Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Maturity
For reasons that may be expounded upon, or not, I haven’t been doing a lot blog-wise for the last few days or so. Anyway, yesterday I got an e-mail asking me for a link-trade: My blog points to yours, your blog points to mine. The author closed off by saying “You’re doing a great job, by the way. Keep up the good work.”
I found that to be an interesting comment after I visited his blog, and came to the realization that his blog and my blog don’t agree about too many things.
Remarkable? Well, such a thing used to not be unusual. Now, it is.
This blog relishes compliments regardless of the source, but it has special gratitude for such positive remarks supplied by those not initially inclined to agree with it. This is only sensible. Think about it; you love tapioca pudding and I love tapioca pudding, and you write an essay about how wonderful tapioca pudding is, how much better it is than chocolate or vanilla. After I read your essay and tell you “that’s a great essay, you really told it like it is!” what does that really tell you? Do you really know you did a great job explaining why tapioca pudding is good? You don’t know that. I already know I like tapioca pudding! Maybe your essay sucked! You don’t know.
It means so much more when someone thinks banana creme pudding is the bomb, or is bollywonkers over butterscotch, or thinks that tapioca is just nasty — but nevertheless opines that your essay about tapioca pudding was a good anyway.
Appreciation for the talents and/or labors of those who are ideologically different, is something we used to see often, and now we don’t. It really doesn’t require much; just something called “maturity.” We live in a time when those who have this maturity, are often coerced from using it. It is much more common to disparage anyone on the other side, or anyone caught sympathizing with the other side. Or anyone remiss in their duties of properly insulting the other side, every minute of every day. That’s why we can’t even have civil discussions anymore, you know…You’re a U.N. pussy, you’re a right-wing nutjob, you’re a liberal weiner, you’re dumb as a doorknob.
Anyway, now my blog has a link list. It’s a little on the short side now, but I have many more entries to add to it. “Empires Fall” is in it.
Kudos to you, Mr. Barnes, you’re doing a great job too. Wish there were more people nowadays like you.
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