Comments on: Another Friday Night

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:29:44 +0000

Laurie – I hope you’ll come back and fill in that aching pit of emptiness left by the conservatives.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:22:57 +0000

You may have lost some conservatives (not such a bad thing imho), but with me you’re gaining a lib

I’ll be back!

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:31:20 +0000

Jayne – Then I’ll continue the rants. And try to get me some o’ them marketable skills…

PS: Where did you make your avatar?

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:28:29 +0000

I like your political rants, for what that’s worth. And I was much happier quitting my job (pay cut, but picked up enough contract work to pay the bills and have a LOT more free time.) Life’s too short to stay in a crummy job. Good luck!

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:23:44 +0000

kStyle – Thanks for the motivation. Really. I need it.

Blue Girl – Not offended. I wish I were funny all the time, but I know I’m not. Blogging is just like writing. I think I do it to see my words in print. I really like feeling connected somehow, so it’s good that somebody reads this. Probably if a lot of people read it, it would be too stressful for me. And thanks for the support on the political stuff. I really can’t help myself. Just voting doesn’t satisfy my need to fight The Man.

By: blue girl

blue girl — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:06:29 +0000

“…in my mind I am rocking softly in a corner, alone and afraid.”

That line made me laugh and feel sad all at the same time. (Hope you’re not offended that I laughed…I tend to cackle, actually!)

Great line, anyway.

What is all this blogging business anyway? Hmm. One of my blogging buddies and me were discussing it via email just this weekend. It perplexes me at times. I started my blog because I wanted to write — never imagining the cool people I would meet. And I’m very grateful for that.

Regarding your avoidance of political rants. Here’s the way I think of it — take it for what it’s worth. Write about whatever you gosh darn feel like writing about. That’s the only way everyone will get to know *you* –

By: kStyle

kStyle — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:57:44 +0000

PS and what you’re losing is nothing short of your life. Think of life as a finite amount of time you get on this here planet. Motivates you to take that vacation, eh?

By: kStyle

kStyle — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:34:21 +0000

Howdy, Larry!

Fuck them, you just have to take your vacation.

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:17:23 +0000

kStyle – You were commenting at the same time as me. Or “…the same time as I,” as Emma would no doubt phrase it.

Vacation is another way The Corporation fucks with my head. I “accrue” a little bit of vacation every pay period, up to the max I can have. After that, I don’t accrue any more until I take some. But so many projects, launches, initiatives, special events, transitions and corporate hoo-hah’s are going on that I can find no time to take off. It takes three days of nose-to-the-grindstone to catch up for every day I’m away. So each payday, I get to not accrue some vacation, which feels like I’m losing something. And maybe I am: my mind.

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:07:59 +0000

Dick – Yeah, it’s great to be me.

Ron – As usual, I don’t know how to respond.

HG – Really glad you stopped by. I’m still following your story, sometimes with alarm.