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I am worried about people
"People are mean, people are ignorant, I guess people are people....time to listen to some Depeche Mode." You can say that again, Beastie. I was picked on in 6th grade. Imagine growing up in the same three-room private school, then suddenly being plucked out and put into a public school on the edge of a ghetto. I found ways to survive, and a few friends. I was lucky. "I challenge someone else to just let go today and try to make a positive impact on someone or something." Done! :)— March 13, 2010 4:33 p.m.
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re: #102: PETE, PETE PETE PETE PETE PETE PETE PETE PETE PETE 'Scuse, me. What were we saying? Oh Duhbya, in case you missed out, do see my blog entitled "Jessie has come home!" or something to that effect. AG and I double-handedly found a lost cat in my hood. A purebred, much much loved lost cat. More to tell, but I'll tell it there. (Banker's Hill) Re: CAPS LOCK: Well, I can understand your wife's need for it, and once I know that's the reason, I can bear it. Otherwise, it is a total nuisance. I teach online, and people who write in all caps (before they get advised) invariably turn out to be anti-social, ill-adjusted, and unable to write a paragraph. No kidding. I'm sure studies have been done ;)— March 13, 2010 4:26 p.m.
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Oh, and I just met Victoria for coffee, and then met Jessie afterward. That cat is a marvel to behold--and snuggle with. Will report duly on blog :)— March 13, 2010 12:50 p.m.
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Ya never know--actually, there have been a couple of times when the person just didn't know not to do it, and they stopped. :)— March 13, 2010 12:49 p.m.
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re: #65: Chad/Origami: Being a fan, I am thrilled you are who you are, and that you are the new Crasher. I look forward especially to your upcoming piece on the border and those freaks, the Minutemen. I fervently hope you got lotsa priceless quotes, and did a good psychological profile of their median personality. If not, I surely will in the peanut gallery! :)— March 13, 2010 9:51 a.m.
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Uh, Johnny, could you maybe turn off your caps lock? We can hear just fine, thanks :) I find it interesting that so many enmities have coalesced on a single thread--even SP and russl's! I owe Jayallen an apology, then: JA, I now believe it when you say you were not acting to promote Board (I hope you can see why a few of us thought you were). For the record, I DID know him in person, as did AG--she knew him better. I only hung out with him a few times. Ok, now we have full disclosure, for whatever it's worth ;) And I have chosen to stalk either Grant, AG or Nan--so many possibilities. And re: Nan: This bears repeating: "or i'll bribe Ms Grants cats to loan me all their fleas and put them in ur undies so they can bite ur knees so antiG pretty please stalk me hawk me sock me my skills r not so sure i really hate to admit it but at fighting i'm demure and of that u can be sure"— March 13, 2010 9:46 a.m.
i guess i just wish...../Pistol Pete
Oops: That should have been: Century Snarf!— March 13, 2010 9:19 a.m.
i guess i just wish...../Pistol Pete
In honor of dearly departed Pike: Half-Century Snarf! :)— March 13, 2010 9:18 a.m.
i guess i just wish...../Pistol Pete
To Pete's "character sketches" in #91: It is amusing that you'd post such facile little stereotyped descriptions, Pete, and not at all surprising for someone stuck at the age of 13. They more describe you than they do anyone else. Oh, by the way, "everyone" is "a tad racist" "nowadays?" Why especially "nowadays," Pete? Is that just something you pulled from your ass, or do you have a point? I suspect the former. Yes, it is humanly impossible to escape it. No one here is going to be faulted for locking the car doors at a light when a gangsta-looking guy walks by. That's not what any of this has ever been about--for the zillionth time. It's about how honest you are about the racism you carry, but it's also about how much you are willing to face the way we've all been brainwashed into scapegoating people by race or cultural practices. To examine the racism in oneself, and where it came from. I'm willing to face that, and do all the time--and funny, I can do it without throwing racial epithets around at people! Wow! I wonder: Who is more constructive on this topic? Me or PistolPete? Show of hands, "class?" (in keeping with my "schoolmarm" persona) Otherwise put: Pete: "F--in Wetb***s! Get out now and quit f--in up our country!" SD: "This brings up a lot of questions: Why is it that we would blame the ills of an entire country on one group? What makes it "our" country more than anyone else's? What kind of ideological platform is founded on racist beliefs in order to exist?" I ask again: Which approach is more constructive? And btw, it does suck to see the name of a poet who really inspired me to get into literature used in this way. I'm sure you've read very little of Emerson, Pete.— March 13, 2010 9:14 a.m.
Update: Beautiful Jessie has come home! And: What we learned about lost/found animals
Yes, I can hardly believe it myself! I added comments up above in the space of the story. Thanks to AG, who said "If we shake enough trees, an Abyssinian might fall out!" --Jessie was reunited with her owner. I am going to remember that tree-shaking business, and apply it to a range of situations in life! Going to have coffee with Victoria tomorrow, and will pass along all of your good wishes--she will thank everyone personally here. :)— March 12, 2010 9:30 p.m.