Kelly Requa
Post #1927 – 20060208
February 8, 2006
To whom it may concern,
My brother and I are filmmakers/screenwriters and are infactuated with A. Mendelson the Boy From Mars. We would like to find a way to option the film rights. We are not wealthy, however we would give Mr. Pinkwaters book the utmost attention it is so deserving of. We have recently adaptad Marcos Rey’s, “Memoirs of a Gigolo” and are semi-legitamate.
Daniel replies:
I'm sorry, only the fully-legitimate may option books. Besides there are two or three ahead of you with Alan Mendelsohn. I hope you come back to me when you have amassed wealth.
Scott Sperry
Post #1926 – 20060206
February 6, 2006
Mr. Pinkwater,
I was extrememly glad to see Mush again. My library just picked up a number of your most recent writings. Can’t wait to share them with my students.
“Mush Rules”
Thought you’d like to know that because of your book “SuperPuppy”, I’ve owned Alalskan Malamutes for the past 15 years. My present dogs are Teekona and Amorak.
Daniel replies:
I refuse to take responsibility for anybody's Alaskan Malamute.
Connor
Post #1925 – 20060203
February 3, 2006
Hello!
I just wanted to say that I really like your books. My name is Connor. I live in California. Right now I am reading The Artsy Smartsy Club.
Sincerely,
Connor
Connor’s Graphic Designing
P. S. Please tell the webmaster that the link on pinkwater.com/pzone/links/index.html to ldixon.iccom.com/ArtPage.html is not working.
Daniel replies:
Hello back! I just want to say that I really like having readers like you.
Kathy C
Post #1923 – 20060202
February 2, 2006
Dear DP:
My kids just made me watch the videos on this website called Muffinfilms.com and it reminded me of some of my favorite books by you (Rainy Day and Two Bad Bears, in particular). Thought you and your readers might enjoy it as well.
Kathy C
PS: My kids say hi.
Daniel replies:
We love muffinfilms! They've been mentioned here before--but it does no harm to call them to the attention of visitors again.
Brad Sondahl
Post #1922 – 20060201
February 1, 2006
Shades of Kukumlima! I just read where the giant albino Palouse earthworm, Driloleirus americanus, which may grow up to 3 feet long, was found recently in Eastern Washington. Unfortunately, as often happens in earthworm research, it was cut in half in the act of finding it. It has a defense mechanism of exuding a lily like smell when bopped in the nose (hard to make up something stranger than that fact…) I assume that’s to fool birds into thinking it’s a flower. There’s talk of an expedition to find more of them. And here I thought your book The Worms of Kukumlima was a tad far fetched… I’ll never doubt you again.
Daniel replies:
You don't know the half of it. Or the half-worm of it. There are things I refrain from writing about because I don't want to find out they're real.
Domini
Post #1921 – 20060127
January 27, 2006
Hello.
I’m now a teacher and I’ve been searching for one of the stories that really left an impression on me when it was read to me when I was in school: The Wuggie Norple Story. Unfortunately, it’s out of print and very expensive to buy used. It’s a lovely story and I would love to read it to my kids. Is there any hope for me? Will it ever come back into print? Or should I put myself out of misery and chuck up the 50 to 200 dollar price the used sellers are asking?
Anyway, thank you for writing a story that I still remember almost fifteen years from when I first heard.
Daniel replies:
I bet there's a Wuggie Norple for way less than 50 to 200 dollars on Ebay, Domini-san.
Keith Baldwin
Post #1920 – 20060126
January 26, 2006
Dear Mr. Pinkwater
I just finished reading The Last Guru for probably the third time, and I still couldn’t help but crack a big smile when I was done. It’s the same way with all your books. Which is why I feel a bit cheated out of a well-earned portion of contentment… This is where I was going to complain about The Dada Boys in Collitch, until i did a search and found that you had addressed such complaints in this forum previously (I would still kill for even the merest hint at how the story was going to turn out by the way [as long as the person I had to kill had some way earned it… and was going to die soon anyway so there was no chance of rehabilitation… and were in a lot of pain anyway so I’d sort of be doing them a favor. Like that deaf blind guy they just executed, i would have pushed the plunger on his syringe for tasty Dada boy tidbit]). So instead of rambling on and on about that, I’d just like to ask, what’s with Iceland? I could just as easily ask about Bagels, or soft drinks with funny names, or Studebaker Larks, but I think I’m most curious about Iceland. What’s with it?
Daniel replies:
Jill and I visited Iceland. We hiked. We saw glaciers. We saw geysers. We saw a fjord. We saw black lava deserts. We visited viking ruins. We were robbed. We were lied to. We met a number of people of bad character. We had a good time. We later owned Icelandic horses. They were horses of good character. We still have our Icelandic sweaters. And some socks.
Gina Carmody
Post #1919 – 20060124
January 24, 2006
I am a reading teacher in NY. My elementary building inherited many approx. 100 new hardcover copies of Buffalo Brenda that are too mature for our primary students. I’d love to match them up with Jill’s readers who are looking for the book (there was an e-mail from Jan 2005 in her archive).
Any thoughts? Thanks!
Daniel replies:
Possibly some visitors to the website would like to purchase copies, (proceeds to buy other books for your school). And Jill tells me we have a limited number of copies of Buffalo Brenda, and could use some more. We live not very far from Bronxville, and would be willing to let you select age-approriate books in exchange for some copies of BB.
