LOL!! I agree. The etiquette purists are claiming "Butcher Bunny". but the place looks rather nice (although I wouldn't actually eat some salami knowing what goes into it): http://www.wondertoonel.com/paintings/bbunny.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@...> wrote: > > OH,BYTHEWAY,IAMNOTDONERANTINGYET.NODOUBLESPACEFORYOU,ORYOU.TAKETHAT.NOWIHAVETOTHINKOFWHATTOTYPEABOUTBECAUSEIWASnotPREPAREDTOCONTINUETHIS.... > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > OMG OMG OMG! LOL. ROTFLMAO! LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE > > CREATIVE ENERGY TYPING WITHOUT RULES??!! DUDE, SOME NOAH'S ARE SET IN > > THEIR WAY, MAN ALIVE! IF ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND A PROPER LINE AND PARAGRAPH > > AND A PERIOD AT THE END AND CONSECUTIVE WORDS ROLLING ON AND ON AND ON, WHY > > BOTHER CORRECTING WHAT OTHERS READ BECAUSE SOME ONE, (UNDERSCORE)AND WHAT > > OTHERS TYPE DOES NOT FRICKEN MATTER JUST LIKE THE HALL MONITORS FOR DOME > > BADGES! SOL, FOR REAL. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN A FRIDAY NIGHT RANT ON > > FFL AND I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ALL CAPS THIS VENTURE THIS EVENING IN > > PROTEST OF PROPER ETIQUETTE FOR A MESSAGE FORUM, OF AND THIS BELOW EMAIL > > MARKED AS BARRY'S LOVE LETTER TO FFL. SO THERE. HAVE A NICE EVENING. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Bhairitu, > > > > > > Looks, feels, reads pretty good I'd say. But the tone changes: this seems > > > less ironic in this form. The spacing you have given it takes some of the > > > sting out of it. NEVERTHELESS, I must admit it reads much better the way > > > you spaced it than I would have anticipated. > > > > > > Perhaps it was *what I had to be to keep going on this*; that in the end, > > > if I could stand back I would have dropped those aesthetic and > > > metaphysical concerns. Because this *does* seem persuasive to me. I was > > > not, however, like your CEO, oblivious to the Wall of Words. I felt this > > > was the only way I could sustain the mood of what was driving this out of > > > me. And so I assumed, perhaps falsely, that the reader had to follow me > > > in this. > > > > > > Very much appreciate the thought to sharpen me up in my posting at FFL. > > > You write pretty damn good yourself. So, coming from you, this means > > > something. > > > > > > But recollect: this was deliberate, and I didn't want the recipient or > > > the reader to have a 'nice' experience. I think maybe they got this from > > > your own revision. > > > > > > Still, I am delighted you would see fit to improve my presentation. > > > > > > Thanks, Bhairitu. You've got much more flair than I have in your > > > writingyou write like the French play rugby. I am more pedestrian I > > > think. Like the English. > > > > > > Robin > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > > > So you want to be deliberately unreadable? Just tryin' to help. Hasn't > > > > Judy mentioned this to you? It's her profession. Here's an example of > > > > the reformat. > > > > > > > > Dear FFL, > > > > > > > > My name is Barry Wright. I say what I want. I do what I want. I > > > > criticize as I see fit. I am a good guy, just with a nasty streak in > > > > me. I don't mean anyone any harm. And be sure of one thing: if someone > > > > goes after me, I make certain I take in what they saysifting through > > > > it carefully to see what I can learn from even my enemiesand then I > > > > respond: directly, precisely, meaningfully. > > > > > > > > Notice this about me? When I attack someone, or ridicule them, or > > > > threaten them, or deceive them, they don't realize that I am > > > > conscientious morally as well as intellectually when I do this. I am > > > > not a hit and run kind of guy. I stay and take my medicine. I am a > > > > lover of souls. I grieve for the unhappiness and sorrows of others. I > > > > am a nice person. I deserve to have a long life. I am friendly, upbeat, > > > > kind, humble, and raring to go at all times. > > > > > > > > I have had a good life, and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Western > > > > Europe, it makes me realize I was somewhat of an unconscious philistine > > > > before > > > > ...<snip> > > > > > > > > See how much more readable that is? Also wall of words is what crazy > > > > people do. You aren't crazy are you? