tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32348861.post5473176657973130129..comments2023-09-28T06:16:41.768-07:00Comments on Litgeek Rambles: Sentiment and SentimentalityThe Geogrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841884887406653516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32348861.post-43617571262772887862008-09-27T03:55:00.000-07:002008-09-27T03:55:00.000-07:00Well, both did get sentimental from time to time, ...Well, both <I>did</I> get sentimental from time to time, but I loathe the idea that my old "friends" used to have that, just because these people elicited an emotion from their perma-cynic hides, they were "sentimental." It was as if they were angry at the artists for ever having made them feel. They acted like youngsters talking about a rejected lover.<BR/><BR/>Just had students reading a Bobbie Ann Mason story, and I was right on the edge of bringing in "For No One" to explain the story to them. As I told them, "If you have never had someone say, 'I don't love you anymore, and it's nothing you did,' then God's blessings upon you."The Geogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00841884887406653516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32348861.post-71040216519452625552008-09-26T16:32:00.000-07:002008-09-26T16:32:00.000-07:00You just know that I will now have to play the col...You just know that I will now have to play the collected songs of Harry Chapin and Simon & Garfunkel Collection now, don't you? <BR/><BR/>Well done again. Thanks. <BR/><BR/>RAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738128952322253188noreply@blogger.com