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Letters
I think it's ridiculous that Ramona DeRyan's letter for Dog Is My Co-Pilot is put on here. She's not "setting any facts straight", she's giving more information about her and her band. If Josh Board had to write all of that, the whole article wouldn't be about the party, and would be a Musician Interview instead. Do people not get that just because a paragraph or a photo is of or about them, that the entire column doesn't have to be devoted to them too? Hasn't the Crasher has always been about the party and not a free page of advertising for someone's business or band. It would have been fine if she posted the comments in the actual online version of the article if she felt the need, but to write a letter to the editors .. well, seems absurd. People gets plugs , yet they still want more. Amazing.— December 10, 2008 1:52 p.m.
The Cats Meow
All I've learned from this is that you don't eff with MsGrants p**sies. Cats are like birds. You can't control them, and they rarely bother people when outside. I've never seen cat crap in my yard so it's not something tons of people have to deal with on the constant. I'm also insanely allergic to the fuzzballs, like many people. Mine are so bad, I can't even step foot in a house where they live. Hell, I can't even get close to one of those 65 year old women who have the hair from their 6 cats all over their black sweater (damn it!). But, when we're all co-existing outside and we have air and some pavement between us, they don't bother me. So, allergies aren't something you can throw out their as a reason cats shouldn't be allowed outside. And, if it's just the cat prancing through your yard that sets you off, that really seems more like a mental issue the human needs to deal with rather then locking up the cat.— December 4, 2008 6:56 p.m.
Letters
I started reading the Reader because of the Crasher column. I was at a party that Josh wrote about. Prior to that, I never heard of his column. Although I really didn't get a chance to speak with him much, when I saw the write up I really liked how he put everything together and have been checking back on the Reader website ever since. I'm glad I got reeled in. I enjoy all the standard weekly columns and think the staff writers are damn talented. The best part is they all have a totally different writing style. It's obvious many people out there like the Crasher column and his writing style. I'm guessing that's why he keeps getting invited to these parties, where people are excited to have him. What's unfortunate is when they don't write the column how they want, they then write in letters stating "his writing is lame". Just because a business isn't plugged, or we hear about how someone totally went banana's, or we hear his take on what he did, instead of about what the person who's complaining did. After noticing that the recent few letters which have been published over the last few weeks regarding the Crasher are either from people who didn't like the way their party was written up, or from someone who's friends band wasn't represented exactly how they wanted, I thought I'd post my opinion as a reader who is a fan, and knows many fans of the Crasher column.— December 4, 2008 6:40 p.m.
A Teacher in the Hizzy
Big fan of the "yo" or "ayo". So many ways to use both of those. Yet, I don't think they're being used by the youth once again. Ah, the youth.— November 26, 2008 8:52 p.m.
A Teacher in the Hizzy
PHAT is an acronym...Pretty Hot And Tempting, P*ssy Hips and T*ts, we can go on and on... Again, it made it's way over to being able to describe anything, but for a short time in the early 90's, it was all about the female. Then the morph to something which is dope, fly, fresh and proper, then the phase out. I'm glad it didn't last long. Dropping science like Galileo dropped the orange.— November 26, 2008 8:49 p.m.
A Teacher in the Hizzy
No, Cardig is right. With kids, cool isn't cool. It does date us, but I'm cool with that. I like being caught in '89 - '93 slang myself. Get Crunk.— November 26, 2008 8:47 a.m.
A Teacher in the Hizzy
Phat originally was only used to describe a fly female (the P-H-A-T all stand for something)...then, it kind of morphed over to being used for more things that were appealing. Then, it phased out, in the mid 90's. Once again, one of those words kids in Jr. High or a guy over 40 still may say once in a while, but that's about it.— November 26, 2008 8:43 a.m.
A San Diego Sinner in Dear Abby
A blog where women are telling us what type of underwear they're wearing - goodie.— November 25, 2008 8:47 a.m.
Quarterbacks in the NFL -- one helps homeless, one has dog fights
Q: Four Dallas Cowboys in a car, who's driving? A: The police.— November 24, 2008 4:30 p.m.
A Teacher in the Hizzy
Disclaimer - I'm not trying to argue "hizzy" is good slang. However, I am trying to point out that Josh doesn't need to explain to anyone what "hizzy" means, because pretty much everyone, has it figured out by now. That's usually one of the words they use in movies, when some cornball mocks using the word trying to be "street" and everyone looks at him in wonder. By the way, those jokes are way to played too...just like the word "hizzy". It's like Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder. Sure, it's slightly funny...but HOW MANY TIMES do I have to see the "look at the old white guy try to be hip hop" in films? Chick, Dude....okay, those are the only 2 I can think of that have stayed around and are acceptable. I still say awesome & rad, but I get made fun of. 60's pot hoead slang is pretty humorous. Man.— November 21, 2008 4:06 p.m.