Comments for Boise Days http://brooklyndesk.org The Ongoing Adventures of a Brooklyn Expat Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 Comment on Day 1208 - Catchup et. al. by jspeer http://brooklyndesk.org/2008/07/23/day-1208-catchup-et-al/comment-page-1/#comment-24 jspeer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:43 +0000 http://blog.brooklyndesk.org/?p=398#comment-24 Why is the thumbnail for this post the ass-end of a Jetta? On my way home from work tonight a gaping asshole in a gray Jetta was dissatisfied with my "right on red after stop" decision. When the light turned green he blew his incredibly loud horn and shot past me only to jam up against the standard parade of cars proceeding along Roosevelt. Basically he shot past me to get nowhere. So i followed him for a while. I wanted to see why he was in such a hurry... what was it about the extra 15 seconds i cost him. Was this somebody important? OR, would he pull into one of the several parking lots along his route and apologize for being a jerk, or, give me the chance to vent some of the rage i've been waltzing with for the past year. Alas nothing happened... he drove normally until i got sick of staring at his ass and turned off. Why is the thumbnail for this post the ass-end of a Jetta? On my way home from work tonight a gaping asshole in a gray Jetta was dissatisfied with my “right on red after stop” decision. When the light turned green he blew his incredibly loud horn and shot past me only to jam up against the standard parade of cars proceeding along Roosevelt. Basically he shot past me to get nowhere. So i followed him for a while. I wanted to see why he was in such a hurry… what was it about the extra 15 seconds i cost him. Was this somebody important? OR, would he pull into one of the several parking lots along his route and apologize for being a jerk, or, give me the chance to vent some of the rage i’ve been waltzing with for the past year. Alas nothing happened… he drove normally until i got sick of staring at his ass and turned off.

]]> Comment on Day 949 - What Is It? by jspeer http://brooklyndesk.org/2007/11/09/day-949-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-13 jspeer Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:14:21 +0000 http://blog.brooklyndesk.org/2007/11/09/day-949-what-is-it/#comment-13 It took me long enough to remember, but what i found funny about this scene was its similarity to the old (expensive) BA commercial with all the people dressed alike walking in the shape of a mouth, an eye... and, uh, was it an ear? It took me long enough to remember, but what i found funny about this scene was its similarity to the old (expensive) BA commercial with all the people dressed alike walking in the shape of a mouth, an eye… and, uh, was it an ear?

]]> Comment on Day 936 - Isn’t it Ironic by Day 939 - Did I Say Rain? : Boise Days http://brooklyndesk.org/2007/10/27/day-936-isnt-it-ironic/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Day 939 - Did I Say Rain? : Boise Days Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:22:01 +0000 http://blog.brooklyndesk.org/2007/10/27/day-936-isnt-it-ironic/#comment-12 [...] boy, but i blew that call in a big old way. It was pouring when we woke up, it was pouring at lunch time, everybody was [...] [...] boy, but i blew that call in a big old way. It was pouring when we woke up, it was pouring at lunch time, everybody was [...]

]]> Comment on Day 706 - Dachshunds by jspeer http://brooklyndesk.org/2007/03/11/day-706-dachshunds/comment-page-1/#comment-9 jspeer Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:05:47 +0000 http://blog.brooklyndesk.org/?p=71#comment-9 This post has apparently caused confusion. First, let's examine the language of this post vis-a-vis the other posts by me. Is the tone similar? Would it not be fair to say i sound a bit more angry here than normal? Note also i cast any actors who would actually consider killing a dog as "ignorant." Note that i actually describe the species in question as "Dachshunds are a difficult breed to train. Afterall they were bred to hunt badgers, one of the most ferocious mammals around. If a small dog goes after a badger it had better be a fairly stubborn dog with great belief in its abilities to fight in close quarters. Such an animal is, by nature, unlikely to be of modest temperament." Is that derogatory? Unfair? Hostile? Honestly, i can't help but feel if readers would take the time to actually read rather than react we'd all get along better. Also, given where this text appears i also can't help but feel if anybody has an opinion on my words they take the time to put it in writing in the form of a comment. This post has apparently caused confusion. First, let’s examine the language of this post vis-a-vis the other posts by me. Is the tone similar? Would it not be fair to say i sound a bit more angry here than normal? Note also i cast any actors who would actually consider killing a dog as “ignorant.” Note that i actually describe the species in question as “Dachshunds are a difficult breed to train. Afterall they were bred to hunt badgers, one of the most ferocious mammals around. If a small dog goes after a badger it had better be a fairly stubborn dog with great belief in its abilities to fight in close quarters. Such an animal is, by nature, unlikely to be of modest temperament.” Is that derogatory? Unfair? Hostile?

Honestly, i can’t help but feel if readers would take the time to actually read rather than react we’d all get along better.

Also, given where this text appears i also can’t help but feel if anybody has an opinion on my words they take the time to put it in writing in the form of a comment.

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