Comments on: The Pigeon on the Patio http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles. Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:17:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Citizen of the Month » The Pigeon on the Patio - Part 2 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211261 Citizen of the Month » The Pigeon on the Patio - Part 2 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:58:02 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211261 [...] (The Pigeon on the Patio - Part 1)  [...] [...] (The Pigeon on the Patio - Part 1)  [...]

]]> By: gorillabuns http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211162 gorillabuns Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:00:55 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211162 all i have to say, make sure the cat nibbles on the foxglove, it's poisonous. i'm scared i know this little fact. can't wait for more, more, MORE! all i have to say, make sure the cat nibbles on the foxglove, it’s poisonous.

i’m scared i know this little fact.

can’t wait for more, more, MORE!

]]> By: littlepurplecow http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211126 littlepurplecow Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:54:23 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211126 I can't help but think that your next post might be "The Poop on the Patio." I can’t help but think that your next post might be “The Poop on the Patio.”

]]> By: wendy http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211122 wendy Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:44:34 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211122 <p>First, Izod?? Label dropping...you're such a girl!!!</p> <p>For seconds...all life has worth. There I said it...to you and all your cruel hard ass readers. V-Grrrl..Not EVER eating at your house...</p> <p>As for the poor baby bird...I have tried saving them numerous times..not so easy..really, almost impossible. But there is special food....</p> <p>Never had a pet...EVER??</p> First, Izod?? Label dropping…you’re such a girl!!!

For seconds…all life has worth. There I said it…to you and all your cruel hard ass readers. V-Grrrl..Not EVER eating at your house…

As for the poor baby bird…I have tried saving them numerous times..not so easy..really, almost impossible. But there is special food….

Never had a pet…EVER??

]]> By: tkkerouac http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211113 tkkerouac Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:30:28 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211113 I love your blog! I love your blog!

]]> By: Blitz Krig http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211077 Blitz Krig Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:27:13 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211077 Great timing Neil. I just started night run and now have something to look forward to this week. If you could drag this out through Friday morning you would make my week. Great timing Neil. I just started night run and now have something to look forward to this week. If you could drag this out through Friday morning you would make my week.

]]> By: tamar http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211049 tamar Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:37:08 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-211049 Great old fashioned way to cut up an endless tale... as did Charles Dickens, I.B. Singer, and other writers whose writing they unravelled in installments to eager newspaper reader-buyers. A nit: you mention "...the imbeciles at electronics stores like Best Buy..." Well, Best Buy and other corporate cheapskates hire folks who don't know the products, and Best Buy won't spend its resources to train these folks. If the employees knew technology or whatever they are charged with selling, they wouldn't work for Best Buy (if they had alternatives) because the cheapskates either wouldn't hire them (too experienced...) or refuse to pay their fair worth. So, please spare the workers blame or name calling. The worker needs a job, then gets one sans training or proper support. Let's not add to his (and our misery). I say, take your complaint to the top where it belongs. Next, you write, "By saying he’s “still around,” I don’t mean he’s “still with us” in a spiritual way. I mean that he was such a “character,” that I still can vividly hear and see him in my mind’s eye." I so relate to what you say. My mom has been physically present the past years yet otherwise not here. And while she is not "still with us" in the usual way and we haven't talked in years (she can't), I still hear her voice and feel she's really here in the familiar long-gone ways. Glad you are taking on such a wonderful project together. Restoring order, planting roots, engaging in life right there on the patio. Great old fashioned way to cut up an endless tale… as did Charles Dickens, I.B. Singer, and other writers whose writing they unravelled in installments to eager newspaper reader-buyers.

A nit: you mention “…the imbeciles at electronics stores like Best Buy…”

Well, Best Buy and other corporate cheapskates hire folks who don’t know the products, and Best Buy won’t spend its resources to train these folks. If the employees knew technology or whatever they are charged with selling, they wouldn’t work for Best Buy (if they had alternatives) because the cheapskates either wouldn’t hire them (too experienced…) or refuse to pay their fair worth.

So, please spare the workers blame or name calling. The worker needs a job, then gets one sans training or proper support. Let’s not add to his (and our misery). I say, take your complaint to the top where it belongs.

Next, you write, “By saying he’s “still around,” I don’t mean he’s “still with us” in a spiritual way. I mean that he was such a “character,” that I still can vividly hear and see him in my mind’s eye.”

I so relate to what you say. My mom has been physically present the past years yet otherwise not here. And while she is not “still with us” in the usual way and we haven’t talked in years (she can’t), I still hear her voice and feel she’s really here in the familiar long-gone ways.

Glad you are taking on such a wonderful project together. Restoring order, planting roots, engaging in life right there on the patio.

]]> By: The Cynical Girl http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-210999 The Cynical Girl Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:13:10 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-210999 Don't let anyone call you a 'dirty pigeon lover.' People are such snobs! Don’t let anyone call you a ‘dirty pigeon lover.’

People are such snobs!

]]> By: N http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-210968 N Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:02:17 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-210968 Heartwarming story! I like Girl Friday's preview... I'd pay eleven bucks to see it. Heartwarming story!

I like Girl Friday’s preview… I’d pay eleven bucks to see it.

]]> By: Amy K http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-210961 Amy K Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/06/19/the-pigeon-on-the-patio/#comment-210961 Save that bird!!! Save that bird!!!

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