tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post5373971048148413063..comments2023-10-31T05:11:16.339-05:00Comments on The Nature of the Beast: stupid, lurid,...really, just everything you can't ignoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-34971421300794941622007-03-08T12:03:00.000-05:002007-03-08T12:03:00.000-05:00Ah! But middens and tells are where archeologists ...Ah! But middens and tells are where archeologists find the truth about dead-and-gone societies that their plaques and monuments and advertisements and sermons have omitted! [Google has not sent me a bill yet...they are still sifting the garbage for ad revenues]<BR/><BR/>I hope Ferguson sticks by his pledge and I hope the result is that he keeps his audience. I hope a lot.GreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-34614959992980477002007-03-08T09:54:00.000-05:002007-03-08T09:54:00.000-05:00Whew. Thanks for providing space for this week's m...Whew. Thanks for providing space for this week's midden :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-64300241751531102512007-03-08T09:46:00.000-05:002007-03-08T09:46:00.000-05:00An interesting thing happened a couple of weeks ag...An interesting thing happened a couple of weeks ago in the entertainment media. <BR/><BR/>Late Night's Craig Ferguson, brilliant comedian, did a rather serious opening monologue about how making fun of celebrities' personal tragedies is out of line and that he just wouldn't do it anymore. The cases in point were Britney and Anna Nicole. He explained his own alcohol problems (which he has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-78712493948217240022007-03-08T01:41:00.000-05:002007-03-08T01:41:00.000-05:00But then, how would they make money if we all star...<I>But then, how would they make money if we all started learning from the mistakes of others?</I> <BR/><BR/>Well, I would say that humans rarely learn from the mistakes of others when it comes to passion. These types of things have always happened and they will always happen in the future. Hormones is hormones is hormones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-55156132541263288752007-03-08T00:59:00.000-05:002007-03-08T00:59:00.000-05:00Wow. That is a sad story. Statistics just don't ...Wow. That is a sad story. Statistics just don't tell a story in its tragic and too human details. <BR/><BR/>I don't think I would mind the papers and TV making a living by mining the pathos in these stories if only they did it in a way that they became teachings. But then, how would they make money if we all started learning from the mistakes of others? <BR/><BR/>That need for a steady GreenSmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126239521640810895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873439.post-76515237661491757112007-03-08T00:17:00.000-05:002007-03-08T00:17:00.000-05:00Oh, I just want to say that the whole episode is s...Oh, I just want to say that the whole episode is stupid. Not your post, GS, but the whole topic is stupid. Stupid because it's really not important in the big scheme of things. I can't believe that the press, and supposedly the public, care all that much about this story. In fact, I think the real story isn't the love triangle story itself but rather that some parts of society (press, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com