Comments on: PAY IT FORWARD: I Know Why the Caged Bird Forwards

By: sweetbird

sweetbird — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:24 +0000

Dude, a year? Seriously. Where the hell did it go?

By: 4th Reader of Said Turkey

4th Reader of Said Turkey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:23:18 +0000

Hahahahaha! That was awesome.

By: 4th Reader of Said Turkey

4th Reader of Said Turkey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:17:46 +0000

Maya Angelou may have said all of these individual words at some point in her life, but I’ll bet the farm she never strung them together in such banal sentences. But at least the author of the forward didn’t further enrage us by including some Maxine clip-art or some such shit.

By: Alyce

Alyce — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:09:09 +0000

Cedar, you’ve expressed my disgust perfectly.
She is one of my favorite authors; profound, multi-faceted, eloquent and wise. The makers of this forward should be flogged.

By: Cedar

Cedar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0000

I just barfed up my donut. I feel 100% sure the author of this forward has never read any of Maya Angelou’s books. It’s like taking the most exquisite organic tomato in the garden and making it into a dish of deep-fried, cream-filled ketchup. That is to say, I find this offensive!

By: Chicago Friend of Said Turkey

Chicago Friend of Said Turkey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:48:04 +0000

To imply that Maya Angelou is in any way “simple” is a lot like calling Lady Gaga “understated”.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:46:27 +0000

I don’t know which is worse – this forward, or all my new twitter followers who tell me “Today is the greatest day of my life, that yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift — that is why they call it the present.” It’s a toss-up.

By: SF Reader

SF Reader — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:48:20 +0000

Seriously. If you’re gonna poke fun at Maya Angelou, at least do it like this: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-8-2010/jon-loses-super-bowl-bet

By: The New Girl

The New Girl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:13:41 +0000

I am calling bullshit on Maya A ever having said any of this crap. If she did? I fully believe that it was taken out of context and boiled down into these rendered pieces of horseshit.

Just saying.

By: Mermanda

Mermanda — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:36:53 +0000

Loves it. All of it. I think you now have enough of these posts under your belt to compose the Next Forward of Greatness. Come on, baby. Start something viral. Be vaguely inspirational.