tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post3738698529514917072..comments2024-03-14T02:24:22.876-07:00Comments on Essay Daily: Talk About the Essay: Dec 31: Patrick Madden on Charles Lamb’s “New Year’s Eve”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-53598678610737216492022-12-05T20:18:16.431-08:002022-12-05T20:18:16.431-08:00Maybe I realized this before? But I must have forg...Maybe I realized this before? But I must have forgotten if so, because returning to this piece just today and finding this comment here, I'm struck by the surety that it was written by our beloved friend Brian Doyle. I mean, it must have been. 100%. And anyway, I'm on a Doyle kick (a permanent one) and have been thinking about how recognizable he was in just his writing. Here I found a test. I'm sure it was him.Patrick Maddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358157802504449069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-35849782450808807862013-01-04T10:05:36.020-08:002013-01-04T10:05:36.020-08:00Terrific piece, and as usual Patrick is both enter...Terrific piece, and as usual Patrick is both entertaining and informative. Also no man in Amwerica has done more in recent years to celebrate the great unread essayists like Lamb, who ought to be ranked among the very best -- far better than, for example, Montaigne. (Shrieks and bubbling howls from the hustings.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-13623394930583468912013-01-03T08:52:19.950-08:002013-01-03T08:52:19.950-08:00Among some far-flung Mormon colonies, the traditio...Among some far-flung Mormon colonies, the tradition is for all children to be told that their birthday is January 1st, for ease of memory and record-keeping. No, I'm kidding. But I wonder if, with the rise of inductions, parents might request to have their babies on New Year's Day...Patrick Maddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358157802504449069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-88536404206104170912013-01-02T12:55:43.961-08:002013-01-02T12:55:43.961-08:00I love this Lambish buffoonery. And why do you hav...I love this Lambish buffoonery. And why do you have so many students born on New Year's? I don't even think I've met anyone with a New Year's birthday. Well, happy birthday to them twice and the rest of us once. Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795554401570611521noreply@blogger.com