ben, the shock of hearing from someone who knew janna after all these years was more intense than writing about janna--something i had not done in any honest way. this isn't the place for me to explain how much hearing from you means to me, but i will send you an email. thank you. josh
i wouldn't kill a butterfly for $100,000, $1,000,000, $10,000,000, any amount. it's really a pretty brutal way of doing business. but for the next three days, i'm running a sale on my body for two bits. please call early to schedule an appointment. taboo
double huh. i guess it was just my computer. sorry!
huh. i haven't been around for a while, but it seems that we can't edit our posts anymore. or is my computer having a bad day?
Why do we believe in innocence? Why do we believe in corruption? We talk about the innocence of childhood. We long for the simplicity of a sand castle, we believe in soap bubbles and fireflies and the purity of our youth. And when we deal with the adult complexities of taking responsibility for our actions and for the hurts and "crimes" of other people, we
nothing like a faulty train to make you feel safe. my experience with the good ole italian train system unfortunately couldnt rely on the endlessly late train arrivals and departures. all over the place trains were late, but sometimes they were excessively early and didnt condescend to waiting for the scheduled departure. not that it really mattered to me, though. i had a backpack, a eurorail pass, and something like 200 bucks left
i don't know much about yoga, but i wonder why your feet get cold. my girlfriend is a yoga addict, and she usually comes back looking like she's spent an afternoon at a russian schvitz. just two non-knitting related thoughts: when you're yoga-ing, do you wear tight, restricting tights or something to show off your bod? and how's your blood pressure? they say (i guess there's no "they." all right? im the "they") that no matter how
A shallow breeze whispers through the night air along the foothills of the Serra de Sintra. John and I drink from a two-Euro bottle of full-blooded Ramisco wine, share a supper of cigarettes and pickles, and, under the raucous scrutiny of a small crowd, begin a second game of chess on the sidewalk outside of the train station. Meanwhile, João attempts to recruit
In Breckenridge, Colorado, while splashing in a hot tub with new college friends, I raised a spaghetti jar of Miller Genuine Draft and drank to my own health; meanwhile, my girlfriend was dying at a hospital in London. On Friday, April 8, 1994, some drunk smashed into Janna Sugar’s spine with his car (a car painted the dull black of shadows, a two-door, a Mercedes wit
I'm enjoying a five minute break from late semester work, and I thought I would bring this article to Joeuser's attention for my own enjoyment--the way I enjoy smash-up derbies and World's Strongest Man contests. I mean, there's nothing better than watching one weirdo confront another weirdo, is there? Or even better, how can you not enjoy the commentary--a weirdo d
Jerry Seinfeld's joke: Q: By the way, do you know why fish are so skinny? A: Because all they eat is fish. Seemed funny at the time, but walking to school the other day in the cold and dark, I wondered what it was that made the joke funny. Human mothers say it to children sometimes; so you imagine if a mother steelhead would say i
dr.guy, everyone is invited, of course, to speak as openly and freely as they are able. as you can see by the sorts of responses this article received, no-one seemed to feel they didnt have the right to speak freely. theres a decent possibility that i was pontificating. as much as i enjoy calculating odds, ill leave that one to the jury. my feeling is that this type of article is neither more nor less preachy than an average jo
thanks for reading the entire post, nebraskawoman. on the way back up the page on your way out you might want to delve a little into emperor's responses, to at least get a glimpse of where i was coming from. so it goes. tbt
dr.guy, and vice versa, of course. what a shock: an agreement within a "dialogue" about racism! tbt
"TaBoo, you allowed yourself to get sidetracked. You got pulled off your original thesis, which I found illuminating, and slipped down that steep slope that led to, of all things, debating about how to debate. Despite what some say, I was actually looking forward to 'more of the same'. There is a comfort in knowing that there is at least one person here who, give or take a point, shares my view of the world and is capable of presenting a case for it
"save your money. consider this a full transfer of any rights i may have once the dw griffith estate is finished suing me." (kingbee) --okay, im laughing, already. "apparently your concept of what it is to be a slave is a bit blurry if you see any equivalency whatsoever between your grandparents' situation and that imposed upon africans brought here in chains as property to be sold and owned in perpetuity." (kingbee)
great article, jj. are you a life-long louisiana resident? what do you do, then? im a lefty-left liberal so i tend to see corruption everywhere in the government but i still want to give them my money. the more i give the more they can use to buy diamond yo-yos, and hopefully still have a little left for health care. i cant think of one reason that you shouldnt be spitting-pissed with your government. i wish you and the rest of you
dr, well, you're probably right, and i hope so, and i suppose that's how it goes. thanks for the comment, by the way. tbt
will you chill out and listen to yourself? jermayne handled himself well, no one questioned that ever (except the poster who said he was "just as black as the others" or whatever), but whether or not there is a difference between sarcasm and condescending rhetoric, you and 39 other white, conservative authors arent going to be able to have an open, even dialogue with one black man. if there had been anyone else in sight who took his part, y
moderateman, you are right: whether or not you agree you are always willing to discuss, and you have some impressive emotional-control skills that i sorely lack. honestly, in the midst of this unexpected whirlwind, i've lost track of the "where's the discussion" comment i made. was it directed at you? if it was, im sorry. tbt
im not sure why youre sticking to the "TBT condescending to speak" tune. as i mentioned earlier, the considerable numbers and content of responses to your article made me sit back and take some deep breaths. it seems weird to me that you consider my response to be so condescending, LW, but of your own comments within the article and the user responses you make no note. true, my own response was vague and did not critically attack every conservative
kingbee, man, i missed you. what happened to this joeuser thing? there seemed to be some debatable ground last time i checked--i dont know if i would go so far as to call it middle ground--but at least there was some room for interesting discussions. wasnt there? so i have about 23 bucks before i buy some printer paper. can i buy the rights to your short film? or i can work for film . . . i can play the part of the pig . . .
dr miller, obviously empice has some background or he wouldnt be using the terminology . . . that he was using. that doesnt change the fact that most of it was used as an attack on me rather than anything i placed in my article. whether or not he knows what post-colonialism means, not just today with its feminist and identity politic connotations, but in the sense that he seemed to be suggesting, i dont know. nor do i know why he th
LW, the only reason i presumed to define his personal blog as neo-nazi propaganda" is because he came on to my site to spout it. youre completely correct, LW. i have never been to his website, and though im sure i have read some of his articles, the reading must have been some time ago. on top of admitting my ignorance as to what makes empicecream tick i have been absent from joeuser for so long that i have no idea what makes anyone tick a
oh, brother. feel free to make incoherent blatherings if you need to, but keep the profanity isolated to your own neo-nazi propaganda-spewing site, okay? you want to have a discussion, let's discuss--though i'd prefer rational, articulate (not an avalanche of rhetorical nonsense) discussions. deep breath, brother. one, two, three . . . . now, can we discuss? tbt
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