tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post8289584401685173569..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Anything Awful Makes Me Laugh'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-88115054634162645282008-07-15T14:38:00.000-05:002008-07-15T14:38:00.000-05:00Oh, I have quite the soft spot for Hazlitt, if for...Oh, I have quite the soft spot for Hazlitt, if for no other reason than the energy and confidence of his prose. And I love these anecdotes--thanks for sharing them.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-64477909844838335392008-07-13T02:05:00.000-05:002008-07-13T02:05:00.000-05:00Hear hear! I have tried to love Hazlitt and just c...Hear hear! I have tried to love Hazlitt and just can't seem to. Lamb I have always loved. There are so many times in daily life when you could just quote him.<BR/><BR/>Not only that but I made myself conspicuous, with just the same syndrome, laughing through my OWN wedding. (Now if I can do that at my own funeral I really WILL be laughing.)<BR/><BR/>In fact, the current "desktop" of my mobile phone is a picture of Lamb's house, which I took as I walked past it a couple of weeks ago...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-5259913585812926702008-07-12T18:30:00.000-05:002008-07-12T18:30:00.000-05:00Wow. I was just thinking about Hazlitt today. That...Wow. I was just thinking about Hazlitt today. That's a great story.Diana Senechalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11111547675530451414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-17947513228598759742008-07-12T13:39:00.000-05:002008-07-12T13:39:00.000-05:00Great post as always Patrick. Since I have you to...Great post as always Patrick. <BR/><BR/>Since I have you to thank for introducing me to the wonderful poetry of Les Murray, I was wondering what your take on his fellow Australian Clive James is. I have been reading James' collected essays and have yet to try his poetry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com