...I've just been accused of "...try[ing] hard to curry favor with [my] 'crew' who appear to hang on your every word...." (Or "...[my] every word," whaddevvah.)
Is this the case? Lookit, if any of you are hanging onto my every word, you skedaddle, right now! Go read a book, Alongside Night or L. Neil Smith or whatever suits your fancy. Watch a film. Something.
As for the guy who made the accusation, you git, too. (I bet you feel way important now. Yeah, you win: you ticked me off. It's a lot easier than you might have thought.)
I am not some flippin' prophetess or philosopher. This blog is a hobby; I started out writing it for myself and the flitting Googlebots and that remains my prime audience. There are bloggers more erudite, more comprehensive, more eloquent and there's a very long list of them more central to the general notion of an-cap libertarianism or the right to self-defense. Some few will be found in the sidebar here.
My opinion is just as good as anyone else's, but not any better; this blog happens to be my substitute for a big signboard in the front yard with my words on it -- but there are plenty of other yards and other signboards, all of them little more than words written on sand or shouted into the wind.
Don't try to chin yourself on them, please.
Well, I hang on your every word, but it's not how YOU think.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm mystified.
ReplyDeletePlease, Ms. Bobbie, and Ms. Tam. We are not idiots, even though.....
ReplyDeletePersonally, I come for the snark... and I'm rarely disappointed.
ReplyDeleteI get a large charge outta how you say what yer thinkin.' Don't always agree, just appreciate the craftsmanship.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who this guy is but if he's telling you that I can't come by here anymore, I'm gonna hurt him.
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like a visit from 'the little green monster'.
ReplyDeleteCould it possibly be that he doesn't have anyone who would even consider, and to rephrase what he said into adult language, his 'addressing of a topic of interest to you which others find worthwhile and similarly interesting to them' or his 'opinion as having been worthwhile, informed, occasionally erudite and always entertaining'?
Just ignore the Schmuck so I can go back to my worshipful, hard-curried hanging! ;-)
As anyone who hangs on every word of your enticing breakfast recipes, this blog is all about favoring curry, not currying favor.
ReplyDelete+1 for Samrobb. I'm here for the sarcasm, not the sycophancy.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the occasional heads-up for the Retro blog. I'm an antique tech nerd.
Jerry,
ReplyDelete"Please, Ms. Bobbie, and Ms. Tam. We are not idiots..."
Que?
Apparently I am, however. :o
You do yourself an injustice: your opinion is worth more than that of many other people. I can think of 537 right off the top of my head...
ReplyDeleteYou do seem to suck these people to you like a trailer park does tornadoes. Maybe you need to have your dork magnet degaussed.
ReplyDeleteYou do seem to suck these people to you like a trailer park does tornadoes. Maybe you need to have your dork magnet degaussed.
ReplyDeleteOg, too right.
ReplyDeleteAdrew: bless you, my child. ("Favoring curry..." Eeeee. But do like.)
ReplyDeleteWait.....
ReplyDeleteNOT a prophetess?
Ummm.....
Guess I better cancel that order for the cool cult-y type robes and such.
Dang.
BGM
BGM, I am gonna gin up membership cards for THE ILK, but ours is a leaderless, crowdsourced ilk, a rabble with a secret handshake. Maybe.
ReplyDeleteI just received my cloak and robe. Does this mean I can't wear them to the next blog meet?
ReplyDeleteKerry
But no cool robes?
ReplyDeleteNo embroidered eldritch symbols?
How 'bout chanting?
Will there be chanting?
At least tell me there's a secret password...
It's swordfish isn't it?
BGM
Heh, the robot filter's "words" are atexam aomatex. See, even captcha wants the chanting.
Hanging, not so much. Animated interest and the occasional outright ROFL, at least when you are describing diagnosis.
ReplyDelete(Word verification: aserati transmen. I think Blogger is spying on my draft folder.)
There are bloggers more erudite, more comprehensive, more eloquent and there's a very long list of them more central to the general notion of an-cap libertarianism or the right to self-defense.
ReplyDeleteBut none of them are you!
WV: esponsm ltstaket. Sounds like a Lovcecraftian chant to me!
It's a typo - aserati trainsmen of the esponsem ltstsket chanting "atexam aomatex" as they stoke the engines with the souls of the damned, oh my yes.
ReplyDeleteThere will be robes.
@Tam, just ignore me, I'm probably drunk.
ReplyDeleteCan I have a Lurker robe like Kerry's?
ReplyDeleteYes, but each robe must be of a distinct hue. Also, don't forget to write your initials on the tags! These have to last until 21 December!
ReplyDeleteJerry: how can you be probably drunk? If you're too drunk to be sure, you're drunk. OTOH, if you're sure you're drunk, you might not be.
ReplyDeleteOTOOH, if you even look at fermented or distilled spirits, you won't pass a blood-alcohol test; sit down and enjoy some nice chips or an entree before attempting to drive. Maybe a feature film.
I'm not leaving. You can't make me. Natty-natty boo-boo. JohninMd(help) B-)
ReplyDeleteI just come here to get the corners of my mind steam cleaned and mud jacked.
ReplyDeleteBut, could you also suggest a wavelength interval for the robehues? So much about visual perception depends on viewing conditions.
So no robes, no leader, but we may get the secret handshake and membership cards.
ReplyDeleteJust where do we stand on Kool-Aid?
Don't be silly, you can't stand on Kool-Aid and if you stand in it, you'll ruin the party for everyone.
ReplyDelete(Grape and lime, I think, and perhaps we should let people add their own sweetener, there are so many choices anymore.)
Actually, I have it on good authority that kool-aid makes very good fabric dye, so this may take care of the robe-color quandary.
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