Comments on: Totally Optional Prompts: Desire Stronger Than Steel http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: SweetTalkingGuy http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-232 SweetTalkingGuy Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:28:45 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-232 Thanks for reminding me that that's the kind of work I don't want. - I like the way you've written this. <em>Thanks! -tom</em> Thanks for reminding me that that’s the kind of work I don’t want. - I like the way you’ve written this.

Thanks! -tom

]]> By: 9to5poet http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-231 9to5poet Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:51:18 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-231 Holy cow I love this interpretation -- you capture the grinding of the machine so well, and the surprises in the lines work well. my favorite line is "practice privacy in public boxes." I have a public desk and I feel like a criminal whenever I check my gmail. :) Great work! <em>Thanks! I work in IT and do a lot with email administration, so I have to use gmail from time to time (wink, wink)... it's just part of my job... -tom</em> Holy cow I love this interpretation — you capture the grinding of the machine so well, and the surprises in the lines work well. my favorite line is “practice privacy in public boxes.” I have a public desk and I feel like a criminal whenever I check my gmail. :) Great work!

Thanks! I work in IT and do a lot with email administration, so I have to use gmail from time to time (wink, wink)… it’s just part of my job… -tom

]]> By: garlinjake http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-224 garlinjake Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:05:01 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-224 Perfectly captured! ~Linda <em>Thanks! -tom</em> Perfectly captured! ~Linda

Thanks! -tom

]]> By: Alan Bender http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Alan Bender Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:58:14 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-228 Oh the things we do to pass the days--trading imagination for toys on the pity floor! I certainly agree with you about the "work" prompts made by folks who consider smirking work. <em>Smirking is work. Hard work. I should add it my resume, I do it quite well. -tom</em> Oh the things we do to pass the days–trading imagination for toys on the pity floor! I certainly agree with you about the “work” prompts made by folks who consider smirking work.

Smirking is work. Hard work. I should add it my resume, I do it quite well. -tom

]]> By: whypaisley http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-227 whypaisley Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:00:59 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-227 very good.. i like the way it is almost a mechanical read,, like the stepford-husband thing almost.. i feel bad that it is not a science fiction thriller tho,, but more probably someone i knows life.... <em>Thanks, Paisley! I wish it was historical fiction and not commentary :( -tom</em> very good.. i like the way it is almost a mechanical read,, like the stepford-husband thing almost.. i feel bad that it is not a science fiction thriller tho,, but more probably someone i knows life….

Thanks, Paisley! I wish it was historical fiction and not commentary :( -tom

]]> By: Tiel Aisha Ansari http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Tiel Aisha Ansari Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:36:06 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-226 Nice use of language-- the unpunctuated run-ons really give it that non-stop, high-pressure feel. <em>Well, to be fair, there is a colon. And an ellipses. :) Thanks, Tiel. -tom</em> Nice use of language– the unpunctuated run-ons really give it that non-stop, high-pressure feel.

Well, to be fair, there is a colon. And an ellipses. :) Thanks, Tiel. -tom

]]> By: Tumblewords http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Tumblewords Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:55:36 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-225 Yup. Good post - <em>Thanks, Tumblewords! -tom</em> Yup. Good post -

Thanks, Tumblewords! -tom

]]> By: gautami tripathy http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-230 gautami tripathy Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:37:18 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-230 "Deadlines mean you work over the weekend so you can afford the life you’re supposed to have because you have a corporate job and commute to your 4 BR 2.5 bath finished basement in the suburbs" It is happening here too and very fast.... <em>That is very unfortunate, Gautami. The corporate takeover of existence is very pervasive :( -tom</em> “Deadlines mean you work over the weekend so you can afford the life you’re supposed to have because you have a corporate job and commute to your 4 BR 2.5 bath finished basement in the suburbs”

It is happening here too and very fast….

That is very unfortunate, Gautami. The corporate takeover of existence is very pervasive :( -tom

]]> By: jo http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/comment-page-1/#comment-229 jo Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:40:19 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/if-only-work-was-optional/#comment-229 Very good, this. <em>Thanks, Jo! -tom</em> Very good, this.

Thanks, Jo! -tom

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