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Recent Reviews for Ian R Thorpe

A Stroke of Luck (Book) - 5/16/2004 12:58:26 PM
Nice excerpt. Enjoyed your choice of words.

A Stroke of Luck (Book) - 1/29/2002 6:42:27 AM
You need to have someone in the next room as you read this, because you have to share it - if you can speak while you're rolling on the floor.

A Stroke of Luck (Book) - 10/29/2001 4:45:28 PM
Very Nicely Written By This Very Talented Writer... Victoria Taylor Murray 'Thief Of Hearts' 'Forbidden'

Timewarp Prom - Part 1 (written with Janet Caldwell) (Short Story) - 6/7/2008 5:32:51 PM
I forgot how funny this is. ahahahahahaha!!! Love From Your Frumpy Ole Date, Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 19 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 4:39:14 PM
You have totally inspired me. Thanks again. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 18 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 4:26:45 PM
The last few lines, you are all of the above. ;)~ Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 17 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 4:20:51 PM
From the last chapter, I forgot to add that yes, I had great insurance coverage here and even the ones on State Aid got the same care but it is not so in a regular MD's office such as yearly check-ups etc. Yes, that is wrong (referring to earlier email). Also, I had no idea that it wasn't PC to call you British or Brits, I do it all the time. I don't get that. One more thing that isn't urgent but every time I read a bit of a line from a song, I sing it in my head for a few seconds before pressing on to read further. This has been good therapy for me. I have paid literally thousands over the yrs and gained more insight, courage, and strength in these hrs spent with you today than I did all of those yrs. Thank you again! Janet xoxoxo PS. I haven't seen the shrink in about a year, lol

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 16 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 4:10:25 PM
Wow, there is a lot here. I love your sense of humor in the difficult times as in "I skip my bimbo years and come straight in as a bad-tempered old crone." The more that I read the more that I realize that my transplant process before and after was really very good. The DR's occasionally (no they really annoyed me a lot) annoyed me but they are the best in the business. Now, the shrink was another story. I do respect him in a lot of ways but he was another pill pusher in my mind. You are right to keep in touch with those who helped you, I have and it's benefited me as well as them. On to the next chapter, I will finish this. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 15 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 3:56:20 PM
I am still here, still reading/eating every word like a starving refugee. It is inspiring Ian. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 14 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 3:49:12 PM
On the last chapter I forgot to add how much I agree with this statement. "(Some people think professionalism means following rules. WRONG." I am so glad that you had a bit of fun, oh it would be hell if we couldn't laugh. Good for you & Kathy. Janet xoxoxo PS. do you realize that I have read your work for hrs today?

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 13 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 3:36:37 PM
I read with great interest about the reasons for your high salt levels and low potassium. I too experienced that for different reasons and was placed on Spironolactone and another drug that was orange syrup, BLECH! I took Spironolactone for quite awhile after my surgery but got to give up the orange drudge quickly. I bloated like I was 9 mos. pregnant while the rest of me looked very slim. I am so grateful for the transplant. Finally my girlish figure is back! Still cheering for you. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 12 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 3:23:28 PM
The section on muscle-memory was quite enlightening. Also, I might add that you my Dear are a huge flirt and if people weren't wondering or talking, I would be really worried. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 11 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 3:12:52 PM
Though I am aware of your progress to date, I find myself cheering you on saying "You can do it, you can do it". Good stuff Ian, I am so proud. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 10 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 3:08:07 PM
I am sure it WAS Elvis, he visited me as well and told me all about you long before we met. BTW, I get more excited as I read. Well, you know what I mean, don't you? Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 9 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 2:59:38 PM
I have really enjoyed every chapter. Thank you my friend. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 8 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 2:40:01 PM
"The most important aspect of recovery though is mental. The carers and doctors can give you little help there, they have seen many cases but have never been there." Isn't that the truth. I agree with your view on 'belief in oneself' (shocking) and the poem spoke volumes to me, Thanks, I'll have to look it up and read more. You know we Americans have completely aborted the English language, it annoys me. Just a bit of FYI. Janet xoxoxo PS. I found ch 8, lol

