tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post3556571173045929814..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: The executive chefUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-10711017271161172012023-01-13T10:03:12.387-08:002023-01-13T10:03:12.387-08:00I thought nominating Obama in 2008 was a sacrifice...I thought nominating Obama in 2008 was a sacrifice bunt, an entire election wasted. He was still a rookie in the Senate, but mostly and most obviously, he was black, and there is no way that a black man could win on the national ticket, losing all of the forever racist South. So there's my political expertise.<br /><br />The nominating rules are whatever they are, always subject to Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-19143075467179217132023-01-12T18:59:06.302-08:002023-01-12T18:59:06.302-08:00The problem with 2016 is 2008. Ms Clinton was runn...The problem with 2016 is 2008. Ms Clinton was running against Senator Obama and Senator Edwards (and a couple others), and was the favorite of the Democratic establishment. Under the McGovern Rules, Senator Obama won Iowa and went on from there to win enough delegates to gain the nomination. The strong belief in top circles of the Democratic Party was that a Black senator who had served for threejohnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-12446621044225535642023-01-12T13:10:16.070-08:002023-01-12T13:10:16.070-08:00That's the moral of the story indeed.
Little ...That's the moral of the story indeed.<br /><br />Little lies like that are part of "playing the game," but it's the most unpleasant part, and it's a game I stopped playing even years before meting my wife.<br /><br />If she doesn't want to go out with someone 55, respect that. Save yourself the cost of sushi for two — not an insignificant cost — and save her the wasted Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-21918912032561306352023-01-11T19:46:25.645-08:002023-01-11T19:46:25.645-08:00Lying About My Age
I met a woman down the roa... Lying About My Age<br /> I met a woman down the road on a trimming crew, a writer also, and I read the ladies some of my stories as they worked. I got the writer interested and she came over for sauna, wine, scrabble, kisses, and then sex. I was fifty-five and she was thirty-nine, right in my demographic of desire. She told me that she would never have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-3978176106384375542023-01-11T16:08:58.261-08:002023-01-11T16:08:58.261-08:00That does sound like a fun game to play, and to re...That does sound like a fun game to play, and to read. These blurbs were free? Totally cool.<br /><br />What would you say here and now, the crypticker the better, if you thirty words, and no more?<br /><br />Here's mine:<br /><br />Tax the rich, steal from the corporations, punch the fascists, be kind to everyone else, free the medicine and drugs, do it yourself if you can, and dance the Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-49076542325267455592023-01-11T15:45:51.810-08:002023-01-11T15:45:51.810-08:00This is what was in my head as I typed about finge...<a href="https://archive.ph/6ZJbD" rel="nofollow">This</a> is what was in my head as I typed about fingers on the scale. It's the only time to my recollection that such shenanigans have made it into the media, but that's only because they're usually not so sloppy about it as they were in 2016. When the party itself and all its most prominent names are tilted toward the 'centrist&#Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-48550590069220941442023-01-11T15:09:16.225-08:002023-01-11T15:09:16.225-08:00One of the alternative weeklies used to have two p...One of the alternative weeklies used to have two pages that were almost total nonsense reader submissions vaguely in the format of personal ads. It was called something like "None of the Above" or what not. People would write blurbs they thought were funny, or serious, or sometimes adopt pseudonyms like "The Sailor" or "GONK" and have back and forths with each other,granvillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-19777519911139908082023-01-11T14:14:48.107-08:002023-01-11T14:14:48.107-08:00I don't understand your point, my brother. &qu...I don't understand your point, my brother. "Finger on the scales" is a nice phrase, but an example would be helpful. I know who you're talking about: I fought them every step of the way in 2005. I still have scars. But the votes my candidate received counted the same as the votes the other six candidates received. The candidate who won the nomination had been arrested multiple johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-62561021021203078692023-01-11T12:57:59.052-08:002023-01-11T12:57:59.052-08:00And Satan is bipartisan.And Satan is bipartisan.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-79762677741403344862023-01-11T12:57:17.772-08:002023-01-11T12:57:17.772-08:00The Democratic Party establishment, who are basica...The Democratic Party establishment, who are basically old-school Republicans, keep their fingers on the scale all through the election process. When an actual progressive wins, it's always against all odds and against the party's preference.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-83107662564439101702023-01-11T12:52:46.342-08:002023-01-11T12:52:46.342-08:00Do share!
