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No Apologies
SD,when I started blogging partly due to your advice,I was doing it to get it out of my soul. Had I known that people would pick it apart piece by piece for their own satisfaction,I never would've done it. You claim I'm a narcissist out of one side of your mouth and say"HEY GUYS! LOOK AT ALL THE GOOD I'M TRYING TO DO"out of the other. I don't need ANYONE in this world to hold my hand and say"Things will be all right". I never wanted it. Why can't I just be me? If I say something offensive or disparaging towards midget Albians with one eye,either ignore it or give me your feedback without trying to change my opinion. I'll change my opinion as I live life. It's my only teacher. I AM angry! I AM pissed off! I AM hurtful! I AM human! I and I alone give my emotions the power to survive. You guys sit there with all the God given knowledge about this or that not realizing that I'm not here for your personal observation. Like refried said"We come here. We comment. We go away." Here's a typical conversation: Story about growing tomatoes in Mexico- Comment from SD:"Oooooh. I like tomatoes." Comment from me:"I hate tomahtoes." Comment from SD:"You mean tomatoes." Comment from me:"No. I meant tomahtoes." Comment from SD:"Biggot!" Comment from ag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato Comment from CF:"I'm offended." I then sigh and wonder where we went wrong as humans.— October 22, 2009 3:55 p.m.
No Apologies
"Severe emotional abuse in childhood Being praised for perceived exceptional looks or talents by adults" These are the only things I could agree on for the sake of argument. It's funny. I'm a narcissist for speaking my mind on a variety of subjects yet you'll find almost as many,if not more posts from SD,AG & CF on these very same boards. What was that saying about the pot calling the kettle black?... :-D I'm sensing a sort of Shakespearian tragedy in all of this. I guess the same thing said about me can be applied to all three. Afterall,doesn't SD,AG and CF use their intelligence to talk down to us mere mortals like we're beneath them for not being as smart? Just a little food for thought.— October 22, 2009 3:05 p.m.
No Apologies
After much thought,I don't owe you an apology. But just for stihs & giggles,how were you offended?— October 22, 2009 1:39 p.m.
FIGHT!!!
"I get SO "F"(riggin') tired of hearing that word. It lacks intelligence, imagination, and usually isn't appropriate to any situation. It's an empty word that someone uses because they aren't smart enough to think of something really insulting to say." *sigh* I get so tired of hearing this. This from my MySpace profile: About me: I'm a very intelligent,opinionated guy. I say what's on my mind and don't really give a flying kcuf if I offend you. I see the world today drowning in apathy. It's my job to change that. I open up dialogue to many,many topics of conversation. I've been told that I'm very closed-minded. This may be true to some extent but I see just the opposite. I'm 33 years old. I'm very set in my ways,lifestyle and opinions. If you think you can change my mind on a certain topic,give it a shot. I may just surprise you. I'm human and as such I'm like the quintessential shape shifter. They say people like me who use profanities aren't smart enough to come up with alternate words. I feel so 'nikcuf discombobulated when I hear that. To me,kcuf is like cat. A word. If you keep opening my door and continually don't close it,I'm going to get pissed and shout"CLOSE THE 'NIKCUF DOOR YOU 'NIKCUF RETARD!". Why? Because you understand the word KCUF in an angry tone. You notice it. If I shout"CLOSE THE DOOR FOR THE UMPTEENTH THOUSANDTH TIME!",that just makes both of us look like retards. You for leaving the door open over and over again and me for expecting you to close it. If a four-letter word offends you so much,maybe it's time to reflect inward...afterall,it's JUST a word.— October 22, 2009 1:16 p.m.
Wiry Creatures
Remember,coyotes are more scared of you than you are of them. Be respectful and cautious but don't let them smell your fear. There is a pack of coyotes that live in the canyons near me. I've never seen more than one at a time and on ocassion I'll leave food out for them. Coyotes are just fierce,wild dogs. Nothing more. Nothing else.— October 22, 2009 12:51 p.m.
