9.09.2007

A sad commentary . . .

So I'm in desperate need of some new material to post. I thought I had a lot to post about, but now that I've got a forum, I'm kind of struggling. I guess it's easier to come up with responses than original material, thus the multiple accusations that my comments sections are more entertaining than the actual post. So here we are--this post is all about the comments. Leave your best observations, questions, comments etc. and we'll see just how entertaining this can really get. Especially if we can get some anonymous (or anyonomus for you Mike) comments to roll in.

13 comments:

Kate said...

who is mike?

Anonymous said...

what in the world does "budgnk" stand for?

and how did you land such a hot wife?

Neal said...

Who is Mike. I've thought of Mike as my eldest son, ever since the 'chain and I pretended to be his parents and saw him off at the MTC. After his return, like me, he landed a P* girl and became Stephanie's baby daddy. Of course I'm leaving out the part when Steph "dear johnned" him, then realized he wasn't quite as weird as she thought and took him back. More recently, Mike has become my "blogging" idol and I'm content to be his "life" idol. And finally, as you've noticed, he has a penchant for leaving "anyonomus" comments here. Check out his non-blogger blog here--he's posted at least 3 times this year because he's sooooooo busy.

Anonymous said...

Im turning over a new leaf. Someday I just might need a root canal and someday you just might be the guy doing it. As a Doctor of Toothology(is that a word?) you know how to inflict pain. I will want all the novocaine possible. Do I qualify for a discount? Any pro bono days at your dental office? Did I ever tell you that I think you are the best "root canaler" in the business?
Is there a grand prize for best comment? Dont tell me the grand prize is a free root canal!

Anonymous said...

Is it true that Dentists have the highest suicide rate of any profession? Why do you think that is so?

Anonymous said...

OM Gosh. The previous "anonymous" does NOT win the grand prize. The profession with the highest suicide rate is that of a "student." The next profession listed is that of a "prison guard." So unless you are a dental student working part-time as a prison guard." Well you get the idea.
ps the dental professional as the most likely to commit suicide came from an episode of Seinfeld. Consider the source. I wont my dentist to be alive. Some anonymouses give all of us amonymoussess a bad name. Who moved my cheese?

Anonymous said...

I feel the need to give Neal some advice in this "honeymoon" phase of his blogging.

When you start blogging, you feel on top of the world. Your mind is full of ideas, you've figured out how to insert pictures and clever links into your writing. Your blogroll is growing and suddenly you're as popular as the first kid in 5th grade with a hypercolor t-shirt. The comments are flowing and you are feeling the love....

But soon the blog post ideas peter out (from this most recent one, looks like they already have). You get depressed. You start to find faults in your blog and even don't find it attractive anymore.

You start to post links to other clever blog posts, because you can't seem to get them up yourself. It's like you have posting ED.

Unfortunately, there is no cialis for a troubled blog relationship. You just have to keep posting, even if you get mean anonymous comments because the subjects are so lame.

Soon you will find a comfortable relationship with your blog. You will realize that you don't need fireworks all the time, just the calm assurance that your blog is there when you need it.

Good luck, Neal.

Anonymous said...

These "anonymouses" are coming out of the woodwork like house mouses. I think a mouse trap or two or three might be in order.
Im wondering when the "King of The Nano reefs" is going to start "puffing" up about being named "Master of the Nano reef" for the entire month of September. I know you are a very humble person but sheez this is "Nano Reef of the Month." You deserve some high praise and you are to be congratulated. Granted being named Nano-Reefer of the Month is not like being named Playgirl Boymate of the Month but I believe it still should be celebrated. I salute you and I salute your nano reef.

Neal said...

Ah, now this is more like it. Finally some anonymouses with some wit. I guess the cure for blogging ED is mowing the grass, 'cuz Britney just didn't deliver last night. This afternoon while bringing to an end my little experiment to see just how high the St. Augustine would grow, I came up with a lot of things I need to blog about--including an interesting conversation Audrey and I had about Lucy on the ride home from school. So more to come.

But, back to the lecture at hand . . . (if you can identify those lyrics you're my new best friend.) Okay, I'll address the first anonymous comment--what is budgnk. Our kids seem to have an affinity for glottal stops when learning to talk. Parker did it and Miles does it too. This gave rise to several "words" that we still use in our household to this day. One of the most oft-used is Parker's word for orange juice--budgnk. So there you go. Next--how did I land such a hottie? I still don't know the answer to that one. You'd have to ask the 'chain. For the next anonymous, I'll warm up the Root ZX for you. And the third anonymous was answered by the fourth--I couldn't have said it better. Thanks for the advice #6—hopefully this is just due to the refractory period. Now anonymous #7--you have me wracking my brain as to who you might be. Since I haven’t told anyone about being voted September TOTM there are only three possible scenarios at play here: 1) you are a fellow reefer who frequents the MARSH website AND my blog—as totally random as that would be. Drop me a line and we’ll talk SPS, LPS and softies; 2) you take the prize as #1 blog stalker as you have been doing some complex googling to find links to me on the web; or 3) you have somehow hacked into my wife’s password- protected-super-secret photos of me in my birthday suit—sicko. Let’s all just pray you have some other explanation that I haven’t come up with.

stephanie said...

i'm eternally grateful that you took mike to the mtc. it's a good thing you and leslie got married, though. otherwise it would always be "leslie and her weird old boyfriend" who had been mike's pretend parents that day.

Anonymous said...

I thought Stephanie just lost my address for that year...I'm going to have to have a talk with her about that.

Who knew I could think of so many anonymous things to say on one post?

Er, except for the one about the hot wife. I'm pretty sure that was Neal.

Melanie M. McKinnon said...

i have to say that i am really enjoying this witty banter among family members (or rather anonymous people). and i got a little peek into all your relationships a bit.

i say post about where you are going to live after school. (ps. according to steph, the answer is AZ.)

JoJo said...

Ok, this comment chain made me laugh SO HARD! Thank you for the laughs, Neal and Anonymous(es).