Comments on: Stream of What Was I Saying? http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/ Deplorable solipsism? The new face of literature? Or merely a clever procrastination device... Mon, 21 May 2012 20:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Beth http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-327406 Beth Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:47:46 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-327406 hmm... i don't know about you but i don't feel comfortable getting my kid's toys near clorox (um... chemicals galore)! anyway, i hear what you're saying about the recession and literacy. however, i think people will always enjoy a good book from a great writer (which you clearly are)! :) hmm… i don’t know about you but i don’t feel comfortable getting my kid’s toys near clorox (um… chemicals galore)! anyway, i hear what you’re saying about the recession and literacy. however, i think people will always enjoy a good book from a great writer (which you clearly are)! :)

]]> By: Beth in SF http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-320836 Beth in SF Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:06:02 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-320836 I know exactly the commercial you're referring to and it irks me to no end!!! Anyone who thinks bleaching their kids' toys every time one falls to the floor needs to attend a science class, maybe two (about chemicals and about germs). I know exactly the commercial you’re referring to and it irks me to no end!!! Anyone who thinks bleaching their kids’ toys every time one falls to the floor needs to attend a science class, maybe two (about chemicals and about germs).

]]> By: Amanda of Shamelessly Sassy http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-320314 Amanda of Shamelessly Sassy Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:28:54 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-320314 I hate the Clorox commercial mentioned. Watching it makes me hope that the mother might possibly soak herself in the bleach also, which I realize quite cruel. But still. I hate the Clorox commercial mentioned. Watching it makes me hope that the mother might possibly soak herself in the bleach also, which I realize quite cruel. But still.

]]> By: Meredith http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-319609 Meredith Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:06:41 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-319609 I have a newborn and am up nursing a lot and watching a lot of TV and since I never had to watch it live before (long live Tivo!) I have seen so many commercials that lead me to believe that women just love to clean! So what is wrong with me? I'm just not into it. My husband and I both got laid off in December right before my daughter was born (we also have a 4 yo son) and I keep getting these concerned letters from friends of my in-laws worried that we are about to be tossed out into the cold homeless and destitute because we are both out of work. One letter was about how we should move in with my parents and how when she was a little girl they lived with their grandparents and would collect bent nails from train tracks and straighten them out to resell them and other ways they made money. I had to write her back and say basically, between my severance and unemployment, we can both be unemployed a year before touching our savings, and we doubt highly neither one of us will be out for a full year. But thanks for the nail straightening tips! I am looking forward to your book. I may even pay full price for it! I have a newborn and am up nursing a lot and watching a lot of TV and since I never had to watch it live before (long live Tivo!) I have seen so many commercials that lead me to believe that women just love to clean! So what is wrong with me? I’m just not into it.

My husband and I both got laid off in December right before my daughter was born (we also have a 4 yo son) and I keep getting these concerned letters from friends of my in-laws worried that we are about to be tossed out into the cold homeless and destitute because we are both out of work. One letter was about how we should move in with my parents and how when she was a little girl they lived with their grandparents and would collect bent nails from train tracks and straighten them out to resell them and other ways they made money. I had to write her back and say basically, between my severance and unemployment, we can both be unemployed a year before touching our savings, and we doubt highly neither one of us will be out for a full year. But thanks for the nail straightening tips!

I am looking forward to your book. I may even pay full price for it!

]]> By: Hairy Farmer Family http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-319489 Hairy Farmer Family Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:04:10 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-319489 Brenda's comment worries me. I am totally doing the dead insects thing with the first child. Any others will obviously be positively feral! Brenda’s comment worries me. I am totally doing the dead insects thing with the first child. Any others will obviously be positively feral!

