tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29336278.post115813361477289534..comments2023-09-11T12:08:03.495-04:00Comments on Book-Loop: Quoting DaviesBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03165894601035379597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29336278.post-1158259061841096422006-09-14T14:37:00.000-04:002006-09-14T14:37:00.000-04:00Ben has never in his life consumed coffee. Let alo...Ben has never in his life consumed coffee. Let alone the strong black variety. I do, however, enjoy coffee ice cream--though my ice cream intake is more or less non-existant these days. It is kind of odd living in Seattle and not drinking coffee. Sometimes I think I'd be a better writer if I camped out all day with my fellow pseudo-intellectuals who dot the cafés of Belltown, Capitol Hill and all points North. Sometimes I think I would absorb some of their pseudo-intellectual spirit through osmosis. Other times I think I would grow quite sad observing all the others who might feel just like me.<BR/><BR/>But yes, I do I have talons.<BR/><BR/>And, Bryan, that's why it's called a Loop.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03165894601035379597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29336278.post-1158249781423011452006-09-14T12:03:00.000-04:002006-09-14T12:03:00.000-04:00"Ben" is a legendary creature with the body of a l...<I>"Ben" is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. (As if you didn't know that, Bryan.)</I><BR/><BR/>Funny, that's almost the exact opposite of a manticore... <I>The Manticore</I> being one of Davies' great works.<BR/><BR/>I'll say it again: it all comes full-circle here on book-loop.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29336278.post-1158157998106071912006-09-13T10:33:00.000-04:002006-09-13T10:33:00.000-04:00Who the fuck is "Ben?"Who the fuck is "Ben?"Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195900491166051592noreply@blogger.com