tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post362938670421194533..comments2024-03-20T12:34:55.100-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Attention Screechy MonkeysJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-35408785423369766452009-10-20T01:26:21.601-05:002009-10-20T01:26:21.601-05:00Yes, I saw the end of it. Friends forwarded me the...Yes, I saw the end of it. Friends forwarded me the final bit.<br /><br />Wow. Just wow.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that uses up all the hypocritical assholery in a thousand mile radius.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-47172219729228136392009-10-19T21:39:05.368-05:002009-10-19T21:39:05.368-05:00My understanding is that the comment thread over t...My understanding is that the comment thread over there is closed now. Some of Sommerville's comments final comments were relayed to me, along with those of others.<br /><br />Wow.<br /><br />I remain simply astounded at this entire event..and immensely saddened.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-32797964339660485212009-10-19T17:41:33.358-05:002009-10-19T17:41:33.358-05:00Sorry, Jim, it was...uh...me still getting used to...Sorry, Jim, it was...uh...me still getting used to the keyboard on the myTouch. Yeah. That's it.<br /><br />(Actually, I was using CFN's laptop, but I'm just going to blame all typos/incorrect gender assignments for the next week on the myTouch keyboard.)Carol Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041453807217603422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-30662840857781969532009-10-19T14:57:17.260-05:002009-10-19T14:57:17.260-05:00Gah. I went back over there last night.
I really...Gah. I went back over there last night.<br /><br />I really hope the recession lifts. So many of those people really need jobs.<br /><br />I know I'm late posting, but I hope you're doing better, Jim.Dicing with Dragonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132972790091524968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-15121586345182321192009-10-19T12:20:45.631-05:002009-10-19T12:20:45.631-05:00My first comment on your blog - I just wanted to s...My first comment on your blog - I just wanted to say I thought the whole genderfail thing was blown out of proportion. I thought your original comment was actually pretty funny - and I am a feminist (and a woman). Apparently I'm just not a screechy one. And I didn't read the article Scalzi was originally referring to, since I assumed that would probably be too much for me. But your comment made me laugh out loud. Anyway, I like your blog, and please keep writing.Cabertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39690019689954372912009-10-19T11:35:14.542-05:002009-10-19T11:35:14.542-05:00So, forgive my need to have everything all nice an...So, forgive my need to have everything all nice and tidy.<br /><br />To sumarize:<br /><br />1. They're assholes.<br /><br />2. We're not.<br /><br />3. 'Net with us, please?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-29159337471424390202009-10-18T22:30:29.790-05:002009-10-18T22:30:29.790-05:00She. She'll come down in about 30 minutes.
We...She. <i>She</i>'ll come down in about 30 minutes.<br /><br />We don't need anymore gender issues around here, thank you very much.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-78042339523668839172009-10-18T21:37:53.918-05:002009-10-18T21:37:53.918-05:00either way who is going to explain why shop cat is...<i>either way who is going to explain why shop cat is lying on its back making those weird noises.</i><br /><br />Catnip brownies. Sorry. He'll come down in about thirty minutes.Carol Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041453807217603422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-68614436195056051152009-10-18T21:26:50.217-05:002009-10-18T21:26:50.217-05:00That's it I'm coming back to SKS and if th...That's it I'm coming back to SKS and if there is any beer on the FESTOOL (not poop of a FE) then it's all over. I may just have to break down and clean the place or something just as threatening. (because scrubbing when I'm pissed is about as harsh as it gets anymore or have I always done that Jim?) either way who is going to explain why shop cat is lying on its back making those weird noises.Beastlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734235111057536747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82950895591040322162009-10-18T19:39:13.006-05:002009-10-18T19:39:13.006-05:00Jim, it was Evan who spilled the beer on the FESTO...Jim, it was <i>Evan</i> who spilled the beer on the FESTOOL. I don't drink beer. <br /><br />And anyway, FESTOOL sounds like a lab specimen.neurondochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155027993661209263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-47566408556329711232009-10-18T10:59:27.119-05:002009-10-18T10:59:27.119-05:00Great to see you back!
