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Hell to the No
Yeah, Pete? If single ever comes back, try not to scare her off, k? She is one of the funniest bloggers here, Pike notwithstanding--another great loss, if indeed he got lost...— January 15, 2010 1:13 a.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
Hey Carolyn, I think Fish's point is a small, but important one. If you represent yourself as a "stringer from the Reader," you know that your interlocutor or interviewee or whoever is going to perceive you as paid Reader staff. It probably isn't a good idea to let that perception stand, for many reasons. Anyway, MS Fish's reference to jayallen re: this topic goes back to a convo we had with him, in which we debated the function of the stringer as reportage in the Reader, and how many readers may assume that licensed, paid professional journalists may be writing these columns, which are actually written by nonprofessional community contributors and bloggers. Not that there is anything wrong with that, and I'm sure that some of you stringers are in fact journalists or deserve to be called such; just that the Reader should make it a little clearer what kind of animal we are dealing with here. Peace & Love and Nehru Jackets (none of these ever go out! ever! ;)— January 15, 2010 1:02 a.m.
No I.D., No Comment
re: #4: "I've been keeping a tally, and it seems that just about every claim you made in this column (apart, of course, from the fact that I'm a star muckraker) is false." Cool! You should have used "Star Muckraker" as your handle! Think I'll start a collection of cool handles, and auction them off to the highest bidder ;) re: #5 and 6: So was there a deleted convo? Can you pretend you're having it again? Btw, DMaass, a kudos is in order for the shy Fish here, who is the one responsible for the advent of the "50 Latest Blog Comments," not to mention other neato stuff that has made our Reader blogging more efficient. Not sure what we did before such techno improvements; there is such a lot of traffic here now that following threads necessitated frequent "favoriting," which is now much less necessary.— January 15, 2010 12:50 a.m.
Wal-Mart's Sam's Club to Close Vista Store
Good lord, Pete. Get a job already ;)— January 14, 2010 4:03 p.m.
I found Bigfoot above the San Diego River headwaters
"So for an impression to be made in granite would require a creature that steps into hot lava...underground." Wow, let's bring in Buster Pointdexter on this one, as Big Foot takes that first step: Feelin' Hot hot hot! And why not, the B52s! Hot lava! Reeeedddd, hot lava, yeahhhh! yeah!— January 14, 2010 3:59 p.m.
I never thought I'd become a welfare queen
Pete, you're right. I didn't click on your link, and "the black boot Storm Troopers" could be anything--I'm sorta tired of your paranoid conspiracy theories (though don't worry, I get them! I get them!), and just preferred to take the analogy to the ground, as it were. Sorry you didn't enjoy it ;( re: #34: Thanks for the correction on the bus/trolley controversy, Eva--right, the trolley! :) re: #71: Thanks Andreas! In a week or so I'm going to start on a blog, but there are a few in Banker's Hill if you'd like to see a few back ones. Also check out my friend FullFlavorPike in Normal Heights for some serious belly laughs. He'd better come back and write more in the new year, that slippery fish... re: #55: Towelhead, measured and eloquent as always. I hope Mindy takes your words to heart, along with the meditation she seems to have gotten interested in--a great direction for shedding meaningless anger and grudges. Believe it or not, I have no grudge against Mindy, and am bemused to see that she never seems to let one go against me, for what? Because she likes my retorts? Nah. For a misunderstood reference about seven months ago? In that case: Let's sing that happy New Year's carol: Let it go, let it go, let it go... :)— January 14, 2010 3:49 p.m.
On the Utilitarian Calculus of Ideal Democracy in America
Very well done, a2z! How did the address go?— January 14, 2010 4:47 a.m.
None
No one here will frequent your business because you are arrogantly and selfishly forcing annoying spam into an area where people keep blogs. Try paying for your own ad space, rather than using space reserved for community bloggers, and you'll gain more respect--and possibly the patronage--of said community. Namaste!— January 14, 2010 4:38 a.m.
Boyd
quillpena, your stories rock, and this has got to be one of the absolute best! Thanks for the laughs, and such a vivid mental film of Boyd/Rusty performing his panic attack. The only unbelievable parts are that he would calm down enough--after all that-- to accept salami from anyone's hands, or more medicine on his wound. :)— January 14, 2010 4 a.m.
Elf Story
Forgive me, Noel, but this sounds so much more like a film treatment scene than a real event! ;) The only mugging I've ever witnessed here in SD was many years ago, also along the trolley tracks, though further east on "C," and just west of 10th and the City College stop. Interesting that this guy was also dressed in all black.— January 14, 2010 3:22 a.m.