Con Chapman

Thanks for your comment and fave on "Everybody...", Con. Friends don't let friends, indeed!

MAIDSTONE, yes! Nice try, on Rip Torn's part, to knock some sense into Mailer with that hammer. But obviously he didn't get anywhere; just produced another few minutes of great art. This is a marvelous era in which to be alive: all one need do is swing away with a hammer and immortality is guaranteed. Thanks for reminding me of MAIDSTONE!

Read my comment on your comment and thanks for the thoughts.

Thanks for your comment on Insomnia. The worst is over.

I'm ambivalent about acknowledging Carver with What we talk about. Too obvious. And there are already too many cats on the Internet.

For My Next Act, Fluffy going to heaven. That's so sad.

Thanks for being the first to comment on my debut story here. Where again should I send the check?

The term Refrigerator Mothers comes from the Mother-blaming era of psychiatry in the fifties when autism and schizophrenia were blamed on cold distant mothers, before it dawned on the field that these were biologically based conditions, genetic even, so some of the mothers may have been on the spectrum of the same disorders. Your story, on the other hand, implies refrigerator husbands.

Thanks for faving "The Hotel Where Esenin Hanged Himself," Con.

Small world :) what is your son doing here?

Thanks for reading "New Song of Innocence and Experience" and giving me the green light for further procrastination.

Con--thank you for reading and responding to my poem, "Homeless Outside The Church"--much appreciated.

Hi Con,
Thanks for your comments on "Sideshow Sam & The Heckler".

I also attended many state fairs, circuses and sideshows as a kid. My favorite sideshow act was the 6 foot tall, fire breathing, man eating chicken. The banner art for that act alone was worth the price of admission!

Browning's "Freaks" is an old favorite of mine. I'd like to find it on a DVD.

In my years working the Dirt Circuit I've gotten to know many circus acts and sideshow performers. My wife and I had the privilege to share a stage for several years at a show on the Upper Cape with the great Johnny Meah. Billed as "The Czar of Bizarre" Johnny is also a world class artist. His circus/sideshow banner paintings have been exhibited in the Smithsonian. Check out his website - www.czarofbizarre.com

I haven't read Conroy's "Stop-Time" yet but I'll look for it. "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn is a superb and many layered, surreal novel about a family owned traveling show. It's well worth reading.

Thanks for commenting on and faving the Chattanooga poem, Con. I kind of agree with you on the ambition line.

Thanks for faving the visa poem, Con. "Positive Suck"--I'm sure someone will jump on that soon.

Thanks for commenting on the Euclid poem. Appreciate it!
"I was hoping the pun would be continued in the poem--Bogie looking at Bacall, while they proved a theorem."
Sounds more like a job for Con Chapman!

Hi, Con. Thanks for commenting on and faving "Black Ice." Always enjoy hearing from you!

Thanks for your comments on Home Invasion (Johnny Dangerously) which I renamed Hello Kitty.
I will not republish with the new title to save you re-reading saying to yourself,” haven’t I already read this damn thing? Like some stupid Tom Clancy paperback in the airport where they changed the cover causing you to get halfway to St. Louis before you realize you recognize the plot. Ha.
LS

Con,
Thanks for commenting on and faving "Whiplash Marriage." Glad you liked it.

Thanks for faving "Mussel Memory," Con. I'll have to check out the Willie Dixon tune.

I just read the I Hate To Fuck book and just want to say, you're a funny, funny guy. Continued great success.

Con: Actually, it was a DEEP FRIED peanut butter, banana, and mayo sandwich. Ew! Thanks for the read and the good words.

Con, many thanks for reading Unpacking Sentences, the great comment, and the fave!

Well, the ladies of the evening dressed differently in my day, esp. in Paris.

thanks for the comment on Birdbrain. The shadow thing started as an afterthought and wound up being my whole point. Which I guess means I didn't know what I was doing but wound up doing it anyway. Just like real life. It was good to hear from you.

Thanks for the comment on "Son of Uncle Sam," Con.
"doesn't take hands to work with your brain"--you've figured out a new way to word process?

Hi, Con. Thanks for reading 'Blues Away.' I appreciate your comment.

Thank you, Con!

I think Don Q would do better with a partner like, say, Morgan Freeman or even Mel Gibson. Sancho tended to be a second-guesser.

Con,

Thank you so very kindly for your wonderful words about An Italian Lunch (II) on the Fictionaut Fave. I am honored that you selected my work to comment upon, I so appreciate it. Both the reading of it here on fnaut, and the time it took to write about it! Thank you!!

Aw, Con, I stopped going to parties years ago. It's tough to get old. But, consider the alternative. Thanks for commenting on "Naked Ladies."

Con, thanks for your comments on 'A Woman Walks Into A Bar'. I hadn't played in many years, shot a few games of eightball with old friends over the weekend- Missed more than I made but it was big fun. Glad you liked.

Con, Thank you for your kind comments and the fav for 'Radio City'

Con, thanks for commenting on my “How I Used to Ponder the Stars” story! I don’t actually have a tape. I’m afraid of Lucas’s goons coming to get me so I can only tell you the movie can be found at a place that rhymes with “Hoogle Zideo.”

Thanks for the comment & the fave!

damn! thank you for that poet golf story you made my day then the week!

And BTW, thank you for the FAV!

Thanks again. Con, for reading Doreen - III. Your comments are always very useful and greatly appreciated.

Thank you Con, looking forward to your work as well. Big fan of the comic story.

Thanks.