tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post4474301158950924028..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Let's go for a walk... Part 2: The Troll Bridge and the Dragon CrossingAndrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-12779996246195842952012-01-20T14:22:21.932-08:002012-01-20T14:22:21.932-08:00ABftS: Oh, I'm not saying I didn't have to...ABftS: Oh, I'm not saying I didn't have to stifle a chuckle, but I was busy being horrified at the same time.<br /><br />M.J.: Oh, yeah, like I just said... I was horrified and trying not to laugh.<br /><br />Rusty: Yeah, the girls that live next door to us had to leave the sleepover without sleeping over because we were going to watch Coraline. Coraline? Really? But, then, they're not allowed to play outside without an adult present with them at all times even though the park is right here, and the older girl is 10.<br /><br />I'm not always so sure about the admiration part. Pain in the butt is probably more common.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-44019877433022580262012-01-19T16:14:39.930-08:002012-01-19T16:14:39.930-08:00Great times. It's almost impossible to gauge h...Great times. It's almost impossible to gauge how others perceive you though. My son, now 15, is always telling me these bizarre impressions people have about us. Then he'll tell me about their weird things other families do. Like when he was in third grade and he spent the night with the one kid and they weren't allowed to watch Spongebob because apparently, Spongebob is gay. <br /><br />My point I suppose, is that everyone is weird. At least your family seems to be different in a way that people admire.Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-40917385177984926202012-01-19T10:44:48.683-08:002012-01-19T10:44:48.683-08:00Oh, I love this post. Your family's great. ...Oh, I love this post. Your family's great. <br /><br />"Oh, so you call homeless people trolls?"<br /><br />That would have horrified and amused me all at the same time.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-54343826752864375432012-01-19T09:42:46.166-08:002012-01-19T09:42:46.166-08:00"Oh, so you call homeless people trolls?"..."Oh, so you call homeless people trolls?" Man, how did you not laugh at that? That is funny. God bless children. This is why it's so hard to make up things around them, because if they're smart, well, they'll call you out pretty quickly.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-62587182921434304542012-01-18T17:03:01.325-08:002012-01-18T17:03:01.325-08:00Sarah: Wow... you have goblins in your crawl space...Sarah: Wow... you have goblins in your crawl space? I have envy.<br /><br />Alex: I had to look up the word weird for an exact definition after you used it. I do that kind of thing sometimes.<br />Anyway...<br />The not eating of sugar is "strange" and/or "bizarre" to most people, so it fits the definition of weird. We not only don't add it to things, we don't buy processed stuff with it in it. Or corn syrup or any of that other crap. We just don't buy much processed stuff.<br /><br />Michael: Farther than my brain? No, not really.<br /><br />Pish Posh: I didn't actually read it it to them. The language was too tough for a gaggle of young girls. I know, I tested it on my kids, and my daughter had to stop me every few sentences to say "what does that mean?" I told it to them in my own words, which would be in their words. I think it was a lot more scary that way.<br /><br />Trolls are definitely not okay.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-35405168623103371122012-01-17T19:23:30.426-08:002012-01-17T19:23:30.426-08:00That's an amazing story. I've never been a...That's an amazing story. I've never been able to decide if trolls are okay - like the troll dolls I used to have - or frighteningly creepy like in movies and fairy tales, like clowns. <br /><br />I can't believe you read them the Red Masque of Death. Poe scares ME before bed!! :) And I've read them all before and I still get scared.<br /><br />I love this story (yours).Pish Poshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13777846744497845820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-19312420236271771922012-01-17T18:03:02.196-08:002012-01-17T18:03:02.196-08:00I definitely can see you didn't have to go far...I definitely can see you didn't have to go far to get inspiration for "The House on the Corner". Creepy trolls.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-83791841684863722282012-01-17T18:02:23.019-08:002012-01-17T18:02:23.019-08:00A dozen screaming girls. My ears hurt already. But...A dozen screaming girls. My ears hurt already. But hey, they had fun, and everyone has something they'll never forget.<br />No matter how hard you try.<br />And you're not weird. We don't eat sugar either. Or rather, add it to food. Not even sure if we have any in the house right now.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-18362245382131757672012-01-17T16:39:27.724-08:002012-01-17T16:39:27.724-08:00Love this blog post. Your family sounds so charmin...Love this blog post. Your family sounds so charming!<br /><br />My husband doesn't have a whimsical bone in his body, so these types of things are odd to him. Like this recent conversation between my son and I weirded him out:<br /><br />Me, to my son (who was wearing a pair of knit pants, an oversized red tshirt and a belt around the middle in order to look "medieval". He was also brandishing a Thundercats sword.) "Run down to the basement and see if we have any green beans in the pantry."<br /><br />"Is this a quest?"<br /><br />"Uh...sure."<br /><br />"What do I gain when I complete it?"<br /><br />"Um, a magic amulet?"<br /><br />"Cool!" <br /><br />He runs down stairs and returns in about 10 minutes with green beans. Delay caused by battle with goblins on the landing (they live in our crawl space). I hand him a vintage button on a ribbon. He says, "Awesome!!!"<br /><br />;)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393548996029534991noreply@blogger.com