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 7 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 2:23:05 PM
I love Kathy! Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 6 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 2:05:52 PM
Well, the plot thickens. The thing that I hated the most about being 'sick' was to have DR's/Nurses/Care Takers etc. dictate to me how my life would be, right down to proper activities, counseling, eating, drinking (I mean water) and meds. It is very difficult to hand your life over. I have kicked and screamed for years. There is so much more that I could say on this chapter, but ya know, I just spill it and think later. :) Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 5 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 1:37:38 PM
"Nobody must ever be down and if you are not constantly grinning inanely the prescription pad comes out" LMAO on this line and loved this too "To me, being positive is a much more complex thing, a quiet acceptance of the reality of one�s situation, deciding on a course of action and seeing it through. That is much more difficult to achieve than just presenting a happy face to the world. Bad days are a fact of life, we have to face up to them. As human beings we have a range of emotions and should not be afraid of any." This has been a good mental health day for me Ian, Thanks! Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 4 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 1:33:28 PM
I thank God for Teri, love your humour and got a tattoo on my lower back for the very same reasons. It is the 'Eye of Horus', yeppers! ;)~ Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 3 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 1:22:17 PM
Well, among all the trials you still had me laughing. BTW, so far, I know all of the songs. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 2 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 1:08:41 PM
Though my nerve damage was nothing at all like what you've experienced, I do relate and it does suck when you first realize that you can't do something that you once had done before effortlessly. However, Like you, I am a fighter and hate it when people say "You can't or You won't", I have almost full recovery of my arm since I wrote about being able to put my hair in a pony-tail. You're a good man Ian Thorpe and I respect your will. Janet xoxoxo

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 1 (Short Story) - 5/12/2008 12:52:32 PM
I have never commented on this and wanted to agree with Sandra, as you wrote this, your sense of humour is in tact. I don't know why I never commented. Brilliant though. Janet xoxoxo

Garry Trotter and the Portal of Pleasure #3 (Adult Humour) (Short Story) - 4/21/2008 7:20:05 AM
Ian, why do you only have parts 3 and 7 online? Come on, give us more Harry, I mean Garry Trotter! Ros

A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 1 (Short Story) - 7/23/2006 8:50:50 PM
As painfully told as it is, you still have your smile and humour when narrating it, Ian. I wouldnt say you are a rebel, I'd say you are cery strong willed, you are. Inspiring write! God bless, Sandie.

The King of the Ribble Delta Blues Singers (humour) (Short Story) - 7/23/2006 8:43:37 PM
Quite educational and funny, Ian. God bless, Sandie.

Garry Trotter and the Portal of Pleasure #7 (Short Story) - 8/17/2005 7:24:15 AM
Ian, I missed the previous postings of this spoof, but I really like this! Very well done!

Garry Trotter and the Portal of Pleasure #3 (Adult Humour) (Short Story) - 7/20/2005 2:00:47 PM
This is too funny...A Harry Potter Fan, April

The Seven Profitable Habits of Self Help Gurus (Article) - 9/27/2009 4:57:12 AM
Jama, Self help books are pure psychobabble written with the sole aim of separating gullible people from their hard earned cash. If people need a self help book to tell them how to be happy they are total failures because the people who write self help books are charlatans and con artists. You want the recipe for happiness in one sentence and for free. Learn to like who you are and value what you have. Sorted.

The Seven Profitable Habits of Self Help Gurus (Article) - 9/26/2009 5:24:07 PM
self help is not about being selfish, it's about to growth yourself and become a better person so you change your life and life's of people around you. it's NOT about money it's about making the world a better place starting from your own place and life. lifestyle is not someting dosen't exist, it's your daily thinking, feeling and activities and if any of those things go wrong your life go wrong so self help make you " lifestyle " better.Finaly if you can make money from making people's life easier by selling cars, computers, phones ext..why not make money from making people's life happier !!

