Comments for Meanwhile, Our Hero http://meanwhileourhero.com The Adventures of Mr. Justice Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The Set Up by Jake the Snake http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-64 Jake the Snake Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:27:17 +0000 http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=102#comment-64 Please make her a criminal!!! Please make her a criminal!!!

]]> Comment on Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolf by Mark http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-43 Mark Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:51:55 +0000 http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=63#comment-43 Other stories have better endings then "Bullet in the Brain"? I would argue that there has never been a short story with a better ending. It harkens back to when he first realized his love of language -- a love that he has lost along the way. And it's not proper english, but colloquial. It has music. Read the last few paragraphs again. "Heat. A summer day..." Other stories have better endings then “Bullet in the Brain”? I would argue that there has never been a short story with a better ending.

It harkens back to when he first realized his love of language — a love that he has lost along the way. And it’s not proper english, but colloquial. It has music. Read the last few paragraphs again.

“Heat. A summer day…”

]]> Comment on Publicity by Nat http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-14 Nat Thu, 07 May 2009 15:56:03 +0000 http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=58#comment-14 Great stuff, Pat. Best line: "He realizes that this is just one more crime villains commit, upsetting their mothers." Great stuff, Pat. Best line: “He realizes that this is just one more crime villains commit, upsetting their mothers.”

]]> Comment on An Ally by Nora http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=30&cpage=1#comment-8 Nora Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=30#comment-8 Enjoyed reading this. The writing reminded me of Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole in that Our Hero has as little grasp of reality as Ignatius J. Reilly. Enjoyed reading this. The writing reminded me of Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole in that Our Hero has as little grasp of reality as Ignatius J. Reilly.

]]> Comment on Patrick by Rick http://meanwhileourhero.com/?page_id=14&cpage=1#comment-6 Rick Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:05:06 +0000 http://meanwhileourhero.com/?page_id=14#comment-6 That is not true! He has a fantasy life as rich and weird as Our Hero That is not true! He has a fantasy life as rich and weird as Our Hero

]]> Comment on Correspondence by Nat http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=17&cpage=1#comment-5 Nat Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:37:52 +0000 http://meanwhileourhero.com/?p=17#comment-5 Great stuff, Pat. As hilarious as it was to hear you read this piece out loud at the Yak. Reading it I notice how well composed it is. Poor guy can't even mail a letter. Great stuff, Pat. As hilarious as it was to hear you read this piece out loud at the Yak. Reading it I notice how well composed it is. Poor guy can’t even mail a letter.

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