tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post4175086377354556278..comments2011-03-06T01:40:30.826-05:00Tao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-91465306519766784982008-12-11T19:45:00.000-05:002008-12-11T19:45:00.000-05:00this story puts you in my top 8 taocolin boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07346816441652362916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-91347646281120733692008-12-11T12:47:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:47:00.000-05:00That is a pretty whimsical thing to say about a sea mammal dying. It leads me to imagine that Dennis was very charming.Steve Subrizihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585940008318064144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-2233918656962583532008-12-10T18:41:00.000-05:002008-12-10T18:41:00.000-05:00thank you blogsloth for supporting my career even if you don't enjoy my writing to some degree, that would be like me supporting 'dante' or someone<BR/><BR/>dennis sounds funny, it said they had the rugs pulled out from under them when dennis diedTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-82165699855819337202008-12-10T01:27:00.000-05:002008-12-10T01:27:00.000-05:00i read the first line, and the last line<BR/>and the think i thought afterwards was this:<BR/>i stopped talking to myself for so long its like i cant remember who i am anymore.Awakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10816774859948365029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-56441370423980883072008-12-09T23:22:00.000-05:002008-12-09T23:22:00.000-05:00Here's a news story about Dennis the Wayward Manatee. Basically, he swam way up north from his natural habitat, and then the people of Dennis, Massachussets, tried to bring him down to SeaWorld in Florida, but he died of cold stress on the way.<BR/><BR/>http://www.newser.com/story/39773/lost-manatee-dies-on-trip-home.htmlSteve Subrizihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10585940008318064144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-45112526200317079502008-12-09T22:42:00.000-05:002008-12-09T22:42:00.000-05:00addendum: i still keep reading your stuff though, even buying it, but this: come on, Tao.<BR/><BR/>Remember the "rule."<BR/><BR/>SBlogSlothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286657614256259879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-90173383247984277142008-12-09T22:41:00.000-05:002008-12-09T22:41:00.000-05:00Pretty ordinary.BlogSlothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286657614256259879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-5970009459835756702008-12-09T22:36:00.000-05:002008-12-09T22:36:00.000-05:00hi gillian, there probably won't be<BR/><BR/>currently my mom has one toy poodle<BR/><BR/>there have been two other toy poodles in the pastTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-20300551721493237592008-12-09T21:58:00.000-05:002008-12-09T21:58:00.000-05:00i was working on a model of a house getting blown apart by a hurricane, and then i got distracted like the heroine in tao's story. fuck the internetToothpasteReferendumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172432452071920710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-75907536413893373302008-12-09T18:57:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:57:00.000-05:00what were you working on?coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02002537284806763847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-15211323972080089212008-12-09T18:02:00.000-05:002008-12-09T18:02:00.000-05:00reading this comment thread made me want to go back to what i was working onToothpasteReferendumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172432452071920710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-69024829114549036282008-12-09T17:39:00.000-05:002008-12-09T17:39:00.000-05:00wasssup rockersZachary Germanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14188086050230223538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-14458513605281880312008-12-09T10:40:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:40:00.000-05:00Tao Lin,<BR/><BR/>Like the "Can't Concentrate" Manatee, I too am easily distracted when I need to get a project done. Will there be more "Can't Concentrate" Manatee stories in the future?<BR/><BR/>I just started reading through the other comments. How many toy poodles does your mom currently own?Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936799368447539950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-21707928688510230802008-12-08T22:35:00.000-05:002008-12-08T22:35:00.000-05:00i haven't cory<BR/><BR/>my mom said "It is a really beautiful manatee, the eyes are beautiful and innocent,<BR/>looks a little bit like dudu."<BR/><BR/>dudu is a toy poodleTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-80129934483911958742008-12-08T20:14:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:14:00.000-05:00~~~~~@~~@~~~~@~~~<BR/>~~~~~~~~~~~@~~~~@<BR/>~~~@~~~~~~~~~@~~~~Abigail Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640991502299686437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-18824986966280489812008-12-08T20:12:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:12:00.000-05:00i can't concentrate on thisIgnaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803897779584423922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-23797581947967728712008-12-08T12:32:00.000-05:002008-12-08T12:32:00.000-05:00tao lin,<BR/><BR/>have you ever heard the song hialeah by matthew friedberger? it is funny and reminds me of your last comment.<BR/><BR/>one of the lines...<BR/><BR/>"he had his own private manatee tank."coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02002537284806763847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-16142066203771472302008-12-08T12:28:00.000-05:002008-12-08T12:28:00.000-05:00thank you very much.coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02002537284806763847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-40686480040617536102008-12-08T06:11:00.000-05:002008-12-08T06:11:00.000-05:00it would be funny if someone breeded tiny manatees with the appearance of wearing bright collared shirts for people to have in their 50-gallon fish tanksTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-8476115384185447062008-12-08T04:02:00.000-05:002008-12-08T04:02:00.000-05:00who is dennis the wayward manatee, he sounds good<BR/><BR/>sbh, i don't think 'the "can't concentrate" manatee' is sad, she just can't concentrate, i think<BR/><BR/>cory, i don't know<BR/><BR/>i like the comic of it on your blogTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-15197510063150984982008-12-07T23:31:00.000-05:002008-12-07T23:31:00.000-05:00i want to send a friend request to the "can't concentrate" manateeana (go to him)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03368854250608391427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-19951436759911733912008-12-07T19:15:00.000-05:002008-12-07T19:15:00.000-05:00one day the can't concentrate manatee woke up and had turned into a bug.coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02002537284806763847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-55847290989312472252008-12-07T15:06:00.000-05:002008-12-07T15:06:00.000-05:00ManateenGlen Bingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11660211770841922325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-20689292002883882492008-12-07T13:56:00.000-05:002008-12-07T13:56:00.000-05:00i thought Manatee was a bug, and you were doing some clever Metamorphosis thing with the Kafka article, then i googled "Manatee" and realized it was like a seal or walrus. i think i was thinking "mantis" while i read "manatee." i liked the story.Jimmy Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429108095678110939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-18921751001451786922008-12-07T00:45:00.000-05:002008-12-07T00:45:00.000-05:00I enjoyed reading this.Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16573467867134820330noreply@blogger.com