tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post4796674087291221329..comments2024-03-28T03:13:09.436-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Blogger: RetrotalkHENRY KISORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-42126020979524576102009-04-17T04:48:00.000-05:002009-04-17T04:48:00.000-05:00All right, what are "zatioes"? Goog was no help.All right, what are "zatioes"? Goog was no help.HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-38646919036099593792009-04-16T20:46:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:46:00.000-05:00I don't think it's old-fartitude, but attitude is ...I don't think it's old-fartitude, but attitude is a part of it.<br /><br />When I read something with a reference I don't recognize, I jump to Google and actually LEARN something. Jiminy, the Goog makes it so easy, looking stuff up should be illegal, or taxed.<br /><br />Now you've got someone telling us to be careful to only refer to current stuff ... um, like, you know, the Obamas new dog, or no, that won't work 'cuz who pays attention to politics stuff, um, maybe what'shername's new boyfriend, or drug of choice. <br /><br />I ain't buyin' it. Neither the suggestion, nor books that abide by it.<br /><br />(Comment word certification of the day: "zatioes" -- sometimes I even look them up, just in case...)Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901376907047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-72880890966259313472009-04-15T19:31:00.000-05:002009-04-15T19:31:00.000-05:00Hoo boy, Pete, are you suffering from an attack of...Hoo boy, Pete, are you suffering from an attack of old fartitude tonight?<br /><br />I remember being told as a J-student by a renowned newsman-instructor that I and the rest of my class didn't know shit. Of course we didn't, but over the years we came to know a lot of shit, didn't we?HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-16716860225415587592009-04-15T17:54:00.000-05:002009-04-15T17:54:00.000-05:00Just another admonition to "dumb down" what we wri...Just another admonition to "dumb down" what we write, because "they" don't know the references.<br /><br />Let's face it, "they" are just ignorant twits, who don't know anything. How hard do you think Jay Leno (he's a comedian with a show on NBC, which is one of the television networks) has to work to find Jaywalking All-Stars (one of his frequent bits, in which he asks simple questions of passers-by, who are too simple to know ANYTHING!Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901376907047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-28995080212272512942009-04-14T10:47:00.000-05:002009-04-14T10:47:00.000-05:00The mistake Keyes makes is assuming that everyone ...The mistake Keyes makes is assuming that everyone under 40 is part of the same audience. One can separate this broad audience into college grads, HS grads, pop culture nuts, old movie fans, sports fans, rock fans and so on. Different audiences will know different things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-73414064209796555052009-04-14T10:39:00.000-05:002009-04-14T10:39:00.000-05:00I know who Barney Fife and Hitler are! The rest o...I know who Barney Fife and Hitler are! The rest of those people I would have to google or as Jeremy, he tends to know alot more about history than I do.Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-19405515393656862672009-04-14T10:29:00.000-05:002009-04-14T10:29:00.000-05:00Don't old cultural references (Barney Fife, for on...Don't old cultural references (Barney Fife, for one) tend to have long, long second and even third lives late at night on cable television?J.R.S.noreply@blogger.com