tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post958017909283198923..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: BitchBuzz: Are We Getting Nicer?K. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-51093546865643042682010-10-22T21:54:40.225-04:002010-10-22T21:54:40.225-04:00I remember my mom saying that she thought "Ka...I remember my mom saying that she thought "Kathryn" a pretty name, but I don't recall if any particular person inspired it (I'd like to think Katharine Hepburn!). My older brother has a middle initial J. and no middle name because my mom thought there were too many Johns and Jacks in my father's family.<br /><br />There's was a Cornish jewelry maker named Kate Laity, but she must have got married (or unmarried I suppose) because she goes by Kate Pearse now. Laity is a not uncommon Cornish name; ours is altered from the original Finnish.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1857425937853247862010-10-22T21:37:55.182-04:002010-10-22T21:37:55.182-04:00And only in the pipsqueak way, mind you. He ain...And only in the pipsqueak way, mind you. He ain't worth the dots we're spending on them. There was a "Todd Mason" in the '60s who was a low-rent gossip columnist, and my folks must've liked the sound of that.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-5433892217797358722010-10-22T21:21:33.512-04:002010-10-22T21:21:33.512-04:00I hate to use the old "back in the day" ...I hate to use the old "back in the day" kind of argument, but P'Hilton is a punk: <i>The Sweet Smell of Success</i>. Now there were some sharks. Louella Parsons and Hedda Harper -- he's not fit to re-ink their poison pens.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-2133362993254054252010-10-22T20:31:12.553-04:002010-10-22T20:31:12.553-04:00Meanwhile, is it remotely possible to give even a ...Meanwhile, is it remotely possible to give even a rhetorical rat's ass about Perez Hilton? My apathy, tinged with mild distaste, for his namesake is not counterindicated by someone whose whole career, rather like a Kardashian, is based on proximity to and/or chatter about the likes of the actual Hilton.<br /><br />Yow.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-79058816759971866792010-10-22T20:11:57.139-04:002010-10-22T20:11:57.139-04:00There's no hope. I must assign my affections t...There's no hope. I must assign my affections to another hopeless figure.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-34442740600134811822010-10-22T20:03:05.300-04:002010-10-22T20:03:05.300-04:00I suspect that argument will not persuade. Perhaps...I suspect that argument will not persuade. Perhaps one that he should have lots of sex with his beautiful fiancee and still try to write a nasty column, and he does say he's going to write another (not-tv) column, will carry the day...but I suspect that even the most earnest pout won't sell this one.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-34114462138621348752010-10-22T19:59:02.191-04:002010-10-22T19:59:02.191-04:00It's not fair! He should have stayed gloomy an...It's not fair! He should have stayed gloomy and um, unattached -- pout pout.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-12037993902308468332010-10-22T19:45:31.008-04:002010-10-22T19:45:31.008-04:00Having now looked at Konnie Huq, if she's near...Having now looked at Konnie Huq, if she's nearly as pleasant as she is pretty, I suspect that anyone in his situcation might be tempted to consider coitus over writing a grouse column. He's a lucky man, in comparitive looks at very least, and perhaps finds a dour view of the world suddenly difficult.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-58573889460429202722010-10-22T13:42:43.927-04:002010-10-22T13:42:43.927-04:00Tantalizing -- and ultimately illusory because the...Tantalizing -- and ultimately illusory because there are always new things to grade. The bug (knock wood) seems to have been shooed away, I think. Phew!C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-76456391338850113692010-10-22T13:31:27.127-04:002010-10-22T13:31:27.127-04:00Good luck with the bug! Isn't almost caught up...Good luck with the bug! Isn't almost caught up a tantalizing state?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-81448213199471412042010-10-22T13:31:00.623-04:002010-10-22T13:31:00.623-04:00I think a lot of folks are feeling trapped these d...I think a lot of folks are feeling trapped these days, and probably always have.<br /><br />Just as most people in most circumstances aren't usually monstrous. Or else, we wouldn't speak of mostrosity...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-85066712547478689072010-10-21T20:38:39.977-04:002010-10-21T20:38:39.977-04:00No purple?! Sacrilege! Just join hands and sing &q...No purple?! Sacrilege! Just join hands and sing "Kumbaya!"C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-60917576550759879452010-10-21T20:22:44.639-04:002010-10-21T20:22:44.639-04:00slap a ribbon on it, and we'll all be fine. wh...slap a ribbon on it, and we'll all be fine. what am i going to do, i don't think i even own anything purple.<br />-bertieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com