35 Beyond that and the original Star Trek, I'm lost (no pun intended). I'd be a stranger no matter where the test put me. Oh! I just noticed the X-Files! I'd only have to commute an hour and a half! Beyond that and the original Star Trek, I’m lost (no pun intended). I’d be a stranger no matter where the test put me.
Oh! I just noticed the X-Files! I’d only have to commute an hour and a half!

]]> Comment on Maxfield Parrish: Living Colors by benning76 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/maxfield-parrish-living-colors/#comment-34 benning76 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:04:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/maxfield-parrish-living-colors/#comment-34 Yep! And out of this 50-year-old's range. Odd how art goes in and out of fashion. But the great ones always resurface on their own.--> Yep! And out of this 50-year-old’s range. Odd how art goes in and out of fashion. But the great ones always resurface on their own.–>

]]> Comment on Maxfield Parrish: Living Colors by sisiggy http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/maxfield-parrish-living-colors/#comment-33 sisiggy Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:25:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/maxfield-parrish-living-colors/#comment-33 I remember going "window antiquing" almost 20 years ago and seeing Parrish after Parrish prints in the better stores, since the generation that had bought them were starting to die off and at the time Parrish was considered "gauch, don't you know, dah-ling". They were affordable as they could be, but still out of a 20-something's range. I told myself that someday when I was established (meaning, had a real job), I would finally get a Parrish. Now, you can't find them and if you do they are <B>way</B> out of this 40-something's range. I remember going “window antiquing” almost 20 years ago and seeing Parrish after Parrish prints in the better stores, since the generation that had bought them were starting to die off and at the time Parrish was considered “gauch, don’t you know, dah-ling”. They were affordable as they could be, but still out of a 20-something’s range. I told myself that someday when I was established (meaning, had a real job), I would finally get a Parrish. Now, you can’t find them and if you do they are way out of this 40-something’s range.

]]> Comment on Why is it … ? Part 2 by Mike's Musings http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/why-is-it-part-2/#comment-32 Mike's Musings Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:03:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/why-is-it-part-2/#comment-32 Hey Benning, At least you went through the process of getting your novel done. How many people write their "breakthrough" novel to only let it sit in their drawer and NEVER try to publish it. When I was in high school (early 80's), my English teacher felt that I had the ability to be a writer. Ha, I thought. He would read my essays to the class and I would get snears from my classmates. I loved writing, but NEVER considered a writing life. As years passed and family commitments engulfed my every waking hours, I decided one day last year to get back into writing. My wife was ecstatic, thinking I would write her the love letters that made her "quiver" each time she read them. At first she was disappointed with the idea of sharing my writing with the world. Now since F2K, she has read my contributions and shakes her head in amazement at how good they are. (I'm remaining humble. She has been my number one cheerleader for over 20 years.) I have several short stories in rough draft that I can now rewrite and rewrite till polished and submit for publication. I have one novel on the go with another being developed on the side. Will they remain in my drawer? Nope. With the encouragement of my teenage kids and my wife; the building blocks developed through F2K; and enrolling in WVU, I see myself not writing as a hobbie, but as a career. Will I have the "breakthrough" novel that will make me millions and land me on the best seller list? Who cares! I've never been one for fame and glory anyways. Just to share my prose with people, and get paid for it, is enough for me. Also. I know what it's like to go without. I started my family making seven bucks an hour. I've had my phone cut off and nasty letters mailed to me. It's hardships like these that build character and strengthen relationships. I'm sorry that that woman walked out on you when the going got rough. It's obvious she's not the one for you, then. Your a good guy, the right one will come along, eventually. One more ramble. I'm a history buff as well. Last autumn I did a study on the War of 1812. Living in southern Ontario gives me the opportunity to visit the battle sites and the forts that were involved in the war. The feeling you get is incredible. Standing on the very ground that hundreds of men gave up their lives for to protect MY country gives me a new respect for something that happened with virtually little acknowledgement by todays society. I wish you great success in your future writing endeavours. Who knows, maybe I will see your name on the national best sellers list. Till next time, Mike D. Hey Benning,

At least you went through the process of getting your novel done. How many people write their “breakthrough” novel to only let it sit in their drawer and NEVER try to publish it.

When I was in high school (early 80’s), my English teacher felt that I had the ability to be a writer. Ha, I thought. He would read my essays to the class and I would get snears from my classmates. I loved writing, but NEVER considered a writing life.

As years passed and family commitments engulfed my every waking hours, I decided one day last year to get back into writing. My wife was ecstatic, thinking I would write her the love letters that made her “quiver” each time she read them.

At first she was disappointed with the idea of sharing my writing with the world. Now since F2K, she has read my contributions and shakes her head in amazement at how good they are. (I’m remaining humble. She has been my number one cheerleader for over 20 years.)

I have several short stories in rough draft that I can now rewrite and rewrite till polished and submit for publication. I have one novel on the go with another being developed on the side. Will they remain in my drawer? Nope. With the encouragement of my teenage kids and my wife; the building blocks developed through F2K; and enrolling in WVU, I see myself not writing as a hobbie, but as a career.

Will I have the “breakthrough” novel that will make me millions and land me on the best seller list? Who cares! I’ve never been one for fame and glory anyways. Just to share my prose with people, and get paid for it, is enough for me.

Also. I know what it’s like to go without. I started my family making seven bucks an hour. I’ve had my phone cut off and nasty letters mailed to me. It’s hardships like these that build character and strengthen relationships. I’m sorry that that woman walked out on you when the going got rough. It’s obvious she’s not the one for you, then. Your a good guy, the right one will come along, eventually.

One more ramble. I’m a history buff as well. Last autumn I did a study on the War of 1812. Living in southern Ontario gives me the opportunity to visit the battle sites and the forts that were involved in the war. The feeling you get is incredible. Standing on the very ground that hundreds of men gave up their lives for to protect MY country gives me a new respect for something that happened with virtually little acknowledgement by todays society.

I wish you great success in your future writing endeavours. Who knows, maybe I will see your name on the national best sellers list.

Till next time,
Mike D.

]]> Comment on Why is it … ? Part 2 by LScottB http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/why-is-it-part-2/#comment-31 LScottB Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:43:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/why-is-it-part-2/#comment-31 Wow! I can identify with a lot of what you have been through especially the lack of money part. I am reminded of a scene from the movie, "Josie Wales" starring Clint Eastwood. Just before the head for Mexico the Indian tells the story of how all the chiefs went to Washington D.C. and the President told them all to, "...endeavor to persevere". He finished his story with, "...then we declared war on the white man". Endeavor to persevere sound like important words but they only mean hang in there. Talk to you soon, benning. Scott Wow! I can identify with a lot of what you have been through especially the lack of money part. I am reminded of a scene from the movie, “Josie Wales” starring Clint Eastwood. Just before the head for Mexico the Indian tells the story of how all the chiefs went to Washington D.C. and the President told them all to, “…endeavor to persevere”. He finished his story with, “…then we declared war on the white man”. Endeavor to persevere sound like important words but they only mean hang in there. Talk to you soon, benning.

Scott

]]> Comment on Why is it … ? Part 1 by benning76 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/01/28/why-is-it-part-1/#comment-30 benning76 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:48:00 +0000 http://benning.wordpress.com/2006/01/28/why-is-it-part-1/#comment-30 Bang on, Scott! LOL Thanks for stopping by. :D Bang on, Scott! LOL

Thanks for stopping by. :D

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