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/04/2011 12:16 PM, maskedzebra wrote: > > > > > Dear Bhairitu, > > > > > > > > > > Wall of words deliberate and, inside the context of what I was > > > > > attempting to do, necessary. > > > > > > > > > > It's a wall of words, or it's nothing. This is an aesthetic and > > > > > metaphysical decision. > > > > > > > > > > I was not after readability or pleasant or easy experience for you. > > > > > > > > > > I was jamming it all up into a compressed act of relentlessness. > > > > > > > > > > This is what I desired; this is what came about. > > > > > > > > > > Just keep goingwithout break, space, respite. Part of the strategy, > > > > > Bhairitu. > > > > > > > > > > It was designed to created dissonance and irritation and even fatigue. > > > > > > > > > > You either get it, or you don't. > > > > > > > > > > But thanks for the tip: if I were writing inside some other context I > > > > > would be aware of the pertinence of your critique. And besides that, > > > > > you are a nice guy, I think. > > > > > > > > > > I didn't want to take a breath throughout the push forward, so I just > > > > > kept it up without mercy. It was, it had to be (in the nature of what > > > > > I was doing) just one unbroken uninterrupted full-court press. > > > > > > > > > > Robin > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@> wrote: > > > > >> Robin, didn't you ever go to college or have decent writing teacher > > > > >> in > > > > >> college? You have a "wall of words" here. Break your thoughts into > > > > >> paragraphs and we might take the time to read it. Otherwise you look > > > > >> stupid or uneducated when you post a "wall of words." Most everyone > > > > >> else > > > > >> here is able to this so not sure why you can't. > > > > >> > > > > >> At the company I worked at during the 1990s the CEO sent out an email > > > > >> that was a "wall of words" and the tech writers were appalled and not > > > > >> sure how to handle it. In fact one of our writers taught writing at > > > > >> the > > > > >> local community college and did a wonderful refresher course for our > > > > >> employees (that the CEO, of course, didn't take). > > > > >> > > > > >> On 11/04/2011 10:00 AM, maskedzebra wrote: > > > > >>> An Open Letter to the Readers and Posters at FFL > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Dear FFL, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> My name is Barry Wright. I say what I want. I do what I want. I > > > > >>> criticize as I see fit. I am a good guy, just with a nasty streak > > > > >>> in me. I don't mean anyone any harm. And be sure of one thing: if > > > > >>> someone goes after me, I make certain I take in what they > > > > >>> saysifting through it carefully to see what I can learn from even > > > > >>> my enemiesand then I respond: directly, precisely, meaningfully. > > > > >>> Notice this about me? When I attack someone, or ridicule them, or > > > > >>> threaten them, or deceive them, they don't realize that I am > > > > >>> conscientious morally as well as intellectually when I do this. I > > > > >>> am not a hit and run kind of guy. I stay and take my medicine. I am > > > > >>> a lover of souls. I grieve for the unhappiness and sorrows of > > > > >>> others. I am a nice person. I deserve to have a long life. I am > > > > >>> friendly, upbeat, kind, humble, and raring to go at all times. I > > > > >>> have had a good life, and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Western > > > > >>> Europe, it makes me realize I was somewhat of an unconscious > > > > >>> philistine before I got here. Hey, you guys: no matter what you've > > > > >>> heard, or read about me, I mean well. And if I seem at times harsh > > > > >>> and brutish and cold, that never extinguishes my ultimate aim, > > > > >>> which is to provoke, liberate, and finally love. It is my formula. > > > > >>> Hardly anyone here gets itbut Curtis does. And I guess Sal baby > > > > >>> too. (Nice Sal: I am glad you're still a looker too.) Anyhow, guys, > > > > >>> I am not sure why, on this Friday night in Amsterdam, I am reaching > > > > >>> out to all of you; but I am. And I want to tell you that I look > > > > >>> forward to all your postsYes, even yours, Robin, which I admit, I > > > > >>> read very carefullyElse how do you account for my honest > > > > >>> engagement with all that you say to me? You are a miserable > > > > >>> c**t-face, by the way, Robin. A real jerk. I wish you would know > > > > >>> how pathetic and annoying and just irrelevant you are. Yes, you, > > > > >>> Robin. Whoa. Gotta stop there. Don't worry, Robin: I will get down > > > > >>> to addressing those uncomfortable questions you have directed my > > > > >>> way. I am not a coward and I am not a liar. Else I would not have > > > > >>> written this letter. So that dispenses with that. Hey, you guys: > > > > >>> enjoy your lives today. Because I am just swimming in the ecstasy > > > > >>> of being the kind of person that the good Lord made me. And by the > > > > >>> way: I never miss a trick. I am cultured, I am well-read, and > > > > >>> believe me, I catch everything that is said about me. I forgive you > > > > >>> all for making your unkind remarks. I am your friend. And all of > > > > >>> Holland joins me in wishing you all the joys of the Unified Field > > > > >>> of Consciousness. There. Feel differently about me? You should. > > > > >>> Love to you all. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Barry > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
