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April 08, 2008
Would a short story about baseball make a good column?: I wrote a short story about a neat experience I had playing little league. I'd love some feedback and was wondering if that sort of thing would make a good column here.
posted by dfleming to editorial policy at 09:01 AM - 20 comments
Thanks!
posted by dfleming at 10:43 AM on April 08, 2008
I would think that anything shorter than your average Henry James novel is fine, especially if you are, in fact, Henry James. But yeah, go for it. I look forward to reading it.
posted by chicobangs at 11:43 AM on April 08, 2008
I look forward to reading it as well, dfleming. Always looking for a good read about baseball. And dfleming can't be Henry James because I, in fact, am Henry James. Or am I, in fact, Harry James of squeaky high-note trumpet fame? Gotta find that license.
posted by THX-1138 at 12:35 PM on April 08, 2008
Just do it.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:45 PM on April 08, 2008
And dfleming can't be Henry James because I, in fact, am Henry James. Or am I, in fact, Harry James of squeaky high-note trumpet fame? Gotta find that license. I always thought that you were Hairy James, the porn actor.
posted by NoMich at 01:23 PM on April 08, 2008
A-HA! Gimme my license back, NoMich!
posted by THX-1138 at 01:25 PM on April 08, 2008
...and I'm Jesse James. Post it, dfleming, or I'll rob your bank. This James thing is beginning to sound like the Johnsons in Blazing Saddles.)
posted by Howard_T at 05:40 PM on April 08, 2008
Howard Johnson is right!
posted by tahoemoj at 06:23 PM on April 08, 2008
Mongo agree.
posted by THX-1138 at 06:35 PM on April 08, 2008
I am not Henry James, James Joyce or Joyce Brothers. Yall can stop with the rumors.
posted by dfleming at 06:32 AM on April 09, 2008
What about The Brothers Karimozov? Are you in that?
posted by apoch at 11:45 AM on April 09, 2008
You got me. I'm William Shattner.
posted by dfleming at 12:01 PM on April 09, 2008
So Mr. Shatner, what did you do to piss off JJ Abrams so much that he didn't put you in his movie? I mean besides kill Kirk in Generations? (This is a geek level 8 comment)
posted by THX-1138 at 01:36 AM on April 10, 2008
I don't want to talk about it and you don't want to hear. You sleep with Nimoy's wife once and suddenly, you're the bad guy...
posted by dfleming at 07:04 AM on April 10, 2008
'Aint it the truth.
posted by THX-1138 at 02:31 PM on April 10, 2008
I'm sorry, did you just say something?
posted by The_Black_Hand at 06:40 AM on April 13, 2008
I do not own a framed copy of that and it does not hang in my rec room.
posted by THX-1138 at 08:06 PM on April 13, 2008
Framed copy of the picture above = geek level 7.0 Autographed version = 9.9
posted by BoKnows at 08:48 PM on April 13, 2008
This is a good lesson about me. If I ever became insanely, criminally desperate, and wound up taking hostages, all the negotiator would have to do to keep me talking is appeal to my true geek. I won't shut up. (The previous is not an endorsement of insanely, criminally desperate activities. No hostages were taken during typing)
posted by THX-1138 at 12:37 PM on April 14, 2008
This is the first sentence on the Columns page: Columns are articles and commentary written by SportsFilter members. My opinion is that a short story would fall under the articles category. So yeah, go for it.