A Curious Lot - Blog Day Afternoon Posted by Jeff (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 07:09AM EST)

The species sapien of the genus homo of the third planet removed from the Sun is a curious lot indeed. He builds large pullies to ease him up a mountain. With two boards strapped to his feet, he descends on snow and ice. It's hard to imagine a squirrel or a bear strapping two boards to its feet in order to hurl itself down a mountain. The dog would probably enjoy himself if I strapped boards to his feet and pushed him down a hill. But he's not going to come up with that idea on his own.... The Pragmatist and I enjoyed the slopes on this lovely Pennsylvania mountain yesterday. (Hence this crappy blog today...)

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By Funkman (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 07:11AM EST)

Did Limey write this?

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By Jeff (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 12:29PM EST)

Some bloggers can write quaint comments and recieve kudos for the effort. Me?--not so much...

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By Spaniard (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 01:01PM EST) Hmm...I wonder which blogger(s) you have in mind... ;-) [ reply | parent ]

By The Pragmatist (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 05:01PM EST) I resent that! [ reply | parent ]

By kevin the one-armed boy (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 07:56PM EST) Oooh, a wink and a nudge. Tell us oh Spaniard, who are you casting aspersions at? [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Thursday January 22 2004 @ 11:59PM EST) If the Spaniard has a time machine, then I'd guess he meant you. Medicated with cold syrup, you declared tonight's entry unfit for public consumption but that didn't stop Daveman from declaring you a genius. Hmmmm Spaniard! I want some lottery numbers.... [ reply | parent ]

By kevin the one-armed boy (Friday January 23 2004 @ 07:07AM EST) That's nice. Not only do I get a stab in the back from my *friends* it's passed between them as schoolgirl whispers and winks. Thanks both of you. [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Friday January 23 2004 @ 07:21AM EST) As far as I can tell, Daveman is the one who got ripped in my comment... [ reply | parent ]

By kevin the one-armed boy (Friday January 23 2004 @ 08:29AM EST) well, I see that you did use your editorial powers to change "trite comments" to "quaint comments" so....... [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Friday January 23 2004 @ 02:14PM EST) I do that all the time. You don't always get the right word on the first try. "Trite" had connotations that I didn't like. "Quaint" more accurately expresses my thought. BTW: if Funkman had a dog, then maybe he'd contribute more... [ reply | parent ]

By kevin the one-armed boy (Friday January 23 2004 @ 03:34PM EST) My whole reason for being annoyed was the original post containing the word "trite" which you later changed to "quaint". I agree with almost none of the viewpoints expressed on your blog yet I enjoy reading it and wouldn't think to critique your writing style - I was just surprised when you slammed mine. "Trite" is a slam and you are a bright guy and knew what it meant when you posted it. Alas, life goes on. [ reply | parent ]

By Jeff (Friday January 23 2004 @ 04:39PM EST) Actually, I wasn't thinking of you when I wrote that. Since the conversation turned under my feet I changed the word. I read your blog ever day. And I agree with everything you say except when it pertains to religion, politics, sports, philosophy, paleotology and pie. [ reply | parent ]

By Spaniard (Friday January 23 2004 @ 03:03PM EST) Hey, not that I was alluding to you, but if I was receiving kudos for quaint comments as Jeff puts it, I would take it as a compliment to my writing. Something to the effect of "People like my blog, no matter what I write. I must be pretty good". Then again, you could just question the intellect of your audience... [ reply | parent ]

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