tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post3234860132102314744..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: ThudRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-36636008026723546142010-10-05T12:26:00.633-07:002010-10-05T12:26:00.633-07:00> But because my audience has grown beyond frie...> But because my audience has grown beyond friends-and-familty I feel a sense of responsibility to write stuff that's worth reading. That's not so easy when your blog is as unfocused as mine is.<br /><br />Perhaps readers (random internet lurkers such as myself) continue reading what you write because we value your point of view and find your ramblings interesting. If we don't we Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042950147476752956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-32449402767423614452010-09-30T23:00:28.552-07:002010-09-30T23:00:28.552-07:00Thanks for the feedback. All these comments are r...Thanks for the feedback. All these comments are really helpful.<br /><br />For the record, the reason I care about this is not so much about my ego. Well, OK, maybe it is, but that's not my intention. I know a lot of people read what I'm writing, and I'm really flattered. But because my audience has grown beyond friends-and-familty I feel a sense of responsibility to write stuff Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-32991179595992482072010-09-30T21:05:54.700-07:002010-09-30T21:05:54.700-07:00I read the previous post, but I didn't get it....I read the previous post, but I didn't get it. You're saying you have a problem, but you're not talking about it directly, only by metaphor. But the story you tell doesn't seem to have a solution, only it isn't clear whether the real situation differs in important ways or not. And then the end confused me also.<br /><br />I, as well, figured that you might have further Don Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921093108555061757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-86236082135694264262010-09-30T16:13:26.518-07:002010-09-30T16:13:26.518-07:00Personally, I read it, then re-read it, then menta...Personally, I read it, then re-read it, then mentally filtered it out. I think the problem is that metaphors are rarely as exact as the coiner thinks they are. The result comes off like one of those annoying forum help requests where the poster hasn't provided enough information to enable a specific considered response. The best anyone can do is "Well, if you mean A then you should X, Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16102244520216077792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-8985113374028521242010-09-30T12:29:31.744-07:002010-09-30T12:29:31.744-07:00Don't get discouraged by the initial response....Don't get discouraged by the initial response. You have readers who are interested in where this train of thought is going. <br /><br />I'd also suggest that the idea that explaining the idea to some people to help you review it might be an option. <br /><br />If you have done experiments to try to disprove the hypothesis and they haven't then showing other people the results would Danstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407727136490964205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-82477761991823347082010-09-30T12:22:16.772-07:002010-09-30T12:22:16.772-07:00Hmm, I found it thought provoking. Perhaps not a W...Hmm, I found it thought provoking. Perhaps not a WOOHOOO but definitely not a THUD.<br /><br />Then, I thought it was some sort of experiment and waited to find out if you'd write more. So you did.<br /><br />By the way, I am one of the many who read your every post by RSS. I don't know how many people we are, but I'd guess a great deal more than 26. In case it does something for yourrubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118301025014168644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-48112457653426319442010-09-30T11:26:19.373-07:002010-09-30T11:26:19.373-07:00One of the surreal elements of the situation is a ...One of the surreal elements of the situation is a family member who has developed rapid-onset dementia. She still sounds perfectly fine, but if you talk to her for a while it's clear that she's not all there any more. So I don't think I've gone off the rails. But neither does she.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-833042780073690192010-09-30T11:15:50.811-07:002010-09-30T11:15:50.811-07:00I'd say I viewed it more as confusing than eit...I'd say I viewed it more as confusing than either thought-provoking or bogus. As you note, it was quite different than what I've come to expect to find here. <br /><br />As best I can reconstruct, my response was "Hmm. Wonder where that came from. Is it a metaphor? Dabbling in fiction? I'd sure hate to think that he's going off the rails. Guess I'll find out in later Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771928054878775725noreply@blogger.com