tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post526003491657276566..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: In Love with Alan AldaLinda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-52720431995094509482012-03-20T14:53:01.167-04:002012-03-20T14:53:01.167-04:00Thanks for this alert, Deborah. I, like Alan Alda,...Thanks for this alert, Deborah. I, like Alan Alda, have made Marie Curie my hero in a biography I wrote for DK Books. But the best thing is about your post is that I found out about the contest on "What is a Flame?" It just so happened that I addressed that very question with five hands-on experiments in a book I wrote in 1985 called Chemically Active! So I retyped the excerpt and sent it in. We shall see what happens.......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214356318088069618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-79945233876907889382012-03-20T09:40:06.632-04:002012-03-20T09:40:06.632-04:00When I learned that Alan Alda would be speaking at...When I learned that Alan Alda would be speaking at Chautaqua as part of their writer's Series I was so disappointed. Alan Alda, really? While I loved him in Mash I couldn't help thinking, Why couldn't they get a real writer rather than just another actor/ celeb...<br />I reluctantly bought his memoir on audio to listen to on the car ride up to Chautaqua. For the next hour my husband, Joe, and I were nodding our heads, near tears, smiling, and laughing. Because guess what? Alan Alda can write! And once there we also learned that not only can he speak to a group of people there to hear writers, but he was probably one of the most entertaining and interesting speakers that Chautaqua has ever had. He's got such a quick and lively mind to go along with that great comic timing. Needless to say he got a standing ovation. And the first to stand up was me! <br />So yes, Deb, your blog is right on. Alan Alda, what's not to love?Elvira Woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189697417436095242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-7173425201346566852012-03-20T08:19:47.604-04:002012-03-20T08:19:47.604-04:00So I always knew that Alan Alda was smart and funn...So I always knew that Alan Alda was smart and funny and lovable, but the flame challenge proves that he's up there with my hero, Einstein, and the theory of everything. <br /><br />I remember being told as a child that I asked to many questions, and finally along comes Alan Alda.Clara Gillow Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204130118900222511noreply@blogger.com