Great satire, Bee!! I especially love the part where you proclaim yourself above social interaction on the Internet! LOL - Good One! And also the bit about not caring what others think of you! F'ing Priceless!
And the rant about *other people's* NEEDINESS was best of all! Rock It, my little man! You should turn this into stand-up, Barry, seriously. Perhaps next you can try to convince us how you no longer need to eat, sleep or breathe, so advanced have you become. This is great stuff, and please don't be bashful about sharing your humor as often as you like! We always appreciate a good laugh here on FFL! Whooo-eee! Good one! ROFLMAO! Thanks again, Popeye! LOL --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > Ann, surely unintentionally, turq is teaching me how to > > love those who are indifferent to me. Big valuable lesson > > so I'm grateful. So easy to love those who love and or > > hate us! Reading his scathing posts while remembering > > the photo of him holding infant Maya, I conclude he's > > the happiest curmudgeon I've ever known, thus an enigma. > > > > Now I'm laughing as I remember that today is my first > > FFL anniversary. > > Ann, although my intention is *never* to try to teach > anybody anything, if there were anything I was trying > to get across here on FFL, that issue might be a > candidate. I tire of the abject NEEDINESS of some > FFL participants, and how offended and panicky they > seem to get when people *are* indifferent to them, > or don't respond to them. > > I admit to not getting it. If I want social interaction, > I go out and hang with real-life friends. I don't > depend on some pathetic cybersimulation of socializing > to get "feedback" or "interaction." > > Do I have a lack of tolerance for those who *are* so > NEEDY, and can't seem to go more than a few hours > without trolling for attention? You betcha. But do I > try to "teach" them anything? No way. I just withhold > from them that which they seem to seek the most, my > attention, and allow them to react to that however > they want. > > As for being a "happy curmudgeon," I plead guilty. > What you and many folks don't seem to understand, > given your lack of exposure to tantra -- the peace- > ful coexistence of opposites -- is that someone can > be *both*, without any problems. As for claims that > *I* am trolling for attention, I beg to differ. I > just write about my life. Those who feel that I must > either lie about it or embellish it to make it sound > more interesting simply must not have much of a life > themselves, to think that. > > I yam what I yam, as Popeye used to say. I don't > really give much of a shit what other people think > of what I yam. > > Happy anniversary... > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ann <awoelflebater@> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:26 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coping > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > Wow, Barry. NOt my area of expertise at all, but sounds as if the people > > > who understand what you are all doing think it is really good. Congrats. > > > Nice to be part of a field at its inception and then as it grows > > > (computers etc) > > > > Remember Share, he is not your friend and "doesn't give a shit" how many > > compliments you give him. But carry on believin'. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > turq, if this is what you've been working on, congratulations!ÃÂ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:21 AM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Coping > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > These days, Steve, you're pretty much "It" for the Hate > > > > > > Brigade, since you're one of the only people who will > > > > > > bother even trying to interact with them as if they > > > > > > might have something to say. I think that's magnanimous > > > > > > and compassionate of you, but to them it just makes you > > > > > > a target. > > > > > > > > > > I admit Barry, I find FFL rather dull without those interactions. So > > > > > I > > > > > guess I'm a pretty guilty party. > > > > > > > > You've definitely got a point there about FFL as a whole. :-) > > > > If you're having fun interacting with these folks, by all means > > > > continue. It stopped being even interesting for me some time ago. > > > > > > > > > BTW, neat story about your current working assignment. > > > > > > > > It's an interesting project. News about it arrived today, for > > > > those (few) who might be interested: > > > > > > > > IBM Worklight Wins SIIA CODiE Award > > > > > > > > IBM Worklight was just announced as the winner of the 2013 CODiE Award > > > > for Best Mobile Development Solution by the Software and Information > > > > Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the > > > > software and digital content industries. The SIIA CODiE Award win is a > > > > prestigious honor as winners are reviewed and chosen by software > > > > industry executives and SIIA member votes.ÃÂ > > > > > > > > http://www.siia.net/codies/2013/winners_detail.asp?nID=480ÃÂ > > > > > > > > > >
