tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post115222006529162516..comments2023-05-08T01:22:54.674-07:00Comments on Blogarsay: Just Say NoJennifer Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445022557791672886noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152738659299032012006-07-12T14:10:00.000-07:002006-07-12T14:10:00.000-07:00I would like to cheer pretty well everything you'v...I would like to cheer pretty well everything you've said, thereby breaking the rule about not posting if you don't have anything new to say, which I heartily endorse when I'm not breaking it.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152681080237668512006-07-11T22:11:00.000-07:002006-07-11T22:11:00.000-07:00I think those tips are great! (Esp. the music!) To...I think those tips are great! (Esp. the music!) To those, I would like to add:<BR/><BR/>- Enough with "lol" (although I guess this goes to your point - if you have to tell me that you are laughing out loud, it probably wasn't funny). This also goes for "heh heh heh" or other laugh variations. Unless your blog is on MySpace or you are being obviously ironic, these aren't appropriate.<BR/>- I know we're all not grammar nuts like me, but capitalization and punctuation go a long way in making a bad story, if not better, at least more palatable<BR/><BR/>Obiously we get attached to the personalities behind the blogs, not the actual writing, grammar, spelling, or aesthetics of the blog itself. But if someone can't distinguish "their" from "they're" or sound better than an entry in my eighth grade diary, then maybe blogging isn't the right outlet.<BR/><BR/>Wow! Aren't I a bitter Betsy tonight!?!<BR/><BR/>Finally, my last words of advice from some editor, somewhere: "When in doubt, cut it out."Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062405126799081902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152316888273324542006-07-07T17:01:00.000-07:002006-07-07T17:01:00.000-07:00I'd truly like to do something 'for sweet boneless...I'd truly like to do something 'for sweet boneless jebus', or whatever it was, but I'm afraid I don't know what I'd be committing to. But I do agree with your comments (okay, not Boing Boing; I don't read that too often, so how can I know what they've scooped up lately?), but the music-start one, absolutely. More than once I've been in bed doing some surfing, and had to lunge for the mute lest I wake up my wife. And haven't always been fast enough, either.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I like what I'll call the 'astonished cat' on your web site's home page.Cerulean Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212953653794261332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152313221446738422006-07-07T16:00:00.000-07:002006-07-07T16:00:00.000-07:00JE, if you knew her, you'd root for divorce. I cou...JE, if you knew her, you'd root for divorce. I could tell you stories that would curl your hair (assuming it's straight to begin with).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152289800765254342006-07-07T09:30:00.000-07:002006-07-07T09:30:00.000-07:00I'm afraid I can't root for divorce. Can't we jus...I'm afraid I can't root for divorce. Can't we just hope she improves? Or maybe she has some other outstanding quality that kind of balances the drunken snotty thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152283228551306032006-07-07T07:40:00.000-07:002006-07-07T07:40:00.000-07:00He is, in fact, on the slow track to becoming an e...He is, in fact, on the slow track to becoming an ex-husband. They have progressed to seperate bedrooms. His is in another state. The divorce is coming and expected but the pace is slow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152244286020690782006-07-06T20:51:00.000-07:002006-07-06T20:51:00.000-07:00TWC, perfect length post! Fortunately, he's an ex-...TWC, perfect length post! Fortunately, he's an ex-husband now, right?Jennifer Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445022557791672886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152234966086334752006-07-06T18:16:00.000-07:002006-07-06T18:16:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, not sure that Virginia Postrel is the abs...Oh yeah, not sure that Virginia Postrel is the absolute smartest person in the world but she is definitely on my very, very short list of candidates.<BR/><BR/>At one of our world famous 4th of July parties I commented in conversation that Virginia is a really, really a great person. Whereupon this cheesy little female troll (that I can barely stand anyway but had to invite because her husband is way cool) says (in a drunken slovenly surly snotty voice) <EM> Oh, are you in love with her like all the other guys? </EM><BR/><BR/>Really wanted to spit. Bad. <BR/><BR/>Hey, was this too long?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152234311202818062006-07-06T18:05:00.000-07:002006-07-06T18:05:00.000-07:00And just an aside, don't ever, ever, have music st...<EM>And just an aside, don't ever, ever, have music start playing automatically on your Web site. It makes me want to stab you.</EM><BR/><BR/>funniest thing I've read all day. I'll hold them down while you stab them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152230141561175452006-07-06T16:55:00.000-07:002006-07-06T16:55:00.000-07:00Who is this Entwhistle of whom you speak? Ah, The...Who is this Entwhistle of whom you speak? Ah, The Writ of Common Wisdom (Wikipedia) reveals him to be some sort of British rock & roll man. One can’t have too many of them around. He must never have visited That Vast Wasteland Between New York And LA. But if you like him, so do I.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I bet that's the Nick Cage movie isn't it? What a neat thing to have seen the set.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152229372003490092006-07-06T16:42:00.000-07:002006-07-06T16:42:00.000-07:00Oh j.e., you're such a morale booster. Are you Joh...Oh j.e., you're such a morale booster. Are you John Entwistle by any chance? Maybe he faked his death.<BR/><BR/>Oliver Stone finished his filming earlier this year and they dismantled the replica WTC wreckage. Maybe when the movie finally comes out you'll catch a glimpse of me mooning the set. (But I can't promise anything.)Jennifer Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445022557791672886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6911903.post-1152229016629808772006-07-06T16:36:00.000-07:002006-07-06T16:36:00.000-07:00That’s great advice, but you know, I did everythin...That’s great advice, but you know, I did everything you say but my blog still flopped! I guess the other element is “have something interesting to say”!<BR/><BR/>BTW, whatever happened with that movie set in your backyard? Weren’t they going to film some kind of 9-11 dealy there? And weren’t you signed to play a brilliant (and hot) CIA analyst who nearly foiled the scheme? I heard you and Rachel McAdams were vying for that role ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com