Road To Recovery
Phew! The last week has been excruciating, folks. I woke up last Tuesday and couldn’t stand up. Had to crawl around for a while until I loosened up enough to stand and get dressed.
Assuming that I’d feel better after walking around for a while, I drove to work. No better. In fact, I was reduced to shuffling my feet in order to move. Blah blah blah. Took me until midday to realise that I was in bad shape, so I went home and lay down for the rest of the day. Saw the doctor the following afternoon and he ordered me to lie down for a week. Grrrrreat!
So, I’m back on my feet for the moment. Feel like I’ve been asleep forever - the tablets they had me on knocked me out quite a bit. Shit, I haven’t checked Bloglines in over a week, there’s probably millions of blog posts to read ignore. Tell me - anything interesting happen this week?
nah..there was some carry on yesterday about some IMC report, and some bunch of yahoos took power in palestine.. nothing too important.. ohh yeah chantelle won celebrity big brother.. imagine that.
Glad to see you’re on your way back to peak performance ;o)
interesting….just some guy off work with a bad back
Mr Levee: Good to hear your back on your feet, at least for a while. What happened!!! you did,nt hear?? no-body told you!! just the biggest Banner Headline of the year. Not the news the former Education Minister said B*LLSHIT and a mate of his P or Q or RST O.Neil is still issueing Press Releases.
The real news, the big one is Jo of Jo Blog fame was kicked, screaming and shouting, out of ATW and not politely. The usually? quiet and reserved Jo voiced a little dissapointment “Meaoww” because, news has it, when she left their was broken expletives and unprintibles scattered all over the show.
“The real news, the big one is Jo of Jo Blog fame was kicked, screaming and shouting, out of ATW and not politely. The usually? quiet and reserved Jo voiced a little dissapointment ?Meaoww? because, news has it, when she left their was broken expletives and unprintibles scattered all over the show”
Yes, you’re right Mr Levee you’ve missed didley squat!
Welcome back anyway!
Paul: Wanna take it outside?
Mr L:
I was sad to hear of your ailment and wondered why you hadnt been around recently.
Youre very welcome to read the relevant threat/thread on ATW and make up your own mind on the abuse and nastiness there. Andrew McCann and others displayed the most vicious abuse and bigotry, to which I and others objected.
I was banned from ATW in response to my cutting and pasting comments to JOBLOG lest ATW delete what was said in embarrassment.
No embarrassment was forthcoming.
“Paul: Wanna take it outside?”
Only if you think you’re ‘ard nuff Mr Parnell….
And it also increases our traffic of course;)
I see the legendary Twenty Major has waded in on the ATW debate and Jimmy Porter has made his opinions clear too.
Much as I enjoy reading ATW, I can’t defend the antics of Mssrs Vance and McCann when it comes to pure hatred. Thankfully, there are enough level-headed folk who will call them on this type of content.
Wanna increase your trafic. Remember this is a family site - but wanna do it anyway? When your ready. Meaooow ?
I didn’t exactly make my opinion clear.
Personally, I don’t give a flyin f*** what some right wing nut (and there is nothing wrong with the right wing) says about some wee girl who can only attract visitors to her site by posting revealing pictures of herself and attracting only positive comments about her posts because the men/boys who comment mistakingly believe that if they agree with her it will assist them in getting her into bed.
I don’t care about whatever tiff the little children are having.
I only found Twenty Major’s post extremely funny, if it were about myself, or about you, or about Boris Johnston, or about the Pope’s own blog. I would still have found it funny and probably commented on it. But I agreed with Twenty Major when he criticised ATW opinion that he couldn’t get a job because he is a white western european. That is rubbish.
I do read ATW, it is a very intelligent, articulate and well versed blog. It gives me food for thought as it comflicts with my own opinions, which is what I use the internet for.
As a member of a loyalist paramilitary group once quoted to me: “I do not agree with what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it.”
If Jo and her wee claque of panting poodles want to take on ATW, I can’t wait, because personally I think he will wipe the floor with them.
Something tells me I am going to regret pushing the ‘Submit Comment’ button, but in the words of Nick Cave, “So bring it on.”
For the second time I will try and post this comment.
I did not make any opinion clear on said post. Personally, I do not give a flying **** about what some right winger (and there’s nothing wrong with being right wing to a certain extent) said about some wee girl who needs to show revealing pictures of herself in order to attact visitors to her site and only gets positive comments because the silly little boys who comment mistakingly believe that if they agree with her it may make her want to jump into bed with them.
I enjoy reading ATW as I said on my post, I like to read posts of opinions which are drastically different to myne own. It makes me think, what if I am wrong, then I have to reassure myself that I am always right.
I said Twenty was right because anyone who believes they can’t get a job because they are a white western european is clearly talking rubbish. Opinions like that demonstrate that someone is looking for a scapegoat for their own shortcomings. I would have said Twenty was spot on if he commented on something you said which I didn’t agree with, or Slugger, or Boris Johnston, or even the pope’s own blog. Hell I would like someone to agree with him should I have the pleasure of his wrath.
I don’t care about the little children’s tiff and temper tantrums. If anything it is hilarious to watch.
If Jo and her claque of drooling poodles want to take on ATW, I want to be on the sidelines laughing at them all.
Something tells me I may regret hitting the Submit button, but you know what, I am past caring.
