Comments on: stains http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bgFelasfit http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3407 bgFelasfit Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:02:17 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3407 ...for the record there are ppl out in the world still waiting on the launch of the toothpick blog... let us know when jan '08 comes around :) (assuming there's about 8 years to go it might be a long wait...but oh well...what can one do, right?) …for the record there are ppl out in the world still waiting on the launch of the toothpick blog…
let us know when jan ’08 comes around :)
(assuming there’s about 8 years to go it might be a long wait…but oh well…what can one do, right?)

]]> By: Mike K http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3406 Mike K Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:21:20 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3406 I'm sure this doesn't come new to you and you probably have pondered the idea of publishing a book more than once but I'm just being another voice that says its a good idea if you are. A pultizer prize maybe a book deal in the millions...I dont know, you have a great gift of diction power and poignant sentence structures buried in that cranium of yours and this type of materials are not just blog worthy but hard-cover, library classics, critical acclaim worth stuff and I hope you strike something...keep it up and remember the revolution will not be blogged! I’m sure this doesn’t come new to you and you probably have pondered the idea of publishing a book more than once but I’m just being another voice that says its a good idea if you are. A pultizer prize maybe a book deal in the millions…I dont know, you have a great gift of diction power and poignant sentence structures buried in that cranium of yours and this type of materials are not just blog worthy but hard-cover, library classics, critical acclaim worth stuff and I hope you strike something…keep it up and remember the revolution will not be blogged!

]]> By: mamitu http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 mamitu Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:42:29 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3405 tnx TP! i read it twice, very intersting...is there a part2? tnx TP! i read it twice, very intersting…is there a part2?

]]> By: bgFelasfit http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3404 bgFelasfit Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:26:37 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3404 [quote comment="63846"]yap yap felasfa, there are people who do not know who magyver and what guinness is[/quote] i was actually loling @ the artist-audience back and forth... BI: can’t imagine TP placing an ad in his articles… TP: the wiki-links were courtesy of nolawi, not me ...i think its a v.good idea to have links actually... ;) [quote comment="63846"]yap yap felasfa, there are people who do not know who magyver and what guinness is[/quote]

i was actually loling @ the artist-audience back and forth…

BI: can’t imagine TP placing an ad in his articles…
TP: the wiki-links were courtesy of nolawi, not me

…i think its a v.good idea to have links actually… ;)

]]> By: Nolawi http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3403 Nolawi Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:47:18 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3403 yap yap felasfa, there are people who do not know who magyver and what guinness is yap yap felasfa, there are people who do not know who magyver and what guinness is

]]> By: nyalasmoke http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3402 nyalasmoke Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:42:07 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3402 wow! anyways, I still waiting for the complete book :) what is the status? wow! anyways, I still waiting for the complete book :) what is the status?

]]> By: bgFelasfit http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3401 bgFelasfit Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:14:08 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3401 <blockquote>- the wiki-links were courtesy of nolawi, not me</blockquote> lol

- the wiki-links were courtesy of nolawi, not me

lol

]]> By: dawitm http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3400 dawitm Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:58:20 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3400 [quote comment="63194"]- this was written in perfect sobriety :) - the basement and the girl are both amalgamates of a couple places i've lived and a couple of women i've dated [/quote] toothpick, so all this is true huh....? i now know for sure that you are the artist that i thought you really are :) i can't relate with that kind of life style. but i have a relative who is an artist that has a similar life style. i think you should audition as a movie script writer or do your own movie script (i am not kidding). [quote comment="63194"]- this was written in perfect sobriety :)
- the basement and the girl are both amalgamates of a couple places i’ve lived and a couple of women i’ve dated
[/quote]

toothpick,

so all this is true huh….? i now know for sure that you are the artist that i thought you really are :)

i can’t relate with that kind of life style. but i have a relative who is an artist that has a similar life style.

i think you should audition as a movie script writer or do your own movie script (i am not kidding).

