Chamblee54

0944-110722 I start off my day by posting weekly notes, and create a haiku picture. Download the latest edition of blocked and reported. Go on the front porch. Work on part two of worms delight.
The first part of B & R is Katie telling a California burrito shop horror story. I decide to not interpret brick pictures, but to do the krog tunnel. Meanwhile, the coffee is running out.
1018-110722 On many days, twenty minutes of elimination/shower is the best part of the day. All is well with the world right now. Maybe I should listen to Jesse&Katie, and let them spoil it for me.
2023-110722 The day went by. I listened to the rest of Jesse&Katie. … something about gender dysphoria, and the clumsy efforts of our medical muddlers to remedy it. In an ironic note, when I downloaded the file for today’s show, the default file name was “transcode.” … so the rest of this day went by, and what I am going to talk about now is facebook and twitter, which abbreviates into fat.
“Question about this site/group: is there a reason I can see folks have commented on a post but can’t see the comments? That is, the post says it has “5 Comments” but only shows one comment. … ” “Blocking people is rude. If you don’t like what a person says, you can unfollow or snooze. Some people feel entitled to punish you for having opinions that they disagree with. It is their problem, but it still sucks to find out that they are expressing it through you.”
When someone blocks you on facebook, they no longer exist to you. One exception is comments. You see that a comment was made, but you cannot see the comment, or who made it. It is a flaw in the facebook system, along with the entire concept of blocking people. People will block you for trivial reasons. It is a way of making them feel important … they are punishing you for your incorrect opinions. If your sense of self worth is enabled by this behavior, then you have facebook.
On the other hand, there are “celebrities” on twitter. One of the joys of twitter is access, however tenuous, to your heroes. Sometimes, as in today’s interaction, there is the possibility that this hero-twitter account is facilitated by an employee. That does not matter. There is a visceral buzz in seeing the words ”𝚃𝚘𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚜 @DailyRobbins Replying to @chamblee54.”
@RayaKhedker Do you think “listening” to a book is as effective as reading it? @chamblee54 I consume books for enjoyment, not effect. I tend to stick to short stories/podcasts/youtubeproduct for listening, usually as a background while I do something else.
𝚃𝚘𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚜 @DailyRobbins Yes and no. And that would depend upon the individual. In my experience talking with many, some of whom simply want to re-read a book from their youth but experience trouble or a disability in their later years, I believe it is essential to have both versions readily available.@DailyRobbins Sidenote: The views and opinions expressed here are in no way reflective or endorsed by Tom Robbins. This is not a parody account. But there is a possibility that Tom Robbins’ accounts are a parody of us all…
@chamblee54 “I read books by @DailyRobbins in my youth, and enjoyed them. They have, so far, come through in 2nd readings. That is not true for all books. Some are life changing at 21, and stupid at 61.” 𝚃𝚘𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚜 @DailyRobbins Replying to @chamblee54 “Books and beliefs age the same way, in my opinion. Some you carry with you throughout life and some you wonder why you ever picked them up in the first place.”
@chamblee54 “you have a “maximalist” style. you said once that reading you was like biting into a cherry tomato … you never know where the juice is going to go on the second reading, that juice might go in a different direction” 𝚃𝚘𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚜 @DailyRobbins “Tom has the style, I know where to move it. The juice has the choice which side to cater.” Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.”