--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak"
> > <geezerfreak@> wrote:
> > > Yeah Barry. I wouldn't fuck with Rory. You see our man has
> > DIRECTLY channeled the Avatar
> > > of Synthesis and has achieved such an ultra high state that he
> can
> > only call it THE RORIAN
> > > TRADITION.
> > >
> > > You can read all about it and him, I mean HIM, at:
> > http://www.artesmagicae.com/
> > > whatis.htm
> > >
> > > By failing to show HIM the respect due a person of his
highness I
> > bet we've screwed up all
> > > chances of worshipping his Rorian feet and making something of
> > ourselves.
> > >
> > > Damn!
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > You blithely disregard the arrogant and imperious tone of
> > Barry's: "you can consider the subject dropped, and your
comments
> on
> > this subject in the future ignored." and instead focus in on
Rory's
> > response?
> >
> > What's the payoff, because Barry has praised your record
> collection?
> > Or the two of you have gotten high together? You're only seeing
one
> > side of the coin, and its making you into another "c" word,
buddy--
> > chump.:-)
>
> It's OK, Jim; I have no problem with Geezer's portraying me as a
high-
> handed, arrogant megalomaniac; I doubtless possess those qualities
in
> abundance. :-)
>
> I'm actually rather glad he brought up my old site -- when I
first
> joined FFL, everyone had a chance to read it (if they wished) and
> uunderstand better where I was coming from. It is many years out
of
> date now, however, and over the years (even before joining FFL)
I've
> occasionally considered removing it, as I've come to value
simplicity
> and ordinariness more and more, but each time someone has written
me
> to thank me for writing it, so with some ambivalence I have let it
> stand. It is in essence a letter to some of my past selves, some
of
> whom would have *loved* to read it! Perhaps someday I'll update it
to
> reflect more of my current thinking ... or perhaps not. :-)
>
> *L*L*L*
>
I hear you- it was more the favoring of one arrogance over another
that I found worth mentioning.:-) PS I enjoyed your website when I
read it, though it has been awhile.
