tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post109002525959540482..comments2023-04-04T08:59:32.836-05:00Comments on shaken & stirred: interludeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post-1090267685406755232004-07-19T15:08:00.000-05:002004-07-19T15:08:00.000-05:00I'd never seen that (and will bump the link onto t...I'd never seen that (and will bump the link onto the front page tomorrow). But it's fitting, since JFK said this: <br /><br />"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."<br /><br />And I mean, think about that -- when he says nothing, he's talking about MARILYN MONROE.<br /><br />Also, thx for the heads up on the Waldrop story.Gwendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774768214058868450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post-1090264374114137732004-07-19T14:12:00.000-05:002004-07-19T14:12:00.000-05:00Which always reminds me of Ballard's riff on it: T...Which always reminds me of Ballard's riff on it: <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreenreview.com%2F102%2Ffiction%2Fpreduo.html">The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race</A>.<br /><br />Also of Waldrop's brilliant story "Fin de Cycle," featuring Jarry in a bicycle duel on the Eiffel Tower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post-1090082877334414262004-07-17T11:47:00.000-05:002004-07-17T11:47:00.000-05:00Heh, I'll have to remember that poem the next time...Heh, I'll have to remember that poem the next time I bike uphill.<br /><br />--Simon<br />www.livejournal.com/users/sdowensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com