On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:06:24 -0500, Kevin Gowen
<kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>Shannon Jacobs wrote:
>> mr.sumo.snr. wrote:
>> <other stuff snip>
>> 
>>>attract any of the people who have bothered to write and succeeded in
>>>having published anything about Japan.  Or do they all secretly lurk
>>>here - I can't believe they would shy away from posting here or any
>>>of the other gaijin forums.  Or are we all THAT sad?
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, you all are.
>> 
>> You think I could resist such a tempting target?
>> 
>> Seriously, don't give yourselves airs. It's just the natural state of the
>> newsgroups these days. You should be off-topic and asinine just like the
>> rest of the trolls. Thomas is a slightly different case. Apparently he's
>> just here for the cheap advertising and the abundance of suckers. Actually,
>> that might possibly rank him even below the regular "humorous" trolls. Tough
>> call.
>> 
>> No, this topic is *NOT* why I stopped by. Amusingly enough, I'm actually in
>> a rather happy and sociable mood [Fooled you again, didn't I?] but all my
>> regular social outlets are closed for the holiday, out of the country, or
>> happily busy with their families. (And no, I don't like to intrude. I even
>> feel like some of the invitations are "mercy" invites to their unfortunate
>> single friend.)
>> 
>> I was actually sufficiently drained of other ideas to stop by
>> fj.life.in-japan to see if there might be something relevant to actual life
>> in Japan, and maybe even an announcement of an interesting social event.
>> Well, if anyone ever posted such announcements here, they've apparently
>> learned not to.
>> 
>> Long ago I used to recommend the newsgroups to newbies. There were quite a
>> number of interesting people and lots of useful information. I stopped
>> recommending the public newsgroups long ago. Now dominated by twits, trolls,
>> and their mastabatory fantasies. Unfortunately I'm an incurable optimist
>> with a terrible memory--I still remember the long lost "good old days" and I
>> stop by from time to time with the futile hope of seeing evidence of a
>> recovery.
>> 
>> Time for one of my typically sick jokes: I don't mind getting old. It's part
>> of the package. It's the feeling old part that I don't like. Part of the
>> feeling old is that I seem to be getting more and more crotchety and
>> short-tempered these days. I really was feeling relatively cheerful and
>> young-in-spirit this fine morning. I do not thank fj.life.in-japan for
>> helping to snap me back to normal.
>> 
>> Hmm... Actually, that reminds me that I have a bunch of surplus books that
>> should be recycled in some way. Want to guess why I won't waste time asking
>> for constructive suggestions here?
>
>Do you have Post Election Selection Trauma?

Nah, it's just his regular annual visit to remind us how much he
loathes us.





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