tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post3808545927529867178..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: No Small TalkChris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-42408611625025974112011-07-25T11:33:01.580-04:002011-07-25T11:33:01.580-04:00A great way to look at it, Jeff -- the mundane and...A great way to look at it, Jeff -- the mundane and the life-affecting verbal encounters might be just a question of development.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-60308598803222936332011-07-25T03:09:39.617-04:002011-07-25T03:09:39.617-04:00I just spent the past three days in New Jersey mak...I just spent the past three days in New Jersey making what some would consider small talk with friends and family, and I was struck, first, by how much I enjoyed listening to anyone say <i>anything</i> in the accent of a state I often miss. That said, I think you're right not to dismiss small talk, because often, in a conversation about axle boots, or Lego instruction booklets, or gardening, or even the weather, people really are telling you something important about who they are and what they value. At that point, you're merely a nudge or two away from getting them to tell you a terrific story...Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-58276863615645855292011-07-23T12:33:30.053-04:002011-07-23T12:33:30.053-04:00After all that guff, did you, at least get a lolli...After all that guff, did <i>you</i>, at least get a lollipop?Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-19866769723600185092011-07-23T04:59:03.420-04:002011-07-23T04:59:03.420-04:00I think you were lucky with your barber - more usu...I think you were lucky with your barber - more usually, in my experience, the conversational topics available are less engaging, and rather a lot of dispiriting comments about the uninspiring nature of my hair are made. Apparently, I should be spending a great deal of money on peculiar colouring processes and also the application of strange unguents to transform the stuff into a curtain of silk. Hmmm.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.com