Delicate Soul, Noble Brow

Me have really nice navel too.

If you shave around your naval I find it keeps a lot of the fuzz out and the use of alcohol swabs to a minimum.

You ought to know that no one is going to be able to take you seriously as a blogger until you are able to whine as loud and as often as this person:

http://www.peacefulwaters.org/meditatio/

You realize that the same people you are making fun of think this is a serious blog? I think that's funny.

You know what is ACTUALLY funny? The fact that they DON'T take this blog seriously, and you STILL think they DO believe it's a serious blog. That's the problem with sarcasm on blogs I guess. No one really knows. Especially morons like this John character.

Duane, are dissing Jen as seriously as it seems, or am I missing something?

are you*

Jon,

I was pointing out that the young Mr. Wilson's caricature of blogging and bloggers doesn't even scratch the surface of how bad it really gets.

I am not sure how seriously I am "dissing" her. I will say that she represents almost everything that is wrong with blogging, and is the most extreme example of what these guys are poking fun at.

Dear sir,

May I presume to offer some comments on your blogging efforts?

In the first place, that which is being parodied must be capable of noticeable exaggeration. If your intent is to poke fun at the blogging world, then in my estimation, it has been a failure.

It is impossible to parody the vulgar without being vulgar oneself. You have indeed attempted to parody the vulgar, and you have indeed been vulgar - but you have failed to parody it, because you have not exaggerated it. You have only imitated it.

Secondly, I do not think it the part of a gentleman to parody the vulgar, even when such a thing is possible. The contemptibleness of the blogging world should render parody unnecessary. Satirise the fool - yes, by all means - but not the vulgar, I beg of you. It offends against any standard of taste, decency, and morality, and most especially the Lord's.

Honestly, I ain't impressed.

Yours,

Kent D Will
North Carolina

What's wrong with being vulgar? Are you talking about being lower-class?

That explains it: this is a whole class struggle thing, heh, I bet they don't read Marx at NSA, ah, it all comes together...

Josiah, I'm not sure how you define vulgar, but it seems to me that "vulgar" by definition is wrong. I am in a way referring to "lower class", simply because the lower classes are where vulgarity came from.

Do you recall in Dante's Inferno where Dante was rebuked by Virgil for becoming too interesting in a fight among the damned? "It's vulgar to enjoy that kind of thing." Fights among the damned aren't worth concerning oneself over to begin with, but to enjoy it, or even give much attention to it, is vulgar. I suppose you might say that's the nature of my objection to this sort of parodying.

Vulgarity is contemptible, low, and often enough immoral (e.g. Chaucer) - by this definition, no Christian of any class ought to be vulgar. (And again, I would argue that Mr Wilson was being vulgar when he wrote the above post.)

Yours,
Kent Will

Incidentally (just in case you really wanted to know), I shan't be able to continue this discussion till Saturday or so.

Kent Will

Kent,
Are you intending to insinuate that these guys are "among the damned"? Cause that's kind of vulgar,huh.

Is that like "Queen of the Damned"? Is this a whole vampire thing a' la Interview with...?

'Cause it'd be really cool if this was a Lycan vs. Vampire thing. I wonder if Buffy will make an appearance.

Robbie, no I ain't. My illustration was intended to make the point that one ought not concern oneself with the damned in such a manner, because it's vulgar.

Yours,
Kent Will

Dood, Kent,
In my overactive imagination, I can see your nose HIGH in the air as you type away...in the backwoods of NC! YEEEHAWWW!!!

Incidentally, I think there was a parable about this...something about taking the lint out of your own belly button before...