Ryan Duncan
Post #1917 – 20060122
January 22, 2006
Dear Mr. Pinkwater,
Thank you for helping me get a A on my report. Also talking to you so many times gave me extra credit. in Yobgorgle mystery of lake ontatrio Eugene has just spotted yobgorgle and blew the whistle. Anyway when does your new book come out i would really like to read it.Thank you.
Your favorite Reader,
Ryan Duncan
Daniel replies:
You might have gotten an A+ if you'd picked a better author. My new book comes out...I don't know. My guess would be sometime after I finish writing it.
Keith Baldwin
Post #1918 – 20060122
January 22, 2006
Last night I dreampt of you. Not in a weird way. In fact it was way too normal a dream to be satisfying (If i had been conscious of the fact that I was having a dream about Daniel Pinkwater I would have put some effort into bizzare happenings). Anyway, I think it stems from the fact that the night before I snarked out for the first time (due to hometown limitations, this involved going to bed early, getting up at around midnight, watching an hour of TVland, then walking to timhortons for a doughnut and some hot chocolate. Without waking my parents of course.) so I guess I’ve got pinkwater on the mind. The annoying part is, you weren’t doing anything cool like snarking out, you were just hosting a little party. You were very Gatsbyesque (not in that you were obsessed with an unrequited love, you were just a charming somewhat smarmy host old sport) and as soon as I woke up it bothered me. You can’t possibly be like that can you? And Jill can’t possibly be so vague and undefined (just because i’ve never seen a picture of someone doesn’t mean they are Indistinguishable Ford Grammit!)! Please dispell my anxiety and I’ll agree to keep you and yours out of my subconscious .
Daniel replies:
Dreams speak truth. Like every writer or artist who's any good, Jill and I are completely boring, conventional, and grown-up in person. I even have a charming and somewhat smarmy old sport jacket.
Keith Baldwin
Post #1916 – 20060121
January 21, 2006
Why do you taunt me mr. pinkwater? I just found out that the Snark theater is closely based on the real world Clark Theater, and got very excited before seeing that it was “closed/demolished”. It’s bad enough that there are no 24 hour theters in my home town, but to find out the pie(accent aigue)ce de resistance is gone!? i was devistated. Anyway, i wanted to ask for some advice for my cousin. He’s going to the University of Chicago and isn’t enjoying the city as much as he should. I already reccommended a Chicago style hotdog, any other suggestions? A bermuda triangle basis perhaps? Or a quirky old part of town? anything would help. Thanks for your time.
P.S. 32 minutes left till my first snarkout attempt!
Daniel replies:
First, I must tell you that snarking was an art form better practiced in a less perilous period. My own snarking experiences--some of my records still standing today--did not include a single note of danger. That was then. Be advised. I suggest virtual snarking. I also have to tell you that there is a specific number of Chicago hot dogs one can eat over a lifetime--this number varying from person to person--before a fatal result. The University of Chicago is one of the most cheerless and depressing places on the planet--nothing can be done to help your cousin. Troops of strolling clowns with banjos would be swallowed up in the gloom. You might advise him to transfer. I am sorry to have such information to covey.
Robert Nowak
Post #1915 – 20060120
January 20, 2006
I am trying to find a Daniel Pinkwater piece that was on NPR many years ago. In it he describes the behavior of emus (I believe) in Africa to guests at a cocktail party. These observations are based on his eye witnees account. An ornithologist, who was present at the party, disputes Mr. Pinkwater’s account and claims his credentials as an expert should outweigh Mr. Pinkwater’s eye witness account. In the end Mr. Pinkwater gives up and says something like, “so I ate him”. I would appreciate a transcript, reference, or audio version of this piece. Thanks.
Daniel replies:
It was a flock (or herd) of wild ostriches in some place like the Serengeti National Park. I was showing my African slides to friends in a garden in Bronxville, NY. One of the guests, expert in such matters, insisted they had to be domesticated ostriches on a farm, because wild ostriches don't go around in gangs. The story as told on NPR may be found in Hoboken Fish and Chicago Whistle, (Xlibris)--I'm not sure. I have never eaten an ornithologist in my life.
Lisa Johnson
Post #1914 – 20060119
January 19, 2006
A [Blue Moose] Opera? For real? Where can I audition? I know this bit like the back of my hoof…
Daniel replies:
University of Redlands, in Redlands, CA, next year. Next year. Moose ballet too. This website has no influence on casting.
Tom
Post #1913 – 20060118
January 18, 2006
dear daniel manus pinkwater I have a question for you well i’m 9 and my favorite game is pacman do you like pacman. I’m NOT some yo-yo on the internet I just fineshed THREE of your books:mush the dog from space: my favorite THE HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGANCY and attilla the pun
Daniel replies:
I liked pacman around 25 years ago, when I was writing those books you read. There used to be pacman machines in pizzerias and places like that--everywhere, really. I haven't played it for a long time. My friend, Steve, used to play pacman while driving his car.
Bob Kulwin
Post #1912 – 20060116
January 16, 2006
Thanks for writing the book Uncle Boris in the Yukon. We just put down two wonderful dogs much too close together. We’ve entertained the idea of No Dog. Your book made me realize just how much fun and joy they bring to life right up the last minute. But more importantly how much of my life has be entertwined with the canine kind and what a joy that’s been. I read the book because you wrote it, the first section I woke by wife to read sections and laugh, It that second section that caught me off guard. I enjoy your work on NPR. We are getting a field golden retriever. They are a little wild and easy to train and demand daily hikes.
Thanks again & best of luck,
Bob Kulwin
Daniel replies:
I'm glad you're getting another dog. They're a good moral influence on humans.
