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Re: Facing Fears

Karoli — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:33:06 -0000

I agree. We can take a risk or stand still. My money is on the risk.

Re: Manic Perceptions

Karoli — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:01:08 -0000

Thank you, finnigh! For the kind words and the visit :-)

Re: Manic Perceptions

Karoli — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:26:55 -0000

Thanks, Liz. :)

Re: Manic Perceptions

Karoli — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:26:40 -0000

thank you :) I thought to myself as I was hearing the intro, what a great way to describe what it's like to live with competing themes in one's head all day long...and was grateful that he's found a way to blend them together so nicely. :)

Re: Manic Perceptions

Karoli — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:06:06 -0000

Thank you, though I think God has to get the credit for them both.
They do stuff I couldn't even imagine doing. :)

Re: Stormy Weather

Karoli — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:08:35 -0000

Thanks, Missy!

Re: Stormy Weather

Karoli — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:08:19 -0000

I've lived here all my life and have never seen anything like this. According to the paper, it was just a squall that moved north from Baja. Some squall, I say.

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

Karoli — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:19:11 -0000

I guess they chose not to pay attention to the images either. That's too bad.

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

TheScribe — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:03:37 -0000

SF MOMA's response:

http://www.sfmoma.org/press/pressroom.asp?id=37...

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:02:09 -0000

I like that idea. :)

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

Karoli — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:04:11 -0000

The story is corroborated by witnesses. And lynch mobs usually aren't after apologies, preferring far more dire consequences.

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

foo — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:27:14 -0000

How can you claim to write this responsibly when only one side of the story has been told so far. Instead you come off as a lynch mob follower.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:14 -0000

I know. Unbelievably inexpensive. A couple of bake sales would pay for one.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:15:22 -0000

Yes, though this instance caught me completely and totally off guard.
I had a still camera (at least until I tossed the phone aside to
rescue the dog), but no video cam. Really, the guy just needs to get
a clue and take his damn foot off the gas.

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:14:19 -0000

Simon Read,

I appreciate your tone and transparency. Thank you for not coming and
just lighting the fire.

I don't wish physical violence on Blint. Really, I think that's
incredibly over the top. At the same time, I've read a lot of comments
elsewhere, including some last night where his supporters were making
efforts to reveal Thomas' identity, which I view as an amazing
violation (in many ways worse than the threat of physical violence),
given that he has clearly stated his reasons for not wanting it
revealed.

Whether I wrote this post or not, the circumstances would be the same.
Blint was told up front in the course of the discussion that if he
would not listen to reason then, Hawk would have no option but to blog
it. And he did. Not only did he blog it, he came back the next day
with a more thoughtful reaction and retraction of some of the more
inflammatory terms.

You say Blint can't go home. Imagine Hawk and his family dealing with
folks like the person above you, who felt absolutely no compunction
about smearing my motives, reasons and arguments for why I wrote what
I did. Multiply that by the same number that are making threats toward
Simon and what you have is a clusterfuck. But it's not the blogging
that created it; it's the whole sad situation, and the supporters on
both sides who can't seem to be reasonable. All I said was that Simon
should admit he was wrong and apologize. I called for no other action
than action from him. I didn't post his home address or phone number,
didn't link to his LInkedIn or Facebook profile. Just posted the
picture, and used the term "putz" rather than 'asshole', which I
suppose is marginally better.

I would argue that I wrote about this responsibly, but passionately.
I am writing about someone I know personally, have spent time with,
and yes, admire. Shoot me for that as nancyd did, but the man is an
artist, like it or not.

Seems to me that rather than doing a replay of Russia/Georgia here, it
might be worth having Simon consider the idea that maybe he jumped to
an unfair conclusion and tell folks he was mistaken. That would at
least open the door for some reasonable discourse.

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:39:11 -0000

Hey Nancy,

Nice to meet you too.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:31:00 -0000

I appreciate the offer, but I really don't publish personal info here...it's one of those principle things. Or at least, I don't do it without fair warning.

I did, however, send an edited version of this post to our local paper with the reference to the complex left in.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:30:03 -0000

Dang, those are cheap. Gonna take that page to the next meeting and push again.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:28:56 -0000

I did file a claim. It was denied after the police determined that a 5-year old in a crosswalk was somehow at fault for being run over by the driver of a very large van who already admitted fault. Yes, it's completely stupid, but after the police report was released there was very little that we could do. No leverage at all. And to make matters worse, the shrink we hired to handle HER PTSD turned us into the Child Protective Services for letting our kid "play in the street". No, seriously, it really happened like that.

That's one reason I 'm so rattled.

Re: Wow, I’m Among the Elite! Are you?

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:14:04 -0000

About the college degree, I feel and understand that pain. For different reasons, I also didn't finish college. At least I can blame myself instead of the economies of living where I lived.

The whole idea of framing Obama as an elitist for going home is absurd. It's just grasping for whatever someone can say, whether or not it makes sense.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:46:24 -0000

Out here in Camarillo, we are never right when it comes to the cops. When DG was run over while in the crosswalk, the cops said it was her fault, even though the driver himself admitted he wasn't looking and had no idea he'd run over anything or anyone until the other child started screaming.

For nine long years I have pushed our HOA to install speed bumps. the way our streets are configured, there are three short streets that join with one long straight. Some folks, like the idiot I wrote this to, view that long straight as a raceway to head down as fast as possible. sometimes they even burn rubber.

Cops don't intervene because it's private property. HOA has no will to fix it, even after I threatened to sue after DG was hit.

It's just completely frustrating, but this guy is beyond clueless.

Re: Dear lead-footed, testosterone-drunk SUV Driver

Karoli — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:45:07 -0000

By all means, please do. I'm just so tired of people who think they
are all-important, particularly when they're behind the wheel.

Re: Hey, Simon Blint! Thomas Hawk is no pervert

Karoli — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:42:03 -0000

My pleasure. Can't believe I missed the whole thing when it came down on friday and saturday. What a stupid guy he is.

Re: Wow, I’m Among the Elite! Are you?

Karoli — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:30:09 -0000

Kauai...lovely! I've never been there, but seen photos. Green, green. Love it.

Let's see, you'll be going in time to celebrate Obama's victory with jubilant Hawaiians after he wins. Big, big fun, you elitist you.

Re: To All You Pompous & Self-Important Wannabe English Professors

Karoli — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:31:59 -0000

Steven,

You rock. Give 'em hell. There will always be spelling/grammar police. This is because they have tiny little brains that can't process actual information, and therefore stay with the legalistic, unhelpful critical voice.

They can kiss mine, too. For you.