In a reply to another email just above the Tubby note, GK described himself as "an ignoramus." This may explain why someone, looking at a photo of a man standing on a basketball court, would identify him as a football coach.
I keep trying to submit a post to the host here (listed at the bottom of the email page) but apparently am getting rejected as a published post to the host...will just add it to the other rejection responses in my career. :) Questions: admin@garrisonkeillor.com
"What's in a name?" asked the Bard. More to the point, what's in a letter? If we're talking about the "s" at the end of Revelation, it says a great deal about how Bible readers are inclined to use (or misuse) it. Is it a single mystical vision revealed to its author, then transmitted to persecuted Christians hunkered down in their catacombs, assuring them that Christ, not the Emperor, will triumph? Or is it a time capsule full of fortune cookies -- each one a revelation -- inscrutable when written, but thoughtfully preserved by generations of baffled believers, so we enlightened 21st century believers can match them to news headlines and figure out what the Almighty is up to? You can probably figure out that I prefer to drink my Revelation straight, without the unbiblical "s." - Pastor Carl
Thank you, Pastor. When you get to be my age and learn to enjoy irrelevance, Revelations loses its (their) importance and you drift into a sort of Buddhism, the basic tenet of which is "Don't be a jerk." I've been a jerk on numerous occasions, each of which is vivid to me, and the people I was the biggest jerk to have forgiven me and some who I only irked have not and now I wish I knew how to forgive myself. These are good years. The Creator loves us tenderly and this makes it wonderful to walk out in the park on a summer day. The simple life of New York.
I usually read your columns, but sometimes I think their main purpose is to prompt discussion from your readers. It certainly has that effect, and I find reading their posts and your replies to be far better than any column, including yours. I guess this proves, at least to me, what you say about the audience being the best part of the show.
If you make any reference to Tubby, know that he coaches basketball.
Basketball. Got it. For some reason I assumed a Tubby would be in football. Or sumo wrestling.
In a reply to another email just above the Tubby note, GK described himself as "an ignoramus." This may explain why someone, looking at a photo of a man standing on a basketball court, would identify him as a football coach.
Thanks for clearing that up. In Minnesota, many people play both basketball and football.
Yes, that's true but few coach both. Enough of this, please write your column. And don't be so tough on yourself.
Pardon me, but what is the e-mail to write a post to the host? Or is it a link? Thanks.
I keep trying to submit a post to the host here (listed at the bottom of the email page) but apparently am getting rejected as a published post to the host...will just add it to the other rejection responses in my career. :) Questions: admin@garrisonkeillor.com
I haven't seen anything from you. I'll speak to the mail room.
"What's in a name?" asked the Bard. More to the point, what's in a letter? If we're talking about the "s" at the end of Revelation, it says a great deal about how Bible readers are inclined to use (or misuse) it. Is it a single mystical vision revealed to its author, then transmitted to persecuted Christians hunkered down in their catacombs, assuring them that Christ, not the Emperor, will triumph? Or is it a time capsule full of fortune cookies -- each one a revelation -- inscrutable when written, but thoughtfully preserved by generations of baffled believers, so we enlightened 21st century believers can match them to news headlines and figure out what the Almighty is up to? You can probably figure out that I prefer to drink my Revelation straight, without the unbiblical "s." - Pastor Carl
Thank you, Pastor. When you get to be my age and learn to enjoy irrelevance, Revelations loses its (their) importance and you drift into a sort of Buddhism, the basic tenet of which is "Don't be a jerk." I've been a jerk on numerous occasions, each of which is vivid to me, and the people I was the biggest jerk to have forgiven me and some who I only irked have not and now I wish I knew how to forgive myself. These are good years. The Creator loves us tenderly and this makes it wonderful to walk out in the park on a summer day. The simple life of New York.
I usually read your columns, but sometimes I think their main purpose is to prompt discussion from your readers. It certainly has that effect, and I find reading their posts and your replies to be far better than any column, including yours. I guess this proves, at least to me, what you say about the audience being the best part of the show.
Bob S, Houston.