tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post2230444207729318572..comments2024-02-01T20:22:59.199-05:00Comments on Random Brain Droppings: Meeting Mickey SpillaneCommander Zaiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-41265617657100811142009-07-16T01:37:54.984-04:002009-07-16T01:37:54.984-04:00Brillent Beach...
Great post...
Thanks for sharing...Brillent Beach...<br />Great post...<br />Thanks for sharing......<br /><br /><br />___________________<br />Melvin<br /><a href="http://www.directstartv.com/jump.html?referID=oa-0-173189" rel="nofollow">Save OVER 50% for 3 months,Save $21/mo for an <br /><br />Entire Year!* on your Favorite Channels</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-6223627230268999492008-07-24T21:14:00.000-04:002008-07-24T21:14:00.000-04:00Maria: Thanks, unfortunately if I put my mind to i...Maria: Thanks, unfortunately if I put my mind to it I could write a lot more like it involving my childhood.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-9317085329683473402008-07-24T18:22:00.000-04:002008-07-24T18:22:00.000-04:00This is a great story written with a natural flair...This is a great story written with a natural flair and feeling for your roots. I was drawn in immediately and wanted to hear more.Mariamariacuchitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795651584150694329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-22423802916447329432008-07-23T21:07:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:07:00.000-04:00Dr. Know: Welcome and please come again. Yeah, to ...Dr. Know: Welcome and please come again. Yeah, to a huge degree my parents fed off each other in some sort of crazy dance with my siblings and me in the middle.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-36543292688301483242008-07-23T09:07:00.000-04:002008-07-23T09:07:00.000-04:00I'm a little late to the party (what's new?), but ...I'm a little late to the party (what's new?), but great story. I also lived in the south with parents who not only possessed severe psychological problems, but alcohol addictions as well, so I feel your pain. I worked from the age of 8 repairing TVs to help pay the mortgage so that my sisters and I would have a a place to live. After graduating high school, it became too much to bear, and I left home. My father drifted into severe alcoholism, and mother into dementia. I think one of the primary problems with the both of them was exposure to each other - bad mojo, as it were.<BR/><BR/>Yet just as I escaped one lot of miscreants, in my late 20's I was done in again by a bunch of white trash southern politicians with the same damned problems -- alcoholism, serial arsonist kids, and pharmaceutical drug abuse.<BR/><BR/>It is apparently a widespread problem 'round these parts, and some are extremely adept at concealing these issues from the public at large.Dr. Knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035212475787264261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-15520650209341047742008-07-16T21:46:00.000-04:002008-07-16T21:46:00.000-04:00Jessica: Yeah, believe it or not I actually kept t...Jessica: Yeah, believe it or not I actually kept this story to myself for years after I was old enough to realize who had helped me. Given several reasons of how my family works and the general notion held by most in my family that I'm a little off I never mentioned it.<BR/><BR/>Randal: Serious, I've come to hate Guitar Hero and all the music associated with it. Yes, I listened to that head banger stuff as a teenager but I had more brain cells then.<BR/><BR/>Utah: Thank you, yes I will email it to you. It drives me utterly batty to reread something I wrote a while back and find a glaring error I missed. Up until a week or so ago I was rereading Pat Conroy's "Beach Music" and after I heard the interview Ms. Gross did Mr. Spillane I felt the urge to rewrite my lost first version of this post.<BR/><BR/>engima4ever: Thanks, and welcome. Please feel at home here and come back often. I'm listing you on my blogroll now.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-62585910441453818362008-07-16T17:58:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:58:00.000-04:00you are an amazing writer...really touchingly writ...you are an amazing writer...really touchingly written...<BR/>great post...<BR/><BR/>( I love Mickey too..used to be great summer reading....)<BR/><BR/>I have seen you around for quite a while , can I add you to watergatesummer blogroll ?enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-7287435080971551802008-07-15T23:28:00.000-04:002008-07-15T23:28:00.000-04:00This is better than good Beach. This reminds me o...This is better than good Beach. This reminds me of another southern writer. One of his books was made into a very successful movie. I'm of course talking about Pat Conroy and his great book The Prince of Tides. The book is so much better than the movie, but them I'm assuming you've read Conroy. He's righrt up your alley.<BR/><BR/>I never read Spillane, not being a big fan of the detective genre, but I might rethink that after this.<BR/><BR/>Terry Gross is one of my favorites on NPR. Another favorite program for me is This American Life.<BR/><BR/>Beach you and I have a similar problem as writers. We are good at the story telling, but now our own best editors. If you would email this post to me, I will attempt to suggest little tiny things that might help market it. It just needs a few commas and a bit of grammatical tweeking. I am an obsessive editor of my own work, yet every time, I find mistakes in my own writing, I'd wished someone had pointed out to me. What I love most about your writing is it's emotional honesty. It rings true. This child made the man who wrote this story. It takes courage to be this honest. It's like removing your heart from your chest and offering it to the world.