tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post114930929207485322..comments2023-10-31T06:01:54.153-04:00Comments on Pretty Lady: On platitudesPretty Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1150647572450519242006-06-18T12:19:00.000-04:002006-06-18T12:19:00.000-04:00Thank you, my dear Alex! I suspect that we know m...Thank you, my dear Alex! I suspect that we know much the same kinds of people. You strike me as someone who has had to cope with this sort of thing yourself.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1150587367273143902006-06-17T19:36:00.000-04:002006-06-17T19:36:00.000-04:00PL, good form old girl! You were totally in the ri...PL, good form old girl! You were totally in the right, the fellow was a weenie. He was not at all being "selective about who was in his community;" he was fairly frothing at the mouthpart to spew his silliness on whatever receptacle was willing to accept such nonsense without comment.<BR/><BR/>Email is not exempt from the common manners one expects over the telephone, and had some bore called my home with similar tripe and a similar response to my query, I would have soundly trounced him as well.<BR/><BR/>Don't you dare start doubting your own sane assessment of tactless behavior. His words remind me of Brat's eruptions on the way to and from that One-Armed Bandit of a Vet you see.<BR/><BR/>Have a most auspicious afternoon and I quite enjoy your blog.<BR/><BR/>AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1150258075881872732006-06-14T00:07:00.000-04:002006-06-14T00:07:00.000-04:00Its just that a shrug would suffice for me, where ...<I>Its just that a shrug would suffice for me, where i to be in a similar situation.</I><BR/><BR/>Of course it would, dear, and will for me, in future. We all must learn our different wisdoms sometime.<BR/><BR/><I>its a shame some decided to attack you for what was a fairly encouraging comment.</I><BR/><BR/>Once you get to know the personalities involved, you know not to take it personally. People see what they are looking for.<BR/><BR/><I>Oh, and i do hope youve got a new place to live.</I><BR/><BR/>Thank you, but I have decided to keep my current quarters. I have an ironclad legal case, should my aggressively-solving-of-the-wrong-problem landlord attempt to get rid of me, but I trust it will not come to that.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1150216721180539252006-06-13T12:38:00.000-04:002006-06-13T12:38:00.000-04:00I see what you mean now about the differences inbe...I see what you mean now about the differences inbetween men and women. Not from this guy that you wrote about, but from the vox popoli post that you commented on about books taking you through a crisis.<BR/><BR/>Not only did you think what you wrote in your post, but you bothered to write it down. It was written interestingly which is why i read it, but at root its.. i was going to say entirely without meaning to me, but thats not entirely true. Its just that a shrug would suffice for me, where i to be in a similar situation. And those social grades you mentioned... again, im just freinds or not. Or i guess to be fair here, i quite like you but were not freinds. Or maybe we are and this is our first exchange (im not meaning to be cute there, just trying to compress you into one of my boxes)<BR/><BR/>It was a good comment at vox, its a shame some decided to attack you for what was a fairly encouraging comment.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and i do hope youve got a new place to live.ba bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178542110930629126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149548127611126812006-06-05T18:55:00.000-04:002006-06-05T18:55:00.000-04:00Morgan, honey, I get it...I get it...I get it...th...Morgan, honey, I get it...I get it...I get it...thanks for your concern...Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149527501345850882006-06-05T13:11:00.000-04:002006-06-05T13:11:00.000-04:00We get our backs up over something someone does an...<I>We get our backs up over something someone does and the next thing you know we're building an unflattering image in our mind of that person based on their interaction with us.<BR/>It's not entirely a fair or noble thing to do, and that's all I'm saying.</I><BR/><BR/>Now, Morgan, I can only assume you are playing devil's advocate, here. I have been precisely the sort of person to fall for this line of reasoning in the past--the one who cringed when my spoiled brat of a roommate called me 'selfish' for wishing that she'd occasionally reciprocate when I cooked her a meal, the ex-boyfriend who declared "People just like those who affirm them, and dislike those who don't, and they're all pathetic automatons." <BR/><BR/>If the gentleman in question HAD engaged as a friend, of course the story would be different, because it would be coming from a different <I>context.</I> There would have been an actual friendship in which to place the conversation, not a random deluge of hogwash from On High. I am not, and never have been saying, that the fellow is a Bad Person because he doesn't like me--I'm saying that spiritual integrity in general has much more to do with actions than with words.<BR/><BR/>And when someone's actions don't match their words, I have no reason to take those words seriously. I would say the same whether or not it was myself he treated this way. It is lame to treat ANYBODY like that.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149527450065910062006-06-05T13:10:00.000-04:002006-06-05T13:10:00.000-04:00Hey Morgan!I dunno...I'm not getting "resentment" ...Hey Morgan!<BR/>I dunno...I'm not getting "resentment" from PL, here (unless she actually said "resent" and I missed it in my work-addled state of mind.) Seems that she is just loath to "suffer fools gladly" anymore . Yes?The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149483508207262492006-06-05T00:58:00.000-04:002006-06-05T00:58:00.000-04:00Aardvark, you crack me up. Blackmail spam, indeed....Aardvark, you crack me up. Blackmail spam, indeed.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149482829584143712006-06-05T00:47:00.000-04:002006-06-05T00:47:00.000-04:00The only thing worse is when a "spiritual person" ...The only thing worse is when a "spiritual person" sends one a curse.