Don Key's Blog

Don Key Commented on They Live... by Libertine

2010-09-11T07:53:35Z

I think the Reader Blogs really tied the room together.

Don Key Commented on Lurkers on the Move by intp

2010-09-11T07:32:15Z

Best wishes to you, INTP.

I like Jonnie's idea of a Halloween party (Owl-o-ween as they say in England). I want to come as Ernest Hemingway, but dressed in a chimpanzee costume. No, no, no, that's so TPM circa 2009. I'll come as a twitter. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Don Key Commented on Flash: Fiction by wwstaebler

2010-09-11T07:13:29Z

Yessiree. There's something about having limits or boundries to push, too. After reading yours above, I was just hoping that you didn't have kids named Mary Ellen and Kevin!

Don Key Commented on Labor in America: Those were the Days by Ramona

2010-09-11T07:05:48Z

You're so right, Ramona, that those who sacrificed to give us the rights that we have (or had as the case may be) are remembered. And, not to take the "happy" out of Happy Labor Day, but amidst the needed extra day off, barbecuing, celebrating, etc., those who defend the system that can ruin people and destroy families should reflect on the hurt of those real people. The elite who manipulate and control our economy and the employees who feed it, are turning a blind eye to the many casualties in this reverse Robinhood society (take from the poor and give to the rich) they have created. I invite them to read this and then continue their defense of the corporate/government order.

Don Key Commented on TPM is closed. by Bwakfat

2010-09-11T07:04:35Z

Can somebody turn out the lights?

Don Key Commented on Can Science Help Frame a Moral Landscape? by wendy davis

2010-09-11T06:45:21Z

Daisy... Daisy... give meee y-oo-ur answe-err tru-ue...

Don Key Commented on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." by Don Key

2010-09-11T06:35:30Z

Sure, but you know there's a tanning butter tax (we gotta balance the budget somehow).

Don Key Commented on The Other Catcher In The Rye. by quinn esq

2010-09-11T06:29:18Z

Let that be a lesson, that was a lot of potential whiskey you boys destroyed...

All I can say is, damn, Quinn, you're good. I've missed so many of your posts, but I remember the piece you wrote about preaching in church. It was genuinely moving (still, was you're father a preacher or a farmer?).

Don Key Commented on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." by Don Key

2010-09-11T05:57:09Z

You're the one for it, LisB. I saw Rude Boy
at a pre-screening in Seattle ('80, maybe?), blew me away.

Don Key Commented on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." by Don Key

2010-09-11T05:48:25Z

I'll screw up my posts till the end- the song apropos of nothing, really.

Don Key Commented on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." by Don Key

2010-09-11T05:45:28Z

Wherever you pitch your fork is home.

The first song of the '80s I latched on to (I think- those days are a bit murky- then again yesterday is kind of murky).

PS I hope dickday gave you an all-time, TPM lifetime (roughly the same as dog years) achievement award; a gold (plated) coffee cup or something.

Don Key Commented on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." by Don Key

2010-09-11T05:34:43Z

Ona move, synch...

Don Key Commented on The post ended, "Goodbye for now." by Don Key

2010-09-11T05:32:37Z

They're a little oily, but we got 'em.

Don Key Commented on TPM is closed. by Bwakfat

2010-09-11T05:20:12Z

Ack!

Don Key Commented on Parting Shots by oleeb

2010-09-11T04:45:07Z

Well, I can still comment, anyway. Rooty, you've been something of the rude boy around here to some, but I can't thank you enough for keeping the focus where it should be (usually the suffering at our hands) and in your inimitable style. I should repeat that I think you are a remarkable photographer and artist (and that's understating it). Hope to see you around-

Don Key Commented on Parting Shots by oleeb

2010-09-11T04:01:59Z

Nice exit post, Oleeb. Been great talkin' with ya and hope to see you around. Poverty, racism, militarism: the real Axis of Evil!

Woody Guthrie channeled by Billy Bragg."

Don Key Commented on Can Science Help Frame a Moral Landscape? by wendy davis

2010-09-11T02:07:58Z

As I scrolled up the thread I saw that you were answering your own post (took a sec to realize it was Obey's email). My first thought was: who's winning the argument? Then I thought: that's a very Zen thing to do. Either that, or you just argue with yourself like my neighbor :)

Don Key Commented on So Long, And Thanks For All The Quiche by Zipperupus

2010-09-09T17:49:39Z

The WWW is something like the Library of Babel, isn't it? Or maybe it's a fresh-baked quiche. Your idea of putting your novel on shuffle, so to speak, is great. It sounds like an interactive novel but without a structurally imposed beginning or end; with a reader chosen "center." Look forward to reading your fiction. Goodbye, for now, Zip.

Don Key Commented on NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE by dickday

2010-09-09T02:06:25Z

Cash's last recording. Hurt by Nine Inch Nails; he's a little shaky, maybe, but good music is good music!

Don Key Commented on Can Science Help Frame a Moral Landscape? by wendy davis

2010-09-09T00:44:02Z

Maybe they'll get the fire under control in the next couple of days. Was your son called out? I guess there was a time when a fire like that would just be nature renewing herself, but with people losing homes- I think I read that something like 500 homes are at risk. I hope you're fire bags are a needless precaution.

I'm down near the So. Texas coast (a bit inland from So. Padre). We got some strong wind gusts and a bunch of rain; nothing much. I'm amazed at how far the remnants of this tropical storm is traveling (friends and family in Houston and Dallas got a bunch dumped on them). Maybe we can get the fiendish Doctor Zero to use his weather control machine to send all this rain up to your fire. :)

I don't know where I'll be. I've bookmarked several sites, but I'll probably just lurk at different sites. I thought about some of the other big blog sites, but they're either too big like Kos, or they're just gazing through their narrow window on the world (and places like HuffPo are more outlets than inlets). There's nothing wrong with focus on certain issues or subjects, just not for me right now. I've read Greenwald since he had a small blog, but I've never posted (I guess because I'd only be agreeing with him and everyone on the issue of the day).I'm pretty busy now and will be busier through the fall and winter. But I hope I can at least pop in on some of you guys now and then. I haven't really looked at Dagblog or TPMaholoics, but I'll sign in. Where will you be mostly?

What would be cool, I think, is if there was a site where everyone could create their own individual blog (with different pages for diaries, writing, art, music or whatever), but they would all be tied into some mothership aggregator (i.e.any blog discussion you join in will show up on your blog and the main page, but everyone would have their own personal pages for their own interests). I had a blog site (it was something like Blogspot) six or seven years ago, so I now there must be a plethora of places with free hosting and easy HTML tools and templates. Maybe that's too much or maybe it already exists. I don't do a lot of random wandering around the web as you can tell. Sorry, I'm tired and just rambling, but I think everyone will find each other. Take care, Wendy.