Slog - Comments on Once a Year, I Do Something Nice http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice There were some grave concerns expressed about auctioning off Slogging rights for a week. In the wrong hands, an attempted "hijack" of the Slog was a possibility. These rights are now under my sober caretakership. I could provide a flurry of posts, some informative, some profane, some inane, but this isn't necessary; The Stranger already has an entire staff that does this. Instead, I'd like to encourage people to think about the big picture, the civilizational picture, regarding the alternative media that we enjoy today. The environment that allows for the existence of The Stranger and the Slog did not... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:46:17 -0800 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:33:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by SeMe oh man, a bloody hippie won.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889476 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:51:33 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe How informative.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889478 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:52:00 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Pictures. We need pictures, not essays. Didn't you learn anything from the guest Slogs?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889483 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889483 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:53:30 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Thanks Gutenberg!

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889488 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:55:34 -0800 Comment by Show us a picture of you not posting anything else for the rest of the week.

]]> http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889490 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889490 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:55:39 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds hurray for hippies

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889495 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:57:56 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways zzzzzzzzzzzzz....

AND too chicken to post under their own name or even an interesting nom d'plume.

I can hardly wait to see who won the cover...I'm guessing The Red Balloon Company.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889504 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889504 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:03:05 -0800 Comment by Pseudo Nimm Wow. Pithy and incisive, like Charles Mudede, but more verbose. I feel liberated already.

]]> Pseudo Nimm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889508 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:04:35 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways I googled JMR and got this:

"Jmr Chalk Garden - Salt Lake City, UT, 84103-1405 - Citysearch
JMR Chalk Garden is the only store in Utah that carries all the high fashion
clothing lines I love: Diesel, G-star, Energie, Paper Denim, Seven, etc. ..."

I suspect it's another Mormon attempt to take over SLOG....and the world.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889511 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:05:45 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Guys, c'mon. It's not a hippy. Did you see how much the Slogging rights cost?

It's a RICH hippy. Big diff.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889514 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:07:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Man, a long piece with hardly any links ... are you sure you want to blog/slog, or do you miss fanzines?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889521 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:09:53 -0800 Comment by Hernandez No links, no photos, some Mudede-esque rambling...strike one, mysterious guest-slogger dude! Learn from past guest Sloggers - a photo of well hung man in gold jumpsuit is a sure-fire winner.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889534 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:15:58 -0800 Comment by Mac booooo-urns

]]> Mac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889547 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:24:48 -0800 Comment by Greg I love the idea of internet porn being the culmination of the Enlightenment.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889554 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:26:19 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 I second, or third, or whatever, what others have said. More pictures. More graphs. More charts. More links. The literacy level and attention spans here are similar to that of USA Today readers, and don't you forget it.

Nevertheless, your post reminds me of this:
"The Bible was written when people were even dumber than they are today" - David Cross

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889564 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:33:58 -0800 Comment by Miggs I, for one, thought it was an interesting post. Ignore the haters, JMR.

. . . but Herandez is right; you probably should have also posted a picture of a well-hung man in a gold jumpsuit.

]]> Miggs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889568 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:34:33 -0800 Comment by M Don't let the haters stifle you JMR, but if you're really rich, call me!!!

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889572 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:36:13 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Get yer own schtick. The gold suit's mine. And the codpiece.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889575 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889575 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:37:32 -0800 Comment by sniggles Dollars to doughnuts this is Will in Seattle in disguise.

]]> sniggles http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889588 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:43:52 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Inherit this, bitches!

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889596 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:49:09 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Too many words.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889610 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:53:53 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty OK, now I'm really depressed. I mean, he spent God-only-knows how much money for Slogging rights and this is the best he can do?

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889616 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:56:13 -0800 Comment by M all teh big words...and so meny...iz confoozed...i can has picher of penis?

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889618 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:57:37 -0800 Comment by Big Sven I have a REALLY dumb question. What's the language used in our comments that allow formatting and embedded links such as Mahtli69@20 used? Is it html? And is there an easy way to incorporate these things in my comments?

Unlike JMR, I strive to make my comments sexier.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889634 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:07:51 -0800 Comment by JMR Mr Mudede lashes out at his haters, but I choose not to.

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889646 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:16:50 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie This is what you spent your $600 on? Damn. If had that kind of money to blow on a present to myself I'd just buy a ceiling mirror and a fog machine, and spend the rest on porn. Talk about creaky control systems...

