January 29, 2010
Reflection on Friday, January 29, 2010
In my reasonably long time as a Clusterflock fan and fairly brief time as a contributor, I am hard-pressed to remember a day of discussion quite like this one. Very strange that so much heat and light came from something so seemingly trivial. I wondered over dinner this evening whether it was the open/closed thing or if that discussion was merely a container for something deeper. Would this same level of interaction have emerged with a different topic?
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Oh, Joseph, we span the topics. We once had just this same kind of conversation over the type of bedsheets we like. (As Cindy often says, *and I’ll wildly paraphrase* “I’m too lazy *just now* to find the link to it.”)
As Deron says, “Come for the posts, stay for the comments.”
It’s true, we talk up a white heat here quite regularly. Today doesn’t particularly stand out for me, though clusterflock did eat my day today and I really swore off that happening again a few months ago. But it wasn’t just the iPad topic, if you look around. There was, and usually is, a lot of talk on different topics.
But the conversations around here in September/October/early November 2008 were quite something.
Also, the iPad is fucking the topic du jour, worldwide.
Maybe everybody gets the bug every now and then. Certainly ate up a chunk of my day. That ain’t necessarily a bad thing.
The bug will eat you when the bug eats.
Now that’s the kind of non sequitur I can get behind.
I don’t count it a bad thing, neither.
Joseph, you see?
There was a post a while back asking for flockers’ favorite threads from the past–I think Deron posted it, or maybe Andrew or Rick (“I’m too lazy to….”). It was fun all over again to see the jaunty chaos of the whole thing. For instance–speaking of cars–if you don’t know the origin of the Flocker phrase “to go all San Jose on his ass,” you will probably be delighted when you see it.
P. S. Start talking religion and see what happens.
Don’t! Please don’t! I can’t live through that again. My delicate sensibility can’t take it.
Speaking of San Jose, Daryl, don’t you think my trashy mouth and Rick Neece’s dissing of women just motherfuckingmake this blog?
I’m still in that tentative phase where I’m not sure what’s going to provoke a raging debate. Rest assured, I’ll goddamn find out. Some things I think may be strong contenders:
- vintage Playboy covers
- thoughts on the works of Henry Miller
- history and derivation of that worst of curse words
- effects of a youth spent in a Southern Baptist church
- vicious attacks on Strawberry Shortcake and My Pretty Pony
I’m positively giddy with excitement (or is that incitement?).
If you like, Joseph, I’ll compile a list of suggested topics.
Appropriate topics or topics certain to provoke? I’m far more interested in the latter…
San Jose visited us early in my days as a flocker and I look back fondly on those days but nobody has ever told me if this was a blog about cars or not. I’m here, wating for the response.
I sure hope it is.
Provocation.
Although now that Andrew is all grown up and has made his peace with Andy Warhol, it’s no fun to needle him about Andy anymore.
Sheila: Yes
And Joseph–the topic you list concerning the “effects of a youth spent in a Southern Baptist church” marks a real bond between us I suspect. Sometimes Cindy would like for me to shut up about it but I can’t. The subject comes up and I just have to grab it and shake it like a ragdoll.
Richard Dawkins.
Can’t wait to discuss that one in person, Daryl. Especially judgmental biddies and pancake breakfasts in the church basement. Remind me to tell you about the most sacrilegious use to which I ever put pancake breakfast tickets.
Christopher Hitchens kissed my hand one time.
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