tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post1052630418904952048..comments2024-01-22T23:29:12.048-08:00Comments on One Cosmos At Sea: Kung Fu IllusionoirUSS Ben USN (Ret)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-50483274120353824942009-03-27T10:41:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:41:00.000-07:00Bogie!Too much info, pal. You'll never get gillett...Bogie!<BR/><BR/>Too much info, pal. You'll never get gillette to sponser your next flick by talkin' about sugarcubes that way. Folgers maybe, but not gillette.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-23384943387832288602009-03-27T10:35:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:35:00.000-07:00Hey Mushroom-"I was kind of hoping the Hanna incid...Hey Mushroom-<BR/>"I was kind of hoping the Hanna incident was a dream-state thing -- being old fashioned."<BR/><BR/>Me too. I hate when that happens. <BR/><BR/>Wow, you really know your sniper rifles, Mushroom. <BR/>Good thing I didn't give Annie the .50 cal., then. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-39283234126261359272009-03-23T19:51:00.000-07:002009-03-23T19:51:00.000-07:00Remines me of a time I was tailin' some hippie chi...Remines me of a time I was tailin' some hippie chick on account of her ol' man wondered where she'd run off to. I played like a tourist, and asked her fer directions to th' Golden Gate Bridge. She invited me in fer mushrooms and coffee, an' she put three or four sugar cubes in mine. I tol' her I didn' like so much sugar, but she said these cubes was special. Well, they hadda been more special than her mushrooms, cuz those there mushrooms was the nastiest tastin dish I had since I divorced my third ex-wife. But lemme tell yez, Mack I never seen so much of the inside of the outside of things as I did that night. The hippie chick showed me some insides too! She wasn't so bad once ya got past the hairy parts. Like her legs, and armpits...<BR/><BR/>BogieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-45534222970584727662009-03-23T13:19:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:19:00.000-07:00I missed Caveman but I remember Quest for Fire fro...I missed <I>Caveman</I> but I remember <I>Quest for Fire</I> from about that time period.<BR/><BR/>Nice work, Ben. I was kind of hoping the Hanna incident was a dream-state thing -- being old fashioned. But since Annie is a divorced CIA operative, I can live with it. Good choice on the sniper rifle -- I'm thinking the Barrett M98B in .338 Lapua would be a little much for Annie -- and not nearly as useful at close quarters.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Sensei on the remaining firearms. As my nephew says, the shotgun is my weapon of choice. <BR/><BR/>King has written some good stuff but a lot of his longer works <I>The Stand</I>, for example are very uneven. And he is a jerk, and a BoSox's fan -- but I repeat myself.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-67835532311148471552009-03-21T19:14:00.000-07:002009-03-21T19:14:00.000-07:00Walt-Ha! Um, no. Creative find, though.CavemanCirc...Walt-<BR/><BR/>Ha! Um, no. Creative find, though.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082146/" REL="nofollow">Caveman</A><BR/><BR/>Circa: 1981<BR/><BR/>There were very few words in the movie. Bobo meant friend, and alune meant love (or lust, in some cases).<BR/>Barracka meant fire, ha ha! Little did they know. <BR/><BR/>The 5.3 rating they give it (out of 10) is bogus. This was a hilarious flick, with lot's of replay value. One of the funniest flicks I ever seen, so those doofuses at IMDB don't know bupkis about humor. <BR/><BR/>Just sayin'. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-79569723586724258792009-03-21T18:35:00.000-07:002009-03-21T18:35:00.000-07:00Alune, no.But Bobo, no problemo: former middleweig...Alune, no.<BR/><BR/>But Bobo, no problemo: <BR/>former middleweight champion and light-heavyweight contender <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_Olson" REL="nofollow">Bobo Olson</A>.<BR/><BR/>Who else, right?<BR/><BR/>Star? <I>Of course</I> he was a star -- until Sugar Ray Robinson clocked him!<BR/><BR/>Do I win something?walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-52267388086682126102009-03-21T18:26:00.000-07:002009-03-21T18:26:00.000-07:00Good points all, Walt!Yes, someone as a-tuned as S...Good points all, Walt!