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-58087921884434210522008-07-15T11:21:00.000-04:002008-07-15T11:21:00.000-04:00Great story! You should definitely consider enteri...Great story! You should definitely consider entering some writing contests. As for the kids, see if they can make a Violin Hero. Might be easier to write to Bach instead of Aerosmith. ;-)Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-62060782780509622472008-07-14T21:43:00.000-04:002008-07-14T21:43:00.000-04:00That was a great post. I could feel myself walkin...That was a great post. I could feel myself walking in your shoes for a moment. I have to say that the man was great for that one moment alone.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469382982063659778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-9463438113005192752008-07-14T19:45:00.000-04:002008-07-14T19:45:00.000-04:00Pammy and Mike: Thanks, Could have been far longer...Pammy and Mike: Thanks, Could have been far longer but for several reasons I left some stuff out.<BR/><BR/>Keshi: Most of his books are still a little out of my interest but strictly from word of mouth I hear he was a great guy. You will get no argument about it from me. <BR/><BR/>Lime: Funny thing is one of the many reasons I started to blog was as a relief valve over a good bit of the emotional baggage I've been carrying. Sharing wasn't hard, it was digging all the memories out of the dusty corners of my mind. We lived about a year at Murrells Inlet before my mother began a series of cross continent trips to Fort Smith, Arkansas; then to Tulsa Oklahoma a couple of times; and finally a last reconciliation with my dad in Wichita Falls, Texas. Try as I might I can't remember a very good bit of the details of living in those places.<BR/><BR/>MadMike: When will I quit my day job? I don't know but I must admit to looking into some short story contests and writing some fiction when I get the chance. Spoilboy and his best friend are not helping with Spoilboy needing a good bit of time for his MySpace page and because both of them have taken up with "Guitar Hero" again and it is completely impossible to think while they play that game.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-30989350707683528432008-07-14T15:45:00.000-04:002008-07-14T15:45:00.000-04:00Geez Beach! You have done it again. When are you ...Geez Beach! You have done it again. When are you going to quit your day job and start writing full time? You are a master. Thanks....Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-32054433267591082302008-07-14T14:06:00.000-04:002008-07-14T14:06:00.000-04:00wow. i am awestruck by your telling of the story....wow. i am awestruck by your telling of the story. i trembled in fear with you as a child in that store and i felt the relief at such a monumental act of kindness in the midst of your fear. his interest and action is indeed the measure of greatness. thank you for sharing what had to be difficult to write in many ways.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-65641427795843882642008-07-14T09:54:00.000-04:002008-07-14T09:54:00.000-04:00Wonderful post! You are a natural writer.Wonderful post! You are a natural writer.FreeOscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519953981397395954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-31340955640448166572008-07-13T23:18:00.000-04:002008-07-13T23:18:00.000-04:00I never knew abt him before, but after reading thi...I never knew abt him before, but after reading this I hv great respect for him.<BR/><BR/>Well written BB!<BR/><BR/>Keshi.Keshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-80914863067018259152008-07-13T20:22:00.000-04:002008-07-13T20:22:00.000-04:00Excellent post Beach.Excellent post Beach.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-55034505934951657572008-07-13T09:49:00.000-04:002008-07-13T09:49:00.000-04:00Great story, BB!Great story, BB!Pammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738873962224747387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-47099124742403822922008-07-12T17:31:00.000-04:002008-07-12T17:31:00.000-04:00Vigil: I really dig Ms. Gross and try my best to l...Vigil: I really dig Ms. Gross and try my best to listen to her program as much as I can.<BR/>While writing this I yet again realized that many more factors in my parent's disaster of a marriage were in play when this stuff went on. One day I might have to interview my brothers, sister, and surviving family members to understand what actually went on. <BR/><BR/>Colonel and Sara Sue: Thanks and I honestly felt that some record of what Mickey did to help me had to me had to be put down so at least my kids will know.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-17205642784814240062008-07-12T12:44:00.000-04:002008-07-12T12:44:00.000-04:00Wow! Just plain WOW! Great post!Wow! Just plain WOW! Great post!Sara Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521777383020425971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-34134128643676239752008-07-12T11:25:00.000-04:002008-07-12T11:25:00.000-04:00Powerful story, told well, thanks for sharing it. ...Powerful story, told well, thanks for sharing it. And a great, and very human anecdote about Mickey Spillane.Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-62674149048284008272008-07-12T09:08:00.000-04:002008-07-12T09:08:00.000-04:00A good piece, Beach. If I have read it before, thi...A good piece, Beach. If I have read it before, this version is much better and memorable than your original.<BR/><BR/>I will also remember Mickey Spillane. When <B>I</B> was eleven, his books were the first that I felt compelled to read furtively, if not secretively. The best parts were at the end of each chapter, if you get my meaning.<BR/><BR/>Terry Gross is also a memorable figure. FRESH AIR was the closest American product which compares to BBC's THE INTERVIEW. There are many famous F.A.'s in history, <A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1008-07.htm" REL="nofollow">Grover Norquist</A>'s being one!Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.com