Goodbye To You / Will Dockery

[Will Dockery]

Goodbye To You

Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.

This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.

There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.

Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.

The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.

I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.

-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

[Richard Oakley]

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

[Will Dockery]

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

[drive-by]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

I get a 'how soon we grow up' feeling....fleeting as visiting carnivals...

enjoyed it's mystery..

[Richard Oakley]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

[EBG]

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Probably his work history the last time he filled out a job application.

[h***@gmail.com]

I know a lot of people looking for jobs who have difficulty
with their work histories. Most companies are profit driven,
and although everybody wants to see vets get hired, the
people actually doing the hiring want to know that the people
they hire are qualified. Human Resource Managers aren't
especially known for their creative thinking, and many vets
have difficulty translating their military skill sets to meet the
requirements of civilian employers.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

Post by h***@gmail.com
I know a lot of people looking for jobs who have difficulty
with their work histories. Most companies are profit driven,
and although everybody wants to see vets get hired, the
people actually doing the hiring want to know that the people
they hire are qualified. Human Resource Managers aren't
especially known for their creative thinking, and many vets
have difficulty translating their military skill sets to meet the
requirements of civilian employers.

The trick is to get a job that bypasses HR. They aren't there to find
qualified people, they are there to disqualify people. The latter seems to
justify their existence somehow.

[h***@gmail.com]

You're absolutely correct, Kevin. Unfortunately,
HR guards all the internet portals through which
applicants are required to submit their resumes.

Nobody gets a sit down interview without invite.
If you have a contact, or a relative, on the inside,
then you may be able to bypass HR. Otherwise,
you take your chances with the rest of the hoi palloi.

[Richard Oakley]

Post by h***@gmail.com
You're absolutely correct, Kevin. Unfortunately,
HR guards all the internet portals through which
applicants are required to submit their resumes.
Nobody gets a sit down interview without invite.
If you have a contact, or a relative, on the inside,
then you may be able to bypass HR. Otherwise,
you take your chances with the rest of the hoi palloi.

...and I think to myself
what a wonderful world.

[h***@gmail.com]

Good point, Richard. Truth and talent will out. Louis
Armstrong never filled out a job application in his life.

[Will Dockery]

Coincidence, I brought back my cover of Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World" as show closer in my show last night.

People love that song, several were up dancing.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

Post by h***@gmail.com
You're absolutely correct, Kevin. Unfortunately,
HR guards all the internet portals through which
applicants are required to submit their resumes.
Nobody gets a sit down interview without invite.
If you have a contact, or a relative, on the inside,
then you may be able to bypass HR. Otherwise,
you take your chances with the rest of the hoi palloi.

I took a different path as an independent consultant. My rule was that if
I had to talk to HR first, I simply didn't bother. It wasn't worth
wasting my time.

The second rule was that anything over three screenings/interviews it was
a non-starter.

The last rule was that if your questions get cut off at an interview[1]
or you're not talking to the principals, it's time to look elsewhere.

That would have been tougher without a track record and a huge list of
references.

[1] This also applies when they're obviously reading off a script and
can't answer otherwise.

[h***@gmail.com]

Sounds like you've done well for yourself, which is good.
I'm talking about vets; those who haven't done quite so well;
have 'issues' of one sort or other; difficulty transitioning, etc.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

Post by h***@gmail.com
Sounds like you've done well for yourself, which is good.
I'm talking about vets; those who haven't done quite so well;
have 'issues' of one sort or other; difficulty transitioning, etc.

I wasn't saything to point out how well I've done, I was relating my
experiences with HR. They are a waste of space for the most part.

[h***@gmail.com]

I know you weren't. I was complimenting you.
I'm allowed to do that. I got special permission.

[Brooke]

Post by EBG

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Probably his work history the last time he filled out a job application.

That would require ambition on his part. You overestimate Will's desire to work.

[Michael Pendragon]

Post by Brooke

Post by EBG

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Probably his work history the last time he filled out a job application.

That would require ambition on his part. You overestimate Will's desire to work.

Ambition is overrated.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

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Post by Brooke

Post by EBG

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Probably his work history the last time he filled out a job
application.

That would require ambition on his part. You overestimate Will's desire to work.

Ambition is overrated.

Then mooching must be underated.

[Michael Pendragon]

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Post by Michael Pendragon

Post by Brooke

Post by EBG

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Probably his work history the last time he filled out a job application.

That would require ambition on his part. You overestimate Will's desire to work.

Ambition is overrated.

Then mooching must be underated.

There's a wide range of space between "ambition" and "mooching."

