Comments you might have missed
I want to thank everyone for the funny and very nice comments posted under What You Missed such as:
Why do you want me to downgrade to only checking 3 or 4 times a day?
Posted by: Hal Laurent | January 31, 2008 8:58
While I wasn't fishing for compliments (the post was aimed at the people who tell me they mean to check my blog but they forget to), I was more than happy to get them. Thanks again.
Anyway, I had been planning to post my favorite comments of 2008 so far at the end of January, but at the very end (including under that post) there were too many, so I'll just list the ones I had collected before then:
* On Of Cloned Meats and Kittens:
I have been reading and enjoying this blog from Day 1. But there is something about the “cloned meat” discussion finally got me to post. I’m not sure if it’s the comedic potential (Clone-burger Helper!), flat-out scariness (what, exactly, am I eating?) or what-not. But I’m in now. ...
Posted by: Brian | January 18, 2008 12:08 AM
* On the fact that chocolate has now been shown to be bad for us:
Another argument against intelligent design!
Posted by: HKM | January 19, 2008 8:14 AM
* On the fact that The Sun's copy desk chief John McIntyre is now posting recipes on his blog:
Just say the word and we will pay John a visit...lol! Would not that be something? You can tell how much he intimidates me, I am being very careful about my grammer. And, I am probably failing.
Posted by: Regina | January 21, 2008 10:38 AM
* On eating out on Valentine's Day:
Before my girlfriend and I broke up a few months ago, leaving me a broken wreck of a man with no motivation to do anything but post blog comments all day, we had an understanding. We celebrated VDay together at home, then went out the weekend after. No crowds, no mess and it actually was romantic. Although apparently not enough.
Posted by: Jon Parker | January 21, 2008 5:32 PM
* On my searching the internet for "bats, getting rid of" when we had one in the house:
I think the Orioles have been using your Google query for years.
Posted by: Brian | January 22, 2008 12:36 PM
* To another poster who prefers sashimi to sushi under the brown rice sushi post:
Actually...sushi refers specifically to the vinegared rice which sometimes includes fish. Sashimi, raw fish, is an entirely different dish. I agree that sashimi is wonderful and a great way to experience fresh fish, but if you want to complain about it being obscured by all that vinegared rice you will need to talk to the Japanese.
Posted by: justagrrl | January 23, 2008 2:56 P
* From the person who initiated the brown rice sushi query:
Okay everyone take a deep breath, it'll be okay. For those of you who actually had some suggestions, thank you, much appreciated. As for the rest of you, while I appreciate your viewpoints, it isn't really that big a deal is it, I mean we're talking about rice right? I love all kinds of food, nutritious or not, I have had everything from foie gras poutine to alligator to sea urchin but at the end of the day it really comes down to this, my girlfriend wants to go to a sushi joint that serves brown rice sushi and to quote Vince Vaughn, "what my baby wants, my baby gets".
Cheers,
Will from Annapolis
Posted by: Will | January 23, 2008 3:21 PM
I have been reading and enjoying this blog from Day 1. But there is something about the “cloned meat” discussion finally got me to post. I’m not sure if it’s the comedic potential (Clone-burger Helper!), flat-out scariness (what, exactly, am I eating?) or what-not. But I’m in now. ...
Posted by: Brian | January 18, 2008 12:08 AM
* On the fact that chocolate has now been shown to be bad for us:
Another argument against intelligent design!
Posted by: HKM | January 19, 2008 8:14 AM
* On the fact that The Sun's copy desk chief John McIntyre is now posting recipes on his blog:
Just say the word and we will pay John a visit...lol! Would not that be something? You can tell how much he intimidates me, I am being very careful about my grammer. And, I am probably failing.
Posted by: Regina | January 21, 2008 10:38 AM
* On eating out on Valentine's Day:
Before my girlfriend and I broke up a few months ago, leaving me a broken wreck of a man with no motivation to do anything but post blog comments all day, we had an understanding. We celebrated VDay together at home, then went out the weekend after. No crowds, no mess and it actually was romantic. Although apparently not enough.
Posted by: Jon Parker | January 21, 2008 5:32 PM
* On my searching the internet for "bats, getting rid of" when we had one in the house:
I think the Orioles have been using your Google query for years.
Posted by: Brian | January 22, 2008 12:36 PM
* To another poster who prefers sashimi to sushi under the brown rice sushi post:
Actually...sushi refers specifically to the vinegared rice which sometimes includes fish. Sashimi, raw fish, is an entirely different dish. I agree that sashimi is wonderful and a great way to experience fresh fish, but if you want to complain about it being obscured by all that vinegared rice you will need to talk to the Japanese.
Posted by: justagrrl | January 23, 2008 2:56 P
* From the person who initiated the brown rice sushi query:
Okay everyone take a deep breath, it'll be okay. For those of you who actually had some suggestions, thank you, much appreciated. As for the rest of you, while I appreciate your viewpoints, it isn't really that big a deal is it, I mean we're talking about rice right? I love all kinds of food, nutritious or not, I have had everything from foie gras poutine to alligator to sea urchin but at the end of the day it really comes down to this, my girlfriend wants to go to a sushi joint that serves brown rice sushi and to quote Vince Vaughn, "what my baby wants, my baby gets".
Cheers,
Will from Annapolis
Posted by: Will | January 23, 2008 3:21 PM
Comments
Its not just these comments that might have been missed. Suddenly reading your blog is more and more like a 19th Century Russian novel, in length. Has your hit rate suddenly gone up? I know I am having to come back more times each day, and my lips are getting very tired.
Well, last week there were 34,073 page views; but I think the increased number of comments is more significant. You can entertain each other now. Pretty soon I'll be able to post one word, like "veal," and then just sit back and publish comments.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | February 5, 2008 3:16 PM
You should try that and see what happens.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | February 7, 2008 9:38 PM