Comments on: How It All Went Down (Raising Itself Up in the Process)… http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/ The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Tue, 22 May 2012 04:38:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dale http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-14233 Dale Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:40:21 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-14233 What a year! And you audio blogged which made me smile big! New York? Take me with you! I'm actually thinking of going end of February again but you'll take the town by storm, or drunkenly, no, hopefully just by storm. Happy New Year!! <em>Les Says: ...nor by a drunken storm. Hopefully. That would be bad.</em> What a year! And you audio blogged which made me smile big! New York? Take me with you! I’m actually thinking of going end of February again but you’ll take the town by storm, or drunkenly, no, hopefully just by storm. Happy New Year!!

Les Says: …nor by a drunken storm. Hopefully. That would be bad.

]]> By: david mcmahon http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-14063 david mcmahon Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:53:02 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-14063 Say hi to Kyla and Ruby for me, Les. All the very best for 2009. <em>Les Says: Thank you, David. I hope your holidays were wonderful. :-) </em> Say hi to Kyla and Ruby for me, Les. All the very best for 2009.

Les Says: Thank you, David. I hope your holidays were wonderful. :-)

]]> By: Jayne http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13930 Jayne Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:16:21 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13930 Ahhhh! I'm in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Les ;) <em>Les Says: Well, there we go, then! Lunch and photo-ops with two Aussies at a time... provided you both don't ditch me on the same day, I'll have a grand time down under. </em> Ahhhh!
I’m in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Les ;)

Les Says: Well, there we go, then! Lunch and photo-ops with two Aussies at a time… provided you both don’t ditch me on the same day, I’ll have a grand time down under.

]]> By: Elle http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13928 Elle Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:32:13 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13928 Oh, like <!--nocrosslink_start-->my kid<!--nocrosslink_end--> has never heard any of that before... although I HAVE told him that these are adult words, and not the prettiest in the bunch. They'll be familiar enough to him, I'm afraid. I have guest room waiting as well, although it is a far piece from SSM to Nude Siberia, LA. But we'll be here when you get here, for sure. <em>Les Says: I'm not counting Nude Siberia out completely this year - although Mardi Gras is a bust, dammit - but I don't want you to hold your breath, either... then again, I AM still playing the lottery on a near-religious basis, so ya never know.</em> Oh, like my kid has never heard any of that before… although I HAVE told him that these are adult words, and not the prettiest in the bunch. They’ll be familiar enough to him, I’m afraid. I have guest room waiting as well, although it is a far piece from SSM to Nude Siberia, LA. But we’ll be here when you get here, for sure.

Les Says: I’m not counting Nude Siberia out completely this year – although Mardi Gras is a bust, dammit – but I don’t want you to hold your breath, either… then again, I AM still playing the lottery on a near-religious basis, so ya never know.

]]> By: cardiogirl http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13919 cardiogirl Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:41:40 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13919 <i>"How about “F-ing Betch”? Can I call them that?"</i> Oh, alright. But only if they're being really good. And only if you use your strongest Canadian accent. <em>Les Says: Well... okay... but they won't ever be the same, after that.</em> “How about “F-ing Betch”? Can I call them that?”

Oh, alright.

But only if they’re being really good. And only if you use your strongest Canadian accent.

Les Says: Well… okay… but they won’t ever be the same, after that.

]]> By: Jayne http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13897 Jayne Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:03:03 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13897 Hope your NYE was fantabulous and 2009 is a rockin' great year for you, too :) Although I notice you're not visiting <i>all</i> of your blog family as you're not heading Down Under to visit in Oz :P <em>Les Says: Ah, but Jayne, you are mistaken, there... David McMahon is in Oz, as are you (where, in relation to Melbourne ARE you located, BTW?), and one other... but that particular trip will have to wait a year or two - unless they build my Prissy-Van a tunnel or a bridge, at least! This year, I'm limiting my traveling to my own continent. Until or unless I meet that <strong>Magic Movie Producer</strong> that's dying to buy my stuff, anyway. ;-) </em> Hope your NYE was fantabulous and 2009 is a rockin’ great year for you, too :)
Although I notice you’re not visiting all of your blog family as you’re not heading Down Under to visit in Oz :P

Les Says: Ah, but Jayne, you are mistaken, there… David McMahon is in Oz, as are you (where, in relation to Melbourne ARE you located, BTW?), and one other… but that particular trip will have to wait a year or two – unless they build my Prissy-Van a tunnel or a bridge, at least!

