Comments for Living In the Edge of Madness

Comment on An the Goblins Will Get Ya If Ya Don’t Watch Out! by bairbresine

bairbresine — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:01:47 +0000

William, you are so welcome. I have been surporised by the number of people who have commented on this poem being part of their childhood memories. My Grandaddy made it deliciously spooky but but he’d always make us laugh before anmd after. He was the best story teller. I have a grandson who is ready to be spooked and I can’t wait!.

Comment on An the Goblins Will Get Ya If Ya Don’t Watch Out! by WIlliam

WIlliam — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:28:08 +0000

This is one of the first poems I ever remember having read to me. It was read by my 3rd grade teacher (I’m now 42) and remember the first verses very plainly…Little orphan Annie, come to my house to play, and wash the cups and saucers up…etc…

It has always been one of the fondest memories of my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Hanks. She taught my father, my older brother, and myself. The memories of this lady live forever in my life (as well as a couple of other teachers from my elementary school days).

Thank you for allowing me to have a copy of this poem again. Obviously, others have some memory of this poem, as well. I hope they were of the most fond, rather than the more terrorizing that this kind of poem could produce!

Comment on There’s No Business LIke Show Business! by bairbresine

bairbresine — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:20:51 +0000

Hi Pat, I’m doing OK. Nothing more than the usual winter nasties that I haven’t managed to hide from. I made sure to get my flu shot this year so nothing major. Thanks for the well wishes. Wanna sit in the audience and hold up que cards? I haven’t panicked yet but give me a minute. ;^)

Comment on Mr BoJangles, I’ll Dance the Truth With You by bairbresine

bairbresine — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:14:19 +0000

Thank you for the compliment, Beth. And thank you for correcting me on Burkum’s name. Isn’t it funny the details you almost remember and those you forget? How interesting that you would find this blog… Small world, eh.

Comment on There’s No Business LIke Show Business! by pat

pat — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:53:01 +0000

B,
If you could only have seen the look of relief that passed across my face this evening….
I check into your blogsite almost daily and have missed your postings….
I’m thankfu that it was your PC which was “ill” and not you (which is what I was quite worried about)….
I am most relieved and pleased to see you back in action on the web….
Congratulations on your acting gig (oops, I mean break a leg or at least a toe)….
Glad you’ve returned!
Pat

Comment on Mr BoJangles, I’ll Dance the Truth With You by Beth

Beth — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:40:01 +0000

What a powerful blog. I’m so glad I found it. I grew up in Clay Center in the 70’s. Your minister’s name was actually Donald Burkum, and his daughter Kristine was in my class and was an off and on friend of mine. I moved away in 1979, and was glad to hear she survived the leukemia.

Comment on If It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck… by Idetrorce

Idetrorce — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:36:29 +0000

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

Comment on Gentrification Redux Take II by merlinsdad

merlinsdad — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:05:33 +0000

Very well said.

Comment on Gentrification Redux by Christopher Patton

Christopher Patton — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:53:42 +0000

I don’t think urging people to use the police force as a proxy to handle ‘bad apples’ really solves the problem of homelessness or drug addiction. It is merely another attempt to push societal problems out of sight instead of trying to confront them on a personal, interactive level (Cliff Fisher and you might have more in common after all). If you truly value your community than you won’t relegate it’s policing to a group that upholds the power structure by treating already disadvantaged people unfairly.

Comment on Praise God and Pass the Ammunition by John Bojangles

John Bojangles — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:10:12 +0000

“It’s ever so much easier to kill people who are not members of your tribe. People you have dismissed as less worthy of your empathy and respect. People you have already deemed damned to eternal perdition because they have not made the right choices in deities. People your God would call an enemy

Unfortunately I believe that most if not all of American Christian churches teach this if not outright from the pulpit on Sunday morning then certainly by implication. Try reading the Old Testament of the Bible all the way through.”

Most wars in human history have been in started in the name of political ideas or religious beliefs. This is a passionate way to get the troops rallied when they will see little benifit.

If you think it is in regards to oil or something people want, look closer. Believers in Christ hate the sin but love the sinner. True believers would rather share the life changing power of forgiveness rather than kill someone. I have been to that little camp in Nebraska you are talking about and I have seen a lot of peace makers, not war promoters come out. If your judgement is clouded and you are having a hard time seeing your God. Look to your neighbor first, before you make cynical judgements of the international wars around you.

I do believe there is a God in heaven and I do believe his wrath is shown from time to time. But, more often, I see his mercy and grace upon a rebellious world. He gives us a lot more chances than we deserve.

I doubt you have ever been to a week of Pible Bible Youth Camp. Pible Bible Camp baptizes in the Lake of the Pibel Nebraska state park that is adjacent to the property, not the Little Blue River. It has been that way since Guy B. Dunning opened the camp decades ago. Your facts are less than credible on this subject, so it makes me question others. You may have had a bad experience that turned you bitter.

We may not think a like in thought, but that is OK. I welcome your firendship and a friendly, non-violent discussion.

I think that proves that not all of us are wanting to get rid of people that are not like us.