Comments on: Local Woman Refuses to Come Out of Fetal Position http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position Austin, Texas novelist Ruth Pennebaker, who's old enough to call herself "fabulous," writes about family, politics, marriage, friendship, feminism, aging and whatever else occurs to her. Her latest novel, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, was published by Berkley in January 2011. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JCK http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-378 JCK Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:40:32 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-378 What you can do on the page is far more effective than on screen. Really. You have a gift. A wicked, delightful gift of wielding words and stirring the pot. It is their loss. Keep writing, my friend. Someday, you will be recognized for the talent that you are. Oh, and with those legs...fetal position or no, I don't know WHAT they were thinking. Lovely gams! What you can do on the page is far more effective than on screen. Really. You have a gift. A wicked, delightful gift of wielding words and stirring the pot. It is their loss. Keep writing, my friend. Someday, you will be recognized for the talent that you are.

Oh, and with those legs…fetal position or no, I don’t know WHAT they were thinking. Lovely gams!

]]> By: Brenda http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-377 Brenda Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:21:21 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-377 Well, too bad. Now snap out of it and write some funny stuff that induces cute single guys to post on your website. You have others to think of, for Pete's sake. Well, too bad. Now snap out of it and write some funny stuff that induces cute single guys to post on your website. You have others to think of, for Pete’s sake.

]]> By: Anne Holmes http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-376 Anne Holmes Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:29:45 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-376 Thanks for the laugh! I think it will be cool to see you on itunes! Don't go "all Hollywood" on us now! Anne Thanks for the laugh!

I think it will be cool to see you on itunes!

Don’t go “all Hollywood” on us now!

Anne

]]> By: Donna http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-375 Donna Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:21:18 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-375 Ruth, I need you to come out of that fetal position, no matter how good your hair looks. First I panic at the sight of all those smiling faces at the RNC and the mean-spirited speeches and chants. Were the Democrats as nasty last week? Then i feel a bit hopeful as I read about the Irish bookies changing their odds on McCain dumping the hockey mom. Help! I need you! We all need you! Ruth,
I need you to come out of that fetal position, no matter how good your hair looks.
First I panic at the sight of all those smiling faces at the RNC and the mean-spirited speeches and chants. Were the Democrats as nasty last week? Then i feel a bit hopeful as I read about the Irish bookies changing their odds on McCain dumping the hockey mom. Help! I need you! We all need you!

]]> By: Pam http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-374 Pam Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:44:45 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-374 Well, at least her hair looks fabulous in the fetal position! Well, at least her hair looks fabulous in the fetal position!

]]> By: alana rosshirt http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-373 alana rosshirt Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:36:17 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-373 Ruth, I'm so sorry for what you perceive to be failure but had to write that you succeeded perfectly, though presumably unwittingly, in telling me exactly where I should be---the fetal position. Had eye surgery yesterday and the fetal position is exactly the place for me--except that I am supposed to be flat on my back looking at the ceiling. Maybe there is some mammal carried that way. I know giraffes drop six feet at birth. Oops! the anesthesia has eaten my brain. Ruth, I’m so sorry for what you perceive to be failure but had to write that you succeeded perfectly, though presumably unwittingly, in telling me exactly where I should be—the fetal position. Had eye surgery yesterday and the fetal position is exactly the place for me–except that I am supposed to be flat on my back looking at the ceiling. Maybe there is some mammal carried that way. I know giraffes drop six feet at birth. Oops! the anesthesia has eaten my brain.

]]> By: Cancer Bitch http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-372 Cancer Bitch Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:27:53 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-372 You wouldn't want to be in that video anyway, would you? I think iTunes is so much hipper, though I don't really know what it is or how to get it. I will put a link to you on Cancer Bitch. --C. Bitch You wouldn’t want to be in that video anyway, would you? I think iTunes is so much hipper, though I don’t really know what it is or how to get it.
I will put a link to you on Cancer Bitch.
–C. Bitch

]]> By: Sophie http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-371 Sophie Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:19:56 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-371 Go to iTunes and download the Roches Big 'Nuthin. It's delicious cold comfort for times like these. No wait, don't buy it. I will send it to you. Stand by. We still think you're a star! Go to iTunes and download the Roches Big ‘Nuthin. It’s delicious cold comfort for times like these.

No wait, don’t buy it. I will send it to you. Stand by.

We still think you’re a star!

]]> By: Leila http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-370 Leila Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:07:40 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-370 God, what would I do without Ruth in this world to make me laugh? Maybe now I can get out of my rut of self-pity, because Ruth has made "failure" (not that being dropped from any Hollywood project counts as failure) worth writing about. God, what would I do without Ruth in this world to make me laugh? Maybe now I can get out of my rut of self-pity, because Ruth has made “failure” (not that being dropped from any Hollywood project counts as failure) worth writing about.

]]> By: mark lipson http://www.geezersisters.com/failure/local-woman-refuses-to-come-out-of-fetal-position/comment-page-1#comment-369 mark lipson Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:51:35 +0000 http://geezersisters.wordpress.com/?p=303#comment-369 I know that failure is more tantalizing than success... but i must grab that failure from this arena. ruth you are a star, and you will be hounded by the paparazzi scouring robertson blvd. Your inspired tale of being hounded by an optimist is included in the 8 minute version of the Stand Up 2 Cancer film, now available as a download from itunes.. Sorry to rain on the parade of failure, I know that I am a killjoy... but I need to set the record straight, or straighter. Your limo is waiting. I know that failure is more tantalizing than success… but i must grab that failure from this arena. ruth you are a star, and you will be hounded by the paparazzi scouring robertson blvd. Your inspired tale of being hounded by an optimist is included in the 8 minute version of the Stand Up 2 Cancer film, now available as a download from itunes.. Sorry to rain on the parade of failure, I know that I am a killjoy… but I need to set the record straight, or straighter. Your limo is waiting.

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