tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post1161100926894715028..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: Odd Bits - The Heat Stroke Editionbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-3478362940542316112012-07-12T20:23:55.091-04:002012-07-12T20:23:55.091-04:00If it were just me going to the show, I wouldn’t h...If it were just me going to the show, I wouldn’t have minded the cancellation so much. But this cost me a special night out w/ my nephew, the kind I don’t see happening again, unless AC/DC comes to town. (And they’ve already been to DC on their last tour.)bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-81262969477409626022012-07-12T20:22:20.908-04:002012-07-12T20:22:20.908-04:00That’s why I love blogging so much. I used to kee...That’s why I love blogging so much. I used to keep journals on and off throughout my whole life. (Girls have diaries, guys keep journals.) Sometimes I’d write something I really liked, but it would sadden me that no one else would ever see it.<br /><br />I don’t think one has to be a narcissist to blog; just be someone that wants to be heard.<br /><br />On one hand, I’m always amazed that <i>anyone</i> ever comes here to read a post. But on the other hand, I do think I’m pretty good at what I do. So why not?<br /><br />The best part is that we don’t have to justify ourselves. We do our best work, and people either come or they don’t. You don’t have to have “Bloggess-caliber” numbers to feel fulfilled by blogging.<br /><br />Now, if all we do is write about our own fabulousness, then yes, we could be considered narcissists.<br /><br />As for me, I’m reminded of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry is dating Jeannine Garafolo, who is just like him, yet he wants to break up with her.<br /><br />George (yelling): How can you break up with her? She’s just like you!<br />Jerry (yelling): But I hate myself!<br /><br />In a nutshell, that’s me. How can I be a narcissist when I hate myself?bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-80399362910249796442012-07-12T13:56:59.581-04:002012-07-12T13:56:59.581-04:00They are talking about Van Halen for this year'...They are talking about Van Halen for this year's Super Bowl halftime. That wouldn't be bad, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T CANCEL.<br /><br />See, that's what happens when you get all rich and comfortable. And that's why I can't ever get excited about going to a concert. Sure, I guess there's value in indoctrinating a young lad into the world of rock and roll, but other than that, no one is worth that price. For that price, they better be playing in my living room and bringing the beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-14152339456249617932012-07-12T09:36:48.134-04:002012-07-12T09:36:48.134-04:00The thing about blogging is that you have to be a ...The thing about blogging is that you have to be a narcissist, right? Otherwise, we'd just keep private diaries. When people say, "I'd like to blog, but why would anyone read what I have to say?", I'm like, "Wait, I don't understand. Who wouldn't want to read what I have to say?"Unapologetically Mundanehttp://www.unapologeticallymundane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-48069569153464948972012-07-10T18:28:00.979-04:002012-07-10T18:28:00.979-04:00Just because you're a narcissist doesn't m...Just because you're a narcissist doesn't mean your not totally fabulous...bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-78223395250961221112012-07-10T18:26:19.851-04:002012-07-10T18:26:19.851-04:00I can’t believe anyone even noticed the big Blog P...I can’t believe anyone even noticed the big Blog Post Switcheroo!<br /><br />That’s what I did for the entire past two weekends… hid inside, venturing out only for beer and a movie. The rest of the time, I hid out, deep inside my cave.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-12516637711027832922012-07-10T17:08:13.066-04:002012-07-10T17:08:13.066-04:00Back in high school and college, I kept a "bl...Back in high school and college, I kept a "blog" before blogs existed on an HTML Geocities site. I would write a whole month on one page, so the pages would be these glorious half-novels by the end of the month. I figured out, though, that I could cut their load times significantly if I just pressed the little X on my browser a second after I pulled up the editing page. And of course lost all of the oldest writing. Only I didn't realize that until some months had gone by, and I don't keep Word backups despite being a total narcissist, so . . . sad times.Unapologetically Mundanehttp://www.unapologeticallymundane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-24700498926932363962012-07-10T12:32:42.241-04:002012-07-10T12:32:42.241-04:00I wondered about the wonkiness of your posts being...I wondered about the wonkiness of your posts being switched around. I pretty much just deduced that Blogger was being stupid again. As always.<br /><br />And oh god, the heat. I have the same reaction when I'm in the office all day in the A/C and then I walk out at the end of the day and feel like I am being punched in the entire body by a brick wall of wet hot heat. Gah! I texted one friend that if I burst into flames before I get to my parking garage (a scant block away) that she should have the fire department on standby. Luckily I made it. Last Saturday I stayed indoors the entire day. I watched TV, the kids played video games incessantly and that was our day. It was just too damn hot to do otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-20859360270727397482012-07-09T23:01:47.938-04:002012-07-09T23:01:47.938-04:00Finally, the heat has broken. It was actually tol...Finally, the heat has broken. It was actually tolerable out today. Some storms rolled through and left temps in the 80s.<br /><br />I wouldn't look forward to moving all this mess over to another service. I don't have the patience.