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Hey SurfPuppy, why don't you go back to discussing your chest hair with your alter egos? Antigeekess is out of your league.— July 26, 2009 11:06 a.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
Josh wrote: "But when someone comes on my blog, and says I'm racist, insecure, or brings up that idiot writer from another publication....and, let's go even farther back." I don't know what "idiot" writer you are referring to; apparently again, you have me mixed up with someone else--as plenty of people have pointed out your racial insensitivities. You said "insecure." I have never straight out called you a racist, though I have told you that I think what you write is often ignorant and racist. It is. "You wrote about that night all of the bloggers were meeting up at The Field. You didn't check with me first to see if I was cool with any of the things you wrote (that my stepbrother had a "severe haircut"), or that I gave you a card and wrote something sweet in it, or that listening to me talk is like swithcing TV channels." We all agreed that we would blog about the meeting at The Field, and that you might 'cover' it, as you would any Crasher event. We were all careful about what we wrote (excepting you--who did not write about it as planned), and you had no problem with anything I wrote at the time. If you feel that your stepbrother was somehow "outed" with a severe haircut, well it's a great thing we live in a military town, isn't it? And your point was...? "I'm used to thinking "adults" can talk about things like the police, racism, movies, relationships, cupcakes, loud motorcycles...without one flying off the handle!" You've yet to define "adult," and I'm not sure you can. "Flying off the handle," as we all know, in Josh's world practically equates asking a simple question of a policeman, rather than throwing down one's wallet and bending over as one should. "It's possible...because the time we talked cinema on the phone, you spent 30 minutes going on about Japanese films and every time I waited for a pause to bring up a few films, there either wasn't one or you'd immediately interrupt." More disclosure of private conversation, wow! And more make-believe. It is indeed hard to get a word in with you, as many might attest; perhaps my occasional loquacity daunted you because you're used to being the only voice in the room? Btw, if we spoke for 30 minutes, why is it that the Lyme Disease movie, which I had not seen, dominated the conversation? It does seem that you are fond of accusing others of what you yourself are or do, like that popular child's game. "I know you are, but what am I?" Well, don't worry dear--you won't have another chance to talk to or play with me, in any way shape or form. Adios, and good luck with that fan club.— July 25, 2009 8:16 p.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
"You left out the part about Woody Allen, where you insisted the young Asian girl that Larry Davids character was teaching chess, had something to do with Allens stepdaughter (which again, the written script pre-dated)." Talk about idiocy. Josh: Do you really think a script is not altered by one word, or that the director sticks to a "script," and doesn't add in figures and scenic elements, as well as impromptu dialogue? I'm done "discussing" film with you. What a snooze. You just keep trying to nail me on something. Why is that so important to you? "And second, when I tell someone that personal stuff won't be blog topics, I mean that. Which means I wouldn't bring anything up about things you've SPECIFICALLY asked me not to, or any medical conditions, or a number of other things that a person obviously won't care to have discussed." Now you are out and out LYING, Josh. Unprompted, you told me that private conversations and interactions were off the record, and that you stick to the online topics. Guess I didn't read the fine print, where you add the coda: "Unless I am really desperate, and need to try to think of something you've done or said wrong." The hilarious thing about this is that you disagree with 99% of what I say. You didn't need to cull from our private conversations; you could have just taken a few moments to go back through online public threads to find whatever you wanted to attack--and it might even have been a statement remotely related to this thread.— July 25, 2009 8:16 p.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