And Big Sven: html tags.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889653 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:21:33 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV That's only because you don't have any horse-pr0n.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889655 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:22:08 -0800 Comment by Christine That was very well written! You bring up so many great points that are really relevant to this audience. "It’s important to remember our blessings because this great inheritance of rights and technology is not enjoyed in every corner of the world." We really shouldn't take these gifts we have for granted. I personally feel that we should do a little something to protect them, perhaps even celebrate them every now and then, and like you said expand on them and make them better. And this is better than just sitting around and bitching about stuff I suppose. ;-)

]]> Christine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889695 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889695 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:57:10 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Thanks, Gurldoggie. You rock.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889716 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:09:25 -0800 Comment by giffy So, in other words, the internet is SERIOUS BUSINESS

]]> giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c889741 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:22:20 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder "like Charles Mudede, but more verbose"

Ok, yeah, I'll be back next week. . . :wave:

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890050 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:06:43 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways his blog is boring, too.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890184 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:18:11 -0800 Comment by Fnarf So, Christine is JMR's blogging buddy and cheerleader section. If his Slogging is as fascinating as his blog, we're in for a real treat. Expect libertarian thrills.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890238 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:23:57 -0800 Comment by JMR This is what you spent your $600 on? Damn.

You pack of vultures, it was a charitable donation. It should be its own reward, I feel no need to "get my money's worth".

(but the tax writeoff will help)

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890344 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:35:51 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe 1 post on the first day and it's 3:52. Stop commenting and get cracking.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890477 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:52:11 -0800 Comment by JMR 1 post on the first day and it's 3:52. Stop commenting and get cracking.

There'll be no more posts today as I have to email them to Amy Kate and she's off snowboarding. They did not trust me with direct access to the system.

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890546 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:02:03 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Yeah--if you can't handle the pressure, give it to Poe.

;)

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890548 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:02:11 -0800 Comment by nbc Dear affluent interblogger,

Too many words! Fuck you for making me read this!

]]> nbc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890623 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890623 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:12:35 -0800 Comment by nbc > (but the tax writeoff will help)

Boo hoo. In your next post I guess you'll you complain about your massive AMT credit carryover?

]]> nbc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890646 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:16:34 -0800 Comment by from east of miss @ 14, 16, 17, 28: ditto

kudos on this post: the writer is just expressing his opinion on a timely yet timeless and important topic. those are definetely words to reflect on.
maybe you could link to examples you mentioned in your piece. honestly though, since i usually don't have time, i don't click on most of the links.

uh oh, not enough gee-whiz wow-ee graphics/pics to catch and hold your interest? GROW UP and try to attain some post-high school reading level/skills. JMR, only include a graphic if it is BOTH relevant and extremely eye-catching. if you can't, don't include one at all.

an opinion worth repeating. again, a good post overall. thank you.

]]> from east of miss http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890726 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:31:16 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I want cute fluffy animal photos!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890741 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:33:06 -0800 Comment by Big Sven JMR-

Don't let 'em get to you. We're all just jealous that we didn't have the coin to win this.

But seriously, more pics and/or sex.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c890767 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:38:31 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @40 sez "GROW UP and try to attain some post-high school reading level/skills."

Hmm. But this is a high-school-level essay. Seeing as how I've read more high-level essays in the past month than you will read in your entire life, I can make that judgement. Martin Amis he is not.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891117 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:11:47 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Do you cook or squeeze anal glands or do something interesting aside from vaguely moralizing to strangers, JMR? You should write about that. Or at the very least, if you want to continue moralizing, take up a catchy slogan like "SEATTLE POLICE ARE COMMUNIST."

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891212 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:38:46 -0800 Comment by eponymous archon Delete about 4/5ths of the sentences and you arrive at: "I paid to be guest blogger this week. Before the printing press, teh knowledge was concentrated in the hands of few. The internet continues this democratization. But some countries are not free. Please leave teh knowledge better than you found it, or else!"

]]> eponymous archon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891411 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:59:17 -0800 Comment by M Harsh. In a way that only SLOBBERS can be harsh.

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891414 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:59:54 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Harsh? Harsh?!!

Whenever anyone says that, I remember the words my momma used to say to me, way back when I was a whiney little tyke:

Napoleon, she'd say--remember: We are born alone into a lonely world, where everybody hates us and we are all going to die....

Kinda puts it all into perspective, it does.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891600 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:30:26 -0800 Comment by M oh Napoleon... my momma said that to me too.... and now i can only drink and masturbate to a picture of my uncle all day long....

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891737 Media Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:56:08 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Is he hot?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891828 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891828 Media Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:48:15 -0800 Comment by JMR But this is a high-school-level essay.

It's not an "essay", it's a "post on the Slog."

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891961 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891961 Media Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:16:19 -0800 Comment by JMR if you want to continue moralizing, take up a catchy slogan like "SEATTLE POLICE ARE COMMUNIST."

That particular moralizing is already in very capable hands.

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c891963 Media Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:17:09 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways uh, you paid $600 and you don't get to post much of anything because the person you have to submit your stuff to, is off SKIING??!?!?

whatthefuck?

Not that I want to see any more of your prose, but I'd demand an extra day of blogging....that's bullshit.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c892365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/once_a_year_i_do_something_nice#c892365 Media Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:33:01 -0800