Cynics Party - Latest Comments in Episode 1: A Sake Situation

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redmanlaw — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:27:30 -0000

@ martianmanhunter - I had the 1960s Batman movie 'til the burglers got it a while back I saw a special edition rerelease for thirty bucks at Target the other day - and I think I paid about eight for the one I had.

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SanFranLefty — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:11:58 -0000

@Ewalda: Wow. Not in any way to minimize your experience, but I keep having dreams about my dead dog where she's in some sort of danger. I try to save her and wake up agitated because I can't quite save her - and then I wake up and don't know if I'm relieved or more upset to remember that she's in the great St. Francis-supervised dog park in the sky.

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hunterw — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:08:03 -0000

@rml- this was another reginald denny

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redmanlaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:54:14 -0000

That dude sang on "Battle of Evermore"?

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hunterw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:44:04 -0000

@rml- no the white trucker who got brutally beaten during the la riots and was memorably played by jim carrey on "in living color"

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redmanlaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:09:00 -0000

@ hunter - that chick singer on "Battle of Evermore"?

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prommy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:04:46 -0000

JNOV was playing "Dennis" from Holy Grail.

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hunterw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:47:35 -0000

@RML- but who gets to be reginald denny?

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redmanlaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:41:11 -0000

The Promeranian gets the Rodney King Award for the week.

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hunterw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:16:24 -0000

@JNOV- Did I ban you or delete/edit any of your comments? We don't censor comments here and it's not something I ever plan on doing.

I just responded and said that I didn't like what you said and it's the type of thing I'd rather see handled via email. Would you prefer I didn't respond at all? I can't do that cause I do care about what goes on here and doing my best to keep folks happy.

@Prommy- I appreciate JNOV and all the other regulars here. In fact, I don't want to ban anyone and I hope we all hang around here for a long time. I'm not overreacting, there are no hard feelings here. I just felt the comment merited and honest response.

Anyways, I can't/won't force anyone to do this, but I'd prefer if we kept any further discussion of this stuff to email and kept posts on topic. As you said earlier, "Can't we all just get along?" If we can't, feel free to tell me your beefs via email. I will respond and I do care. I want to keep this kind of stuff off the posts to keep the comments and content enjoyable for people who don't hate it here. I'm really not going to continue this here, but I did feel the need to speak on this one more time because of the false suggestion that there was censorship going on here.

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prommy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:48:14 -0000

Ewalda, we're all bozos on this bus, and its going off a cliff, only thing to do is love your fellow passengers.

Your fucking OLD. You make me feel young. My 30th reunion won't be for 2 years.

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redmanlaw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:03:15 -0000

@ ewalda - bleedover bewteen multiverses. Perhaps she dreams of you where she's at.

@ jnov - perhaps they are real, just not here and now.

The ones from the past keep coming up, don't they? Hunters also have the same thoughts of shots not taken (sometimes to our benefit, such as the time I didn't shoot at a pair of strutting toms because it was 7 mins past legal light; we got back to the place we were staying and found out that friend of a friend's kid had no permission to be on the land we were on which could have made me a poacher PLUS shooting past 30 mins after sunset), poor tactics, etc. When I was a really obsessed fly fisher I used to get crazy reviewing summer trips months later and trying to figure out what I did wrong and what I would do better next time.

When we think of people from our past, lost loves, extraordinary hookups, we always think only of how great it could have been had such things could have been had we made different decisions along the way. We tend to gloss over the time(s) we had to fire the ejection seat as an act of self-preservation, and in my rig, it's the passenger that gets blown out.

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JNOV — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:40:15 -0000

@Ewalda: Oh, Paula. Those kinds of dreams are lovely and sad -- it's like you wake up thinking the dream is true and that the past x years and past x experiences were the real dream, but they were real.When you realize the dream was a dream, you're crestfallen at first but still happy that you had it because of the wash of emotions you felt while you were sleeping. If you're lucky, those feelings linger for awhile.

@FCS: Yes, a competitive drum and bugle corps. Yes. I have never seen one of those, but I have seen marching bands, so the idea of a marching band is what sticks to the grey matter. I will give them their due from now on -- they were a kick ass drum and bugle corps. From Elizabeth, NJ. They probs have cancer now from the pollution. Anyone who thinks environmental racism is bs need only to go Elizabeth or anywhere in Union County to see the truth.

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PSYCHO_CUNT_NAZIS_MUST_DIE! — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:38:13 -0000

Oh, Falcon Cadets wasn't a marching band; it was a competitive drum and bugle corps. Sonically, the difference between a cherry bomb and a Mt St Helens eruption.

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Ewalda — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:10:38 -0000

Had a dream about a high school girlfriend last night.
She was the best friend anyone could hope for after that. For many years thereafter while we lived thousands of miles apart and had spouses and families and whatnot.. We never really broke up, just became lifelong friends. The last time I saw her was at our 30th HS reunion nine years ago.
She died of breast cancer 3 years ago, but last night, in my dreams, she was as alive, funny, and wonderful as she was all those years ago.
Life is a mystery. Why and how we are here, and what comes after, is unknowable.
All I know is that none of us ever becomes all that we wish ro be.
For Paula: Forever friends.

