tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post2634498953353676812..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Old Man with a CaneSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-72010911807236415952007-08-27T00:37:00.000-07:002007-08-27T00:37:00.000-07:00That's called a "reversal"? I'd always figured it ...That's called a "reversal"? I'd always figured it was just class with Guru. ;)<BR/>First we fall down in a bunch of wonderful/horrible ways and then we play with babies.<BR/><BR/>To the clip - yes. yes, Please. Please Please. Please!!!tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492929922686624574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-46050323932528360202007-08-21T09:30:00.000-07:002007-08-21T09:30:00.000-07:00Of course, it is better to show than to tell; this...Of course, it is better to show than to tell; this is but a prologue, to establish attitudes amongst the young ops, not showcase Hull's actual abilities. <BR/><BR/>When we actually meet him, he's going to be arranging flowers or playing with a puppy or a kitten or somesuch. In the biz, they call this a reversal -- you do a set-up that leads you to expect one thing, then you reverse it -- irony, which, if you do it right, gets a big smile from your reader.<BR/><BR/>You know this. I mean, I hope you know this, otherwise we are in trouble ...<BR/><BR/>I realized, too, that Hull's wife can't be Israeli and Mossad -- too much like Barry Eisler's assassin's girlfriend, so I'm thinking she should be Palestinian, or maybe Iranian.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-40995521435507305522007-08-21T09:16:00.000-07:002007-08-21T09:16:00.000-07:00Much as I hate to be heretical, might I suggest sh...Much as I hate to be heretical, might I suggest showing some off his badass-ness instead of just telling a bunch of snot-nosed kids all aboout it?<BR/><BR/>Just a thought ...<BR/><BR/>Michael <BR/>(48 hours until the big show)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-66786295830156021652007-08-15T10:09:00.000-07:002007-08-15T10:09:00.000-07:00Ask Todd to send you the thing about the grill-sta...Ask Todd to send you the thing about the grill-starting contest. A guy used liquid oxy-- there was nothing left of the grill except a black spot on the concrete...Tiel Aisha Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-54672171600215221292007-08-15T09:54:00.000-07:002007-08-15T09:54:00.000-07:00Having lost a few eyebrows in my misspent youth by...Having lost a few eyebrows in my misspent youth by using gasoline to start fires, I understand that. It ever gets to serious writing, I'll fix the jet fuel reference. Maybe dimethyl ether ...<BR/><BR/>Don't need a bunch of old pilots sneering at me ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-13382838042009872222007-08-15T09:39:00.000-07:002007-08-15T09:39:00.000-07:00Oh, yeah! 'Course I have to admit that I'm of an ...Oh, yeah! 'Course I have to admit that I'm of an age where seeing an old guy kick butt is a treat, but I still think this has some great potential. And BTW, you can light your grill with jet fuel (jet A, JP-4, JP-5, etc.): it's about the same as charcoal starter with a touch of oil added to lube aircraft fuel pumps. Gasoline, which is far more volatile, now that's another story...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-2884736979704273862007-08-15T07:00:00.000-07:002007-08-15T07:00:00.000-07:00More PLEASE!! I love it!ChuckMore PLEASE!! I love it!<BR/><BR/>ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329286453268023311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-29985172067961530392007-08-15T05:32:00.000-07:002007-08-15T05:32:00.000-07:00My wife and I saw an elderly couple at the races S...My wife and I saw an elderly couple at the races Saturday. She in a wheelchair, he with a cane pushing.<BR/>She asked me with a smirk, "is that going to be us someday?" I said "maybe, but I'll have one badass of a cane!!"steve-vhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889100992443991077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-29135428885945416582007-08-14T21:10:00.000-07:002007-08-14T21:10:00.000-07:00"These are people who have forgotten more than Jas..."These are people who have forgotten more than Jason Bourne knows ..."<BR/><BR/>What, like their own names? Come on, Steve, raise that bar up where the audience can see it.Tiel Aisha Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-78833445313890336012007-08-14T18:26:00.000-07:002007-08-14T18:26:00.000-07:00Actually, Hull's wife, Ruth, is a Jewish lady, a f...Actually, Hull's wife, Ruth, is a Jewish lady, a former IISO (Mossad) assassin. Younger than Hull -- she's only fifty-eight to his sixty -- and not that short -- maybe five-six.<BR/><BR/>Their story would be a flashback thread throughout the book -- how they met, what they did when they were on the same side, or, as it happened, on opposite sides. How they got together. Like that.<BR/><BR/>These are people who have forgotten more than Jason Bourne knows ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-55244599211843735952007-08-14T16:48:00.000-07:002007-08-14T16:48:00.000-07:00I wanna hear more about the wife. I bet she's shor...I wanna hear more about the wife. I bet she's short.