Wild Card/Thursday — 2/26/09

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  Digger on February 26 at 11:14 a.m.

  Why am I not as excited for BlogFest this year as I have been in years past?

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  Stickman on February 26 at 11:26 a.m.

  Then start getting excited.

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  idawa on February 26 at 11:53 a.m.

  Digger - I had an answer but then I deleted it, it doesn’t fit in with the new and improved HBO.

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  Digger on February 26 at 1:07 p.m.

  I think a lot of it has to do with the new formatting here - the logging in, avatars - the “clean” nature of HBO.

  It also has to do with the fact that I’ve been working a lot - unlike last year when I was just starting my new job part time and had plenty (and I mean plenty) of time to surf HBO.

  I will be excited when we do arrive - becuase I will have my moment of Zen with our great ZenMaster Stickman just prior to arriving at MoonDollars. :-)

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  DFO on February 26 at 1:28 p.m.

  Digger, I must admit I wasn’t excited re: Blogfest ‘09, at first. The last 6 months have been rough on your Blogmeister — here and in the newsroom. In fact, today might be a particular rough one depending on a vote by the newsroom SES on the proposed 5% reduction in pay requested by the publisher. But I definitely have changed my thinking this week. I’m looking forward to seeing you, JeanieSpokane (for the first time), Stickman, Cindy, hopefully Dogwalk and others Saturday. We’ll have the place to ourselves. And the biz owner is looking forward to hosting us. Good stuff.

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  Joker on February 26 at 1:43 p.m.

  DFO,

  Not looking forward to seeing me? Harruppmh, maybe I will miss BlogFest. I know my friends on the left bank are want to meet with with open arms, pitch forks, and rope.

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  JeanieSpokane on February 26 at 1:58 p.m.

  Wait! Joker! I want to see you! You look like your avatar don’t you? Don’t disappoint me.

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  DFO on February 26 at 2:12 p.m.

  Jeanie; Digger wants to know if he’s nominated for any Blogfest ‘09 awards?

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  JeanieSpokane on February 26 at 2:20 p.m.

  {Jeanie roots around her files, looks at her list of 92 HBOers that she can find} uh, that is a really loaded question! My company doesn’t count for something?? Digger, what can you bribe me with, not that I’m bribable. Just sayin’.

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  JeanC on February 26 at 5:07 p.m.

  This is so true. Louis CK on how things used to be and how amazing we have it today and how so many people are spoiled and unhappy:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus

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  Dennis on February 26 at 5:36 p.m.

  After my comment the other day about getting in the “Dog House” with my wife, it got me to thinking about the past. You see, the woman I married has the patience of a saint. Now before you blow this off as a “Dolting Husband”, let me explain.

  The woman who “Chose” me to be her husband went in to our marriage knowing she was marrying a Cop who worked in a large agency.

  For those of you that don’t know, being a “Cops” wife is second only, by a very small margin, to being a soldiers wife. The national average length of Cop marriages is 7 years. Long, irregular hours, dangerous assignments and poor communication plays hell on any relationship. Add to that a by-product of my career was the never ending worry on both our parts of “Running in to” some one that I may have dealt with at one time or another.

  Then there was the “Personality Change” on my part. Everytime I put my uniform on, I would also don a “Persona Shield”, better described as a mindset to go out on the dangerous streets. My wife would tell her friends that she loved her husband but hated him when he put the uniform on. It also tore her up when I left for work. (I didn’t find out about this until after I retired) We lived by the motto that “No News is Good News” meaning that if the phone isn’t ringing, everything is ok.

  At one point, I asked her to go on a “Ride Along” with me so she could see what I was doing. Her response, ” I’ll read about it in the paper.

  A year and a half after my retirement, I was clowning around with my wife and kids when a family friend commented on how happy we were. My wife stated “Yea, I finally got my husband back”. That was when it hit home how hard it had to be for her to be married to a cop.

  Why am I telling you all this???? Well,,, in 32 days, my lovely wife and I will celebrate our 30th wedding anneversery. In a way, this is a tribute to the woman that chose me to be her husband. A absolutely adore her and hope that I get another 30 years with her to make up for lost time.

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  hhuseland on February 26 at 5:45 p.m.

  Wow, Dennis!

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  JBelle on February 26 at 5:54 p.m.

  atta boy, Dennis. Real men don’t need guns and shields to walk right into what they are feeling and own it and to not be afraid. I hope you get another 300 years together.

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  Kage_Mann on February 26 at 6:03 p.m.

  No wonder,me and Dennis didn’t get off to a good start on the old HBO blogsite! Because, he used to be a cop.In my youth he would have been the enemy, but not now b/c I’ve expanded my horizons and accept everybody for who they are. ;-)

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  Dennis on February 26 at 6:11 p.m.

  KM, trust me when I say that I was no angel when I was young! :-)

  As a matter of fact, the day I graduated from the academy, several officers from my home town all commented in unison–—”How the H@#$ did you become one of us?”

  LOL

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  Stickman on February 26 at 8:00 p.m.

  Such a nice thread. I hope this means that Kage will be there, as many others that need to meet and get to know one another. Real men don’t need all the toys, as JBelle noted, As for Joker, come on, be there, I will enjoy your company, as I will everyone else. Bob will make his presence known, I always look forward to that. He is the god of this blog, whether you like him or not. I do. I am going to be there of course, on the arm of the one and only Truly. So make a date this Saturday, and we will all be greatful for it.

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  Stickman on February 26 at 8:08 p.m.

  Thanks for the nice comments Digger, I always enjoy your visits. But, this year I will miss the Spazz, though I have never liked that name.

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  florined on February 26 at 10:03 p.m.

  Joker, this one from the left hopes you’ll be there.

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