tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post111907622937371108..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: FreethinkerDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1120191647254245412005-06-30T21:20:00.000-07:002005-06-30T21:20:00.000-07:00Little Bar of Soap, I kind of agree, actually.Little Bar of Soap, I kind of agree, actually.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1120183297038664592005-06-30T19:01:00.000-07:002005-06-30T19:01:00.000-07:00Freethinkers are Filthythinkers.Freethinkers are Filthythinkers.A Little Bar of Soaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625128449578680005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119847914694246492005-06-26T21:51:00.000-07:002005-06-26T21:51:00.000-07:00Alice, it's probably because all the geniuses have...Alice, it's probably because all the geniuses have blogs now.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119834391039429752005-06-26T18:06:00.000-07:002005-06-26T18:06:00.000-07:00I will settle for " thinkers ". Not enough of them...I will settle for " thinkers ". Not enough of them around but I will continue to search.Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465484210397122019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119737221294354422005-06-25T15:07:00.000-07:002005-06-25T15:07:00.000-07:00Well, Monika, it's a place to start. If I get men...Well, Monika, it's a place to start. If I get mental health treatment a German from Iceland who reads cynics from Ohio is as likely to understand me as anyone.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119733591488777572005-06-25T14:06:00.000-07:002005-06-25T14:06:00.000-07:00I have two years of Psycholgy if that is of any he...I have two years of Psycholgy if that is of any help.<BR/>Yeah, it is a great story and I was introduced to it three years ago, while taking an Introductory American Literature course. I loved it straight away. In the same course I got also an appreciation for Emerson, Irving, Emily Dickinson, Crane (I loved in particular)and the story of "The white Heron", but I cannot recall who wrote that. Not bad for a German person living in Iceland!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119700959696305852005-06-25T05:02:00.000-07:002005-06-25T05:02:00.000-07:00Thanks, Indie, and not fear. We take precautions....Thanks, Indie, and not fear. We take precautions.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119681251781782402005-06-24T23:34:00.000-07:002005-06-24T23:34:00.000-07:00Here's wishing you a (belated) birthday without ca...Here's wishing you a (belated) birthday without causticity. I won't bother wishing happiness. That would ruin the blog.Indeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119653669305309412005-06-24T15:54:00.000-07:002005-06-24T15:54:00.000-07:00Gabriel, that's a whole other twist. Nice work.Sa...Gabriel, that's a whole other twist. Nice work.<BR/><BR/>Sar, it looked good. Blaspheming siren!!! Just kidding, I liked the poem. Why don't we agree on a marketing partnership. Should appeal to an economist, I think.<BR/><BR/>Lucinda, that's a really funny error! Sar's Larry Summers now, pass it on.<BR/><BR/>Monika, isn't that story great? I read it in highschool and started my bad habits soon thereafter. Watch yourself.<BR/><BR/>Thanks all for wishing my dead friend a Happy Birthday. It means a lot to me. Are any of you therapists?Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119653331823028732005-06-24T15:48:00.000-07:002005-06-24T15:48:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday, Ambrose ... and I read "An occuren...Happy Birthday, Ambrose ... and I read "An occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" in your honour. (British speeling seems to persist though ;)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119641883443620502005-06-24T12:38:00.000-07:002005-06-24T12:38:00.000-07:00Gabriel - I just finished my contribution for your...Gabriel - I just finished my contribution for your "Political Poetry Slam" on my site.<BR/><BR/>http://sounddestruction.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Doug - I'll keep an eye out for that invoice. ;)Sarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119637324067260242005-06-24T11:22:00.000-07:002005-06-24T11:22:00.000-07:00Freethinker, n. One awash with conspiracies.)+(Freethinker, n. One awash with conspiracies.<BR/><BR/><BR/>)+(GABRIEL C. ZOLMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410614219986403784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119629557931024472005-06-24T09:12:00.000-07:002005-06-24T09:12:00.000-07:00Thanks 'Tom' and Helen. I try.Pansi! They didn't...Thanks 'Tom' and Helen. I try.<BR/><BR/>Pansi! They didn't have electrolysis in my day (from Ann Rose)<BR/><BR/>Karma, I'll call you on my birthday.<BR/><BR/>Spiritdancer, unless your picture was taken 20 years ago you need a different excuse. How about, "That was completely incoherent."