Links instead of actual thought.
February 20th, 2008 | by TJ |1. First of all, this post from Dammerung over at Two and a Half Orcs amused the crap out of me this morning.
2. Secondly, I read this post over at Miss Zoot yesterday, and actually read a whole lot of the comments as well. It’s definitely worth checking out if you’re a blogger, the post and the comments and there’s a lot of good input/perspectives for and from readers there as well. Since reading it, I have been trying to be better about answering people, but do you guys think I’m a total asshole when I’m not so much on top of that?
3. Thirdly, the Redhead is going to be tickled to death that I managed to sneak a link to her category in over on this BRK post.
4. I will indeed tell the story that this post was bitching about. But it was fake bitching, I promise. I’m telling my stories whether you guys want to hear them or not! But as a bit of temporary filler, yes, we do work together now. In fact this post and this post also reference said high school friend.
5. I still have not found a place to put the link to my Google Reader shared items page yet, but I assume I’ll get around to that the same time I get around to updating my blogrolls that are essentially nothing but dead links at this point. But even though I don’t have the link anywhere, I still stick interesting [to me, and thus, of course to you as well] stories there throughout the day.
Oh, and just FYI, in case any of you run into this situation, I shall impart my wisdom and experience to you.
Appropriate response when someone says, “Your hair looks great today!”:
1. Thanks!
2. There is no 2.
Inappropriate responses include but are not limited to:
1. Thanks, I bought it at the mall!
2. I like it too, want to try it on?
3. Totally fake, want to feel it?
By Dammerung on Feb 20, 2008
Yay! Linkage.
/preen
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By Ratshag on Feb 20, 2008
want to try it on?
Bleh! Eww! Wrong, wrong, wrong! /shudder
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By Arrens on Feb 20, 2008
Hehe. Trying on the demonic ponytail? Is it enslavable?
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By Kestrel on Feb 20, 2008
1. Read, laughed, rated & responded.
2. Can’t get there from here (work); however, if it has to do with responding to reader e-mails, doesn’t apply. (Well, I got one once, from an orc.) If it has to do with responding to comments, I try to, especially if the comment actually expands the discussion. If nothing else, it’s important (IMO) to let your readers know you appreciate their input.
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By ailtia on Feb 20, 2008
hahahahahaha
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By Dammerung on Feb 20, 2008
“1. As a blog reader – how offended are you when I (or any other blogger) don
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By Lynda on Feb 20, 2008
Someone wanted you to try on their hair? It may have been my mother-in-law. She is weird like that.
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By Gauntlet on Feb 20, 2008
Also inappropriate:
4. Thanks! Unlike you, I put effort into it!
5. YOU DARE TO COMPLIMENT *ME*, WORM?
6. Up yours!
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By Dammerung on Feb 20, 2008
Up Yours is always an appropriate response
“Dammerung do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
“UP YERS!”
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By Pablo on Feb 20, 2008
I got an email from TJ as a response to a smart-ass comment that I’d made and I’d rate that as a highlight of my year. Not sure if that’s a comment on the awesomeness of the Daemonic Ponytail, or an indictment on what I consider a ‘highlight’. In either case it made me feel good, so I’m guessing you have some leeway on your response time TJ.
also inappropriate:
4. I know
5. Pfft, whatever, you just wanna get laid
6. Thanks, I got it done at ‘Salon X’, maybe you should go there!?
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By Xeln on Feb 21, 2008
I got a TJ response e-mail once. It’s one of the three things that is actually still in my in box. Come to think of it, I think I can delete the other two.
How come when you get your hair cut people say it looks good, and when I get mine cut people say, “You got your ears lowered.” What the hell kind of stupid redneck statement is that anyways? And am I supposed to respond by saying, “I could raise your ears for you if you let me cut off the top of your head.” I feel that’s the only legitimate response to that statement.
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