Comments on: Presence Presents http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:46:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dave smith http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-13696 dave smith Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:53:21 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-13696 I can't remember what I gave anyone for Christmas or what I received since I was about 10.(I got lincoln logs.) I can remember who was there and often exactly what we talked about. For every year since. I can’t remember what I gave anyone for Christmas or what I received since I was about 10.(I got lincoln logs.)
I can remember who was there and often exactly what we talked about. For every year since.

]]> By: jude http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-13134 jude Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-13134 somewhere in here is the unarticulated anger that it was your own choices - lack of presence - that sabotaged your ability to give presents. because there is nothing wrong - and a great deal miraculous- about a good gift: it can be intimate and personal and resonate with being understood/known by the giver, etc. feels like you lumped the financial pressure you set up for yourself with the crass compulsory gift giving & never quite touched on how you kept yourself from being able to understand & experience great gifting. the compulsory part IS whacked - i am the sister you gave the stationery & bathstuff too, after all - and its roots go deep into childhood & accepting the protocol of love doesn't speak empty-handed at Chirtmas. losing thread here: i just don't want you throwin the giftbaby out with the compulsorybathwater. Jo & Mikey both do inspired gifts that represent months of careful thought and/or ebaying - etc... somewhere in here is the unarticulated anger that it was your own choices – lack of presence – that sabotaged your ability to give presents. because there is nothing wrong – and a great deal miraculous- about a good gift: it can be intimate and personal and resonate with being understood/known by the giver, etc.

feels like you lumped the financial pressure you set up for yourself with the crass compulsory gift giving & never quite touched on how you kept yourself from being able to understand & experience great gifting.

the compulsory part IS whacked – i am the sister you gave the stationery & bathstuff too, after all – and its roots go deep into childhood & accepting the protocol of love doesn’t speak empty-handed at Chirtmas. losing thread here: i just don’t want you throwin the giftbaby out with the compulsorybathwater. Jo & Mikey both do inspired gifts that represent months of careful thought and/or ebaying – etc…

]]> By: Hambone8705 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-13053 Hambone8705 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:26:48 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-13053 MERRY CHRISTMAS TOMMY!!! And give a merry christmas to Kathleen for me too. MERRY CHRISTMAS TOMMY!!! And give a merry christmas to Kathleen for me too.

]]> By: phat mack http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-13028 phat mack Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:42:12 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-13028 Nice entry. I don't think I have ever booked a win for the month of December, and I have records going back decades. I've always chalked it up as some bitter prank of the Poker Gods, but there's a lot familiar in what you say. Merry Christmas Nice entry. I don’t think I have ever booked a win for the month of December, and I have records going back decades. I’ve always chalked it up as some bitter prank of the Poker Gods, but there’s a lot familiar in what you say.

Merry Christmas

]]> By: RiverRock55 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-13014 RiverRock55 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:17:33 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-13014 ``Don’t march me through that paltry patronizing parade of pomp and presents again`` Awesome Sentence! I really related to it and it made me LOL. The alliteration was cool too. And for some reasons when I first read ``be ready to hand her the hanky`` I thought you were talking about something else... My mind is in the gutter, time to go play some poker.. “Don’t march me through that paltry patronizing parade of pomp and presents again“

Awesome Sentence! I really related to it and it made me LOL. The alliteration was cool too.

And for some reasons when I first read “be ready to hand her the hanky“ I thought you were talking about something else… My mind is in the gutter, time to go play some poker..

]]> By: bastinptc http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-12975 bastinptc Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-12975 This has probably occurred to you before, but your past ambivalence about the expectations put upon you (by you and others) during the holiday season may have assured a bad run. Self-fulfilling in a negative way. We do such things to ourselves. This has probably occurred to you before, but your past ambivalence about the expectations put upon you (by you and others) during the holiday season may have assured a bad run. Self-fulfilling in a negative way. We do such things to ourselves.

]]> By: blaargh http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-12971 blaargh Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:19:45 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-12971 What a cop out! I want my frigging tie you cheap bastard! Now that I got that off my chest... nice post! Happy holidays to you! (yep, I gave that sentence my undivided attention) What a cop out! I want my frigging tie you cheap bastard!

Now that I got that off my chest… nice post! Happy holidays to you! (yep, I gave that sentence my undivided attention)

]]> By: Lucypher http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-12970 Lucypher Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:01:29 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-12970 Often, the best gift you mention above, is one of the most difficult to give - or so it seems to many of us. Your writing has helped me to do better and for that, I thank you. Often, the best gift you mention above, is one of the most difficult to give – or so it seems to many of us. Your writing has helped me to do better and for that, I thank you.

]]> By: moe http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2009/12/23/presence-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-12967 moe Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/?p=3871#comment-12967 So wait. I should return that Jelly of the Month Club membership I got you? :) Merry Christmas Tommy! So wait. I should return that Jelly of the Month Club membership I got you? :) Merry Christmas Tommy!

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