Shocking Revelation: michael Jackson and barack Obama The Same Person (Article) - 7/8/2009 3:38:17 PM
Being brain dead is what really gave it away. No two people could be that messed up.

Shocking Revelation: michael Jackson and barack Obama The Same Person (Article) - 7/8/2009 12:33:58 PM
He Was Warped Sick Pervert F--king Child Molester,i.e. I Know His Evil White Faced Blacked Out Ass Is Burning In Satan's Holy Hell... Credit Illuminating Write... TRASK

A Career In Substance Abuse? Sounds Just The Job For Me. (Article) - 6/25/2009 12:24:26 PM
these are truly hilarious!-sure makes one wonder!

Stone Throwing Chimp Shocks Scientists (Article) - 3/11/2009 4:00:15 PM
The chimps... or should I say baboons, have already taken over. Just take a look at congress and the presidency and the people who elected them.

V2G: Technology You Can't Believe In. (Article) - 2/12/2009 3:12:07 PM
The Good news is..Obama is leading us out the recession. The bad news is...He is leading us right into a depression. The really bad news is... That seems to be the plan.

Exploding Cheeses Of Terror (Article) - 1/16/2009 1:52:14 PM
This is all simply shocking to hear, of course! However clever these fiends are, though, I seriously doubt if they could ever convert Venezuelan Beaver Cheese into an explosive substance (Monte Python must have researched this possibility in their 'Cheese Shop' skit and ruled it out long ago...). This does not address the lethal possibilities of a homemade terrorist 'Edam Bomb', nor does it alleviate our fears about a terrorist suicide marathon runner near the border with Finland stumbling and being barely able to Limburger the Finnish line with his exploding vest. As for the arcane theory about possible use of Swiss cheese to concoct gelatinous terrorist bombs, it's absolutely full of holes! (Just the thought of that sinister idea makes me Cheddar with horror!). Gasp! :)

The Method, The Madge and The Myth Of Eternal Life. (Article) - 1/12/2009 6:50:10 AM
Thunderbirds are Go! Anything can happen in the next half hour! Launch Stingray! Calling International Rescue! Heh Heh!!! Muffins indeed!!!

Exploding Cheeses Of Terror (Article) - 1/7/2009 12:55:17 PM
Thanks for sharing Ian. That explains why there's a crator in my basement floor where I put the mouse trap.

UK Prime Minister Is Made A Caganer (Article) - 11/21/2008 3:39:23 AM
interesting read

How Iceland went bankrupt - A Boggart Blog explainer (Article) - 10/18/2008 4:49:25 PM
interesting read--i had no idea

It�s Not The End Of The World (or is it?) (Article) - 9/9/2008 2:29:33 AM
thought provoking

It�s Not The End Of The World (or is it?) (Article) - 9/8/2008 3:53:05 PM
Do you recall the Super Collider from the 80s? They were building it in Waxahachie, Texas - where I happen to live. They were building the tunnel roughly under, well, maybe not EXACTLY my house, but figuratively. Then they lost the funding and all the scientists left town with their fancy science. However, property values remained UP. And we got all kinds of infrastructure funding. It was good news and good news. It was interesting, being Ground Zero for a short time. I'd rather be Ground Zero than somewhere on the periphery where you survive and wish you hadn't. I'd actually like to book a flight to Switzerland right now, if airlines still served food on the flight over without charging you for that and your damn pillow... That way I could go up in fireworks, instead of turning into Zombie Woman because of the fallout, and spend the last of my misbegotten days eating flesh and flexing my fingers at everyone's throat. But I have to work.

Palin Pick Shows McCain Is Not A Dead Parrot (Article) - 9/1/2008 8:39:45 PM
Delightful wit! Love it. Good write.

Liberals Complain McCains Jokes Are Not Funny But... (Article) - 7/20/2008 10:46:50 PM
Love the humor, Ian. I also can't stand the PC bull**it that's so prevalent in our sad world. I love Obama though, and I'm pretty sure that once he's got a little more confidence, his sens of humor will come to the surface - I hope so anyway. Cool article my good sir.