[h***@gmail.com]

You couldn't be more wrong, Michael.
The only difference between ambition
and mooching is mindset. If you think
ambition is overrated, great. That's you.
Some people want better. That's them.
Mooching is an entirely different mindset.

[Michael Pendragon]

Post by h***@gmail.com
You couldn't be more wrong, Michael.
The only difference between ambition
and mooching is mindset. If you think
ambition is overrated, great. That's you.
Some people want better. That's them.
Mooching is an entirely different mindset.

Ambition is a driving desire to constantly "better" oneself in the eyes of his/her peers. Fame, power, a better job, bigger house, etc., are all fodder for one's ambition.

I'm happy just making enough money to support my family.

An ambitious person would devote his free time and excess energy to furthering his career/achieving his goal, etc. I'd prefer to lie in a hammock and read a good book.

Basically, I'm talking "Walden," here.

Mooching, otoh, is a form of social parasitism.

[h***@gmail.com]

Ambition needn't be egocentric.
You can be ambitious, want better,
for other people. I certainly do.

[Richard Oakley]

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Post by h***@gmail.com
You couldn't be more wrong, Michael.
The only difference between ambition
and mooching is mindset. If you think
ambition is overrated, great. That's you.
Some people want better. That's them.
Mooching is an entirely different mindset.

Ambition is a driving desire to constantly "better" oneself in the eyes of his/her peers. Fame, power, a better job, bigger house, etc., are all fodder for one's ambition.

I slightly disagree but only because of my perspective: most of my motivation
and ambition is driven by an inward mechanism, an unstoppable engine
towards creation.

Post by Michael Pendragon
I'm happy just making enough money to support my family.
An ambitious person would devote his free time and excess energy to furthering his career/achieving his goal, etc. I'd prefer to lie in a hammock and read a good book.
Basically, I'm talking "Walden," here.
Mooching, otoh, is a form of social parasitism.

[Michael Pendragon]

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Post by Michael Pendragon

Post by h***@gmail.com
You couldn't be more wrong, Michael.
The only difference between ambition
and mooching is mindset. If you think
ambition is overrated, great. That's you.
Some people want better. That's them.
Mooching is an entirely different mindset.

Ambition is a driving desire to constantly "better" oneself in the eyes of his/her peers. Fame, power, a better job, bigger house, etc., are all fodder for one's ambition.

I slightly disagree but only because of my perspective: most of my motivation
and ambition is driven by an inward mechanism, an unstoppable engine
towards creation.

I'm also driven to create -- but I wouldn't call it an ambition. I guess it's a matter of semantic differences. Ambition seems more like a goal one chooses for oneself, whereas creative drive is either an instinct or obsession (or a little bit of both).

[h***@gmail.com]

The drive to create is no more or less than the
drive to procreate, as understood by amateurs.

You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good-bye.
Teach your children well,
Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picks, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why,
if they told you, you will cry,
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.

[Michael Pendragon]

Post by h***@gmail.com
The drive to create is no more or less than the
drive to procreate, as understood by amateurs.

They're similar, insofar as they're both powerful and instinctual ... but the former originates in one's upper brain, whereas the latter is purely the lower brain's affair.

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You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good-bye.
Teach your children well,
Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picks, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why,
if they told you, you will cry,
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.

Thank you, Mr. Nash.

[h***@gmail.com]

Upper brain, lower brain; okay, so.
Anatomy obviously wasn't your major.

[Michael Pendragon]

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Upper brain, lower brain; okay, so.
Anatomy obviously wasn't your major.

You've never heard of these expressions?

[drive-by]

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Post by h***@gmail.com
Upper brain, lower brain; okay, so.
Anatomy obviously wasn't your major.

You've never heard of these expressions?

Do you mean, right/left?

[Michael Pendragon]

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Upper brain, lower brain; okay, so.
Anatomy obviously wasn't your major.

You've never heard of these expressions?

Do you mean, right/left?

No.

"Upper brain" is the one inside your skull.

"Lower brain" is the one that hangs between your legs.

[h***@gmail.com]

LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

[Michael Pendragon]

Post by h***@gmail.com
LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

Women don't have a lower brain, as their sex drive doesn't take over their entire being, until satisfied.

[h***@gmail.com]

Okay, so. Try to think with your brain. You really
only have one. Try not not think with your penis.
Your penis can't think. Try to learn the difference
between the two, and try to use the proper words
for things, so people will know what you mean.

[Michael Pendragon]

Post by h***@gmail.com
Okay, so. Try to think with your brain. You really
only have one. Try not not think with your penis.
Your penis can't think. Try to learn the difference
between the two, and try to use the proper words
for things, so people will know what you mean.