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-27263533773590844012012-07-09T22:15:26.994-04:002012-07-09T22:15:26.994-04:00Yah. It's fucking hot. Not so much any more, b...Yah. It's fucking hot. Not so much any more, but still. The kids still want to play out there, which, what kid doesn't? But it's just brutal. BRUTAL. <br /><br />And dump Blogger. WP is where it's at.Cassiehttp://www.whosmydaddy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-85448601111060651992012-07-08T14:23:53.856-04:002012-07-08T14:23:53.856-04:00I bet they're the tastiest team in the league!...I bet they're the tastiest team in the league! They should do a promotion with KFC, called "Chicken, gravy and Biscuits!"bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-52365053991449593652012-07-08T14:22:48.617-04:002012-07-08T14:22:48.617-04:00All I know is that it sure would be nice if every ...All I know is that it sure would be nice if every time I get in the car, I feel like those dudes melting at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. And that's WITH a windshield sun screen!bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-4628839215233427812012-07-08T14:14:56.662-04:002012-07-08T14:14:56.662-04:00Bluz, one of the minor league teams in the Souther...Bluz, one of the minor league teams in the Southern League, with a goofier name than the Blue Wahoo's in the one in Montgomery Ala. They are called the: BISCUITS. IT MAY BE FUN TO GUESS WHAT THEY PUT ON THEIR HATS, OR IN THEM. I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS.DADnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-40335875135023004662012-07-08T14:13:07.890-04:002012-07-08T14:13:07.890-04:00Even as someone who has grown up in the Deep South...Even as someone who has grown up in the Deep South, I sympathize with you. It kind of irritates me when people in Louisiana feel compelled to comment on the heat <i>every single day</i>. We live in a subtropical climate, for God's sake, and it's <i>summer</i>. Hate to break it to everybody, but it's not going to snow in June around here any time soon. But when your climate is, you know, NORMAL, it sucks to have a heat wave like that. If you wanted the air to feel like warm mayonnaise, then you'd move to Shreveport, thankyouverymuch.Mrs. Bachelor Girlhttp://www.mrsbachelorgirl.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-9183423156990344702012-07-07T23:14:34.956-04:002012-07-07T23:14:34.956-04:00Luckily for me, it never got over 78 in my apartme...Luckily for me, it never got over 78 in my apartment. No way I was going outside today, without there being pulleys involved.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-23656350037953388062012-07-07T21:21:36.437-04:002012-07-07T21:21:36.437-04:00Even in the South, 104 is really freaking hot. I&#...Even in the South, 104 is really freaking hot. I'm suffering in solidarity with you.Jessica R.http://www.leelafish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-14553250406652199732012-07-07T16:46:53.489-04:002012-07-07T16:46:53.489-04:00The joke was that the way I was holding the mic ma...The joke was that the way I was holding the mic made it look like I had my schlong out. If I had been using the one with the red cap, it might have looked... more so.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-72542575330491321612012-07-07T16:37:35.980-04:002012-07-07T16:37:35.980-04:00Why? What does a red microphone mean?
Anyway, all...Why? What does a red microphone mean? <br />Anyway, all I can say about your Blogger problems is that Wordpress rocks!...ok, I'm not really all about Wordpress, but I switched last year after Blogger had their big crash, and now I feel like I have to be all "Goooo Wordpress!"Sandrahttp://www.absolutelynarcissism.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-83885066690904390832012-07-07T15:11:49.912-04:002012-07-07T15:11:49.912-04:00Ha! I knew they were in on it. "Panama"...Ha! I knew they were in on it. "Panama" my ass.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-32148861887379311662012-07-07T14:05:26.992-04:002012-07-07T14:05:26.992-04:00Hot, you say? C'mon down! Here in de Deep So...Hot, you say? C'mon down! Here in de Deep Souf, it's a chilly 92. Bring yr woolies.There's no "climate change", no "global warming". It's all a plot by Van Halen to distract irate, disappointed ticket holders.Mary Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-27607509183839006412012-07-07T13:40:20.954-04:002012-07-07T13:40:20.954-04:00I use Chrome, myself, and pretty much love it. Bu...I use Chrome, myself, and pretty much love it. But I guess I'm not as hooked into everything else, like you are. No Gmail or G+ or anything. Sometimes it pays to be hopelessly behind the times.<br /><br />Hope you were able to get a refund on your Paris trip... Man, it really took a while for the whole travel industry to get back on its feet after that day... <br /><br />I flew that October, though, but I pretty much had to. We had tickets to see the Steelers in Tampa. No choice...bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-23598003020464672502012-07-07T13:34:47.635-04:002012-07-07T13:34:47.635-04:00I'm really starting to get terribly turned off...I'm really starting to get terribly turned off by everything Google (except for Chrome - it's my browsing God) and not one day have i regretted my switch over to WordPress for my blog. Now my gmail accounts no longer go through my MacMail and I noticed it started coinciding with their market value (Apple is way over Google - hmm, market war perhaps?) and on the topic of your Van Halen tickets in hand - I totally understand, I had a ticket to Paris (Biz section) in my hand for work dated Sept. 12. The day after 9-11. Guess where I didn't go?<br /><br />Muwah!Marie Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349867233197745366noreply@blogger.com