Helen

[Todd]

The whole thing was a fun read. I'm especially in love with S1, S2, and the ending.

How flipping true is S1. It's really a bit overwhelming.

[rowens]

Like your heroes of yore, I was taking off all over the place seeking adventure and inspiration. But I had little resourses, so they labelled me manic and took my passport. Might be why Sony and Youtube are more glorious destinations these days, and Billy Collins is so engaging here.

[Leanne]

Todd, I lose my temper every time someone "who knows about things" tells me that I should teach poetry to kids by likening it to song lyrics to hook them in... the day that "baby you're a firework" becomes a good example of the poetic line is the day I blow up the world. Lyrics ARE NOT poems -- there are similarities, and they have poetic elements, and indeed some lyrics could stand alone as poems, but they are not the same thing. And what the hell is wrong with hooking kids into poetry by showing them some bloody good poetry? We don't need to dumb it down, we need to keep the bar high and offer them a hand up.

Rowen, I dream of Billy Collins being engaged by a rabid bull...

[rowens]

"baby you're a firework"? You're just an aficionado of what makes a man want to maniacally escape America aren't you.

[Leanne]

omg Katy Perry is like, so awesomely talented... damn, forgot we don't have a "puke" emoticon...

[billy]

a simple "barf" will suffice

have you ever thought of teaching kids by likening to song lyrics, in order to hook them in?

have you ever tried teaching kids how to become a bricklayer with the use of lego?

have you ever tried teaching kids about gravity by pushing them out of a window?
well have you ?

[Leanne]

Have you ever tried teaching someone to shut the fuck up by stabbing them through the tongue with a pen? Well, have you? :p

[Todd]

omg Katy Perry is like, so awesomely talented... damn, forgot we don't have a "puke" emoticon...

Katy Perry...I mean I've kissed a girl too, but you don't see me writing a song about it. Maybe I should die my hair blue though (it would give me intergalactic street cred).

[Leanne]

Don't worry Todd, you've already got that with your third nostril.

[Todd]

You know me so well. I guess Katy is this generations Paul Simon.

[Leanne]

Paul Simon had acne too?

[Todd]

He was a rock I think it was more of a south-facing fungus or moss of some type.

[billy]

i loved simon and garf, well not exactly loved

[Leanne]

I was surprised when I found out they were American... maybe they were just tourists when they wrote "I am in Ireland"...

[billy]

fuck off!