Tyrone Steels II (mail) (www):
Hey! I can bench press 250 pounds. And I'll do 350 if you stick a pork chop in front of my face. CHA-CHING! ;)

Your right-o about the honest part. I look at the late Acidman as an example. That man used to annoy the crap out of me at times. But he was a model of fine-edged honesty. Which kept me reading. And I'll always respect him for that.

I know what I am: a big, somewhat goofy, easily pleased, eccentric black dude that's has his intelligence surrounded by desserts from across the globe. And that's how I write. It's those blogs where people are just trying trying to ride the popular side of the "meme of the day" that annoy me. Yes you can do that but all the time? Sad.

I remember popular Democrat blogger Oliver Willis told me the following when I said we need American Idol style polling when we need to know the President approval ratings:

I'm glad people like you aren't in charge of polling.

To which I replied in my honest way:

Polling like you aren't in charge of people I'm glad, ya dig?

That's ghetto Yoda speak. See, honesty works all the time in blogging.
6.30.2006 9:43am
Michael Demmons (mail) (www):
Oh whatever Dean!!! You know it's all those GayOrbit-lanches that are responsible for your numbers!!
6.30.2006 1:03pm
M. Scott Eiland (mail):
Actually, that .349 average for Ruth was only with the Yankees (1920-1934). His time as a pitcher-outfielder with the Red Sox (1914-1919) and his sad last season with the Boston Braves (1935) dragged his lifetime BA down to .342. Still rather impressive--only two points below what Ted Williams managed.

[source: http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml ]
6.30.2006 1:37pm
Eric Scheie (www):
Dean, that was quite inspirational. Ever since Steven Malcolm Anderson died I've been a bit like a junkie in withdrawal.

I should look on the bright side. I haven't lost the Culture War yet!
6.30.2006 4:46pm
McKiernan:
Yogi Berra said, the Yankees don't pay me to manage the team to win everyday just two out of three. He also said, in baseball three things can happen: you can win, you can lose or it can rain.

I have no clue whatever what that all means, but if you don't have a sense of humor fill in the blank _______________.

Question: Does a commenter count as a blogger if they comment a lot without getting kicked outta there too many times ?
6.30.2006 8:04pm
Michael Demmons (mail) (www):
A comment from Harvey Bialy to McK:

Catch

The one time you leave a quote even I can understand, you claim not to. What time is it? Someone is said to have once asked the grest Yogi, to which he famously replied, "You mean now?"
6.30.2006 9:00pm
McKiernan:
to a young blogger

time

it is not now,
it is non-local,
it cannot capture being,
it is fleeting, illusory,
cosmic, spiritual, embracing,
we cannot control it,
shall we not waste it,
to that portion which we own
we are charged with responsible
provenience

and yet there is always time for genuflection,
for acknowledging to those who care

And sometimes its time to apologize

there is no mis-understanding in those words.
7.1.2006 1:16am