]]> By: Sarah http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-319266 Sarah Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:26:26 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-319266 Just read your twitter update, and all I've got is this thought "Oh Alexa!" Pretty poor. I am so sorry for EVERYTHING you endured last year, and so happy in equal measure to see how Simone is thriving. I think of baby Ames often and am sending love and prayers your way today xxx Just read your twitter update, and all I’ve got is this thought “Oh Alexa!”
Pretty poor.
I am so sorry for EVERYTHING you endured last year, and so happy in equal measure to see how Simone is thriving. I think of baby Ames often and am sending love and prayers your way today xxx

]]> By: e http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-319186 e Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:58:20 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-319186 Lest I seem like an absolute germaphobe, I do not use antibacterial anything except toilet bowl cleaner. You really have to look around to make sure your hand soap is not antibacterial! The triclosan in handsoap, to my understanding, is the culprit for the supergerms. I clean my kitchen with regular Windex which kills germs with alcohol and does not create resistant germs. Bleach is a sanitizer and acts the same as I understand it. Also, I do not have a dog. My kids have licked many a cat toy. It really doesn't gross mr out because they are MY cats and therefore cleaner than anyone else's ;). I'm sure if I had a dog I would fee the same way! -e Lest I seem like an absolute germaphobe, I do not use antibacterial anything except toilet bowl cleaner. You really have to look around to make sure your hand soap is not antibacterial! The triclosan in handsoap, to my understanding, is the culprit for the supergerms. I clean my kitchen with regular Windex which kills germs with alcohol and does not create resistant germs. Bleach is a sanitizer and acts the same as I understand it.

Also, I do not have a dog. My kids have licked many a cat toy. It really doesn’t gross mr out because they are MY cats and therefore cleaner than anyone else’s ;). I’m sure if I had a dog I would fee the same way!

-e

]]> By: e http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-319159 e Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:11:48 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-319159 There are 2 versions of that commercial. You must not have seen the one where the baby drops the toy onto the floor and the dog picks it up. Not that my house is the cleanest but I do use their Anywhere spray on a lot of stuff. Also, bleach is used as a sanitizer in food service after it is washed. It is very dilute and ok for use afterwards. Bleach can also be used in a pinch to make non-potable water drinkable. A couple of drops in a gallon of water will do the trick. Love your writing, Alexa! -e There are 2 versions of that commercial. You must not have seen the one where the baby drops the toy onto the floor and the dog picks it up. Not that my house is the cleanest but I do use their Anywhere spray on a lot of stuff. Also, bleach is used as a sanitizer in food service after it is washed. It is very dilute and ok for use afterwards. Bleach can also be used in a pinch to make non-potable water drinkable. A couple of drops in a gallon of water will do the trick.

Love your writing, Alexa!

-e

]]> By: Brenda http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-319049 Brenda Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:46:11 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-319049 That reminds me of a joke I read once. When the first baby drops her pacifier, you pick it up and sterilize it before you give it back to her. With the second child, you rinse it off under the tap and wipe it on the cleanest part of your shirt. And the third child? He is eating dead bugs off the floor. Luckily, I stopped at two. I love your writing, btw. That reminds me of a joke I read once. When the first baby drops her pacifier, you pick it up and sterilize it before you give it back to her. With the second child, you rinse it off under the tap and wipe it on the cleanest part of your shirt. And the third child? He is eating dead bugs off the floor.

Luckily, I stopped at two.

I love your writing, btw.

]]> By: Alex http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-318957 Alex Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:16:37 +0000 http://flotsamblog.com/2009/02/04/stream-of-what-was-i-saying/#comment-318957 "I admit that if the dog got the baby’s toy I probably would give it a quick wash with a squirt of dish soap and run it under the kitchen faucet." Hunh. Many people would admit to this plan, I think, but it turns out I wouldn't and I've got plenty of empirical evidence to support that non-admission (with not one two large, shaggy dogs and a sweet little person who's just a month shy of two years old and strappingly healthy so far...). “I admit that if the dog got the baby’s toy I probably would give it a quick wash with a squirt of dish soap and run it under the kitchen faucet.” Hunh. Many people would admit to this plan, I think, but it turns out I wouldn’t and I’ve got plenty of empirical evidence to support that non-admission (with not one two large, shaggy dogs and a sweet little person who’s just a month shy of two years old and strappingly healthy so far…).

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