tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post2723045495058388711..comments2023-10-11T06:50:10.494-04:00Comments on The Glass-Bottom Blog: Laughter and forgetting; correlation and causationZedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-82665224082545489552011-05-08T13:44:08.466-04:002011-05-08T13:44:08.466-04:00This post makes me laugh! Coleridge was a taxing ...This post makes me laugh! Coleridge was a taxing house-guest...Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-58314515073994487332011-05-08T13:11:53.459-04:002011-05-08T13:11:53.459-04:00It's a pretty great story -- as per Wikipedia,...It's a pretty great story -- as per Wikipedia, Collins was also a noted druggie though he had the excuse of severe arthritis.Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-76268111641700000442011-05-08T06:51:18.341-04:002011-05-08T06:51:18.341-04:00As a connection to nothing whatsoever, here is one...As a connection to nothing whatsoever, here is one of Wilkie Collins's early memories:<br /><br />"One day [Coleridge] . . . was in great distress, saying that it was wrong for him to take opium, but that he could not resist the craving for it, although he made every possible effort to do so. His grief was excessive. He even shed tears. At last my mother addressed him, saying: 'Mr. Coleridge, do not cry; if the opium really does you any good, and you must have it, why do you not go and get it?' At this the poet ceased to weep, recovered his composure, and, turning to my father, said, with an air of much relief and deep conviction: 'Collins, your wife is an exceedingly sensible woman!'"<br /><br />(Wilkie was 9; later grew into a massive beard)Calistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956732769475305386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-56097096716797842412011-05-08T06:48:39.022-04:002011-05-08T06:48:39.022-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Calistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956732769475305386noreply@blogger.com