June 06, 2005

Here's a good storyteller -- and he might just make you feel hopeful for the human race again.

Full disclosure: he's also one of my best friends, despite being a screaming liberal.

Well Kim, I have met some screaming liberals that I liked-but the percentage was low. As the old saying goes, you can always tell a liberal, but not very much.

Well dammit I clicked on that story teller thingy and I liked what I read, but because it opened up in the comments window there was no way to tell what the url was to add it to my favorites. Does that happen to everyone or just this computer fucktard?

Right-click on the link, then choose "Open In A New Window".

Yer welcome.

Thanks for the link Kim -- what an inspirational blog. It makes *me* a little hopeful for the liberal race again!

Most of us play it safe and live mediocre lives. Your life has not been that, and now you have rich stories to tell, and friends to enjoy it with you. My daughter set up a blog for me yesterday, and told me to write, I have, and it will take years of practice, like you say, before I would be able to hold anyone's attention. I figure just my sister will read the darn thing. That's good enough for me.

Kim the Rifleman-I clicked on the storyteller and you are correct-this is one of the good liberals. Thanks for the link

Truer words were never spoken, Rob. What pisses me off is that you make it LOOK easy...yet when I sit down to the keyboard, all I get is nuthin LOL.

Yep, you're one of the ones my post was talking about. Thanks...

Rob, Rob, Rob . . .

You should never, EVER beat a child with a plastic coat hanger.

They break on the first swat and you have to keep going back to the closet for a fresh one.

WIRE hangers. THAT'S the ticket.

Lamont

We write because we are all blog whores at heart??

Thanks Kim

Reading someone's blog on a regular basis is, indeed, a form of intimacy and this is especially true when you feel a connection. I came to this site maybe six months or so ago and, with the exception of really crazy times, read it regularly. I felt an immediate connection due to the fact that I'm southern born, raised and educated but have lived in New York for the past 10 years. I soak up southernisms like a sponge and don't even take offense when those of us who reside in the great northeast are ridiculed. In fact, I agree with about 75% of what you write which only serves to make the commentary more stimulating. If I agreed with everything then I may as well sit alone with my own thoughts. I enjoy the humor especially when it's delivered from a "cracker" perspective. And I have been touched by the obvious love and admiration that shines through whenever you refer to your family members, most notably the recent loss of your mother for which I offer my deepest sympathy and condolences. Keep it up 'cause this is one misplaced southern girl who loves the read.

Does it surprise anyone, then, that the man who prefers to be "nekkid" if he could do so all the time, happens to post THIS story on his blog site?

Anyone??

Rob, instead of the "air bath", I think you might briefly invest in taking a regular one...I can smell your stink all the way out here in California! ; )

All I know is, I don't have that story telling knack like others do. I have to work on my efforts.

You continue to wear a mask and project it, even in your writing; you can only be so naked when you are continually crafting it and reinventing yourself.

Werbinox

LIvey,

You can also hold down the Shift key when you left click to get the link to open in a new window. It'll work both in IE and FireFox. I dunno about the other browsers.

Back OT:

Yes, I aspire to be a good writer. I just have to practice the part that says you have to work on it every day.

I'm learning how to tell a story. Indeed I was flabbergasted when a story I told in a comments section of a fairly bigtime blog got posted on the blog's front page.

Some of the elements I may have picked up here. It wasn't consciously done, but I think I recognize some of the style.

Maybe someday -- when I can overcome the emotion that some of the stories bring out. I've had enough sleepless nights.

I see Livey has a good bear story on her blog today. Click on her name and enjoy it.