Get hep to the jive, Mister (C)rap fan:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lower%20brain

[h***@gmail.com]

I understand the jargon. Try not to be insulting. I don't deserve it.

[Michael Pendragon]

Post by h***@gmail.com
I understand the jargon. Try not to be insulting. I don't deserve it.

Which one of us do you feel has insulted you?

[h***@gmail.com]

If you don't think it's you, don't worry about it.

[Richard Oakley]

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Post by h***@gmail.com
LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

Women don't have a lower brain, as their sex drive doesn't take over their entire being, until satisfied.

Some archaic ideas need to be tied up in a black
bag so they don't see the light of day anymore.

[Michael Pendragon]

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Post by Michael Pendragon

Post by h***@gmail.com
LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

Women don't have a lower brain, as their sex drive doesn't take over their entire being, until satisfied.

Some archaic ideas need to be tied up in a black
bag so they don't see the light of day anymore.

It's not an "idea" (archaic or otherwise), it's a biological fact.

[Richard Oakley]

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Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Michael Pendragon

Post by h***@gmail.com
LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

Women don't have a lower brain, as their sex drive doesn't take over their entire being, until satisfied.

Some archaic ideas need to be tied up in a black
bag so they don't see the light of day anymore.

It's not an "idea" (archaic or otherwise), it's a biological fact.

For someone who speaks highly of psychological principles you
seemingly have missed a very large part of it: woman.

I suggest you read up on the 'fairer' sex, especially today's aggressive type,
and come back to this particular discussion, refreshed.

[Michael Pendragon]

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Post by Richard Oakley

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Post by h***@gmail.com
LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

Women don't have a lower brain, as their sex drive doesn't take over their entire being, until satisfied.

Some archaic ideas need to be tied up in a black
bag so they don't see the light of day anymore.

It's not an "idea" (archaic or otherwise), it's a biological fact.

For someone who speaks highly of psychological principles you
seemingly have missed a very large part of it: woman.
I suggest you read up on the 'fairer' sex, especially today's aggressive type,
and come back to this particular discussion, refreshed.

A woman may both openly desire and enjoy sex. However, any biological predisposition to engage in sexual activity (ovulation) remains just that: a predisposition.

The male, otoh, produces approximately 1 billion sperm cells each month. As these cells have a short lifespan, and as there is limited storage space in his testicles, he must also ejaculate approximately 1 billion sperm cells in the same period. This biological function is accompanied by an instinctual drive that has all the urgency of severe hunger pangs, and that can only be satisfied through some form of sexual activity.

The existence of male and female sex drives, and the discrepancies between the sexes in this regard, form the basis of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," wherein the women of Athens and Sparta withhold sexual favors from their mates as a means of forcing them to end the Pelopponesian War.

[Richard Oakley]

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LOL. Okay, so. You're both racist and sexist.
If your lower brain hangs between your legs,
where would your wife's lower brain be?

Women don't have a lower brain, as their sex drive doesn't take over their entire being, until satisfied.

Some archaic ideas need to be tied up in a black
bag so they don't see the light of day anymore.

It's not an "idea" (archaic or otherwise), it's a biological fact.

For someone who speaks highly of psychological principles you
seemingly have missed a very large part of it: woman.
I suggest you read up on the 'fairer' sex, especially today's aggressive type,
and come back to this particular discussion, refreshed.

A woman may both openly desire and enjoy sex. However, any biological predisposition to engage in sexual activity (ovulation) remains just that: a predisposition.
The male, otoh, produces approximately 1 billion sperm cells each month. As these cells have a short lifespan, and as there is limited storage space in his testicles, he must also ejaculate approximately 1 billion sperm cells in the same period. This biological function is accompanied by an instinctual drive that has all the urgency of severe hunger pangs, and that can only be satisfied through some form of sexual activity.
The existence of male and female sex drives, and the discrepancies between the sexes in this regard, form the basis of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," wherein the women of Athens and Sparta withhold sexual favors from their mates as a means of forcing them to end the Pelopponesian War.

Ok, thanks .

[h***@gmail.com]

What I've heard isn't relevant, and
didn't require deep brain stimulation.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

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Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off
though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Probably his work history the last time he filled out a job
application.

Job application? Dreckster? Assumes facts not in evidence.
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constructive. Spinics see me as a "kook. Who shall we believe?" -
Ed on a post-Xmas meltdown.

[Will Dockery]

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Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

Oh, a decade and a half or so at least, and then it was for use in comic strips.

I have written one novel that survives, back many years ago, which I intend still to do something with... if I can remain living long enough.