Later, you emailed me and tried to say exactly what you're accusing me of doing here; that I somehow tried to "play off" knowing something about Woody Allen that I didn't. I answered you as I did above. It doesn't really matter to me what you think personally, but it does matter that you seem willing to sacrifice whatever shreds of journalistic integrity you might have once had (emphasis on "might"), as well as being all too ready to betray friendship. If you knew me a little better, you'd understand that I am not someone who tries to pretend to know what she doesn't. Something as trivial as whether or not I googled to see exactly when Allen wrote the script for his latest film? Please. It is amusing that you had to start snapping your jaws at something this trivial, and sacrifice what you did, in order to scramble up with some triumphant little rag of an accusation. 'See! She's insecure!' The content of our private discussion may not be of great interest to your new and old commenters, but the fact that you can and will betray them for some pathetic "content" on your blogs--should they get to know you personally--might be of interest to them.— July 25, 2009 12:45 p.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
Josh whined: "All I know is...I've debated with you before. And you've done that normal chick move where you get emotional, and are not rational." Oh, Josh. Is that all you can come up with? You pull the "emotional chick" retort every time you can't think of a better response to a woman. You are really reaching here. If I seemed a little irked that night (uh, emotional and not rational is quite a stretch of interpretation), it was because you insisted, in typical bad taste, on bringing up the "cop topic" with me in person over coffee, and on attempting to "test" me with it. This is right after you inundated my inbox with crap about cops, after I clearly wrote over and over that it was not a very useful topic to raise with me. It was easy to see what you were doing, trying to bate me with the topic, likely after telling your girlfriend 'Oh hey, watch this--I'll bring up the cop stuff and you tell me what you think of her reaction.' Not cool. I guess there is very little of substance in your "f- off" arsenal, as well as your conversational arsenal, so you resort to the following: Josh confided: "You also made an incorrect statement. And when I corrected it (In ref to the Woody Allen movie), you try to say that you "knew that," when it was clear you didn't. And a few minutes later, you said "Okay...well, even if I didn't know that..."" When I first met you, you went out of your way to assure that anything we spoke about in private (in person or on email) was off limits for your public threads. I appreciated that at the time, and saw it as honorable, but see now that it is not true at all. Once you revealed something private about me on accident, and wrote to apologize. Now you do it with aplomb. Perhaps you make a habit of this, or perhaps you felt so desperate for a comeback that you just had to share this with your readers. For the record, since you've dragged it here: This all happened over a month ago, and I already responded to your attempt to attack me on private email--so it's mighty odd that you felt you had to bring it out here. During that original conversation, after seeing the film together, I commented that Woody's theme of younger woman/much older man seemed to be derived from autobiographical sources, as are many of his themes. You said that the script predated his relationship with his adopted stepdaughter. I said that it didn't matter in this case; I've read Woody Allen's early writings from the 70s (you admitted you hadn't read any of his writings) and do know that his stuff is highly autobiographical. I asked if you thought his attraction to much younger women just popped out of nowhere, or whether it might be a lifelong preoccupation, informing his writing in different ways? You agreed that that could be the case. The end.— July 25, 2009 12:44 p.m.
Carrots In Folk Medicine
OurScentedCottage: where are you getting your medical information? "Carrot soup is good for diarrhea. It slows the bowel while it regulates bacterial growth."— July 25, 2009 10:45 a.m.
Elderberry Season
Thank you Jerry Schad for allowing antigeekess to finally have a place to quote this! In my family, "pigdog" is a common noun :)— July 24, 2009 8:03 p.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
"You also made an incorrect statement. And when I corrected it (In ref to the Woody Allen movie), you try to say that you "knew that," when it was clear you didn't. And a few minutes later, you said "Okay...well, even if I didn't know that..."" Okay, everyone, listen up: If you do go out with Josh anywhere, beware that he might include private conversations you've had with him on his public threads. Worse--he includes his own interpretation of them.— July 24, 2009 6:36 p.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
"How was that low? You wanted a source from a poster on here...so I made a joke." The topic was my own racial profile. You asked me, in extremely bad taste, to produce my "source."— July 24, 2009 6:34 p.m.
President Obama is Stupidly
"First, you come off like your opinions are so much more valued than..." Watch out, your insecurity is showing. "the problem is two-fold..." and the second problem was?— July 24, 2009 6:24 p.m.