<BR/><BR/>You know, "If you send this Prayer to fifty people, you will get a Great Blessing. If you delete it, a boulder will fall on your head, like it did to Irving Feemich, <I>fifteen minutes after he deleted it!</I><BR/><BR/>The Tao of Ponzi, perhaps?The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149480508971614062006-06-05T00:08:00.000-04:002006-06-05T00:08:00.000-04:00But the sad fact is that sometimes people - even p...<I>But the sad fact is that sometimes people - even people who have us in their address book - aren't interested in us personally.<BR/>This guy probably had his own reasons, and while it may have hurt her pride, it does *not* make him a bad person incapable of love.</I><BR/><BR/>Of course this fellow was not interested in me, personally, dear Morgan. Of course this does not make him a bad person. You will note that I was not drawing the second conclusion from the first; nor was I coming out and calling him a bad person.<BR/><BR/>No, my point merely was that it goes beyond tactless to send a ream of speculation on the nature of 'unconditional love' (which did NOT go to his entire address book, only to privileged little me) to someone with whom one is completely unwilling to engage. He was not <I>responding</I> to anything I had said, done or written, because he paid no attention to any of these things. He was simply using me as a metaphysical Kleenex, and this I believe I have every right to resent.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149475989100452872006-06-04T22:53:00.000-04:002006-06-04T22:53:00.000-04:00Ican admit one thing. My little brain still doesn'...Ican admit one thing. My little brain still doesn't grasp it. To me it's silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149466746328522792006-06-04T20:19:00.000-04:002006-06-04T20:19:00.000-04:00Alright, I am now starting to get a complex. I don...Alright, I am now starting to get a complex. I don't understand any of this. I thought I did, but Morgan just drove me deeper into the mud. I am completely lost. Bye ByeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149460616619926932006-06-04T18:36:00.000-04:002006-06-04T18:36:00.000-04:00Sometimes you sound like it. But you do go WAY bey...Sometimes you sound like it. But you do go WAY beyond the feel gooders, and the name it and claim it. Nevermind, I don;t ever wanna go there.<BR/><BR/>So, hows life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149438196785847622006-06-04T12:23:00.000-04:002006-06-04T12:23:00.000-04:00Credo che la parola cercavi era 'presumptious', e ...<I>Credo che la parola cercavi era 'presumptious', e non 'pretentious'.</I><BR/><BR/>I stand corrected.<BR/><BR/><I>(sigh)... You are so complicated.</I><BR/><BR/>NO, really?<BR/><BR/><I>"The Love of many will wax cold."</I><BR/><BR/>How very apt. I must read my Bible more often. <BR/><BR/><I>sometimes you sound like a feel good Christian.</I><BR/><BR/>Feel-good Christians are anything but complicated, dear. You can't have it both ways. ;-)Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149432641914359432006-06-04T10:50:00.000-04:002006-06-04T10:50:00.000-04:00Pretty Lady,(sigh)... You are so complicated.Have ...Pretty Lady,<BR/>(sigh)... You are so complicated.<BR/><BR/>Have you heard of the prophecy contained in the Bible? "The Love of many will wax cold." I believe that has happened. Not all people, but many. What we do now won't change this world. Only God can change it by coming back... You can improve your lot in life by caring for people , but you won't change the world. Not anymore. Too many Christless people now.<BR/><BR/>PL, sometimes you sound like a feel good Christian. and not. <BR/><BR/>You kind of confused me. But then I am easily confused when it comes to people....<BR/><BR/>-rlhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149432098583112172006-06-04T10:41:00.000-04:002006-06-04T10:41:00.000-04:00Credo che la parola cercavi era 'presumptious', e ...Credo che la parola cercavi era 'presumptious', e non 'pretentious'. Era soltanto una barzelletta, eh allora certo che era insincero. Non ci preoccupiamo.<BR/><BR/>Che sara, sara. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149395391244227622006-06-04T00:29:00.000-04:002006-06-04T00:29:00.000-04:00Roland, try this.If you want to be up all night, ...Roland, <A HREF="http://onehippiesopinion.blogspot.com/2006/05/ghost-stories.html" REL="nofollow"> try this.</A><BR/><BR/>If you want to be up all night, that is. And Anon, I do apologize, I hadn't realized you'd continued the conversation. We shall have to take it up another day.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149388677254380792006-06-03T22:37:00.000-04:002006-06-03T22:37:00.000-04:00something about not speaking about gnostic spirits...something about not speaking about gnostic spirits?<BR/>My translation stinks.<BR/>Oh well.Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669050528894458315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149380620488605042006-06-03T20:23:00.000-04:002006-06-03T20:23:00.000-04:00No, Anonymous was just being pretentious and disin...No, Anonymous was just being pretentious and disingenuous at the same time, but that's okay, because Anonymous is my BUD. <BR/><BR/>As I told Jake earlier today, it's not the words--it's the context, and the source.<BR/><BR/>hee, hee. Boy, am I lucky to have such good buddies. They're helping me get the slime off my aura.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149378542440769742006-06-03T19:49:00.000-04:002006-06-03T19:49:00.000-04:00did Anonymous say "WOuld like to say something, bu...did Anonymous say "WOuld like to say something, but I can't talk while my mouth is full of gnochi"?<BR/>or am I paraphrasing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149351281068434312006-06-03T12:14:00.000-04:002006-06-03T12:14:00.000-04:00Hmmm... Sperro che non stai parlando della nostra ...Hmmm... Sperro che non stai parlando della nostra conversatizione sui spiriti gnostichi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20403719.post-1149310198947594252006-06-03T00:49:00.000-04:002006-06-03T00:49:00.000-04:00Very insightful.Jesus said, "Go and do likewise." ...Very insightful.<BR/><BR/>Jesus said, "Go and do likewise." <BR/>If only more of us did, instead of said.<BR/>Hard enough to do with my family.Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669050528894458315noreply@blogger.com