:)

[h***@gmail.com]

Of course, sometimes all you have to do is show up to get the job.

[Will Dockery]

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Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

An example of short story writing that is used in visual art, the sequential storytelling, as Eisner called it (first three parts):

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPXR2zD1Oz/?taken-by=willdockery007

"Exile On 18th Court" by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach 1996. 1.) Title Panel

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPbrsqj0zZ/?taken-by=willdockery007

"Exile On 18th Court" 2.) Opening Panel. 1996 comic strip by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUbHBPj02Y/?taken-by=willdockery007

"Exile On 18th Court" 1996 comic strip by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach. 3) Top panel of page two.

(To be Continued...)

[h***@gmail.com]

The Writers Guild may go on strike next week.
Maybe you could get a job writing TV scripts.

[Richard Oakley]

Post by h***@gmail.com
The Writers Guild may go on strike next week.
Maybe you could get a job writing TV scripts.

I thought they were close to a deal, well before the
time frame needed, so a strike wouldn't happen?

[h***@gmail.com]

The membership voted to approve a strike.
The deadline for a deal is midnight May 1st,
but may be extended if they're getting close.

[Will Dockery]

Since I never watch television I know nothing of what types of drama and comedy programs ate on the air at this time.

[h***@gmail.com]

What's on the air at this time is daytime drama,
which will stop production immediately if there's
a writers strike. The Tonight Show, and other late
night comedy shows will also stop production.

[Richard Oakley]

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Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley
I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPXR2zD1Oz/?taken-by=willdockery007
"Exile On 18th Court" by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach 1996. 1.) Title Panel
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPbrsqj0zZ/?taken-by=willdockery007
"Exile On 18th Court" 2.) Opening Panel. 1996 comic strip by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUbHBPj02Y/?taken-by=willdockery007
"Exile On 18th Court" 1996 comic strip by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach. 3) Top panel of page two.
(To be Continued...)

Ok, I will take a close look tonight when I wake back up before work.
I'll then, most surely, look forward to the rest...

:)

[Will Dockery]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

I would actually like to see this as a fully writ short story...

Interesting idea, Richard, not sure if I could pull it off though...

When was the last short story you wrote?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPXR2zD1Oz/?taken-by=willdockery007
"Exile On 18th Court" by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach 1996. 1.) Title Panel
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTPbrsqj0zZ/?taken-by=willdockery007
"Exile On 18th Court" 2.) Opening Panel. 1996 comic strip by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTUbHBPj02Y/?taken-by=willdockery007
"Exile On 18th Court" 1996 comic strip by Will Dockery & George Sulzbach. 3) Top panel of page two.
(To be Continued...)

New pages have been added at the site above, Richard, and anyone else reading with an intetest in this.

:)

[h***@gmail.com]

Tick.

[Richard Oakley]

Tick.

pop

[h***@gmail.com]

I know a guy who calls everybody pop.
Hey, pop, how are you? Hey, pop, do
this. Hey, pop, let's go there. He's 85,
and can't remember names very well,
so pop works well in a pinch. Tick.

[Will Dockery]

Snap
Crackle
Pop

[Will Dockery]

By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.

I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.

Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last year.

Looking forward to having a sit down with him to hear of his latest round of adventures, which he gave Lisa a capsule synopsis of...

:)

[Richard Oakley]

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last year.
Looking forward to having a sit down with him to hear of his latest round of adventures, which he gave Lisa a capsule synopsis of...
:)

My hope is that he at least reels it in a bit...

Best to you!

Rich.

[Will Dockery]

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last year.
Looking forward to having a sit down with him to hear of his latest round of adventures, which he gave Lisa a capsule synopsis of...
:)

My hope is that he at least reels it in a bit...
Best to you!
Rich.

Thanks Richard, there's a show downtown on the outside stage today that many of us are involved with, so that may coax him over that way, as it often has.

:)

[Richard Oakley]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last year.
Looking forward to having a sit down with him to hear of his latest round of adventures, which he gave Lisa a capsule synopsis of...
:)

My hope is that he at least reels it in a bit...
Best to you!
Rich.

Thanks Richard, there's a show downtown on the outside stage today that many of us are involved with, so that may coax him over that way, as it often has.
:)

Again, my best.
:)

[EBG]

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.

Otherwise known as collecting bottles for booze.

Post by Will Dockery
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last week.

Fixed. You're welcome.

[Richard Oakley]

Post by EBG

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.

Otherwise known as collecting bottles for booze.

Post by Will Dockery
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last week.

Fixed. You're welcome.

Mistakes have been, and keep getting maze: so what
the corn is up, dude?