This year, I’m limiting my traveling to my own continent. Until or unless I meet that Magic Movie Producer that’s dying to buy my stuff, anyway. ;-)

]]> By: Shrinky http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13883 Shrinky Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:48:50 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13883 Oh, I think I loved the comments in here almost as much as I loved the post! I had no idea you were REALLY planning looking us all up, so I'll tell ya' what, you make it over the pond to here and I'll even drop the precluder of you bringing your own feakin' chair along, howzzat?? Hell, I might even let you use mine (I only said MIGHT, no promises, 'kay?). Les, you have come through the fire and proved to yourself how incrediblly strong and amazing you truly are hon, but we all knew that already. (Hugs) ps. That off-spring of yours ain't so bad either! <em>Les Says: Oooh! Just you wait 'til the next post... wherein I have confiscated the video from The Idiot Child's New Year's Eve "party" - yeah. The one that I was absent from, being across the street dancing in a parking lot all night long. Sounds like she was REALLY bad, doesn't it? Not so; the poor kid nearly had a heart attack over... well... give it a day or two. You'll see. I GET TO MIGHT SIT IN YOUR CHAIR, SHRINKY?! For REAL, I might!? It may be another year or two, you know... you and David will be two legs of the same journey, I imagine. I'm very much looking forward to it, too.</em> Oh, I think I loved the comments in here almost as much as I loved the post! I had no idea you were REALLY planning looking us all up, so I’ll tell ya’ what, you make it over the pond to here and I’ll even drop the precluder of you bringing your own feakin’ chair along, howzzat?? Hell, I might even let you use mine (I only said MIGHT, no promises, ‘kay?).

Les, you have come through the fire and proved to yourself how incrediblly strong and amazing you truly are hon, but we all knew that already. (Hugs)

ps. That off-spring of yours ain’t so bad either!

Les Says: Oooh! Just you wait ’til the next post… wherein I have confiscated the video from The Idiot Child’s New Year’s Eve “party” – yeah. The one that I was absent from, being across the street dancing in a parking lot all night long. Sounds like she was REALLY bad, doesn’t it? Not so; the poor kid nearly had a heart attack over… well… give it a day or two. You’ll see.

I GET TO MIGHT SIT IN YOUR CHAIR, SHRINKY?! For REAL, I might!? It may be another year or two, you know… you and David will be two legs of the same journey, I imagine. I’m very much looking forward to it, too.

]]> By: cardiogirl http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13850 cardiogirl Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:02:00 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13850 Hey, you can say shet around my kids. Just don't call them Shet Bag. That title is for me and me alone. <em>Les Says: Really?! How about "F-ing Betch"? Can I call them that? It's good to know this stuff ahead of time.</em> Hey, you can say shet around my kids. Just don’t call them Shet Bag.

That title is for me and me alone.

Les Says: Really?! How about “F-ing Betch”? Can I call them that? It’s good to know this stuff ahead of time.

]]> By: ~willow~ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13844 ~willow~ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:53:25 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13844 Les, I'm very glad to have made your acquaintance in 2008, and hope to be interacting more with ya in 2009 and beyond :) Have a happy 2009! ~willow~ <em>Les Says: Thanks, ~willow~ ... "2009 and beyond" sounds like a great plan: let's see who can blog the longest... :-D </em> Les,
I’m very glad to have made your acquaintance in 2008, and hope to be interacting more with ya in 2009 and beyond :)
Have a happy 2009!
~willow~

Les Says: Thanks, ~willow~ … “2009 and beyond” sounds like a great plan: let’s see who can blog the longest… :-D

]]> By: Suzi http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/31/how-it-all-went-down-raising-itself-up-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-13828 Suzi Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:11:15 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=906#comment-13828 I will have the guest room nicely shoveled out, and the backyard primed with gasoline. Can't wait! I always liked you, you know. Even the old you that you don't like. <em>Les Says: Yeah, but Suzi, you like just about ANYBODY. I envy that enough that I'm attempting to put it into practice, myself. It makes for better sleep, when it works (then again, four cuba libres work pretty freaking well, too.).</em> I will have the guest room nicely shoveled out, and the backyard primed with gasoline. Can’t wait!

I always liked you, you know. Even the old you that you don’t like.

Les Says: Yeah, but Suzi, you like just about ANYBODY. I envy that enough that I’m attempting to put it into practice, myself. It makes for better sleep, when it works (then again, four cuba libres work pretty freaking well, too.).

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