Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post) (Read 5490673 times)

southendmd · « **Reply #20540 on:** October 27, 2009, 09:05:28 am »

This article describes the story as being written unsentimentally:

"This heartbreaking love story is as profound as it is relentlessly unsentimental. Life brings two young drifters together, sets them apart and their long agony begins. The genius of the story lies in its edgy dialogue and Proulx's depiction of a simple truth -- powerlessness. It is her best work and also one of the finest American short stories yet written."

-- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

=thanks= Fran

memento · « **Reply #20541 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:58:00 am »

Michael Knight of the Wall Street Journal said: "Ms. Proulx writes with all the brutal beauty of one of her Wyoming snowstorms. Her people not only "stand" the bad luck and heartbreak that comes their way; they stare it down with astonishing strength."

http://www.litlovers.com/guide_closerange.html

Fran · « **Reply #20542 on:** October 28, 2009, 05:37:36 pm »

Round 847!

Each post will include an unplayed word and
one (or more) of the following words:

Newsome, Farm (farm), Equipment (equipment),
quality, reliability, service

Fran · « **Reply #20543 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:20:15 pm »

In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who never approves of his new son-in-law.

southendmd · « **Reply #20544 on:** October 28, 2009, 08:03:37 pm »

In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who never approves of his new son-in-law.

=aside= Fran
Thanks! And, can you believe this has never been played?

memento · « **Reply #20545 on:** October 29, 2009, 12:38:42 am »

In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who is very critical of his new son-in-law.

=aside= Fran
Thanks also.

Fran · « **Reply #20546 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:58:45 am »

In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who dislikes his son-in-law.

=aside= Players
Check out the Q-R-S posts from
Round 38.

=reply= Paul
I would have guessed that "Beckel"
was played hundreds of rounds ago.
I wonder how many other "obvious"
ones we've missed.

southendmd · « **Reply #20547 on:** October 29, 2009, 01:52:20 pm »

Lureen Newsome put the farm equipment's value above that of her husband.

memento · « **Reply #20548 on:** October 29, 2009, 06:20:35 pm »

The gossipy bartender gave Jack the lowdown on Lureen Newsome's father: "Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."

=aside= players
I think farm was another obvious one that we missed.
Loved the Q-R-S posts from Round 38. Those were the days when we had to fight to post a letter and there were still lots of "Q's" left.

Fran · « **Reply #20549 on:** October 29, 2009, 07:56:45 pm »

L.D. and Fayette Newsome have no grandchildren other than their daughter's son, Bobby Twist.

News:

Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post) (Read 5490673 times)

southendmd

"U" is unsentimentally

memento

"W" is writes

Fran

Round 847!

Fran

"A" is approves

southendmd

"B" is Beckel

memento

"C" is critical

Fran

"D" is dislikes

southendmd

"E" is equipment's

memento

"F" is farm

Fran

"G" is grandchildren