Comments on: The Americans are Coming (to Romania of course) http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/ Writings and whereabouts Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:40:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Regni http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-167 Regni Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:42:04 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-167 Kevin Sullivan, like majority of his category of people, is limited in his knowledge about even his own country. Go in SUA you can find worse places.. Kevin Sullivan, like majority of his category of people, is limited in his knowledge about even his own country. Go in SUA you can find worse places..

]]> By: Owlspotting » Blog Archive » Washington Post returns to Romania, fails http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-145 Owlspotting » Blog Archive » Washington Post returns to Romania, fails Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:25:23 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-145 [...] Kevin Sullivan of the Washington Post returned to Romania for a second story in one month. His first, about the American air force base built in my homeland, was enjoyable if only because it carefully dealt with a cultural cliche: the endless wait for the Americans. [...] [...] Kevin Sullivan of the Washington Post returned to Romania for a second story in one month. His first, about the American air force base built in my homeland, was enjoyable if only because it carefully dealt with a cultural cliche: the endless wait for the Americans. [...]

]]> By: Sara http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-125 Sara Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-125 Oh, yeah, and go u.s.a. Oh, yeah, and go u.s.a.

]]> By: Sara http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-124 Sara Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-124 Yes. Cup of doom. Definitely. You look like you just slammed it down and said "god dammit!" Yes. Cup of doom. Definitely. You look like you just slammed it down and said “god dammit!”

]]> By: Cristian http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-123 Cristian Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-123 A photo in which I am so obviously holding the Cup-of-Doom or something. A photo in which I am so obviously holding the Cup-of-Doom or something.

]]> By: Sara http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-122 Sara Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-122 You're looking like a 40-year-old angry man in that latest user pic. Nice. You’re looking like a 40-year-old angry man in that latest user pic. Nice.

]]> By: Ben http://www.owlspotting.com/2006/02/04/the-americans-are-coming-to-romania-of-course/#comment-121 Ben Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/?p=76#comment-121 I thought I was finally going to make it through one of your posts (typically delightful, natch) without cringing at a scatological twist. Then, there it was: <B>dis·em·bow·el</B> Pronunciation: "di-s&m-'bau(-&)l Function: transitive verb 1 : to take out the bowels of : EVISCERATE 2 : to remove the substance of - dis·em·bow·el·ment /-m&nt/ noun Thanks for that image. But, really, that Keillor review was beanbag. If you really want to see the oozing passage of mucus and stool through a laceration slashed into the human midsection, check out August Kleinzahler's attack on the Minnesota Mauler himself Garrison Keillor: http://www.poems.com/keilaugu.htm By the way, Kleinzahler is also a pretty good poet. I thought I was finally going to make it through one of your posts (typically delightful, natch) without cringing at a scatological twist.

Then, there it was:

dis·em·bow·el
Pronunciation: “di-s&m-’bau(-&)l
Function: transitive verb
1 : to take out the bowels of : EVISCERATE
2 : to remove the substance of
- dis·em·bow·el·ment /-m&nt/ noun

Thanks for that image.

But, really, that Keillor review was beanbag. If you really want to see the oozing passage of mucus and stool through a laceration slashed into the human midsection, check out August Kleinzahler’s attack on the Minnesota Mauler himself Garrison Keillor:

http://www.poems.com/keilaugu.htm

By the way, Kleinzahler is also a pretty good poet.

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