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...
Pretty interesting. Go read the narrative.
Our friend in New Mexico thinks we need an editor; our writing gets repetitive and parts of it sag into the depths of being expendable. Well, criticism is easy. Examples are a bit more impressive and therefore more persuasive. We’ll take what’s behind the link as an example even if it wasn’t intended as such, because it does a fine job of capturing the apprehension that was involved with that awning ratchet jamming. Yeah, we can take criticism. Of course we can. Who do ya think we are, President Obama?
Capturing emotion is a tricky thing when one does one’s writing. Perhaps it comes naturally when the emotion is of the “Omigaw!!” variety and has only moments ago finished its job of rattling you senseless. Either way, the product is worthy of linkage. And it’s probably a worthy model for our aspirations…
…okay, don’t go piling on now. We know we’re wordy. Read Buck’s sordid tale and watch his captivating movie — that’s the subject.
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Damn, what a great vid; you could feel the rush from here. I miss weather something awful – Santa Rosa’s weather is as non-existent as its culture.
When I lived in the Texas panhandle, the response to Blue Northers was usually “Ain’t nothin between here and the North Pole but a bobwire fence,” the answer to which was “And some dern fool left the gate open.” Weather comes up at a rate not to be believed on the Great Plains.
As far as your writing goes, the best part of it is your dog-on-a-bone tenacity at chasing down hitherto-unexamined arguments. I might quibble about your overuse of commas (but after all, you were “educated” after public schools stopped teaching people how to write,) but your arguments are invaluable.
I’ve often thought a good motto for your blog would be “The Effable We Eff Immediately; The Ineffable Takes A Little Longer.” For God’s sake, don’t stop.
- rob | 07/21/2009 @ 08:31Me, I don’t mind Morgan’s wordiness. It’s one of the things we have in common … that being, we both think “out loud”. So I find his writing entirely natural. Your mileage may vary.
- philmon | 07/21/2009 @ 08:32Wow. Thanks for this post and the linkage, Morgan. I’m both humbled and honored.
- bpenni | 07/21/2009 @ 10:03We live in the High Desert in Nevada and wind can get really bad. We lost part of are barn into are neighbor yard. mind you we have a acre of land so it pick it up and take it.. there can be no wind one minute and 50 or 60 mile per hour the next..
- Danswoman | 07/21/2009 @ 13:03