I was entering my two latest contributions to the "They Longed for the Presidency" series, and ruminating as to why I, the quintessential point whore, would continue in this endeavour, given that the series has elicited less than a handful of responses overall, one of said responses referring to the resemblance of said candidate to the guy on a bottle of Jack Daniels. To put it simply, these articles fall into the category of my "notes". While I have a hard copy standing right here in front o...
By now, everyone's heard the story: Richard Hatch has been charged with tax evasion for failing to report his $1.01 million earnings from the first "Survivor" season, as well as a series of radio shows. Well, there's a word for Mr. Hatch's actions, and that is STUPID. While the average joe naturally omits the $500 or so they made over the year mowing lawns and the $1500 they made having garage sales (bolstered by the accidental sale of junior's '53 Mantle for $200, for which junior is curr...
The title of this article is a saying that is considered an old oriental (Chinese, I believe?) curse. But it's SO appropriate to this day and age. Angloesque wrote an article about a lady who sued two girls who were bringing her cookies. I won't rehash it here, as anglo's original article is a good article and I think you would be well advised to read it (It's entitled "This is What's Wrong with Americans", or something similar). What got my goat is one of the responses, justifying the act...
I want to further elaborate on my blog yesterday. No, I'm not apologizing, no I'm not taking back anything I said. But I feel an elaboration is in order. Shades, in some small way you're right (not exactly right, but close enough). I'm not exactly projecting, but I have been tiptoeing around certain topics here on the blogsite because there are some fragile emotions involved. And I don't want to make a comment that I would regret for sometime to come. I could give some good answers to...
Ahhhh, spring. When a young man's fancy turns to....BLOGGING? Seems that this year along with the blossoms of spring, some new wounds have been opened, some old ones have been reopened, and life on JU otherwise goes on as usual. I'm not one to pick sides, but rather try to ride the fence when my ignorance overrides any other useful purpose. But I can see it's not the case for everyone. It's almost a shame that the blogging experience needs to take a back seat to petty feuds that have littl...
I have decided it is time to use my high profile position on JoeUser to nominate a "meathead of the month" from the news stories of the month. I will try to give my choices near the end of the month, when the "meathead" harvest is ripe. This month's meathead is Jose Canseco. The washed up steroid ridden ex slugger found himself unable to retain employment in baseball (even as a DH....imagine THAT!) and has turned his attentions to writing. The only problem is, he seems to be writing fiction. ...
OK, here's a confession that oughta keep the JU attack dogs on the ready. Might get a flame or two off of it (good chance to test the ol' delete button). The truth is, I have bouts of paranoia. Not JUST that; due in large part to my horrendously dysfunctional upbringing, I could occupy more than my share of a shrink's time. But, along with other things, I have learned to DEAL with my paranoia (unique, huh? Probably what people did BEFORE psychotherapy). Fortunately, none of my "eccentricit...
Aeryck recently wrote an article attacking atheists. For the record, I thought the article a poorly written, inflammatory attack on atheists, and found it unreasonable. Thus ends my editorial comment on the piece, which did NOT appear on his article. Myrrander stated, and with SOME justification, that those who get angry when he puts out a piece attacking Christianity were not there to defend him. I will be the first to state that I said NOTHING on Aeryck's blog regarding the issue, and here'...
Now don't get me wrong. Administration here has the right to make their own decisions, and I respect that, but moderateman's article on rating bloggers got me to thinking. There are a few bloggers on JoeUser that I greatly miss. Sir Peter Maxwell, for his bizarre and irreverent sense of humour. Even though I understand how he crossed the line with some people, he did develop my satirical sense a great deal. And I have to thank him for that. David St. Hubbins is another. Though his response...
When I first came to joeuser, I was looking for a blog site where I could begin to write articles to grow as a writer. I have received much more from JU than I ever expected. So, in many ways, this is more of a "Thank You, JU" thread than a Sir Peter appreciation thread, but I don't think any thank you for JU would be complete without mention of one of the individuals who helped me grow more than many others. See, when I first got here, I was easily as offended by SPM as anyone here, but I di...
Blogging from the library has been the bane of my existence. I will leave the library, and think of an excellent blog subject. I will ruminate over it until the following morning, then, a few scant minutes before arriving at the library, it will leave my head entirely. I am also limited as to how I can use the library's computer, as I can't save good links, and I don't have the software resources available to me that I would on my home computer. Add to that the fact that the times I post are ...
Well, last month, I premiered the meathead of the month, which went to Jose Canseco for his book "Juiced" (I gave him the 'meathead' award, the book goes to number one. Coincidence? I think not. I want royalties, dammit...but I digress). This month's "meathead" award goes to the other side of the coin, to Mark McGwire, one person for whom I am primarily inclined to believe Canseco's allegations. He was quite close to McGwire back in the day, and I believe he has some firsthand knowledge ...
Once again, a vocal joeuser has been blacklisted by another vocal user. And once again, the "complaint blog" is logged. In the several months I have been on JU, I have seen this happen regularly as part of the life cycle of the community. When one blacklists another, the other feels obligated to press their "free speech" rights in the hope that public opinion will get them removed from the blacklist. Apparently, they misunderstand the purpose of the blogs. This blog is MY journal, it's ...
Well, one of the latest flame wars is heating up, and I have to wonder, why bother? I've been involved in a couple of back and forths with individuals, but our arguments usually centered around our areas of disagreements, not ridiculously juvenile attacks like "You're an idiot!", or other such random name calling. I find it hard to believe that anyone has ever made it to adulthood without enduring some level of name calling somewhere in their past. While such name calling isn't usually app...
Suddenly, I don't feel so bad. I took PB's referral to blogexplosion (those who are interested may want to follow the link off the sidebar; I could use the referrals), and tried to register my JU site. First time through, rejected. I resubmitted, and now am still awaiting their approval. Meanwhile, I got a blogspot site (also linked on my sidebar; with much the same articles as here, only a couple of them are unique to the sister site), which is also awaiting approval. I am tearing my ...