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classicman · 02-06-2008, 06:47 PM

Spode - you rock - that was awesome! Great place, great guy - A perfect fit!
worth the 45 mins it took for my POS computer to download it.

Elspode · 02-07-2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

worth the 45 mins it took for my POS computer to download it.

That may be nicest thing anyone has ever said to me!

glatt · 02-08-2008, 07:38 AM

Spode, I downloaded it last night, and only had a chance to watch the first couple minutes. But from what I've seen so far, I like your place. That Big Bertha stove, melting the floor tiles must be a pretty impressive event to witness. I also like your herb collection. You could open a store!

classicman · 02-08-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

That may be nicest thing anyone has ever said to me!

Thanks, but I wonder if you really have any idea of the impact some of what you write has on other people. I don't know what you do for a living, but damn well better include writing. If not, you surely have missed you calling and the world is worse off for it.
(less they read your tidbits here on the cellar)

Elspode · 02-09-2008, 01:21 AM

Well, shit. Now, *that's* the nicest thing anyone has said to me.

I've mentioned before that I have written professionally exactly twice in my life, both times in very limited formats and for limited audiences. I did very well as an editor/arts reviewer/editorialist for the UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City) UNews. My work was well received by readers, and most importantly to me at the time, lauded by the professorial sponsor of the newspaper. He repeatedly cited my work as the best of all the staff, and when he was critical, it was unerringly constructive and totally valid. Odd...I never met the man, but I will carry his praise and critiques with me to the grave. He was absolutely dead on.

My only other "publish for pay" instance was a sidebar thing that I wrote for the KC edition of The Pitch. It was a horrid experience. I was writing about a fairly serious event that was in the "elaboration on upcoming events" section, a weekend seminar given by a highly qualified and well known Reiki master from Australia. I wrote and rerwrote this trifling piece five times (and we're talking a five paragraph article, here), only to have it repeatedly rejected by the twenty-something section editor, who wanted it to be "edgier, more flippant, trendier..."

My biggest limitation in writing is that I really only do well when describing reality. I rarely succeed in fabricating quality work out of nothing. Even the few songs I've written over the years are always based on reality.

But I do very much appreciate the support I always get from my Cellar family. In truth, it is this sort of positive strokes that matter to me. The rest is bullshit.

Griff · 02-09-2008, 06:16 AM

Crap, I can't get it to load. I'll try later...

02-06-2008, 06:47 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Spode - you rock - that was awesome! Great place, great guy - A perfect fit! worth the 45 mins it took for my POS computer to download it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-09-2008, 01:21 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Well, shit. Now, that's the nicest thing anyone has said to me. I've mentioned before that I have written professionally exactly twice in my life, both times in very limited formats and for limited audiences. I did very well as an editor/arts reviewer/editorialist for the UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City) UNews. My work was well received by readers, and most importantly to me at the time, lauded by the professorial sponsor of the newspaper. He repeatedly cited my work as the best of all the staff, and when he was critical, it was unerringly constructive and totally valid. Odd...I never met the man, but I will carry his praise and critiques with me to the grave. He was absolutely dead on. My only other "publish for pay" instance was a sidebar thing that I wrote for the KC edition of The Pitch. It was a horrid experience. I was writing about a fairly serious event that was in the "elaboration on upcoming events" section, a weekend seminar given by a highly qualified and well known Reiki master from Australia. I wrote and rerwrote this trifling piece five times (and we're talking a five paragraph article, here), only to have it repeatedly rejected by the twenty-something section editor, who wanted it to be "edgier, more flippant, trendier..." My biggest limitation in writing is that I really only do well when describing reality. I rarely succeed in fabricating quality work out of nothing. Even the few songs I've written over the years are always based on reality. But I do very much appreciate the support I always get from my Cellar family. In truth, it is this sort of positive strokes that matter to me. The rest is bullshit. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-09-2008, 06:16 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Crap, I can't get it to load. I'll try later... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-08-2008, 07:38 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Spode, I downloaded it last night, and only had a chance to watch the first couple minutes. But from what I've seen so far, I like your place. That Big Bertha stove, melting the floor tiles must be a pretty impressive event to witness. I also like your herb collection. You could open a store!

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