I wish there were still personals like...Do share! <br /><br />I wish there were still personals like the old days. Not that I'd participate, just that it was a cool system.<br /><br />Now there's only meat market ads, which seems less interesting and more dangerous.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-72067872720592802582023-01-11T11:14:26.052-08:002023-01-11T11:14:26.052-08:00Sorry to interrupt the zine talk. There was nowher...Sorry to interrupt the zine talk. There was nowhere else to reply. The Googs are thrifty with their reply opportunities.<br /><br />jtbjohnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-72136306427789351662023-01-11T11:11:44.903-08:002023-01-11T11:11:44.903-08:00Since the adoption of the "McGovern Rules&quo...Since the adoption of the "McGovern Rules" (created by the McGovern–Fraser Commission, first used in 1972), the Democratic candidate is chosen by open primaries in all states. The Democrats don't "give" anybody candidates: they are chosen in open primaries. I've worked for Democratic candidates in three elections (one of the three was nominated). The Democratic johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-48862345381204675122023-01-11T10:33:34.421-08:002023-01-11T10:33:34.421-08:00I can dig the One Good Response: about four years ...I can dig the One Good Response: about four years ago I went back, got a sub for a month (while staying in Tacoma), with the goal to just meet One Woman For Coffee. Could not make that happen...I did have fun writing them over the years and had some pleasurable results...Eel (I was always honest though one time I lied, maybe I'll share that vignette some time)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-87404160302122762862023-01-11T09:24:07.256-08:002023-01-11T09:24:07.256-08:00Institutionally, the Democratic Party does not wan...Institutionally, the Democratic Party does not want things to change. If they wanted change, they'd give us different and better candidates — and they'd win many, many more elections.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-82361859041431388162023-01-10T22:43:00.137-08:002023-01-10T22:43:00.137-08:00President Jack Shit and Vice-President Not Much wo...President Jack Shit and Vice-President Not Much would get my vote, and probably do better than anyone who has occupied the office in the last 75 yearsClaude Reignsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-91182835407248456452023-01-10T20:42:23.465-08:002023-01-10T20:42:23.465-08:00I had my best luck with personal ads that were utt...I had my best luck with personal ads that were utterly me, specific and weird. I wanted one good response, not twenty dames who were wrong for me.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-82088434099735723752023-01-10T20:40:05.941-08:002023-01-10T20:40:05.941-08:0013 personal ads for you, in one issue of your zine...13 personal ads for you, in one issue of your zine? That seems excessive, even counterproductive.<br /><br />I don't think I ever used my zine as a person ad, specifically, but it was always me, same as this page is. <br /><br />Never had much success with personal ads, back when they cost money and you had to sum yourself up in the fewest words possible. Always thought the concept was Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-8305613024517413082023-01-10T20:36:55.522-08:002023-01-10T20:36:55.522-08:00I was never a fan of either Clinton. They're p...I was never a fan of either Clinton. They're part of a long line of ditherers whose policies amount to, "Oh, my" and a bit of dithering at the edges of the problems, adding up to either Jack Shit or Not Much.<br /><br />Her crack about the deplorables is the closest she's come to saying something I agree with, though as usual, she was off the mark — only half of Trump's Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-77474721637009557822023-01-10T17:50:47.458-08:002023-01-10T17:50:47.458-08:00Plus in the personal ads, it seemed that the more ...Plus in the personal ads, it seemed that the more i said the faster they ran...that is typical for loquaciousness, the more you put out the more is possible to offend or not be liked---EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-80277696695622952382023-01-10T17:48:39.889-08:002023-01-10T17:48:39.889-08:00Good job Mister, I was hoping my zine would work t...Good job Mister, I was hoping my zine would work that way but it may have had the opposite effect; once i gave one to a woman i liked, it had 13 personal ads for me in it and she thought, what?!?...You know how we always thought someone nice could really relate to us by reading our zines, but, well, maybe easier for you in an urban environment? anyway just musin', them were the days but the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-35732357101628488912023-01-10T16:33:00.020-08:002023-01-10T16:33:00.020-08:00That Hillary quote is what cost her the election. ...That Hillary quote is what cost her the election. As soon as I heard that, I knew she was going to lose. And I'm glad she lost. I just wish Trump had lost as well. Maybe we need to go four years without a president to see how meaningless a figure they are, then we can work our way down the ladder, eliminating each position as we go, until we find the real humans.Claude Reignsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-78037473526743313922023-01-10T15:16:52.772-08:002023-01-10T15:16:52.772-08:00Did you know then that zines were the thing that c...Did you know then that zines were the thing that changed everything in your life? Closest I came to knowing it was thinking things were going OK. <br /><br />It's only decades later that I can see. That was when everything stopped sucking quite so much.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-85287023475824073202023-01-10T13:46:50.047-08:002023-01-10T13:46:50.047-08:00That says "e-wife." I meant "ex-wif...That says "e-wife." I meant "ex-wife." "E-wife" is just weird.Captain Hampocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849547698251622931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-78874868405963345992023-01-10T12:05:54.393-08:002023-01-10T12:05:54.393-08:00I also my e-wife through my zine, and before that,...I also my e-wife through my zine, and before that, *alllmost* had a thing with another person through the zine, but it never came to fruition. I truly have no idea where I'd be or who I'd know, if not for zines. Picking up that first random Factsheet Five in college was pretty pivotal.Captain Hampocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849547698251622931noreply@blogger.com