tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post113146022747498467..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Cynicism writ largeMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1131554415113835332005-11-09T16:40:00.000+00:002005-11-09T16:40:00.000+00:00Who's Howard Moss?Who's Howard Moss?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1131553586593583832005-11-09T16:26:00.000+00:002005-11-09T16:26:00.000+00:00I don't think it was "knowing somebody" that secur...I don't think it was "knowing somebody" that secured that promotion. All of us know people who know people. The fledgling editor didn't say, "My famous uncle edits Howard Moss; maybe I could ask for a favor." She stated confidently that she could <I>get</I> Howard Moss.<BR/><BR/>Gutsy.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1131531743953261172005-11-09T10:22:00.000+00:002005-11-09T10:22:00.000+00:00I was reaching for little blue pills when I tried ...I was reaching for little blue pills when I tried to get any text at all for David Bergen, winner of<BR/>last nights impressive Giller Prize here in Toronto.<BR/>Like many another evious bastard, I thought I'd look up David Bergen to find out if he was any good, but Google couldn't find me any example of Mr. Bergen's work. Fact is, I was listed about a hundred times more often than he, but that is because I am garrulous to all and sundry sites.<BR/>I would be interested on your take on the Giller Prize, put up by a rich Canadian philathropist, the award commemorating his wife.<BR/>Do you have any more of those little blue pills? Insomnia, like most things Greek, is driving me crazy.<BR/>IvanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com