tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post8355903370323395006..comments2023-07-15T04:20:16.543-05:00Comments on Almost Diamonds: Reconstructing Criticism: PraiseStephanie Zvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-56297174236993767222010-05-19T12:25:44.011-05:002010-05-19T12:25:44.011-05:00My heart is also full of blood. Snarky, snarky blo...My heart is also full of blood. Snarky, snarky blood.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356974556397009124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-90746016577882141052010-05-14T07:34:59.702-05:002010-05-14T07:34:59.702-05:00Jason, you have the heart of a language prescripti...Jason, you have the heart of a language prescriptivist. ;)<br /><br />Stacy, I think you're pretty damned amazing yourself.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-72844262687058097292010-05-13T06:16:01.797-05:002010-05-13T06:16:01.797-05:00I dunno, Stephanie... I'm with Bob. MY heart ...I dunno, Stephanie... I'm with Bob. MY heart is full of blood.Jason Thibeaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595673310069068735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-3659249988053815092010-05-12T10:41:48.646-05:002010-05-12T10:41:48.646-05:00I think you're awesome Stephanie!I think you're awesome Stephanie!Stacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-72123494698945926262010-05-12T07:28:49.564-05:002010-05-12T07:28:49.564-05:00Thanks, guys. I promise, though, I was not fishing...Thanks, guys. I promise, though, I was not fishing for praise! :)<br /><br />Bob, you'll have to speak for your own heart. Mine is completely full of snark. I won't call it a flaw, but it is occasionally a handicap.Stephanie Zvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-89703829851270055632010-05-11T11:09:05.169-05:002010-05-11T11:09:05.169-05:00I promise "Our Lady of Perpetual Win" is...I promise "Our Lady of Perpetual Win" is totally unironic.Jason Thibeaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595673310069068735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-61253748937232262762010-05-11T10:22:28.178-05:002010-05-11T10:22:28.178-05:00"Praise should be unstinting and unironic, ho..."<i>Praise should be unstinting and unironic, however much snark has hold in your heart.</i>" <br /><br />I love the first half of that sentence. Irony and posed cynicism in the GenX/Y hipster crowds I'm with can get tiresome when it's not funny. Out and out praise is a tonic to give or receive.Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-70508419112963142802010-05-11T10:02:08.059-05:002010-05-11T10:02:08.059-05:00I am enjoying this series. It is almost a primer o...I am enjoying this series. It is almost a primer on everything I do wrong, being an emotional sort.<br /><br />One small point - snark resides all in the mind, not held in the heart.NewEnglandBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07190715223856189053noreply@blogger.com