Aloha, everybody!
After two weeks away basking in the tropical sun a couple of islands away from where our country’s Kenyan usurper’s overlords faked his birth, I am just now doing a quick review of all that I’ve missed here. Boy, did I pick the wrong time to be away, League-wise!
After the most cursory of reviews, I realized I have missed a couple of excellent posts by Ryan B (including some F&I spoilers I wished I had not been tempted by) and his transformation into Ryan Bonneville, a guest post about one of my favorite TV shows The Wire by one of my favorite commenters Anderson, Tom Van D’s much anticipated (by me anyway) entry into the sub-blogs, a great song video by Elvis Perkins, a cool post by Elias about our memory of how we reacted to MLK vs. the reality of the same, Jason’s nod to Michael Shermer about how we think our political -isms are rational even when they’re not (which allows me to view my pragmatic rejection of –isms as highly rational while at the same time having them proved to be irrational which makes me feel rationally justified, which makes my brain hurt), plus a sub-blog announcement from Burt about his 2012 intentions that means I have to find another candidate to back in 2012, and from Patrick musical glasses AND a post whose contents I correctly guessed after reading its two word title (For Bob).
And of course, continued agreement by everyone on the internet that – by using his Satanic powers to try to find common ground and decency in others – E.D. is Evil Incarnate. Seriously, Erik is the Tyrion of the intertubes. (Also, I guess he’s now an otter?)
Figures that the two weeks I might have most wanted to be in the thick of things would be the weeks I was recharging.
I’ve spent the last week at the hospital (everybody involved is fine and recovering at full speed, thanks for asking) and the main thing that I would hope that you’d notice despite your absence is my recommendation that you use your steam account to purchase Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines.
https://ordinary-times.com/jaybird/2011/08/23/imposture/
Seriously. This is one of the best PC games you could possibly ever play and it’s $20.
Also: Welcome back. You were missed.Report
Dude, I don’t know what to say. I am very much wanting to respect the magic inter tubes of privacy, but the whole “the last week” thing is a bit chilling.
Like I say, I don’t know if it was you or Maribou or someone else, but I really hope everything is ok. (I want to ask if there’s anything I can do, other than purchase Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines to help, but I recognize it will come out sounding silly.)
So seriously, hope all is well. And if there’s anything at all I can do…Report
Yep, sounded totally silly.Report
Pshaw. It’s one of those things where, had you been here, you’d have just been waiting around to hear the next bit of seriously-as-good-as-could-possibly-be-expected news.
When folks hit a certain point, they start going to the hospital for stuff like this, I am told. The vast, vast majority dream of being told news as good as we have been told.
The worst part is the sitting and waiting and being told that interrupting this chapter risks waking the dragon.Report
Yeah, welcome back! I was starting to get worried at one point that you’d pulled a Lisa Kramer on us…
And yes, I am now an otter. Life is good as an otter. I am also Professor Feminism now, but that’s a long story…Report
So I hear! Though as super-villain names go, Professor Feminism – dedicated to a life of crime after having been bitten by a radioactive otter – is pretty awesome.
(I’d ask who Lisa Kramer is, but I guess that’s the point.)Report
I’ve always thought of E.D. as the Lord Voldemort of the Internet, though now I’m thinking old Voldy wouldn’t have an otter for a Patronus.Report
Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed Hawaii.
Can I suggest that we all refer to our President as “Barry the Usurper”, in the spirit of John the Bastard and Charles the Fat? Anyone here read the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire? There’s a passage in there that goes through all the ridiculous royal names from the medieval period.Report
I would trade the last two weeks here for two weeks in Hawaii.
Not that I don’t love all ya’ll, but… Hawaii!
Welcome back.Report