tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post116092668035102807..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Beckett at BardK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161193788209492782006-10-18T13:49:00.000-04:002006-10-18T13:49:00.000-04:00Well, sure, I could have GUESSED the right answers...Well, sure, I could have GUESSED the right answers, but I didn't want to attach so much meaning to the quiz...The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941890139358671232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161170211892203032006-10-18T07:16:00.000-04:002006-10-18T07:16:00.000-04:00Hmmmm -- well, that doesn't bode well, but maybe I...Hmmmm -- well, that doesn't bode well, but maybe I'll get to teh theater soon.<BR/><BR/>And Gene reminded me of another Beckett artifact: <A HREF="http://poopsheet.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=435862" REL="nofollow">Waiting for Gummo</A>: the Marx Bros. do Beckett. Somewhere I have a poster of this mini-comic; although after two cross-country moves, I'm not too sure I can find it...C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161117112939346242006-10-17T16:31:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:31:00.000-04:00We went last Friday. Yes, Friday the 13th. Not e...We went last Friday. Yes, Friday the 13th. Not exactly what I was hoping for in the movie claiming to be the "beginning". I will not expand further until you have had a chance to see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161116867361176342006-10-17T16:27:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:27:00.000-04:00Hey Rob! Good to see you here -- miss you, especia...Hey Rob! Good to see you here -- miss you, especially around the horror-filled month of October. Are you planning to hit the new Texas Chainsaw?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161116338579054872006-10-17T16:18:00.000-04:002006-10-17T16:18:00.000-04:004 out of 10 and I know very little about Beckett. ...4 out of 10 and I know very little about Beckett. Just reading your blog has made me more knowledgeable about Beckett. Well done! And we miss you down here in Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161049251731711552006-10-16T21:40:00.000-04:002006-10-16T21:40:00.000-04:00Here's the Museum of Viral Memory's sponsored prod...<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzynrqbViY" REL="nofollow">Here's</A> the <A HREF="http://www.vime.org/edp.htm " REL="nofollow">Museum of Viral Memory</A>'s sponsored production of Beckett's "Not I." Visit MVM's new Icelandic installation -- or join them for Noise 'n <A HREF="http://3dpancakes.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/pamcakes.png" REL="nofollow">Pancakes</A>.<BR/><BR/>It is very different from the <A HREF="http://www.themodernword.com/beckett/bof_not_i.html " REL="nofollow">Julianne Moore version directed by Neil Jordan.</A> A little more traditional -- but who's to say that's better?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161048104556884662006-10-16T21:21:00.000-04:002006-10-16T21:21:00.000-04:00Heh, heh. Gene, you were just immersed in an after...Heh, heh. Gene, you were just immersed in an afternoon of Beckett -- clearly osmosis pays off!<BR/><BR/>Queen -- what're the odds on guessing the right answers? Tee hee. Of course you can just look at that profile and choose the right answers to a lot of them, eh?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161042697094979262006-10-16T19:51:00.000-04:002006-10-16T19:51:00.000-04:00Wow, I got 3 right and I don't know a damned thing...Wow, I got 3 right and I don't know a damned thing about Beckett.<BR/><BR/>Obviously.<BR/><BR/>"You scored 3 out of a possible 10<BR/>Ever tried. Ever failed. (Worstward Ho)<BR/>You really should get to know Beckett better, since he's the great poet of failure and that seems to be something you're well acquainted with."The Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941890139358671232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1161019894620594392006-10-16T13:31:00.000-04:002006-10-16T13:31:00.000-04:006 out of 10."Try again. Fail again. Fail better."T...6 out of 10.<BR/>"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."<BR/><BR/>There is no sane reason that my score should have been so high.Gene Kannenberg, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04557131306122319206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1160941152660666162006-10-15T15:39:00.000-04:002006-10-15T15:39:00.000-04:00Test your knowledge of Beckett's oeuvre with this ...Test your knowledge of Beckett's oeuvre with <A HREF="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,,1752296,00.html" REL="nofollow">this quiz from the Guardian</A>. I got a 9 out of 10 which earned me this response:<BR/><BR/>"Well done: you clearly know your Beckett, well enough to know how meaningless such achievements are."C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.com