Comments on Once a Year, I Do Something Nice

oh man, a bloody hippie won.

How informative.

Pictures. We need pictures, not essays. Didn't you learn anything from the guest Slogs?

Thanks Gutenberg!

Show us a picture of you not posting anything else for the rest of the week.

hurray for hippies

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.

Wow. Pithy and incisive, like Charles Mudede, but more verbose. I feel liberated already.

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.

Guys, c'mon. It's not a hippy. Did you see how much the Slogging rights cost?

It's a RICH hippy. Big diff.

Man, a long piece with hardly any links ... are you sure you want to blog/slog, or do you miss fanzines?

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.

booooo-urns

I love the idea of internet porn being the culmination of the Enlightenment.

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

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.

Don't let the haters stifle you JMR, but if you're really rich, call me!!!

Get yer own schtick. The gold suit's mine. And the codpiece.

Dollars to doughnuts this is Will in Seattle in disguise.

Inherit this, bitches!

Too many words.

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?

all teh big words...and so meny...iz confoozed...i can has picher of penis?

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.

Mr Mudede lashes out at his haters, but I choose not to.

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.

That's only because you don't have any horse-pr0n.

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. ;-)

Thanks, Gurldoggie. You rock.

So, in other words, the internet is SERIOUS BUSINESS

"like Charles Mudede, but more verbose"

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

his blog is boring, too.

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.

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)

1 post on the first day and it's 3:52. Stop commenting and get cracking.

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.

Yeah--if you can't handle the pressure, give it to Poe.

;)

Dear affluent interblogger,

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

> (but the tax writeoff will help)

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

@ 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.

I want cute fluffy animal photos!

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.

@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.

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."

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!"

Harsh. In a way that only SLOBBERS can be harsh.

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.

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....

Is he hot?

But this is a high-school-level essay.

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

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.

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.