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JNOV — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:01:24 -0000

@Ewalda: God, I love you, too.

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Ewalda — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:55:35 -0000

@JNOV: Where would we be without you? Love you, JNOV.

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JNOV — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:22:57 -0000

@FCS: I know Elizabeth well. Marching bands, not so much. Except for the ones Prommy was talking about. Well, and the Stanford Band, but we all know how that last trip down The Farm's memory lane went. We screwed up a convention thread.

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JNOV — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:09:17 -0000

@hunter: Wait. Whoa. We've got censorship attempts in the comments now? Get out of town! I'll keep yakking as long as you keep giving me something to yak about or until you outright ban me. You are trying to shut me down because you don't like what I'm writing, and that's pathetic. Put on your big-boy boxers, Hunter, and learn to deal with criticism. The funny thing is that I was done bitching. Guess not. (Apologies to the Cynic that came up with big-girl panties Pelosi.)

@prommy: Once again, thank you.

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prommy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:38:33 -0000

Hunter, I really do appreciate your coming and responding, thanks. You are overreacting to JNOV, gotta tell ya, JNOV is one of my favorite posters here because she has no regulator, she says what she thinks and is all out on top, when it gets boring she will come and stream of consciousness into fun discussions of the sexual coming-out of ex-mormons, the best meds for various psychological maladies we all have, penise size, all sorts of great random topics, and all honest and real. The greatest value of her openness and fearlessness is it encourages others to open up their id and be what their mood is at that minute, its a good thing.

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prommy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:30:05 -0000

Flippin, FCS, I love marching bands, just not white ones. Give me FAMU. And I black church drum and dance corp came to my office, it was our charity that year, and performed for us, and I was transported.

I was, however, reacting a bit to my stepdaugheters experience with band (flag person, she was) and it was absurd. 18 hour days, travelling to competitions, the director or whatever you call the flit in charge, he was trying to out-macho the football team. Miss a practice, no excuses, no excuses, even real legitimate excuses, you sat out. Absurd. The band kids when I was in high school were the kids you could score pot from, thats more like it. I am the furthest thing from a jock.

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hunterw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:50:08 -0000

@Prommy, Tommmcatt, and SFL- you guys are sweethearts, thanks

@Prommy- we did have a bit of a scripted format, but i think we figured out a few tricks with this maiden effort. i've got a business trip coming up so i'm not sure when the next one will be up, but we're definitely trying to make this better every time

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hunterw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:47:31 -0000

@FIX THE COMMENTS- Like I said, I have 0 tech expertise so I have no idea what needs to be done. I know Greg and Nojo have been working on it (especially Nojo). I'll ask them if you guys can help @ all, but I'm sure if they need anything they will promptly bug you guys.

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hunterw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:45:14 -0000

@JNOV- I think you're assuming a lot about what we all want to do with this site. I didn't get involved here to start some huge blog or to compete with the constant coverage on Wonkette. All I wanted orignally was an outlet to do what I love (political writing) with some good writers. I'm very happy that this has grown beyond my wildest dreams and appreciate everyone who reads That's why I try to post as much as possible and have publicly regretted not being able to do more.

I've never asked for any type of loyalty or even respect. I also don't recall ever insult anyone or peeing on your heads (although I am pretty careless with my urine when I've had too much to drink, so someone may prove me wrong on that one.

I don't even care if people like or agree with what I write. Part of the reason I want a public outlet for my writing instead of some journal is that it allows for debate and feedback. What I don't like at all is getting shit for not being able to post more regularly. Believe me, I'd post all the time if I could.

I'm very glad that Nojo, FCS, Blogenfreude, and Marcell have been able to post as much as they have. But, I won't be mad at them if they are ever unable to do so much and I won't be pissed at Jason, Megan, or Kaila whenever they decide to drop by.

If you only want to read threads by certain writers, by all means, use RSS and do that. As you pointed out, Nojo also has all his stuff on another blog. Just don't come around spreading unnecessary negativity in other people's posts. Maybe you disagree with what I want this site to be for myself, but that type of thing is certainly not what it's about. Anyways, I'm not going to add to it anymore myself, I think I made my point fairly clearly. If you have any further questions or comments about my efforts here that aren't related to discussing what's in the post please e-mail me.

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Trotsky — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:43:02 -0000

@flippin:
In HS, I was on both the varsity football team (cornerback) and was band preznit (trumpet). I only got on the field wearing a football helmet, thank FSM. Wind Ensemble concerts in a suit and tie were better than those friggin marching uniforms on the field, anyday. The only time I had to wear the band uniforms was for parades and shit like that. Our unis were so lame that they were gold Eisenhower jackets and dark green high-waisted pants, with a peaked service cap. Oh, and they further humiliated us by making us wear white bucks. We only had one uni, and it was wool. That meant that in the summer, when you were marching in your third 4th of July parade of the day and it was 100 degrees out, about a third of the band members who had bothered to show up collapsed from heat exhaustion. Good times.....