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812044801600397800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-62673745868661860732007-08-14T16:34:00.000-07:002007-08-14T16:34:00.000-07:00Yeah!Yeah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-59659601910422553572007-08-14T16:26:00.000-07:002007-08-14T16:26:00.000-07:00You hooked me in the first paragraph, and now I wa...You hooked me in the first paragraph, and now I want to know about his wife :-)<BR/><BR/>So put another tic in the "yes please" column. There needs to be more stories about bad-ass old guys with canes.Mushtaq Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987078771624481557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-62503873612346229222007-08-14T16:01:00.000-07:002007-08-14T16:01:00.000-07:00Please Sir, may I have another? ;)I like it. As yo...Please Sir, may I have another? <BR/><BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>I like it. As you say it is a standard plot line, but it is one I am fond of and one I am sure you would do well.<BR/><BR/>Heck I remember the Albino Knife, though I know Khadaji wasn't particularly old there, he was certainly the old dog working with the young dogs.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131978298661765427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-71189660744019732882007-08-14T15:13:00.000-07:002007-08-14T15:13:00.000-07:00Well, I'd love to read more of this. Too bad I'm n...Well, I'd love to read more of this. Too bad I'm not a publisher...Tiel Aisha Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-3197241376834632412007-08-14T14:08:00.000-07:002007-08-14T14:08:00.000-07:00Tease? Moi?Not at all. I merely want to keep my fa...Tease? Moi?<BR/><BR/>Not at all. I merely want to keep my fans in the loop as to what might or might not happen. The Matador story was a legit stand-alone, albeit would be the first chapter in a book if I could get to it.<BR/><BR/>The old man with a cane is an idea I've had for a long time, nothing new about it -- the old gunslinger forced out of retirement. Been a thousand variations on it -- done several myself -- and I think the aging baby-boomer market might find it appealing. <BR/><BR/>The old guy still has some moves left in him.<BR/><BR/>I find that appealing. Anybody can write a book with a thirty-year-old jock who kicks ass and takes names ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-78341162833449098262007-08-14T13:54:00.000-07:002007-08-14T13:54:00.000-07:00I have seen the Human Weapon. I can't say I'm impr...I have seen the Human Weapon. I can't say I'm impressed.<BR/><BR/>I know a guy who is pitching a similar show to, I think, National Geographic Channel, and his idea, while similar, is better:<BR/><BR/>His idea is to go, document the art, get information from the players, history, philosophy, etc., and show experts doing it. None of this fake death match crap.<BR/><BR/>Say, let's train for three days and then go one-on-one with a real expert! <BR/><BR/>Oh, please!<BR/><BR/>I find this as believable as the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. So far, the local champs have been far too kind to the boys.<BR/><BR/>Chambers -- the little guy -- supposedly has been studying different arts since he was six years old -- and yeah, he's playing to the camera, but some of his questions make me want to slap him. Guy with twenty-odd years of MA training doesn't need to sound quite so gosh-wow-gee-sensei as he does.<BR/><BR/>Oh, a punch, and I hold my wrist this way? How amazing!<BR/><BR/>Spare me. <BR/><BR/>Duff is just a big strong kid and there as a punching bag. In arts where muscle and size and toughness matters, okay. But the karate episode where they stand and deliver punches to the chest? Oh, yeah, that's realistic ...<BR/><BR/>That stickfighter going up against Chambers? He phoned in his responses, he could have pulped the kid at any time, he wan't even blinking, much less flinching. In a real match, I'd have given Chambers ten seconds, max.<BR/><BR/>It's a silly idea. I can't wait to see how they screw up the silat episode ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-4632611441012067682007-08-14T13:52:00.000-07:002007-08-14T13:52:00.000-07:00I second the "yes, please" and add to it, you are ...I second the "yes, please" and add to it, you are a tease, sir. With an unwritten Matador book piece and this, I say again, you are a tease.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680649113849271048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-86021030662001368622007-08-14T12:27:00.000-07:002007-08-14T12:27:00.000-07:00Q: "Is it compelling enough to make you want to re...Q: "Is it compelling enough to make you want to read more?"<BR/><BR/>My first inclination, after reading the piece, was to respond with something clever (at least to me... come to think of it, probably *only* to me), perhaps referencing something in the Matador books or somesuch. That would have been wrong at the very least. Quite possibly that would have been full on stupid.<BR/><BR/>My next inclination was to simply answer in the affirmative. Then I remembered my manners...<BR/><BR/>A: Yes, please.<BR/><BR/>[Aside -- Steve, have you watched any of the History Channel series "Human Weapon"? I only caught the Eskrima one so far. I thought it was okay, if a bit gimmicky with its seemingly obligatory "reality TV" nature in general and the sensationalism of the match at the end of the show. Looks like they are doing Silat in an upcoming episode.]eponymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064638464676577592noreply@blogger.com