tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175753863749441684.post4955096842478847026..comments2014-06-10T23:12:07.017-07:00Comments on Tea and Madeleines: Providing An Antidote to the H&R Block Waiting Room BlahsLuisa Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175753863749441684.post-57851554049448305162007-04-20T16:13:00.001-07:002007-04-20T16:13:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487181841738485046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175753863749441684.post-11965951950404647312007-04-20T16:13:00.000-07:002007-04-20T16:13:00.000-07:00As far as being able to concentrate in H&R Block.....As far as being able to concentrate in H&R Block...an explanation. I have a huge capacity for concentration, developed as a kid by being a perpetual bookworm (reading on the bus, while my three younger siblings ran around like hooligans, walking through department stores during my mom's shopping trips, etc. etc.) and more currently, by having all of my reading sessions with my two and three year olds either jumping all over me (look! mommy's sitting still! attack!) or the continuous nagging for attention (can I have juice? what's that book? can we read Blue's Clues?). Of course, I also just really, really, really didn't want to be in H&R Block! :) And those delicious sentences definitely helped...Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487181841738485046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175753863749441684.post-46322935182889112142007-04-17T18:22:00.000-07:002007-04-17T18:22:00.000-07:00Christie, You hit the Proustian nail on the head- ...Christie, You hit the Proustian nail on the head- it's an <I>experience!</I>. I'll choose this as a euphemism if ever I get bogged down by those mile-long sentences. But as I said to Kara today, those sentences are just so delicious! Now, if I can just stop reading Luisa's blog long enough complete Overature...Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339469809664828225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175753863749441684.post-83973856522317529382007-04-17T17:25:00.000-07:002007-04-17T17:25:00.000-07:00I, too, am impressed by your ability to concentrat...I, too, am impressed by your ability to concentrate on the task at hand (the book, I mean) and let the world dissolve into soft focus--Calgon take me away! You have my utmost admiration, because though I love books, for me H&R Block with always stand in limey green sharp contrast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175753863749441684.post-86204320224103385162007-04-17T06:40:00.000-07:002007-04-17T06:40:00.000-07:00Christie, I'm so glad you are already feeling the ...Christie, I'm so glad you are already feeling the magic of Combray. It's pretty strong stuff, if it can dissolve the backdrop of a tax preparer's office on Deadline Day!Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.com