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Comment on Phone Fracas by Jon-Michael

Jon-Michael — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:39:08 +0000

I had the same experience at my parents house not to long ago. I was leaving the house and the phone rang, but as you described in a manner not normal to our landline. I ran back and picked up the phone and heard a dial tone like you mentioned and then started hearing people answering other phones as if they were getting a call from me or someone else and I was listening in to their response. Some people would say hello a few times reiterating it with more urgency…other times it was as if a conversation was going on but I couldn’t ever make out the dialouge, and other times it was the please hang up and dial your operator message. It was probably the most interesting sound I have ever heard, I study sound design at college and honestly had a hard time hanging up, I tried to record some of it with my phone even but it didn’t turn out.

Just thought I’d share the experience with you because it truly was very odd and interesting.

Cheers,
Jon-Michael Mooney

Comment on Elizabeth Jennings by sorabji

sorabji — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:31:15 +0000

I found “Absence” on page 19 of the New Collected Poems volume. I have had similar moments of clarity about the deaths of friends and neighbors. One day, while sitting on this very spot, I looked out the window and saw ambulances, firetrucks, and EMT vehicles quietly arriving, some 12-15 people solemnly marching into the building to tend to the formalities of the death of an elderly man who had lived upstairs. I heard the man’s daughter scream in agony, and I heard the voices of the police officers deliberate briefly before reporting the incident as a natural death. The sounds faded and the emergency vehicles returned, one-by-one, to their posts, leaving the street outside looking exactly as it did before.

That is what I remember most. The silence of the man’s absence, the final sounds that circled around him in death, and the way the ensuing silence filled up with the sounds of routine activities from others who had no idea anyone had died.

I don’t know why I share this story, as it says nothing of what I might actually think of Jenning’s “Absence”. But then it is not essential to have an opinion, is it?

Comment on Elizabeth Jennings by ROY

ROY — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:18:55 +0000

THOUGHT YOU WERE SPOT ON WITH YOUR COMMENTS ON HER POETRY.HAVE YOU READ “ABSENCE”.WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT?

Comment on Anti-Possession by foosion

foosion — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:56:54 +0000

“My” is a linguistic convenience.

Comment on Anti-Possession by fester

fester — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:30:14 +0000

when i had my kids i knew they would belong to the world in general. it’s just a fact of life. how graceful you are in accepting this fact and preparing them for this eventuality is the determinant of your success as a parent.

Comment on Anti-Possession by Dougie

Dougie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:52:05 +0000

Yeah, just looked at “my” WAYD post about taking “my” maiden voyage on “my” new boat. The “my” before the maiden voyage made me cringe — should have been the boat’s maiden voyage, or at least, a generic maiden voyage.

Comment on 888-950-5553 by sorabji

sorabji — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:52 +0000

if i was motivated enough i’d contact Chase. i have alerted Chase to these type of things in the past and they seemed to take it pretty seriously

Comment on 888-950-5553 by Anittah

Anittah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:48:42 +0000

I also received this — and found your post by googling the 888#.

I wonder what we can do? I wouldn’t even know which authorities to alert to be honest …

Comment on 888-950-5553 by sorabji

sorabji — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:53:02 +0000

Strangely enough this happened to me within minutes of receiving a new Chase credit card in the mail. I had not called to activate that card yet when my cell phone lit up with a message from Chase. I still didn’t fall for the text message scam but the coincidental receipt of a new card from Chase added to the sense that something possibly bad was happening.

Comment on 888-950-5553 by fish

fish — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:48:46 +0000

I spoke to Chase Bank today after I received the same message. Total scam. Oddly, it happened 1 day after I sent a text to Chase requesting my balance. Scum of the Earth!