tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515058611795405514.post7530045798419280173..comments2023-07-20T21:48:56.239+10:00Comments on Taccolina: Once upon a time...Taccolinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05125105947330114081noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515058611795405514.post-91559716633100911452009-04-10T09:12:00.000+10:002009-04-10T09:12:00.000+10:00Hi Cathy, Well, my point was that the word stories...Hi Cathy, <BR/><BR/>Well, my point was that the word stories implies kids' tales for quiet sleepy entertainment. And here what started me off was a bookstore advertising ALL of their books as stories. <BR/><BR/>Not all books are stories. Some are discussions to be tussled with: history, philosophy, literature, technology. Some are radical: politics, biography, religion, literature, science. They're just not all sweet little tales - and I get cross when we, perfectly intelligent people, pretend that we are dumb and play down the glorious complexity of what human minds have come up with. <BR/><BR/>Do you see what I mean? <BR/><BR/>xo<BR/>BTaccolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125105947330114081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515058611795405514.post-32964731923576263592009-04-03T02:10:00.000+11:002009-04-03T02:10:00.000+11:00ahhh, semantics! one of my favourite topics ... th...ahhh, semantics! one of my favourite topics ... thanks for pointing out something i am likely to notice everywhere now. and i agree with joanne - journey is very overused at the moment. out of curiosity, what WOULD you call them if not stories? (and that wasn't random capitalization, it was very intended) (smiles) ...catharoonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17500189114505355685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515058611795405514.post-14874098857023852652009-04-02T22:02:00.000+11:002009-04-02T22:02:00.000+11:00Hey, you two have the same profile picture. What's...Hey, you two have the same profile picture. What's the story there? <BR/>(ha ha ha -- just my little joke....) <BR/><BR/>I'm glad I'm not alone in my irksomeness.Taccolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125105947330114081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515058611795405514.post-59171102442509056592009-04-02T20:09:00.000+11:002009-04-02T20:09:00.000+11:00Oooh, I'm with you. Stories irks me too. In our ...Oooh, I'm with you. Stories irks me too. In our house a story is limited to something read at 7pm to the smalls .... or a creative fiction told by one boy to get the other in trouble!Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1515058611795405514.post-31751550762260743212009-04-01T10:47:00.000+11:002009-04-01T10:47:00.000+11:00"Stories" hasn't started bugging me yet but I am s..."Stories" hasn't started bugging me yet but I am so over "journey". The little I've watched of reality T.V. (bit of Idol, snippets of Loser) have killed that word for me. A journey, in its symbolic meaning of a process of self-discovery has become a few weeks of a very public crash course in whatever.<BR/>So I can relate to what you say. And you'll probably have me watching for similar "stories" now!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824924349210440889noreply@blogger.com