<BR/><BR/>If I'm allowed a do-over, see if it makes more sense now: "Another man's stooge"Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119625572583219182005-06-24T08:06:00.000-07:002005-06-24T08:06:00.000-07:00doug...I get it...but I had to think about it...al...doug...I get it...but I had to think about it...although I have come to realize that I have to think about it a lot...maybe I am getting dumb in my old age...oh well thanks for the brain aerobics...lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340531517596044539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119625389262088952005-06-24T08:03:00.000-07:002005-06-24T08:03:00.000-07:00the best things in life are freethinkers. let's gi...the best things in life are freethinkers. let's give him some birthday bumps.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190480692312079052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119621463103693112005-06-24T06:57:00.000-07:002005-06-24T06:57:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday, Ann Rose Pierce!!! I'm real surpri...Happy Birthday, Ann Rose Pierce!!! I'm real surprised you have a mustache!!! A good spa can take that right off for you. If it was you're idea, all I can say is, their should be some limits to free thinking!!!!Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371953652907423093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119619935007754252005-06-24T06:32:00.000-07:002005-06-24T06:32:00.000-07:00I feel certain he would approve of your updates! ...I feel certain he would approve of your updates! Nice job :)<BR/>Peace...............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119619273294211062005-06-24T06:21:00.000-07:002005-06-24T06:21:00.000-07:00It was the idea of 'free thinking' that fascinated...It was the idea of 'free thinking' that fascinated me about this blog and this person, 'Doug'. Creating a new, more relative, definition while maintaining respect and learning from the old as well.<BR/>Not being bound by ball and chain to past thinkers and their ideas, yet profiting from their experience and moving foreward.Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119617494738195492005-06-24T05:51:00.000-07:002005-06-24T05:51:00.000-07:00Sorry, everyone. I really wanted today's post to ...Sorry, everyone. I really wanted today's post to be a special one and I think I worked it into a confusing mess.<BR/><BR/>Pia, the intended gag was that you only call someone a free-thinker if they think like you, so on your side of the aisle, you might say that Ken Mehlman would call, say Rumsfeld who opposed Vietnam a freethinker but wouldn't say that of John McCain who is one. I probably could have made that clearer, but can't now because I've edited that sentence too much and can no longer read it. <BR/><BR/>Lucinda, put up a link. I haven't heard that story.<BR/><BR/>Sar, Pia would and I do. From now on, I'm telling people that you're actually Larry Summers. My bad.<BR/><BR/>Dddragon, that's a perfect quote for today's post. Thanks.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119616708915468582005-06-24T05:38:00.000-07:002005-06-24T05:38:00.000-07:00Yea, Happy Birthday Ambrose!And from John Ciardi, ...Yea, Happy Birthday Ambrose!<BR/><BR/>And from John Ciardi, who shares your birthday: "The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow."dddragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912993089246289352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119614811457331782005-06-24T05:06:00.000-07:002005-06-24T05:06:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday Ambrose Bierce! Were it not for yo...Happy Birthday Ambrose Bierce! Were it not for you, we wouldn't have this great site to inspire and engage our minds while we forge these wonderful friendships. :)<BR/><BR/>(Pia - you'll appreciate my last comment in Doug's previous post. And here's a link to what I really think about Rove.) <BR/><BR/>http://brotherkenya.blogspot.com/2005/06/herein-turd-blossom-lies.html#commentsSarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1119606436597761982005-06-24T02:47:00.000-07:002005-06-24T02:47:00.000-07:00DougCongrats on Ambrose's birthday, but a maverick...Doug<BR/>Congrats on Ambrose's birthday, but a maverick finally comes to the party line?<BR/><BR/>Methinks I'm being too literal--it's early and hot--but does that mean free thinking Republicans are supposed to end up saying<BR/>"oh yes Karl Rove, I totally wanted to give the terrorists therapy?" <BR/><BR/>And that "liberal democrats", are supposed to say : "that was our goal, but we've seen the light, let us repent."<BR/><BR/>Because I and most New Yorkers wanted war then so badly we thought of everything we would do to the terrorists, and they were'nt nice.<BR/><BR/>I'll go with the "road less traveled" definition, and sorry for the political rhetoric on Ambrose's birthday!<BR/><BR/>Happy birthday Ambrose BierceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com