tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2594029409511123738..comments2024-03-28T13:29:19.130-05:00Comments on Althouse: Me, in a few dark places.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82548874099282783582007-09-25T00:28:00.000-05:002007-09-25T00:28:00.000-05:00"Ah, the purse in the corner of the table! Would A...<I>"Ah, the purse in the corner of the table! Would Althouse leave it there, so far, with strangers? No, I think it belongs to Kimhill. I should have figured that one out earlier. Kim - you are a she."</I><BR/><BR/>Nope, I'm a guy. The pics don't show everyone, and the group was not all male.Apple Fanboy Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220988766181824328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52451785463515327082007-09-24T21:28:00.000-05:002007-09-24T21:28:00.000-05:00The second photo looks like my wicked stepmother. ...The second photo looks like my wicked stepmother. Gak!Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37936842878693989522007-09-24T20:46:00.000-05:002007-09-24T20:46:00.000-05:00"One of the minor pleasures of being middle-aged, ..."One of the minor pleasures of being middle-aged, overweight and balding is that...."---Hazy Dave<BR/><BR/>...you'll make Althouse look good by default. We all know there's a reason why Althouse chose to sit where she did, and who she sat next to.<BR/><BR/>The intricate seating arrangements are fascinating. <BR/><BR/>Althouse uses the heavy-set guy to make herself look oh-so-svelte. And the heavy-set guy doesn't mind in the least. He's perfectly happy to be used in that way. Much obliged!<BR/><BR/>Betcha thought nobody would have the nerve to bring that up, eh?<BR/><BR/>I keep telling Althouse....there's always someone who's got your number.<BR/><BR/>Love, MaxineMaxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19615821653077208642007-09-24T16:05:00.000-05:002007-09-24T16:05:00.000-05:00In doing her performance art, Maxine has exposed s...In doing her performance art, Maxine has exposed something very profound. Day in and day out, we encounter on this site people who are probably perfectly normal when you meet them on the street, yet completely irrational here.<BR/><BR/>Most commonly here we see BDS and ADS, of course, but Maxine shows us another kind of derangement. Yet the symptoms are the same: An absolute refusal to accept any data that contradicts the deranged person's fixed POV.<BR/><BR/>OK, maybe it's not that profound. Maybe it's just trite.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25673415342432776552007-09-24T15:05:00.000-05:002007-09-24T15:05:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90331841944989413192007-09-24T14:52:00.000-05:002007-09-24T14:52:00.000-05:00For sheer erotic potential it has to be the mornin...For sheer erotic potential it has to be the morning-after photo. <BR/><BR/>Can you imagine the love making that would follow from such an encounter?PeterPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813526431296196022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59090679570742816812007-09-24T14:51:00.000-05:002007-09-24T14:51:00.000-05:00Yes, there's a reason why God created what we call...Yes, there's a reason why God created what we call "Ice Breakers".<BR/><BR/>You always assume, in any gathering, there will be one or two socially awkward individuals who swallow a frog, or drink the fingerbowl.<BR/><BR/>Unlike me, not everybody's a Career Party-goer and/or Professional Conversationalist.<BR/><BR/>When I host a gathering I always assume everyone's a social misfit and throw in lots of icebreakers: scavenger hunts, charades, fortune telling, caricature drawing, contests, interesting centerpieces.....etc.<BR/><BR/>....Whatever it takes so that, if nothing else, incompatible people with nothing in common, and who wouldn't otherwise be thrown together.... don't have to talk to eachother!<BR/><BR/>That's how it's done, Althouse.<BR/><BR/>Love, MaxineMaxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55275477138085812552007-09-24T14:14:00.000-05:002007-09-24T14:14:00.000-05:00Aw, I bet it was a blast. Wish I could have gone a...Aw, I bet it was a blast. Wish I could have gone and met the Blogarazzi. Maybe Altapalooza will meet nearer to me next time.<BR/><BR/>I promise to bring hand puppets, tin foil, Cheez Whiz, and a note from my mother. As it is, I'll just yell <I>Freeebird!</I> from the cheap seats.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76764200600705757202007-09-24T14:04:00.000-05:002007-09-24T14:04:00.000-05:00Well, once again, I'm trying to convince everybody...Well, once again, I'm trying to convince everybody what a lousy time they had...<BR/><BR/>...yet nobody believes me.<BR/><BR/>For the record: I wasn't really spying on you all, hovering up above, in the rafters. Although, now that I think of it....that would have provided more of a life-changing, transforming experience than, say...<BR/><BR/>...dining out with a woman who thinks so little of you, she refused to have you over to her place.<BR/><BR/>Love, MaxineMaxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26803411595661261352007-09-24T13:46:00.000-05:002007-09-24T13:46:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62966788154677005352007-09-24T13:34:00.000-05:002007-09-24T13:34:00.000-05:00If I don't say the word "pathetic", I'm not implyi...If I don't say the word "pathetic", I'm not implying it. Without calling you a liar, I admit I'm puzzled that anyone would attend such an event, observe, avoid contact with the participants, and then later claim to have been present.<BR/><BR/><I>Shyness is nice, and<BR/>Shyness can stop you<BR/>From doing all the things in life<BR/>You'd like to<BR/><BR/>So, if there's something you'd like to try,<BR/>If there's something you'd like to try,<BR/>Ask Me, I won't say no, how could I?<BR/><BR/>Coyness is nice, and<BR/>Coyness can stop you<BR/>From saying all the things in<BR/>Life you'd like to...