No Apologies
There is NOTHING wrong with using the pronoun I when refering to oneself. What other pronoun shall I use,oh exalted one? I could've ignored this particular post from you,anti,but I chose not to. You can think I'm a narcissistic person all you want. I'm ok with that. You make it sound as if being narcissistic on a computer is a terrible thing. Again,I must've struck a nerve by using I 500+ times a day. It isn't always about me and I'm perfectly fine with that. I respected you and SD because I thought you were good mental sparring partners in a forum of nothing but words but I guess I was wrong. Like I said,life goes on. I'll be fine. You'll be fine. We'll be fine. Don't want to talk to me? I'm ok with that. I refuse to not let my voice be heard because I'm afraid people will think of me as being narcissistic. You can can take all your psuedo personality traits and continue to judge me all you you want. refried hit the grand prize the other day. He hit that ball so hard,it's still in the air. ;-D— October 22, 2009 12:19 p.m.
No Apologies
I act like I'm the only person to have problems? REALLY? Wrong answer there. Self-pity? Perhaps deep down inside but I've worked long and hard to make sure I don't show my self-pity. I guess you're just that good,SD. Racial slurs? Sure. Unless you're a ni&&er,you can't get offended. And it IS independent thinking and free speech. Friendship IS a two-way street. Even if I find your opinions to be wrong and full of contempt,I'll debate you on the issue itself instead of interjecting my personal feelings into the debate. Granted,it doesn't always work out that way but I have the best of intentions. If I didn't look at you as a friend,I wou;dn't have wished that you get well. I would've gone on a diatribe about the media fueling the flames of panic. The only reason I call you and AG United States haters is because there isn't an alternative. Our first amendment IS the U.S. You'd like to take everything right in America and replace it with some zombie reincarnation of it because you feel guilty for being white in America in the 21st century? That's EXACTLY what misplaced guilt does. I LOVE the fact that I've been blessed by someone above. They made me a white male in the greatest country on Earth. Our very own Rome as Bill Maher puts it. I refuse to feel guilty for what anyone did before I was born. History has been kind to the Jews and blacks if you look at the bigger picture. Calling you guys U.S. haters may have been a tad on the childish side but if that's the worst that I can call you for wanting to remove my freedoms,you got off lucky.— October 22, 2009 10:09 a.m.
No Apologies
SD-I think the mirror analogy was dead on. When debating someone,I've learned not to get pissed and not to take it personal. I felt that you,AG and MissFish were doing just that. Since you're so fond of cherry picking people's comment to twist them around,I'll try the same. From LPR's blog Colombus:The Man,The Myth...The Mercenary!: ""If you and AG were given the world to do as you please,you'd criminalize speech." This doesn't deserve address that is any more thoughtful than what you wrote. Accusations, black-and-white, baseless conclusions, epithets...is that all you have to offer by way of argument, Pete? Where is that great "ah ha" moment you've been promising of your ability to change people's minds about everything? "Don't believe everything you hear,SD...." This is coming from a guy who hasn't even lifted an asscheek to find a way to see a doctor for a chronic, but likely treatable condition--and who prefers to simply garner sympathy for it from others. I've been chronically ill on and off since I was twenty years old, and you can bet your conspiracy theory I've done all the research possible into my condition, and that I do pretty much all I can to stay healthy (with the exception of smoking cigs)--including making sure I have health insurance and pay my way. Let's just say that when it comes to the medical, I probably do know a lot more than you do, Pete. As for the H1N1 virus, I sincerely doubt you've done anything other than listen to a few sound bites--just about everything you say sounds this way. Pete, you act like you are the only person on the planet who has problems, and that you are the most unique individual ever to grace our presence. Yet all I have heard from you thus far, besides racial slurs, is recycled self-pity, and a fairly common form of conspiracy logic and thinly veiled (or not so veiled) bigotry fobbed off as "independent thinking" and "free speech." What I have respected about you is that you have reached out to others when you didn't have to, and made yourself vulnerable; but I can see that for you, clearly, friendship does not go both ways. You remain just as thoughtless toward others as ever, and are probably a sucking black hole of sympathy--never enough for you, but you are the only one who deserves it, right?" By SDaniels 11:12 p.m., Oct 15, 2009 > Report it Let's break that down...So because you've done all you can to help find a cure for your problem and I haven't,I'm looking for sympathy? When I write my blogs,I'm not trolling for sympathy. I write so everyone can get a clearer picture of why I think the way I do.If I want sympathy,I'll have my mother send me a Hallmark card.— October 22, 2009 10:08 a.m.
Put On Your Dancin' Shoes
Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWB54PbEeL8&featur…— October 22, 2009 3:19 a.m.
Put On Your Dancin' Shoes
Home Sweet Home http://www.last.fm/music/M%25C3%25B6tley%2520Cr%2…— October 22, 2009 3:12 a.m.