Comments on: Manolo the Profiled http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:07:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Donna B http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17351 Donna B Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:53:16 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17351 Am I the only one who had to look up what flaneur means? And now I have used it in a sentence. Your choice of proverb was interesting, and enlightens those of us who strive to understand the true Manolo. I shall try not to snap, but...those soft answers come hard to me. I'm also so impressed by your reading material and list of philosophers. Country music? Not so much. And whenever I start feeling just a little too superficial...I'll remember what you said about beauty. Art's the same thing. Am I the only one who had to look up what flaneur means? And now I have used it in a sentence.

Your choice of proverb was interesting, and enlightens those of us who strive to understand the true Manolo. I shall try not to snap, but…those soft answers come hard to me. I’m also so impressed by your reading material and list of philosophers. Country music? Not so much. And whenever I start feeling just a little too superficial…I’ll remember what you said about beauty. Art’s the same thing.

]]> By: furlagirl http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17350 furlagirl Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:17:29 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17350 The Norm and many other of the British bloggers that the Furlagirl favours, were at a party in London today and it was agreed that only the Manolo was needed to make the event complete. The Wife of the Norm (WotN) is a great admirer. The Norm and many other of the British bloggers that the Furlagirl favours, were at a party in London today and it was agreed that only the Manolo was needed to make the event complete. The Wife of the Norm (WotN) is a great admirer.

]]> By: ldt http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17270 ldt Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:29:13 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17270 Thanks for defending beauty. I dislike all that "beauty is subject yip yap" that has reduced beauty to yet another thing to be disgarded for the uniform unisex soviet beauty haters. Remember, in Pol Pot's world being "beautiful" was a crime to be punished in the killing fields. Thanks for defending beauty. I dislike all that “beauty is subject yip yap” that has reduced beauty to yet another thing to be disgarded for the uniform unisex soviet beauty haters. Remember, in Pol Pot’s world being “beautiful” was a crime to be punished in the killing fields.

]]> By: Phyllis http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17266 Phyllis Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:13:39 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17266 Dear Manolo - "Decline and Fall" is another excellent and hilarioulsy funny early Evelyn Waugh novel (1934). The American 1st editon has charming illustations too. It's one of my favorite books! Dear Manolo - “Decline and Fall” is another excellent and hilarioulsy funny early Evelyn Waugh novel (1934). The American 1st editon has charming illustations too. It’s one of my favorite books!

]]> By: Anonymous http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17257 Anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:26:15 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17257 Oh Manolo! I have no doubt that you could indeed charm the birds from the trees. You make the Internet---dare I say, the world--- a better place. Oh Manolo! I have no doubt that you could indeed charm the birds from the trees. You make the Internet—dare I say, the world— a better place.

]]> By: Sara http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17256 Sara Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:26 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17256 Ah, Manolo! How perfect you are! If I weren't already taken... If only in the hinterlands it were easy to hear lots of good country music like Dwight Yoakum. It's a fairly rare treat to hear him on the radio where I live. I'd kill to have a radio station like KPIG nearby. Sadly, around here it's mostly twang-pop. Ah, Manolo! How perfect you are! If I weren’t already taken…

If only in the hinterlands it were easy to hear lots of good country music like Dwight Yoakum. It’s a fairly rare treat to hear him on the radio where I live. I’d kill to have a radio station like KPIG nearby. Sadly, around here it’s mostly twang-pop.

]]> By: Phyllis http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17254 Phyllis Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:09:54 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17254 *sigh* Manolo - you're permanently on my list "All time best dinner party guests" *sigh* Manolo - you’re permanently on my list “All time best dinner party guests”

]]> By: johnnycake http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17251 johnnycake Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:24:24 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17251 The Cake of Johnny is quite impressed with the depth of Manolo's philosophies. The Cake of Johnny also feels that the appreciation of the beauty (although not believing that it truly exists in anything made by the hand of man) is the reason that we were formed by the Almighty -- indeed the sole trait which separates our species from others. The Cake of Johnny is quite impressed with the depth of Manolo’s philosophies. The Cake of Johnny also feels that the appreciation of the beauty (although not believing that it truly exists in anything made by the hand of man) is the reason that we were formed by the Almighty — indeed the sole trait which separates our species from others.

]]> By: Jessica http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17250 Jessica Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:24:45 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17250 The Manolo's taste in proverbs and intellectual heroes is also super fantastic, I believe. If the Manolo is the Panglossian sort of optimist, he might enjoy looking at the recent edition of <i>Candide</i> with the illustrations provided by the Chris Ware on the font and back cover. Sadly there are no illustrations within the book itself, but the drawings are quite cute and in the spirit of the story. The Manolo’s taste in proverbs and intellectual heroes is also super fantastic, I believe.

If the Manolo is the Panglossian sort of optimist, he might enjoy looking at the recent edition of Candide with the illustrations provided by the Chris Ware on the font and back cover. Sadly there are no illustrations within the book itself, but the drawings are quite cute and in the spirit of the story.

]]> By: Megan http://shoeblogs.com/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17248 Megan Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:53:21 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/02/24/manolo-the-profiled/#comment-17248 Dearest Manolo, I adore your blog. But please, beware the <i>Infinite Jest</i>! True, it is a brilliant treatise on America's addictions. But I have never, never been so frustrated with a book. 24 page footnotes with non-related narratives! To say nothing of the chronology of the blasted tome. Ay! In the words of the Foster Wallace himself--reading <i>IJ</i> is "a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again." But <i>The Sound and the Fury</i> is super fantastic! Dearest Manolo,

I adore your blog. But please, beware the Infinite Jest! True, it is a brilliant treatise on America’s addictions. But I have never, never been so frustrated with a book. 24 page footnotes with non-related narratives! To say nothing of the chronology of the blasted tome. Ay!

In the words of the Foster Wallace himself–reading IJ is “a supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again.”

But The Sound and the Fury is super fantastic!

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