Comments on: The Drought – Part 2

By: chris

chris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:04:52 +0000

This is the first time I’ve posted a comment.
With that said, I’ve been reading your diatribes for a few years. The first story I read was 10% percenter and I’ve been hooked since. My day gets expontentially better when I open your page and see a new story.
Regardless, the segue back to I-95 was nothing short of fantastic. So fantastic that I felt it wrong not to comment on it. Thanks for making my day more enjoyable and basically writing what I wish I could. Looking foward to the book. Thank You!
PL: Thanks. That was a bitch to write and a lot of people didn’t seem to get it. One of my favorite pieces.
I assume that’ll be a tough one with the MADD crowd… Kind of a nasty laugh. What can you do, right?

By: Narke

Narke — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:26:00 +0000

Your style is brilliant and unique. I cannot wait for you book to come out.

By: Le Chat

Le Chat — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:34:31 +0000

The kitty loves the prance. It is in his nature. You are no more likely to defeat the prancing instinct of a kitty than you are to convince a humpback whale to abstain from plankton. An average-sized humpback whale will eat 4400-5500 pounds of plankton, krill and small schooling fish each day during the feeding season. That translates roughly into a batallion of frenzied kitties prancing with lunatic abandon, their little kitty voices raising in unison in a transcendent expression of feral glee. I am kitty and I prance. Deny this at your peril.

By: Ploin

Ploin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:38:53 +0000

Some pretty good stuff. Your drunken friend really reminds me of some friends of mine. *sigh* I could never really get into breaking stuff like they could.

By: alison

alison — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:49:22 +0000

PL- I’m very much looking forward to the book. I’m also glad I can stop by the site occasionally and completely take myself away from my arduous job. Keep the posts coming!

By: Phiily_Turtle

Phiily_Turtle — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:18:44 +0000

You figure out how to make 5K yet? Tourney is almost over comrade…

By: Wayland

Wayland — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:39:50 +0000

PL, please go on Montel.

By: Seraphynae

Seraphynae — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:02:34 +0000

While I can’t relate to your financially comfortable upbringing, I can relate to what one’s environs and what one has as resources, to somewhat ruining a person. My grandmother ruined a part of herself trying to get food for me, herself, and her own crippled mother. While I was crying from hunger, she was crying from the horrible choices she would have to make.
Be well Phila Lawyer, I appreciate your blog and seeing that even the rich have horrible choices they have to make as well.
PL: Rich? Ha. I wish.

By: DaveJ

DaveJ — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:57:43 +0000

I really got a lot out of this entry, especially the “Getting a professional degree wasn’t an aim, it was maintenance.”

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:00:08 +0000

Well yeah, I disgree with ‘Pete’ entirely. This post sealed the deal as for as I’m concerned. You’re up there with Chuck Palahniuk and Douglas Coupland in my mind the way you tap into the ‘Gen X’ mindset, maybe better. Your talent and message is there, getting an actual print book out is just a formality.
Anyways, I strongly relate to what you have to say about upper-middle class kids being somewhat ruined by their comfortable upbringing. I found this post timely and inspiring because I just made a decision to officially forego the traditional yuppie track to success and go after the pipedream that may ultimatately come to nothing. Always good to get confirmation of sorts that you’re making the right call.