tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post5044983075744235159..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Sidewalk closedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-90399004776606359242022-10-29T13:56:36.470-07:002022-10-29T13:56:36.470-07:00I appreciate your effort at explaining things, Joh...I appreciate your effort at explaining things, John. You're like my own personal Cliff Notes. <br /><br />30-year-old me would've kicked my nuts for saying this, but life is short and reading entire books takes time I rarely have, and when I have the time, I'd rather spend it surfing the web for news or porn. The internet has made the whole world dumber, and in this regard I am of theDoug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-5392463306998088112022-10-28T18:39:45.397-07:002022-10-28T18:39:45.397-07:00OK, well I recommend the book because life is way ...OK, well I recommend the book because life is way more complicated than asshole or nice guy (for some reason I don't like the word "prick". I know what it means, but it's not part of my vocabulary.)<br /><br />In any case, it's a complicated story and a compelling one. I think you're missing out on pleasure by not reading the book, but I'll try to answer your johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-39263996150795290482022-10-27T09:46:46.128-07:002022-10-27T09:46:46.128-07:00That was a fun interview. It took about two weeks ...That was a fun interview. It took about two weeks of emails. Glad it kicked you.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-31605474455508489132022-10-27T09:38:17.691-07:002022-10-27T09:38:17.691-07:00I'll never read the book, but let me prey on y...I'll never read the book, but let me prey on your expertise to ask an impertinent question: Were they pricks?<br /><br />At least in the movies, early-era astronauts seem to always be the daredeveil superjocks, a/k/a pricks, so I'd probably hate them and they'd hate me. But damn I thought they were real life superheroes when I was a kid, and it's gotta be one of very few jobs Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-30871939034464523522022-10-26T18:21:13.068-07:002022-10-26T18:21:13.068-07:00Hey man, just got some kicks reading most of the i...Hey man, just got some kicks reading most of the interview you did a few years ago with that CrimeWave zine guy, found googling you, okay, take care...PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-1806897235206835952022-10-26T12:29:41.523-07:002022-10-26T12:29:41.523-07:00If anybody is interested in the early days of the ...If anybody is interested in the early days of the American space program. a book was published last year that's probably out in paper now: "Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War". I know most of your buds distain non-fiction as fake-art, but I've always thunk it was real art. This is a particularly readable, fun book that tracks the johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-23148010161336631412022-10-26T07:49:27.599-07:002022-10-26T07:49:27.599-07:00If there's any part of living where an occasio...If there's any part of living where an occasional woohoo is inappropriate, that's where I want to woohoo.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-22021169511215143202022-10-26T07:47:14.251-07:002022-10-26T07:47:14.251-07:00I'm not worried about ranking, I just hate hav...I'm not worried about ranking, I just hate having to learn a different interface. Tell me it isn't buggy and that'll put my mind at ease, but I'm still probably not making the switch until Google forces me to.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-42049503796289610762022-10-25T15:49:05.263-07:002022-10-25T15:49:05.263-07:00I moved from Blogger to Wordpress about fifteen ye...I moved from Blogger to Wordpress about fifteen years ago and never looked back.<br /><br />https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-switch-from-blogger-to-wordpress-without-losing-google-rankings/Mark Alexanderhttps://www.voenixrising.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-11820024576476905812022-10-25T14:56:37.552-07:002022-10-25T14:56:37.552-07:00Jim McDivitt is remembered, if at all, for Apollo ...Jim McDivitt is remembered, if at all, for Apollo 9, the first flight of the lunar lander, but I remember him best as the commander of Gemini 4, the mission that sent the first human floating into space outside a capsule. His copilot, Ed White became the first human to drift in the blackness of space protected only by a hand-sewn spacesuit. <br /><br />McDivitt left NASA shortly after Apollo 9. johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.com