</I><BR/><BR/>I don't see "nobility" here, though I'm not calling anyone "ignoble" either. If being "good enough" is a problem, I recommend <A HREF="http://snltranscripts.jt.org/91/91asmalley.phtml" REL="nofollow"> Stuart Smalley</A>. The rest of your post seems contrary to my understanding of the word "intimate".Hazy Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205671948883857573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32244900458657099332007-09-24T13:00:00.000-05:002007-09-24T13:00:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17300616560181360662007-09-24T12:53:00.000-05:002007-09-24T12:53:00.000-05:00HAZY DAVE: You seem to imply that it's somehow pa...HAZY DAVE: You seem to imply that it's somehow pathetic for me to hide in the shadows...<BR/><BR/>Yet, it's a much nobler endeavor to show up to the table, in a restaurant, of a Hostess who thinks you're not good enough to be let into her home...<BR/><BR/>I'm I'm not good enough to be let into someone's home, what makes me good enough to break bread with, and dine at a restaurant?<BR/><BR/>Dining out is far more intimate, in some respects...than a group of people gathering at someone's home.Maxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77360370874977131202007-09-24T12:52:00.000-05:002007-09-24T12:52:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20028775401135836342007-09-24T12:51:00.000-05:002007-09-24T12:51:00.000-05:00I'm not middle aged!I'm not middle aged!Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27098440030671075922007-09-24T12:40:00.001-05:002007-09-24T12:40:00.001-05:00One of the minor pleasures of being middle-aged, o...One of the minor pleasures of being middle-aged, overweight and balding is that so many of the young, liberal and "progressive" seem to have no qualms about judging you based on your looks, yet seem unaware of the bigotry, profiling and prejudice inherent in such. I've seen group photos with <I>less </I> diversity!<BR/><BR/>Surely, Maxine is joking that any sensible person would invite even one person they've met online into their home, sight unseen.<BR/><BR/>I trust nobody was hoping it would be a life-changing event - if so, staying in the background, snarking and impugning the motives of people willing to come out of the shadows is definitely the "safer" alternative.<BR/><BR/>Disappointment at some faceless voiceless character's actual face, voice, physique, dental work, aroma, personal tics, or whatever, may be inevitable, assuming one hasn't previously ordered a bride out of a catalog or experienced some other personal awakening that everyone else on the planet isn't there to meet your own private expectations.Hazy Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205671948883857573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53465380424054197952007-09-24T12:40:00.000-05:002007-09-24T12:40:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2557933745749988812007-09-24T12:24:00.000-05:002007-09-24T12:24:00.000-05:00I'm doing just fine. And I didn't go back to my ap...<I>I'm doing just fine. And I didn't go back to my apartment alone.</I><BR/><BR/>If you were at the meetup, this is really funny.Mortimer Breznyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964027337144379262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36494137698406728342007-09-24T11:45:00.000-05:002007-09-24T11:45:00.000-05:00Those must be the 10 New York city residents who v...Those must be the 10 New York city residents who voted for Bush minus Norman Podhoretz and Midge Dector and Normy junior.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04968759943081339766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41689249763757750162007-09-24T11:38:00.000-05:002007-09-24T11:38:00.000-05:00Wow, no women and that's a chunky bunch. And pret...Wow, no women and that's a chunky bunch. And pretty old. So is this the sampling of the demographics of this blog:<BR/><BR/>male<BR/>hefty<BR/>bald<BR/>old<BR/><BR/>Where are the thin and gorgeous fabulous people. I am disappointed. My eyes are flashing.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04968759943081339766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45310565037983471032007-09-24T11:27:00.000-05:002007-09-24T11:27:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8004253307820281362007-09-24T11:16:00.000-05:002007-09-24T11:16:00.000-05:00Althouse can't exactly cherry-pick her fans. Whoe...Althouse can't exactly cherry-pick her fans. Whoever shows up to the table---shows up.<BR/><BR/>But there are certain things she could do to cultivate a more female fan base.<BR/><BR/>---Like the warmth and homestyle hospitality of having people over.<BR/><BR/>Most women aren't going to show up at a restaurant with strange men they don't know.<BR/><BR/>Had Althouse had this thing in her home, many more women would have shown ....to get a glimpse of the furnishings, amenities, accutrements etc... Women are intensly interested in that sort of thing.Maxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5232255835473624022007-09-24T11:04:00.000-05:002007-09-24T11:04:00.000-05:00Ah, the purse in the corner of the table! Would A...Ah, the purse in the corner of the table! Would Althouse leave it there, so far, with strangers? No, I think it belongs to Kimhill. I should have figured that one out earlier. Kim - you are a she.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344824510190345160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66797181216613309342007-09-24T11:00:00.000-05:002007-09-24T11:00:00.000-05:00Kimhill, thanks for the photos, and glimpses. OK...Kimhill, thanks for the photos, and glimpses. OK, so who are these people at the table? They are all men, except Ann. Do girls blog here? Maxine, I really beleive you are a woman, mostly because I want to. So you werent there, right. Couldn't the guy in the checked hat pass for Andrew Sullivan after one of his August vacations?<BR/><BR/>Two have indentified themselves. Now that the rest of you have been outed, please come forward with your names and place at the table, gentlemen.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344824510190345160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11856417756266440872007-09-24T10:01:00.000-05:002007-09-24T10:01:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.com