February 27, 2009
Comment Purgatory
Like the title Keith? ;)
One of my own comments was sent there today so I went to retrieve it. In the process I found numerous others from regular commenters that appeared to be quarantined due to hyperlink content. I freed several from their un-cyberworldly bonds:
Keith on Unprecedented Times
Perry on What the Abyss Looked Like
Mike Ditka on Ditka for Senate
Cyrano on Happy New Year
I didn't go back further than that.
johngalt: I sort of figured that comment of mine had gone to its reward in the digital hereafter.
As all of my good Catholic friends are enduring Lent, I'd say the title is most appropriate. Many thanks for granting the comment an indulgence...
Posted by: Keith at February 27, 2009 6:26 PMDamned, cursed spammers! (Each word gets two syllables if yo read that right.) TG got purgatoried last week and I released a few as well.
I have dialed it down from +1 to -5 on an aggressive scale of -10 to +10. Really, the stupid password that everybody hates does the job pretty well.
If you do get snagged, a quick email to jk [that dude over at] threesources [doting protector of] commerce and I will set the thoughts free whether I agree or not.
Posted by: jk at February 27, 2009 6:57 PM"Damned, cursed spammers!" It does have that Shakespearean lilt to it with the sounded second syllables.
I've noticed some guitarist-like passwords for authentication, by the way (today's nothwithstanding). Just luck, was that deliberate?
Posted by: Keith at February 27, 2009 7:12 PMGuitars, jazz, Buffy and today's quick-to-type. I hate to give them up, because the misunderstandings have been fun. Silence Dogood thought duk3 payed homage to his alma mater, and jg got a little squeamish typing f@!th. (Ellington and the dark slayer were intended, but interpret away, good people!)
We had guitars as a subhead of the previous blog.
This is the other me.
Posted by: jk at February 27, 2009 7:26 PMI always said you could tell a man by whether he loves dogs and whether he plays; I'm an acoustic twelve-string man myself. Guitars, jazz, Buffy - there's a combination.
Good jazz - REAL jazz - is a skill I've never had; it's a lot harder to play than rock, and requires an ear for timing and chord progressions that I lack. So you have my respect.
Posted by: Keith at February 27, 2009 8:54 PMHey Keith, as someone who has been blown out of the water by JK's playing for years, I can say he's got my respect too. On his worst day playing he kicks me to the curb every time. And he's a nice guy about it too.
Posted by: sugarchuck at February 27, 2009 9:05 PMOh. Puh. Leeeze. Must we drag this onto yet another forum?
For those of you playing the home version, Sugarchuck and I were in our first band together, about 9th grade, and I have been in his shadow ever since. It took me an integral number of decades to figure out that our proclivities are more complimentary than competitive.
We do things by reason and facts around ThreeSources. SC's professional success eclipses mine 100 times over; I claimed my musical field at the very least to be a meritocracy; Quod Erat Demonstratum, SC is a superior player.
Someday we'll finish our long term recording project and share an MP3 or two.
Posted by: jk at February 28, 2009 11:50 AM | What do you think? [7]