Sexuality and the Asymmetric brain (Article) - 6/18/2008 10:22:05 AM
Well said - with great wit and humour - Love the 'eminently shaggable lipstick lezzas''!!!

Big New Idea From America That Will Not Save The Planet (Article) - 6/2/2008 1:04:38 PM
YOU SAID IT RIGHT ON.....GULLIBLE AMERICANS vs GLOBAL SQUIRMING,i.e. More Millions USA Children Die From Being Raped Maimed,Choke With Rope Round Their Necks,Sodomized To Death By 1,000's Pervert Child Molesters... So Called Scientists Politicians like AL (WHORE) GORE Paid BIG $$$ To Bullshit You Gullible People Into Believing Anything,i.e. How F--ked (Over) You Really Are... TRASK

What Happened Before Big Bang (part 2) (Article) - 5/25/2008 11:38:03 AM
I like your mind and your changing theories. For me, I can't wrap my mind (I know) around something so infinite. Who really knows??? Will we ever know? I think that we will. In fact, I'll say that if after this life there is nothing at all, then what was the point? I am not interested in 'just' making a better planet, leaving a legacy only etc. It seems pointless to me. If I had really believed that after this life there was nothing, I'd have off'd myself by the age of 2. LOL . me, I have strayed from the point of this article. Well, you know how I am. Interesting read my Dear. Love, Janet xoxoxo

Satan in the Spreadsheets (Article) - 5/25/2008 11:27:33 AM
Oh my Dear Ian, that program and camp is an abomination. I saw it and it is a cult. (this version of the word: a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.) Not my cup-o-tea at all. I'd also like to add that "The Sin Of Onan" has more than one argument, all of them silly in my view but such is life. Thanks for the informative article and your views. Enjoyed the read. :) Love, Janet xoxoxo

No Coalition Of The Willing For Burma Then? (Article) - 5/25/2008 11:19:23 AM
After I read this, I was going to comment similarly to what Keith said. So ditto Keith. Aren't we Americans just darlings? ;)~ As always, well written, thought out, blah, blah, blah. Love, Janet xoxoxo

No Coalition Of The Willing For Burma Then? (Article) - 5/16/2008 6:31:48 AM
If only the Burmese had oil to steal - they'd be awash in troops and aid. In no time at all they'd be munching big macs and downing cherry cokes while the west lauded itself for another rescue mission. Well said Ian.

No Coalition Of The Willing For Burma Then? (Article) - 5/15/2008 5:10:02 PM
Have you got that right my friend, not a word, I was just wondering as I watched the news, that the Chinese with their mighty capacity couldn't fly an extra mile or two while their busy anyway helping their own, not a word, maybe the ones that have been fooling around with AD lately, can pass on the message eh? Thanks for writing this! Jasmin Horst

No Coalition Of The Willing For Burma Then? (Article) - 5/15/2008 1:20:02 PM
well written--alarming and horrid that these people are not able to get the help that is given, and that nothing is being done--

What Happened Before Big Bang (part 2) (Article) - 4/27/2008 1:59:51 PM
I need to think about this! But I've just had 2 bottles of red - 1 Cabernet/Merlot and 1 Shiraz. So right now your words have a resonance that's either totally beyond their merit or utterly inadequate to their import and profundity. Please send me an email to remind me that I must read them when I'm sober - I'd appreciate it. Keith

Doctor, Doctor (Poetry) - 11/13/2009 8:20:16 PM
i enjoyed the sarcasm-there is certainly a pill for everything these days

Doctor, Doctor (Poetry) - 11/13/2009 12:50:40 PM
I appreciate your satirical (and meaningful) sense of humour, Ian. Love and peace to you, Regis

Tribute To A Prodigious Liver (Keith Floyd) (Poetry) - 9/16/2009 7:36:40 PM
what a tragic story-well written poem though

Kiss and Sell (Poetry) - 8/31/2009 4:43:10 AM
LOL nice work. Quirky and fun. Helps us relax after a long day at work.