]]> By: bela'e injera http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3399 bela'e injera Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:48:55 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3399 TP: I enjoyed your piece although I had to read it three times get some meaning out it. I am surprise you didn't drag and throw(or hack) the chick out the door and then take a shower. You showed your soft side, the ladies are lining up to smell your brown pillow and more.... TP: I enjoyed your piece although I had to read it three times get some meaning out it. I am surprise you didn’t drag and throw(or hack) the chick out the door and then take a shower. You showed your soft side, the ladies are lining up to smell your brown pillow and more….

]]> By: toothpick http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3398 toothpick Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:26:48 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3398 thanks for the kind words, y'all. if you enjoyed the read, all well and good ... yay! if not ... well ... err ... maybe next time, then. a couple of thoughts/clarifications: - this was written in perfect sobriety :) - the basement and the girl are both amalgamates of a couple places i've lived and a couple of women i've dated - the wiki-links were courtesy of nolawi, not me dinich, i'd rather email you the "music" instead of podcasting it ... shoot me an email at toothpick@gmail.com and i'll send you a few tracks i worked on recently thanks for the kind words, y’all. if you enjoyed the read, all well and good … yay! if not … well … err … maybe next time, then.

a couple of thoughts/clarifications:

- this was written in perfect sobriety :)
- the basement and the girl are both amalgamates of a couple places i’ve lived and a couple of women i’ve dated
- the wiki-links were courtesy of nolawi, not me

dinich, i’d rather email you the “music” instead of podcasting it … shoot me an email at toothpick@gmail.com and i’ll send you a few tracks i worked on recently

]]> By: bela'e injera http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3397 bela'e injera Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:56:52 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3397 "She is still curled up on the futon, with only one corner of the comforter resting on the small of her back, <strong>her face buried in the pillow</strong>. <strong>The brown pillowcase used to be a bright orange once."</strong> "I reach down to pick up the pack from the rug, but I’m confronted by the <strong>toxicity from my own armpit. I light her cigarette and, from a safe olfactory distance, hand it to her."</strong> I think she would have preferred manly odor over orange pillow turned brown. But again seconds after he lights her a fag, TP cleanses himself of more than just a sticky cigratte butt. “She is still curled up on the futon, with only one corner of the comforter resting on the small of her back, her face buried in the pillow. The brown pillowcase used to be a bright orange once.”
“I reach down to pick up the pack from the rug, but I’m confronted by the toxicity from my own armpit. I light her cigarette and, from a safe olfactory distance, hand it to her.”

I think she would have preferred manly odor over orange pillow turned brown. But again seconds after he lights her a fag, TP cleanses himself of more than just a sticky cigratte butt.

]]> By: YekeyDama http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3396 YekeyDama Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:11:17 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3396 [quote comment="63161"]I finally decided to read TP. I now have a headache...[/quote] LOL you cracked me up :) Ask TP to roll up a joint for you so that you be in the state of mind he was in and may be that would clear up the 'fog' with another one :) TP <em>teter yale newe</em> :) [quote comment="63161"]I finally decided to read TP. I now have a headache…[/quote]
LOL you cracked me up :) Ask TP to roll up a joint for you
so that you be in the state of mind he was in and may be that would clear up the ‘fog’ with another one :) TP teter yale newe :)

]]> By: bela'e injera http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3395 bela'e injera Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:55:28 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3395 I finally decided to read TP. I now have a headache. Why did the writer provide wiki-link only for Guinness and McGyver? Is the link for the sake of the author or the reader? If the latter, I could have found help in more wiki-link. If the first...nah, can't imagine TP placing an ad in his articles... I finally decided to read TP. I now have a headache.

Why did the writer provide wiki-link only for Guinness and McGyver? Is the link for the sake of the author or the reader? If the latter, I could have found help in more wiki-link. If the first…nah, can’t imagine TP placing an ad in his articles…

]]> By: Nolawi http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3394 Nolawi Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:32:24 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3394 I am not going to lie and say i understand everything... but he is not just a writer... he is an artist... in all forms... music, litreture, visual etc... this was funny read.... thanks TP I am not going to lie and say i understand everything… but he is not just a writer… he is an artist… in all forms… music, litreture, visual etc…

this was funny read…. thanks TP

]]> By: Dinich http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3393 Dinich Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3393 The guy is a writer.... TP, I still hold you to your promise of podcasting some of your music... The guy is a writer….