I'm a dastardly engine...Great to see you back!<br /><br />I'm a dastardly engineer of the female persuasion and past veteran of scifi conventions. If a good-lookin', well built man wore the bikini, I'd give him a gander. Wouldn't be the strangest thing I've ever seen.<br /><br />(I do have a dildo, but I never bring it to work. Might make the guys run in fear.)<br /><br />ps We tried making our own birdhouses, sorry for the mess.USAF wenchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12539799706729546692009-10-18T09:43:18.350-05:002009-10-18T09:43:18.350-05:00Where the hell does Nathan come up with this stuff...<em>Where the hell does Nathan come up with this stuff?</em><br /><br />I can't really claim any huge credit here. I literally "StumbledUpon" the <a href="http://kanyethis.com/" rel="nofollow">Kanye This</a> website. The only thing that took any thought was figuring out what to have him say and trying it out on my own site first to see if it left a noticeable trail on my stats. (It didn't seem to.)<br /><br />It didn't take a whole lot of imagination to know that I <em>had to use the thing</em> once I'd found it. My self-restraint is famously lacking. :)Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67143150632641345392009-10-18T01:46:44.139-05:002009-10-18T01:46:44.139-05:00I'm sorry this is going on.
As an ardent fem...I'm sorry this is going on. <br /><br />As an ardent feminist myself, I also agree that people of any strong belief can tend to forget their sense of humor when it comes to the topic they're passionate about. (see your Democrats/Republicans/Libertarians post!)<br /><br />I've very much missed your posts this week. Selfishly speaking, I hope things settle down soon and that you're ready to return to your regularly scheduled station (pun intended) soon.Aimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999989380011744372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56583849530394078392009-10-18T01:20:20.214-05:002009-10-18T01:20:20.214-05:00Thanks for coming by, Nick, welcome aboard.
Janie...Thanks for coming by, Nick, welcome aboard.<br /><br />Janiece, no kidding huh? Where the hell does Nathan come up with this stuff?Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63204969815120752052009-10-18T01:12:38.294-05:002009-10-18T01:12:38.294-05:00Also - Nathan is made of WIN.Also - Nathan is made of WIN.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-32435293948243897872009-10-18T00:50:34.626-05:002009-10-18T00:50:34.626-05:00I got the Foghorn thing - I say, got it, that is. ...I got the Foghorn thing - I say, got it, that is. Actually what came to mind first was Bugs Bunny in a skirt and blonde wig, puttin' the moves on Elmer. Ehhh - crunchcrunchcrunch - Somebody's gotta put on the part.<br /><br />And a day late and dollar short - should have posted this over there - <a href="http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/nicegirl.wav" rel="nofollow">CLICK</a>Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854671368992589012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-10856809709581249142009-10-18T00:50:09.311-05:002009-10-18T00:50:09.311-05:00Christ, they're still beating that dead horse?...Christ, they're <em>still</em> beating that dead horse? <em>Seriously?</em><br /><br />Perhaps someone should tell them that no one cares but them.<br /><br />Nah...Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56855501407661983282009-10-18T00:24:13.182-05:002009-10-18T00:24:13.182-05:00Hi Jim,
I'm accepting your kind offer to hang...Hi Jim,<br /><br />I'm accepting your kind offer to hang out here for a while.<br /><br />I visited the Whatever site tonight. What really blows my mind is that the thread is still going strong, three days later. And by going strong, I mean the "usual suspects" are still discussing, disecting, and debating one flip comment by the now infamous Jim Wright. <br /><br />Still. Arguing. About your joke. Passionately.<br /><br />Nobody's talking about the original piece, which was about how men who think that women are ruining SF, well they're kind of pitiful. (Which we all agree.) No, they're vigorously debating your comment, and still insisting that anybody who thinks you were just joking is a privileged sexist or worse.<br /><br />Three days later. I can hardly believe it. Jesus could resurect and roll the stone faster than some of those posters can figure out that minds are not going to change.<br /><br />I was going to post something about how my consciousness might be pitiful and in need of major uplifting, but it was not ever going to be uplifted by a certain angry woman with a penchant for dogmatic hatred of any who will not agree with her, especially those of the opposite gender.<br /><br />Then I said fuck it, why bother? It's not like I'm going to make any impact on her worldview, nor those of any other angry "person who's not privileged" on that site.<br /><br />I get it. I'm the enemy who's keeping so many people oppressed and downtrodden. No sense in making my self any more of a target than I am.<br /><br />And so my hat's off to you, who did make yourself a target (albeit unintentionally). <br /><br />Illegitimi non carborundum, Jim.Nick from the O.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19496607611649726942009-10-17T21:50:39.188-05:002009-10-17T21:50:39.188-05:00Jim,