Kiss and Sell (Poetry) - 8/30/2009 8:53:19 PM
sadly, you reflect well a huge piece of life for some

Kiss and Sell (Poetry) - 8/30/2009 9:39:23 AM
INTERESTING AND SADLY...THIS FRAME OF MIND...THIS 'WORLD' OF GREED...(THE 'LOVE' OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL)DOES EXIST. SO IT IS... BY THE TIME THE 'TABLES ARE TURNED' THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH DAMAGE THAT IS DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. THIS IS A GREAT WRITE - DONE WELL. THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Chasing Bubbles (Poetry) - 8/20/2009 4:17:57 AM
Call me Bubbles Darling, everybody does!!! lol

Where Did All The Money Go (Poetry) - 6/20/2009 11:51:44 AM
ah, illusions... Well, what really ruled was a mind-boggling greed...it still does, no doubt. Here's to prosperity to you, Ian, and to me...who knows what will happen or develop in the end. At least we have a wealth of thought to draw on. hugs Gina

Where Did All The Money Go (Poetry) - 6/7/2009 7:14:25 AM
i think that it has been horded away by those who abused their power!

Ode to Politicians (Poetry) - 4/30/2009 4:35:20 PM
I hate politicians too, but they don't just steal from the poor. They steal from everybody to pay their friends. Not everyone who is rich gets favorable treatment from a politician. Just the one's who paid them off. ~ Sara

Ode to Politicians (Poetry) - 4/29/2009 12:19:32 PM
Art of politics, to speak with forked tongue, nicely said... Be always safe, Karen

Ode to Politicians (Poetry) - 4/28/2009 6:09:12 PM
i'd say, you did real well!

Ode to Politicians (Poetry) - 4/28/2009 10:18:20 AM
Ian, This is intense,and I bet therapeutic too. Did Shakespeare know that many lawyers were also polticians? Continued success Barbara Henry

Ode to Politicians (Poetry) - 4/28/2009 9:09:28 AM
And once we've stopped laughing, we'll hang the B'stards! Nice one Ian.

Ode to Politicians (Poetry) - 4/28/2009 6:59:32 AM
The ending sounded a bit Monty Python, with all the flatulence and stuff. Really funny, though.

Chasing Bubbles (Poetry) - 4/17/2009 11:41:49 AM
No, my poem "Ghost Among The Evergreens" was about this subject, though I guess I should have categorized it as such or I was too vague, or both. Would like your opinion, Ian. Dynamite write! I like the analogy you used here, "...I was hooked by a whore in a velvet beret". The whores are those selling us a promise based, as you have illustrated, on illusion. All for gain. Glad I stumbled onto your den. Regards...Lin

The New Poet Laureate (Poetry) - 3/29/2009 5:55:16 PM
oh man! priceless...priceless! Ian, you've got my vote, too. Gina

The New Poet Laureate (Poetry) - 3/29/2009 11:58:40 AM
e's got my vote!!

Danny Boyle: A Song For Oscar (Poetry) - 2/23/2009 8:46:08 PM
very nice!!

Graduation Blues (Poetry) - 2/20/2009 10:29:08 AM
you make an essential point-there must be value put back on other--all types of work--THAT would help this economy!

Beloved Succubus (audio version of Gothic horror poem) (Poetry) - 1/28/2009 10:05:45 AM
Wow friend this is outstanding~`*

A Finance Broker (Poetry) - 11/28/2008 3:54:42 PM
Helloooo, Ian, LOL. lovely. I luv it. I'm linking you. Luv, Helga

Chasing Bubbles (Poetry) - 10/11/2008 3:34:14 PM
the first i have seen--and so well done

So Many (poem for equinox) (Poetry) - 9/23/2008 10:26:18 PM
What a beautiful and resonant echo of emptiness. Very smooth flow; a lament for the spring. Really excellent. Keith

Schismism (Poetry) - 9/11/2008 1:45:37 PM
very interesting-aint religion fascinating!!!