[Will Dockery]

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by EBG

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.

Otherwise known as collecting bottles for booze.

Post by Will Dockery
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last week.

Fixed. You're welcome.

Mistakes have been, and keep getting maze: so what
the corn is up, dude?

It is the season for sour corn mash and cow pasture mushrooms, after all.

And so it oes.

:)

[Richard Oakley]

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by EBG

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.

Otherwise known as collecting bottles for booze.

Post by Will Dockery
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last week.

Fixed. You're welcome.

Mistakes have been, and keep getting maze: so what
the corn is up, dude?

It is the season for sour corn mash and cow pasture mushrooms, after all.
And so it oes.
:)

...hence all the trips.

[Will Dockery]

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by Will Dockery

Post by Richard Oakley

Post by EBG

Post by Will Dockery
By the way, Richard thanks for reading my "Exile On 18th Court" comic strip I'm serial scanning on Instagram, and thanks more for the kind commentary.
I'll pass your compliments on Sulzbach's art to him when I see him again. He was spotted walking around on the outskirts of town by a mutual friend last week so I know he's back in the area.

Otherwise known as collecting bottles for booze.

Post by Will Dockery
Our friend said he was calm and sober and friendly... not "spaced out" like we all remember him from last week.

Fixed. You're welcome.

Mistakes have been, and keep getting maze: so what
the corn is up, dude?

It is the season for sour corn mash and cow pasture mushrooms, after all.
And so it goes.
:)

...hence all the trips.

Been on a few, into inner space, myself.

[Will Dockery]

Post by Richard Oakley
Mistakes have been, and keep getting maze: so what
the corn is up, dude?

The Native American green corn dance, now that must have been some party.

:)

[t***@gmail.com]

Agreed again with Richard's view on this one.

[Will Dockery™]

George Dance, according to an archive search, links to the scans of the comic strip should be in this thread.

[e***@gmail.com]

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

When your wife left you once, but later came back?

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[t***@gmail.com]

I had forgotten that poem Doc.

Truly a master of the form you are.

[Will Dockery]

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

Yes, here it is, quite severely rewritten, I notice...

[Will Dockery]

I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

[Rachel]

Post by Will Dockery
I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

i don't recall.

i don't read much.

i didn't really get it. (your poem)

[Will Dockery]

Post by Rachel

Post by Will Dockery
I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

i don't recall.
i don't read much.
i didn't really get it. (your poem)

Sorry about that, I thought I was being straightforward in this poem.

[Will Dockery]

Post by Will Dockery
I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

i don't recall.

i don't read much.

i didn't really get it. (your poem)

--------------------------------------------------------

Well, thanks for trying, Rachel...

[Will Dockery]

Post by Will Dockery
I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

i don't recall.

i don't read much.

i didn't really get it. (your poem)

-------------------------------------------------

Sorry it went Whooooooosh for you, Rachel...

[Will Dockery]

Post by Will Dockery
I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

i don't recall.

i don't read much.

i didn't really get it. (your poem)

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Is this the real Rachel or the "Peace" one?

[Will Dockery]

Post by Rachel

Post by Will Dockery
I take it you lost interest by the time I got this posted, Rachel?

i don't recall.
i don't read much.
i didn't really get it. (your poem)

-----------------------------------------------------

Sorry about that, Rachel.

[General Zod]

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

Tells a good story in verse.....

[Will Dockery]

Goodbye to You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)
Tells a good story in verse.....

Thanks...

[Zod]

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To You
Points and perspectives
Of lonesome
Bluer than the Sky's eyes.
This Carnival world
And the finality of it.
There will be nothing
Like that again.
There's only so much
I can do.
I can thrash
I can smash my guitar.
There will never
Be nothingness like this again.
Good lights
In the Northern sky of red
Murk of cream and shocking.
Hips lips they then waved
His cigarette.
The six months
Have been cut one third.
The car was moving
The prisoner moved.
I threw the glass of whiskey
At her.
The maid months
Have been cut one third.
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981)

Wondrous..........

[Will-Dockery]

Post by Will Dockery
Goodbye To Yo
Points and perspective
Of lonesom
Bluer than the Sky's eyes
This Carnival worl
And the finality of it.
There will be nothin
Like that again
There's only so muc
I can do
I can thras
I can smash my guitar
There will neve
Be nothingness like this again
Good light
In the Northern sky of re
Murk of cream and shocking
Hips lips they then wave
His cigarette
The six month
Have been cut one third
The car was movin
The prisoner moved
I threw the glass of whiske
At her
The maid month
Have been cut one third
-Will Dockery (Written July 1981

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