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< it's almost midnight, so here's an entry for THE Midnight

~tffb

Hey Inquiry. I wrote a lengthy (and smart?) response to this on my laptop earlier, but there was a Save/Publish issue when my WiFi dropped out. (the Internet is finicky that way - wanting me to be CONNECTED to WiFi to write something online!)

The gist of the post was:

1) I am surprised you went with a George song to re-write into a small web parable, as people tend to gang up on his writing skills, even though he was immensely talented. John and Paul knew they had MORE talent, though (or as many people believe), and John and Paul told George as much and never gave him a fair shot.

2) I mentioned how someone has to first find/discover an individual's blog/content in order to even DO an inline quote or comment. And that it is very important (in small web standards) to take it upon oneself to offer up said quotes/comments (aka engage and reach out). Otherwise, it IS easy to get caught up in the link-bouncing method of (hashtag loneliness) and just *finding* folks and going nowhere from there. No one wants to "Facebook stalk" on the small web (or at least *I* don't! Haha).

Anyway, I hope you're well. Good lyricism. Talk later.

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~inquiry wrote:

> ... but there was a Save/Publish issue
> when my WiFi dropped out. (the Internet
> is finicky that way - wanting me to be
> CONNECTED to WiFi to write something
> online!)

Are you trying to sell me on the superiority of snail mail or WHAT?! ;-)

> The gist of the post was:
>
> 1) I am surprised you went with a
> George song to re-write into a small
> web parable, as people tend to gang
> up on his writing skills, even though
> he was immensely talented. John and
> Paul knew they had MORE talent, though
> (or as many people believe), and John
> and Paul told George as much and never
> gave him a fair shot.

I agree. Although John is far and away my fave, my tendencies in philoso-spiritu realms align most closely with George.

(That we happen to share a zodiac sign traditionally associated with such inner meanderings is surely purely a coincidence.... ;-) )

> 2) I mentioned how someone has to
> first find/discover an individual's
> blog/content in order to even DO an
> inline quote or comment. And that it is
> very important (in small web standards)
> to take it upon oneself to offer up
> said quotes/comments (aka engage and
> reach out)....

Got it.

> Anyway, I hope you're well. Good
> lyricism. Talk later.

Yes. And thank you!