<BR/><BR/>Yes, someone as a-tuned as Sensei who gnos his piece of desert can "sense" any changes, however subtle. And we know he would never cheat with desert cams. <BR/><BR/>Now, Sensei and Annie gettin' it on? That would be...interesting. <BR/>I hadn't even considered that. Sensei is a mans man afterall. He better hope Annie don't find his secret stash of bras though. :^)<BR/><BR/>The illyouzen will get much worse before it gets better...if Mack survives of course.<BR/>How will he sort things out? Will his memory return? Does he WANT^ his memory to return? And will his feelings for Alune...I mean Annie triumph over illusion and soul poison?<BR/><BR/>BTW, the Alune and Bobo references do have a history. Anyone know where those words came from? (Hint: it's very funny and it has a Starr in it).USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-42989000802481331002009-03-21T18:16:00.000-07:002009-03-21T18:16:00.000-07:00Ha ha! Hi Dojo-Well, you know what they say about ...Ha ha! Hi Dojo-<BR/><BR/>Well, you know what they say about illyouzen, doncha? <BR/><BR/>Those doggorn lizards! What's next? :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-78069984983962949942009-03-21T17:40:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:40:00.000-07:00I kept thinking all day about how Sensei "knew" th...I kept thinking all day about how Sensei "knew" that bad guyz were coming -- I believe you mentioned "Sensei sensing," or something. <BR/><BR/>By using his sensory apparatus, he was just being sensible, don'chu? I mean, it only makes sense, since it would have been senseless to have a live-cam out in the desert -- <I>"(snicker) Oh, look! Another wild boar!"</I> -- so to portray him as sensitive fits the narrative, and might even make the sensuous Annie (a <I>sensational</I> woman, btw, whose future is certainly in front of her) attracted to him. Perhaps he should show her his seniti (a Tongan money table -- look it up) to arouse her sensibilities. Of course, adding greed to sex and violence might just sensationalize the story too much. But I, being sensate, know you know all these things, since a Raccoon's vision is like a delicate sensor, and you've been sensitized to the ways of sensual women by Skully's wench.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Robin will write a <I>senryu</I> about Illusionoir?<BR/><BR/>Keep 'em coming, Cap'n!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-83066543578283396302009-03-21T11:57:00.000-07:002009-03-21T11:57:00.000-07:00Damn lizards, they're everywhere these days. And y...Damn lizards, they're everywhere these days. And yer tellin' me now they're an <I>illusion</I>??robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-6544093688669238942009-03-21T10:57:00.000-07:002009-03-21T10:57:00.000-07:00Yer welcome Wench. Now where's my grog?Yer welcome Wench. Now where's my grog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-75321251096170461422009-03-21T10:54:00.000-07:002009-03-21T10:54:00.000-07:00Skully you are clever, funny and as cute as the fu...Skully you are clever, funny and as cute as the fuzz on a puppy's behind! Thanks for reading me your story.<BR/><BR/>The WenchKuntryMama's Klatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157169087318759789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-46489606992616522142009-03-21T10:49:00.000-07:002009-03-21T10:49:00.000-07:00Hi Julie-I had no idea King wrote that. I just tho...Hi Julie-<BR/><BR/>I had no idea King wrote that. I just thought the cover looked cool. And yeah, jerk is one word I would use for him.<BR/>But I cooncur, he has written some interesting stories. <BR/><BR/>Yes, finally we are learnin' a bit about Annie. Well, except for Mack who's goin' nuts at the moment.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-32713438884323660502009-03-21T10:44:00.000-07:002009-03-21T10:44:00.000-07:00Sorry Sensei, but when you turn into a giant lizar...Sorry Sensei, but when you turn into a giant lizard with a rattlesnake rope, somethin's gotta give. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-31673373597335942932009-03-21T09:20:00.000-07:002009-03-21T09:20:00.000-07:00Hm. Just I suspected, there's more to Annie than m...Hm. Just I suspected, there's more to Annie than meets the eye.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, Stephen King may be kind of a jerk, but I loved the Gunslinger series.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-2990980016598942652009-03-21T08:54:00.000-07:002009-03-21T08:54:00.000-07:00Crud! I liked that desk!Crud! I <I>liked</I> that desk!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293264989032077403noreply@blogger.com