You're thinking about it way more than i...Jim,<br /><br />You're thinking about it way more than it deserves. <br /><br />Here. Have a cookie. And then make more chicken jokes.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-61244254819229194592009-10-17T21:34:14.725-05:002009-10-17T21:34:14.725-05:00And at last, somebody got the Foghorn Leghorn part...And at last, somebody got the Foghorn Leghorn part of the joke, I figured that was a dead giveaway. Later I realized I was only oppressing poultry. Sigh.<br /><br /><br />Sommerville is a special kind of crazy - and the epitome of what I'm talking about when it comes to racefail and genderfail. If you're male, you're the scum of the earth, if you're female you're a traitor if you don't believe exactly what she tells you to.<br /><br />She condemns anyone and everyone, including her own supporters - and yet her comments are laced with obvious bitterness and regret (she slipped in a little nugget in one of her comments elsewhere how men don't look at her any more because she's old and ugly, alas, or words to that effect. Jealous much?). She is utterly incapable of speaking without condescending. The woman is so full of hatred for herself, her gender, and men that it's a wonder she hasn't choked to death on it.<br /><br />She obviously scares the shit out of a lot of people though, including the folks on Whatever.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-14875284181142101722009-10-17T21:21:52.541-05:002009-10-17T21:21:52.541-05:00Glad you're back and that I followed your link...Glad you're back and that I followed your link if you're not going to be at whatever anymore. I, 48 yo female, thought your joke was funny and the foghorn leghorn bit was icing. The comments was like watching a train wreck in slo-mo and ended up with Ann Sommerville (I will NEVER read her books) declaring women that don't agree with her are gender traitors.<br /><br />BTW very nice bird houses.cass_mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21005757036943948102009-10-17T21:08:41.876-05:002009-10-17T21:08:41.876-05:00I kept well away from the tools and didn't spi...I kept well away from the tools and didn't spill anything- well, maybe one of those home-made oreos (5-second rule rocks!) Expect a large pile of SQUEEEE! to show up soon- my birdhouse just arrived!!! (packed in bubble-wrap for that extra levelof enjoyment...)Pam Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60337212324763345322009-10-17T20:44:32.148-05:002009-10-17T20:44:32.148-05:00Hey Jim. Glad you're back, though you totally...Hey Jim. Glad you're back, though you totally don't have to explain yourself. <br />I wasn't offended myself, and honestly don't agree with the stance that the only way to deal with a challenging subject is by being Serious about it. No surprise then that Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies.<br /><br />[edit out frothy rant of my own about navel gazers -- they're not worth the time]<br /><br />Hope the internet break has been good!Anne C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09444051201220766948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82392086104953292772009-10-17T20:41:44.671-05:002009-10-17T20:41:44.671-05:00I'm reading the comments in reverse order.
Ne...I'm reading the comments in reverse order.<br /><br />Neurondoc, FESTOOL are extremely high end power hand tools. Drills, routers, sanders, and etc. They are very expensive, very precise, absolutely top of the line when it comes to woodworking. Beastly sells FESTOOL, both he and I own and use FESTOOL extensively (I got mine from Beastly, who, it must be said, it doesn't suck to know, just saying). <br /><br />If you spill anything on the FESTOOL, especially the TS 55 EQ plunge saw, you'd better start running now. It won't save you, but at least you'll die out in the road and not in my yard. <br /><br />Now, where'd I leave the shotgun shells? Hmmm....Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27349900312104498912009-10-17T20:34:09.161-05:002009-10-17T20:34:09.161-05:00ntsc, see the fact that you would claim understand...ntsc, see the fact that you would claim understanding of the situation or a sympathetic viewpoint because you know a woman, are married to a female, and played the feminist card makes you a sexist by genderfail logic. <br /><br />Jerk.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.com