tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post2687741689019317739..comments2023-09-05T08:45:22.572+01:00Comments on Bête de Jour: Found: Insane Typist AnecdoteLa Bêtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-9357078265505454322010-05-13T08:42:40.352+01:002010-05-13T08:42:40.352+01:00The saddest Kerouac anecdote I know is about an at...The saddest Kerouac anecdote I know is about an attempt to repeat his <i>On the Road</i> trip when he was in his 40s. <br /><br />One afternoon, Kerouac left his New York flat and walked to the nearest interstate highway, where he found a promising spot and stood waving his thumb.<br /><br />Nobody stopped. People driving past saw a raddled, middle-aged man who looked like an escaped mental patient.<br /><br />It started to rain. Kerouac was soon completely drenched but continued to wait in hope. Two hours later, he gave up and walked back to his flat.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-64823375280172281372010-05-07T23:12:33.347+01:002010-05-07T23:12:33.347+01:00It does sound rather sad. He sounds exactly like m...It does sound rather sad. He sounds exactly like my first husband. Only my ex was never famous. An aspiring writer, misunderstood by all, brilliant on that razor's edge of insanity, and ultimately dropped off the face of the earth. Not even his relatives know what became of him. Sad. <br /><br />Maria in OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-7021708440073528832010-05-06T14:26:19.141+01:002010-05-06T14:26:19.141+01:00"Heptaparaparshinokh" is a lot of fun to..."Heptaparaparshinokh" is a lot of fun to mutter to yourself when you are bored. Good name: I approve.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512867819224532708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-59301317160534534252010-05-05T22:24:44.795+01:002010-05-05T22:24:44.795+01:00Aw... there are some good, lovely people walking t...Aw... there are some good, lovely people walking this earth who display kindness to others – just coz they can. I like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-87302410501074039072010-05-05T16:06:23.879+01:002010-05-05T16:06:23.879+01:00I have read no Kerouac and now I know why.
He rem...I have read no Kerouac and now I know why.<br /><br />He reminds me of my father.clumpfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-64166689662706546242010-05-05T13:47:03.446+01:002010-05-05T13:47:03.446+01:00It is sad. But also kind of funny. I'd like to...It is sad. But also kind of funny. I'd like to have a pop at Kerouac for the time I wasted reading The Dharma Bums.Gussethttp://gussetnews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-73306943526982543972010-05-05T12:14:58.171+01:002010-05-05T12:14:58.171+01:00I read "On the Road" when i was a yoof (...I read "On the Road" when i was a yoof (as you do) and found myself underwhelmed. Of course, not trusting my own lack of whelm, years later I shelled out for the the very well produced and packaged 3 CD box set of Kerouac reading Kerouac.<br />It was crap.<br />He was a tosser.<br />I discovered my feel for Beat when someone thrust Brautigan into my sweaty hands. Whelm rediscovered.Heptaparaparshinokhnoreply@blogger.com