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Daniels suggested: "Yonder" by itself. Does it ever sit by itself? You could be perverse and call this blog "Yonder." I might even do that, Daniels. I was trying to think of something to call it. Maybee... ;)— October 2, 2009 12:26 a.m.
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Thanks for the clarifications, gringo. Yeah, being a career student, I sometimes read something I wrote from a dozen years ago and just CRINGE. Yikearoo. What pretentious crapola. I still like stuff from about 8 years ago, but I'll probably hate that eventually, too. Spill away, Pete! Ya got the gringo's blessing -- ya can't go wrong now! :)— October 1, 2009 11:55 p.m.
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I've never heard typos equated with boogers before, Pete. Yet another "unique" observation. Heehee.— October 1, 2009 11:38 p.m.
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Nothin' to see here, ma'am. Move along. :) Let it be known that I do NOT like pictures of myself. That tiny thumbnail you're looking at from about 2 years ago is the closest thing to a "good" picture of me that's ever been taken. School pictures, driver's license, student IDs, Polaroids, cell phone pics, you name it...they all have one thing in common. They are nooooooot going to win any beauty contests. I'm not even kidding a little bit. I've had people refuse to believe my driver's license was me. But it's not just that one. Folks will look at any given picture of my apparently unphotographable mug, up at me, back down at it, up at me, and then, "Is this YOU?" I'm kinda like a vampire that way. Or something. I signed up at a dating agency once, back in the 90s. I noticed that the little chickie that was putting together my profile wrote B.I.P." under my picture. "What does that mean?" I asked. "Better in person," she replied. ;/— October 1, 2009 11:19 p.m.
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"The thing is, blog really good writing, but don't blog something you're planning on sticking in a novel." So refried, you can't just pull it down and take it elsewhere? It's the property of the Reader? Hmmm...in a case like this, I'm wondering what his best course of action is, then. It's a hell of a memoir that he's got waiting to be written. I mean, LOOK at that stuff. It's amazing material. I dunno how many books of this type you've noticed, but if Dave Pelzer's book, "A Child Called It" can be as successful as it was, I don't see why one from Pete wouldn't do just as well or better. Is it perhaps not in his best interests to spill everything here on the blog pages, then?— October 1, 2009 11:09 p.m.
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Hey Pete - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j54NXD3tl8 (The sound and vid are WAY out of sync, but he's a good player.) And then there's this, banjos and all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsoTPBOP3A4&featur…— October 1, 2009 11 p.m.
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Pete, listen to refried. You should C&P from Word. You're going to generate a lot of attention, possibly from folks who might want to publish you. It should be as pretty as possible. (Not that you, yourself ain't pretty, and all...) OH. And this suggestion is from me: Write sober. At least, pretty sober. :) Not everybody can pull off the inebriated writer thingy. We ain't all Hemingway. Or anyone else, for that matter. ;)— October 1, 2009 10:29 p.m.
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Seriously, though... "That which does not kill me,makes me stronger"-Friedrich Nietzsche Yup. And I was thinking of exactly this quote in connection with you the other day, my friend. It's also a Taoist principle -- and I can't find the exact quote at the moment -- that a cork that is pushed under water, no matter how far, will eventually rebound with the same force. Think about it, Pete. What you describe above -- that's just nuts. How many people have THAT amount of stuff THAT heinous thrown their way? And then, not only survive, but continue to function relatively well? YOU could turn out to be one important little dude in the grand scheme of things. YOUR writings, because of who you are -- could just turn out to be the most important thing on this whole darn site. Moreso than any of the other bloggers, moreso than the staff. More than anybody. Seriously. Here's a book you might want to check out. This guy had a pretty unbelievable childhood. His book was a bestseller for an unGodly number of weeks. I forget how many. http://www.amazon.com/Child-Called-Childs-Courage… Looking forward to reading your stuff.— October 1, 2009 10:18 p.m.
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PETE! Just posted my first one two minutes ahead of ya. Great minds... LOL. Who am I kidding with that BS?— October 1, 2009 10:02 p.m.
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Did ya like that last line, gringo? That was for you. Heehee.— October 1, 2009 9:58 p.m.