Comments on: Bye, Skinny http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299 "too bad, better bite the bullet hard son." Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: dp http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299#comment-52 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:21:59 -0700 http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299#comment-52 . RIP. We hardly knew ye, kiddo. .

RIP. We hardly knew ye, kiddo.

]]> by: Bob http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299#comment-53 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:32:58 -0700 http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299#comment-53 "And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..." The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time. "Please-- tame me!" he said. [...] So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- "Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." "It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..." "Yes, that is so," said the fox. "But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince. "Yes, that is so," said the fox. "Then it has done you no good at all!" "It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields." (The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) “And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat…”

The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.

“Please– tame me!” he said.

[…]

So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near–

“Ah,” said the fox, “I shall cry.”

“It is your own fault,” said the little prince. “I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you…”

“Yes, that is so,” said the fox.

“But now you are going to cry!” said the little prince.

“Yes, that is so,” said the fox.

“Then it has done you no good at all!”

“It has done me good,” said the fox, “because of the color of the wheat fields.”

(The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

]]> by: Mike http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299#comment-61 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:54:55 -0800 http://www.scarabic.net/blog/?p=299#comment-61 I am not saying this to make friends with you, or to somehow temper your responses in our disagreement currently going on at another website ... But I will say that I came to your blog trying to determine if I should refer to you as a "him" or a "her" in that argument, and read this post, and after I read it ... I could not help but say to you, despite the awkwardness involved, that I am so very sorry for your loss. I too own a cat who is an affectionate, wonderful presence in my life, and could not imagine how I might handle the grief which you convey so very well. It paints a scary picture for the eventual day I will lose the little guy. I hope that your grief heals and that a future cat might not replace Skinny, but offer you his or her own, unique friendship someday in the future. I am not saying this to make friends with you, or to somehow temper your responses in our disagreement currently going on at another website …

But I will say that I came to your blog trying to determine if I should refer to you as a “him” or a “her” in that argument, and read this post, and after I read it …

I could not help but say to you, despite the awkwardness involved, that I am so very sorry for your loss. I too own a cat who is an affectionate, wonderful presence in my life, and could not imagine how I might handle the grief which you convey so very well. It paints a scary picture for the eventual day I will lose the little guy. I hope that your grief heals and that a future cat might not replace Skinny, but offer you his or her own, unique friendship someday in the future.

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