TP, I still hold you to your promise of podcasting some of your music…

]]> By: wudnesh http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3392 wudnesh Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3392 oof, TPppppp, I like the way u write! and yea, Celeb, saying same thing myself...something of TP's I can understand :P oof, TPppppp, I like the way u write! and yea, Celeb, saying same thing myself…something of TP’s I can understand :P

]]> By: celebratelife http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 celebratelife Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:08:29 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3391 Nice, finally something of TP's I can understand. So was this in your dream or awake state? Also was the girl your subconscious (getting in touch with your feminine side lol)? Nice, finally something of TP’s I can understand. So was this in your dream or awake state? Also was the girl your subconscious (getting in touch with your feminine side lol)?

]]> By: biskut http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3390 biskut Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:00:12 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3390 lots of details.colorful yet a bit depressing.Shall I say typically artistic........I like it. lots of details.colorful yet a bit depressing.Shall I say typically artistic……..I like it.

]]> By: Arif http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3389 Arif Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3389 What an entertaining writing skill!!!Arif Neber!? What an entertaining writing skill!!!Arif Neber!?

]]> By: tsedu http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3388 tsedu Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:11:23 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3388 YekeyDama,thank you for your response yene konjo ,I finally got it kidnda ,great article very deep. YekeyDama,thank you for your response yene konjo ,I finally got it kidnda ,great article very deep.

]]> By: Chereka http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3387 Chereka Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:16:28 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3387 <blockquote>I make my way to the little red ashtray that could</blockquote> We had so many of those in my college days, we could've had a shop with them! Love it! That was great! lol Toothpick, once again, a very captivating tale. Great job! For the record, I mean as a statement of fact, not the vinyl, "A Sack O' Woe" would've been more appropriate. ;-) Keep up with the great job.

I make my way to the little red ashtray that could

We had so many of those in my college days, we could’ve had a shop with them! Love it! That was great! lol

Toothpick, once again, a very captivating tale. Great job!

For the record, I mean as a statement of fact, not the vinyl, “A Sack O’ Woe” would’ve been more appropriate. ;-)

Keep up with the great job.

]]> By: really http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3386 really Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:17:37 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3386 wow, your story was captivates the mind. kudos and thanks. wow, your story was captivates the mind. kudos and thanks.

]]> By: bgFelasfit http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 bgFelasfit Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:45:57 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3385 hmm...personal indeed... again. thought-provoking do we live to stain so we could experience cleansing? ...the ever-satisfying bathroom trip is the most natural process that comes to mind hmm…personal indeed…
again. thought-provoking
do we live to stain so we could experience cleansing?
…the ever-satisfying bathroom trip is the most natural process that comes to mind

]]> By: kiki http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3384 kiki Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:21:19 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3384 What a great read TP. More, please, more. What a great read TP.
More, please, more.

]]> By: YekeyDama http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 YekeyDama Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:53:19 +0000 http://www.bernos.com/blog/2007/07/22/stains/#comment-3383 tesdu I think this is tp's virsion of "Cribs" :) A virtual tour into the artist's life...stains, green haze and all :) Don't know why but it reminded me of "Being John Malkovich". <blockquote>I scrape the traitor back into the rug and walk to the whitewashed, tiled chamber of cleanliness, <strong>where my heel smears brown all over the floor tiles in blatant derision of all that is uniform</strong>.</blockquote> Ah, more stains! :) Wonderful read. tesdu I think this is tp’s virsion of “Cribs” :) A virtual tour into the artist’s life…stains, green haze and all :) Don’t know why but it reminded me of “Being John Malkovich”.

I scrape the traitor back into the rug and walk to the whitewashed, tiled chamber of cleanliness, where my heel smears brown all over the floor tiles in blatant derision of all that is uniform.

Ah, more stains! :) Wonderful read.

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