tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post6302542111188532310..comments2024-03-26T14:30:49.660-05:00Comments on The Wifely Person Speaks: There's A Part Of Me That Wants To Say.........The Wifely Personhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-15262351739751316412012-12-17T08:38:15.850-06:002012-12-17T08:38:15.850-06:00Yes, there is a typo in my comment, but it did not...Yes, there is a typo in my comment, but it did not change my response to Mr. Douthat's column. I stand by what I said in my comment, but regret the error the transposition of the word. The Wifely Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-19033793753702706282012-12-17T08:33:09.566-06:002012-12-17T08:33:09.566-06:00I too found your blog through your comments on the...I too found your blog through your comments on the Ross Douthat piece on the Newtown shootings. I understand the point of your post but find it significantly diminished by the transposition of the key word "only", as shown by a direct cut and paste from your post. <br /><br />" this is the only Christmas spirit that could possibly matter now."<br />and "only the Christmas spirit could possibly matter now."<br /><br />You completely change the meaning of the sentence and while your point about the victims being of a number of different faiths is correct, Douthat was not excluding based on faith but rather searching for what solace his religious tradition could provide. For someone who uses words and writes as well as you do, your transposition ultimately renders your point as misdirected and is unfortunate. <br /><br />Bob Larson<br />opus313@verizon.net<br />Opus313https://www.blogger.com/profile/08867407884791952560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-22055273279143016962012-12-17T04:25:25.347-06:002012-12-17T04:25:25.347-06:00I enjoyed your blog. I read through some of your o...I enjoyed your blog. I read through some of your older posts and like your messages and style. I think you should join Twitter as it's an excellent way for more people to become aware of your blog. If you do decide to join, please send me a message @jesselynstoner so I can follow you and share your messages and posts.Jesse Stonerhttp://jessestoner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-72201187260265080402012-12-16T21:56:06.896-06:002012-12-16T21:56:06.896-06:00Thank you! I look forward to more comments!Thank you! I look forward to more comments!The Wifely Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-15171812619326271902012-12-16T21:35:51.611-06:002012-12-16T21:35:51.611-06:00I found your blog after your remarks reminding the...I found your blog after your remarks reminding the OpEd Doestoyevsky-quoting writer that Jewish children were killed in Newtown during Hanukah, not just Christians. Thank you for bringing that up and for your thoughts on the fiscal cliff and the zen of snowblowing. I will read more and "favorite" you. DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-45763110684587984002012-12-11T12:50:03.288-06:002012-12-11T12:50:03.288-06:00TWP, your blogposts are the treat I look forward t...TWP, your blogposts are the treat I look forward to as a reward for slogging through the "begging for bucks" emails and "save the [insert cause or animal] emails from orgs I somehow never get around to unsubscribing, as well as the "thanks for signing our petition" emails after I've signed them. (Online petitions that can be "signed" with the click of the mouse are the greatest thing since sliced bread, IMHO - but I'm sure OK's Rethug congressmen don't share my enthusiasm...). I'm also ever in awe of the way you so effortlessly weave mundane Real Life happenings with politics. Snow removal and the obstructionist Congress. Brilliant! <br /><br />When I lived in NE KS, I vowed for 25 years to tie a snow shovel to the front of the car and drive south until someone - anyone - said "What the heck is THAT?". Didn't get quite that far, but stores here only dust off their supply of snow shovels when the OKC weather gurus utter the "S" word...usually 3 days before the expected Big Event...when the storm system bringing it is still over Utah or Idaho. We just went through one as a matter of fact. Friday the entire town was stocking up for snow on Sunday. Never mind it would at most only be a "light dusting". Maybe. Such wusses I live among now. <br /><br />As for the plow dumping snow at the end of the drive after you cleared it, this was a common occurrence when I lived in Topeka, so I kept the City snow removal dept on speed dial. (I'd hear "It's HER again!" as the phone was handed to some unsuspecting underling who'd never been the object of my wrath - yet.) So members of Congress aren't the only ones asleep at the wheel when charged with serving the public. I suspect the ability to nap on duty is a pre-req for driving a snow plow, too. (-:JamaGeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973656461323918279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-2640202218039161122012-12-11T07:47:48.977-06:002012-12-11T07:47:48.977-06:00Not to mention how US corporations and oil compani...Not to mention how US corporations and oil companies benefit from our wars -- so pay for 'em! (Now can you Minnesotaeans send a few clouds our way, we need the snow in New Mexico - the grandkids are coming from Chaska and they expect snow here!)Vickihttp://theuniversesmiles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com