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I am a Lonely Old Man
I am a lonely old man. After my day job of yelling at kids to get off of my lawn, while the civilians of Lawrence, Kansas kick off their work shoes and unwind in front of the television, I hobble down to my basement and log onto ljworld.com. I love Mondays. Yay! How many people get to smoke and drink at work and beat up on their fellow online commenters? The adrenaline rush intoxicates. My pulse picks up. I can never wait to get online to insult, insinuate, bore, and aggravate! I enjoy that I'm no longer the anonymous grumpy old guy sitting on the porch. I'm now adrenaline-fueled Lonely Old Guy, master of fantasy. Blogging feels amazingly different than I expected. What I was brought up to see as humiliating now feels so exciting and empowering. In this world, I can be anyone I want. A stripper, a handsome person, hell, even batman. It's like a game, and I love it. Love it. I am not here to tell you how to feel about me, or my on line fake identities. I am not here to tell you anything at all, really. Rather, I am writing this blog to show being old and lonely Lawrence, Kansas, and offer you a source of information on a sadness that appears at once both over- and under-exposed. There is a lot to write.
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10 November 2009
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thewayne (Anonymous) says…
Will you be Todd Reesing next or coach Mangino? and please tell us why your sucking so bad.
10 November 2009
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…
Well, I liked the blog, and I do want to read more.
thewayne, chill, dude.
10 November 2009
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BruceWayne (Anonymous) says…
Dear kthxbi-
for something to do, you could attend the city meeting as me tonight. all you have to do is sit on the roof and listen through the bat earpiece. let me know.
10 November 2009
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consumer1 (Anonymous) says…
Read like a weak attempt to dis-respect people he/she doesn't like. People who make her/him feel insecure. Sounds like a veiled effort to try and mock posters on this site. Sounds like someone who wants everyone to respect their rights to their opinions but doesn't want anyone else to have their opinions protected. if it weren't a cheap rip off of Bruce Wayne's Batman post it might get points for being clever. but,hmmm nope. sorry no points.
10 November 2009
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TomShewmon (Tom Shewmon) says…
I thought this was going to be authored by beobachter when I saw the title.
10 November 2009
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…
I think it's very funny.
10 November 2009
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kthxbi (Anonymous) says…
consumer1-
My blog is in no way “a veiled effort to try and mock posters on this site.”
I thought it was rather blatant.
10 November 2009
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porch_person (Anonymous) says…
The sad part is (I fear) this blog probably describes the lives of too many of our “contributors”.
10 November 2009
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
I think most of them blog here simply because they didn't think of the Rick Astley iphone wallpaper virus themselves.
Who knows what darkness lurks in the minds of anarchists?
;-)
11 November 2009
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Donnuts (Anonymous) says…
and what are you looking for? Drum up business? Some kind of form of recognition? Think you are going to get 345 comments in three days? Hah.
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Donnuts (Anonymous) says…
@Multi- Hah
@Porchperson- I always cry @ the sad parts in movies
@kthxb- blatant? I don't get it. Say me and the girls are going horseback riding later. Never mind my first job as a social worker. Not that I lean over my poor little misfortunates and rub my angor sweater on them as I do. I also sit in an office all day supposedly so…. nevermind that. Imagine a fleet of us on horseback. Oh, I guess I will have to skip work at my day job that day.