Gideon MacLeish

Gideon MacLeish

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Reply to Seriously lacking an idol! in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Maybe Mug can be my idol. Or, you can be his sidekick. He starts offering advice, she tries to jump his bones, he rejects, you step in. The pay is lousy, but as for the fringe benefits...

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Reply to Style Over Substance in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's "throwing a dog a bone" basically. It's very similar to one of the new MLM tricks...give attendees to their "seminar" a "certificate of completion" in some dumb course or another...a dimploma has joined the list as little more than a clever marketing gimmick. This I can say as I am DR Gideon MacLeish (I purchased an "honorary doctorate" for $20 to prove a point to my father, an intellectual snob).

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Reply to movin' to the country ... in Art JoeUser Forums

You sound happy indeed, wanna adopt me? ( i look like Janis Joplin, yanno, and while i cant sing, i do play a mean bluegrass fiddle and im a damn good cook!) LW... You and your hubby ever consider moving to the desert?

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Reply to Losers of the World Unite in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Damn, Gideon, that was insensitive to all the mentally challenged amongst us, the word "retard" is disparaging, insulting, and discriminatory. You are hereby found guilty of "ableism." The thing I find most amusing about that is... Until 2002, the advocacy group for the developmentally disabled

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Reply to Seriously lacking an idol! in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

My role model would have to be a composite of "Weird Al" Yankovic and Homer Simpson. The former has, for about 25 years, made geek into chic, and the latter is an icon for us proud thirtysomething underachievers who love a good beer ("mmmmmn beer").

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Reply to Losers of the World Unite in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Actually, it's been done...lol. I am proud to have been a part of a group of losers that, in 1987, almost staged a successful coup in overthrowing Oklahoma Boy's State. There were two "parties"; the "boomer", and the "sooner" party. Through a good deal of campaigning (Boy's State is only a week long), we succeeded in creating the "Filth Lord" party. Every party member was to flip their badge over and write their name and their "filth lord" aff

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Reply to If you could take ONE memory with you... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

That kind of afterlife wouldn't be heaven; it would be Hell. I have too many wonderful memories from life to single out one to the exclusion of others. While it's interesting to ponder, I am hopeful that no God could be so cruel. For instance, I have four (going on five) children. I would have to choose a memory that wouldn't neglect any of them, nor my wife of 9 years. Guess maybe it should be the impending birth of our fifth child, once he/s

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Reply to What Makes A Good Artist? in Art JoeUser Forums

Art is uncompromising self expression. While "pop" is a genre of art, there is much in the "pop" genre that is questionable as to artistic integrity. As for the "IFG" criteria, I doubt my written works would qualify. While I have certain "signatures" to my work, I try to explore the limits of my ability. I believe there are many excellent artists who do the same. Thank you for a wonderful post, and some great thinking material.

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Reply to Horrible Mother in Misc JoeUser Forums

for about 6 months I made an attempt to befriend this woman because I felt bad for her. I would invite her over and spend time with her and her child but one day she decided that I was in on some plot to make her fiance break up with her. Well, then, you can honestly say you've tried...I commend you for

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Reply to Can The Young Love? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Captain, Please don't take this the wrong way, as I respect you and enjoy your blogs. I thought your simple "lol" to carebear was kind of callous...I know you're better than that. This young lady has worked to try to build a relationship with you, and you have built up a friendship that shouldn't be severed over this (carebear, I'm going to encourage you to remember that your friendship with captain should be first and foremost as wel

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Lovemongers in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I was responding to another thread in which I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed as I thought about the situation. I won't get into specifics, but the general gist of it was the situation put the individual in grave danger of becoming part of a cycle of anger. A cycle of anger is always destructive, and someone has to put a stop to it. I say this out of exper

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Reply to Horrible Mother in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'm gonna get a little bit controversial here... Anger is usually a product of confused emotion. I feel it's probable this woman does need help, but I would encourage you to find ways to help the mother as well. CPS is a possible outlet, but I don't feel you should necessarily consider it your first resort, but rather see if you can suck up and try to become a friend to this woman. I know her behavior appalls you, as it appalls me, but I belie

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