tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post3928635468419776224..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 326Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-78721931619766984042008-05-14T23:51:00.000-06:002008-05-14T23:51:00.000-06:00D'Oh!D'Oh!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-48341820532141341322008-05-14T22:33:00.000-06:002008-05-14T22:33:00.000-06:00....finish each other's sentences?:)....finish each other's sentences?<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-2070124210608575852008-05-14T19:01:00.000-06:002008-05-14T19:01:00.000-06:00Great minds....Great minds....Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-85957653050558274742008-05-14T15:51:00.000-06:002008-05-14T15:51:00.000-06:00"I was about to bold parts of this for emphasis, b...<I>"I was about to bold parts of this for emphasis, but stopped when I realized that basically, I'd have to bold the whole thing."</I><BR/><BR/>Gus, I thought exactly the same thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-62042293550559063422008-05-13T15:26:00.000-06:002008-05-13T15:26:00.000-06:00Heh!You can get that same feeling from a blog, too...Heh!<BR/><BR/>You can get that same feeling from a blog, too -- if you post something like I did very early in my blogging career where a major point of a post and a clever allusion both hinge on ... a blatant misreading of a news story.<BR/><BR/>And you leave it up long enough that all your regulars see it. And you really can't just remove it from the web.<BR/><BR/>That one still makes me queasy to think about, but I've been a better writer ever since!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-53820709051616952362008-05-13T14:26:00.000-06:002008-05-13T14:26:00.000-06:00Thanks for the link, Gus, and I'm glad you liked t...Thanks for the link, Gus, and I'm glad you liked the article. I just wish I had done just a tiny bit more poking around before I wrote the post. I was really trying for a quick hit, one without all the research and rewrites and editing and wailing and gnashing of teeth.<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of my time as an opinion columnist for my university newspaper, when I put together an article about wasteful government programs. I went out on a limb with some points in the column, and just fell on my face. Of course I didn't really realize it until I read it in print a few mornings later, and the sinking, embarrassed, "oh sh!t" feeling I had was something I'll never forget.<BR/><BR/>At least with the blog I can comment or put in updates.<BR/><BR/>Oy.C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.com