So in the words of Nick Cave
“To be perfectly honest I don?t know
Quite what else to do. So bring it on”
Theres absoluely nothing wrong being right wing, of course, its the genuine, unapologetic hatred that I and other *level headed * ones objected and object to.
Its reasonable to believe that those emotions underlie many other ideas which are less vitriolically put - but when the vitriol emerges, its always, always against Catholic people, in this case murder victims.
I am not a wee girl, I am 5ft 7″
Im not a wee girl, Im 5ft 7, taller than mani men.
For years before the advent of the web, I used to sneak a wee glimpse at An Phoblacht in the local library. I’d be outraged on a regular basis, each week I’d return to be outraged again. But, and this is a rather obvious point to make, no one forced me to read it.
I suppose the logical answer if people find a website offensive is…. guess what, not to read it or draw attention to it anymore, simple as that.
If you don’t want to link to afore-mentioned site then don’t do it, quietly remove it.
Sorry Jo but I have to agree with JP, your blog was interesting until you started covering it with pictures of yourself, it used to be quite intelligent. Now it’s just a bit smutty.
Hi Phil,
Thanks for having the balls to come over there and say that. If you think my holiday pics are smutty, you’re one sad get.
Jo: There’s nothing wrong with posting pictures of yourself on your own website, but forgive the rest of us for expressing concern that your writing has taken a turn for the worse since the pictures started going online. More swearing for a start. More abusive comments left on my blog - why is Phil a ’sad get’ for expressing his opinion?
Don’t get me wrong, you’re a very pretty lady (as we have all seen), but most of us originally visited JoBlog to support an incisive and interesting female blogger. And there are too few of you in the NI blogosphere.
Have you also considered the danger of posting these pictures on your site? You tell us where you work, places you socialise and what area of Belfast you live in, publicly post pictures, and most of us know you have a daughter. Too much information can be dangerous.
Aside from the titilation aspect, you are not wise posting so much personal information on your website, especially in light of your recent ‘blog wars’.
MR L:
Sorry that you seem to agree with a “critic” who chooses your website, rather than mine, to criticise me.
I repeat: how are my holiday snaps “smutty?”
JPs’ comments above were offensive as well, but only when I respond, do you express concern at offensiveness on your blog?
Strange, but I accept that your other comments are well-intentioned.
JOBLOG recently covered:
Religious fervour (today)
south Armagh criminality
Iraq (2 posts)
2 humourous original short stories
A reflection on TV influence in our lives
A pic of Kate Beckinsale (the 2nd most popular woman since time began!)
A (fully clothed) pic of another nice girl, with a reflective song quote.
I think it unreasonable to describe my output as “smut”
I understand that Jo, but people - apparently - won’t always be polite in comments. How you choose to run your blog is entirely up to you, but I’m of the same view as JP that the “Whaddaya think of my legs” post blatantly appeals to the lowest common denominator. As I said before, it puts you personally at risk.
I was going to post a picture of my hairy ass to prove the point, but that might be taking things a bit too far
Your holiday snap alone wasn’t smutty, but you knew what type of comment it would attract and must admit it reeks of exhibitionism. My only comment is that it’s a shame you feel this is necessary.
Reason not the need….
Please, though, no H.A. picture..it could be the start of something we would both regret lol
Jo: The only reason I’m not doing the ass picture is because I couldn’t be arsed (no pun intended) with the groupies!
Moi? Offensive? Pray tell how?
I wonder if I put a picture of myself on my blog, or even a picture I lift of the internet from some adult oriantated website (a female of course, name change to Jemima) would I attract the same level of purile, prepubescent young men as Jo does?
Hmm, you know what I think I may just as a wee social experiment. Are attractive female bloggers more popular because of their looks or their intellect. I want a PhD grant of 20K a year to figure that out and I want it now.
And as for not posting this comment on Jo’s site, I do not want to face the squeeky voiced wrath of her little band of admirers.
And as for “JOBLOG recently covered:….” What about the trip to the dentist story? That was thinly veiled smut.
JP
P.s Frightfully sorry Mr Levee for having this little tete-a-tete on your website, normally it is full of wonderfull little stories about your family or thought provoking debates. None of this aul crap which I am raking up. So you have my apologies. And apologies for the spelling.
I wonder if we should collectively set up a new site, which we can devote entirely to slagging other bloggers off?
Each day we could have a different target and everyone could release a lot of negative energy by writing down scurrilous and libellious comments.
There would, of course, be a kind of diplomatic immunity for anybody posting.
This would mean we could use our *real* blogs for their original purpose.
Provisional name “Be My Guest, Have a Pop”?
The dentist trip story was FUNNY. Geddit?
Not one of my regular posters is pre-pubescent, or even a teen. But what they tend to have, like me, is a sense of humour.
This is my last post on someone elses blog about mine. Perhaps others should follow my example, for once.
I did post on your blog, Jimmy, but you didn’t answer me.
It was hilarious. Didn’t stop laughing for days. Note the sarcasm.
*sigh* Can’t wait until someone organises one of those blogging piss ups in Belfast like they had in Dublin. It would descend into a bare knuckle brawl out in the street. Or a big cat fight between all of Jo’s little acolytes. “She likes me more.”.. “No, she likes me more”.. “No she doesn’t. she likes me more.”
anyway, enough is enough.
toodles
JP