jlsathre

jlsathre
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I'm a lawyer in my past life, who got the kids through college and decided to try something different and a little more fun. A used book store sounded like a good idea, so that's where I am for now. I just hadn't counted on a recession or E-readers and am a little afraid there's going to be a third act. In the meantime, I have plenty to read and a little time to write. Not a bad way to spend a day.

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AUGUST 11, 2012 9:08AM

10 Things I Learned From Joining Open Salon

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1. The question mark does not always go inside the quotation marks. So much for a sure thing.

2. There are actually only three people here, with a lot of different alters. This discovery is the reason for the rumors of its demise. However, they can't close until they figure out how to divvy up all the tipping money.

3. Everyone looks better when they were ten. No one looks better in a Speedo or when ranting. 

4. Cats are not only independent. They are also funny and can curse with the best of them. However, they may not be cats. They could be dogs altering as cats.

5. It's time to take "Editor" off my list of dream jobs.

6. A thick skin should be written in as an additional Term of Service.

7. Just because someone looks like Hemmingway and writes like Hemmingway, doesn't mean he is Hemmingway. He could be a cat.

8. This would be a good place for a sociological study. Where's Daisyjane when we need her?

 9. The best way to get an EP is to....oops, sorry, haven't learned this one yet, but there are some name change suggestions.

 10. I may be really messed up because I still like it here and hold out hope. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Now THIS would be a good Open Call! :D
yes, i agree with my dear dear friend safe bet.
let us make this an open call.
what have I learned?
Oh, i don't want to make this about me me me.
I think this 'alter' thing deserves a serious study, not
only from sociologists, but psychiatrists and psychologists
and philosophers.

i do not think evolutionary biologists have much to offer...

ah ok about me me me
i have learned that i gotta curb my tongue sometimes
when i write about controversial things , like women.

that is my stumbling block. i got a big dumb male chauvinist
mouth from my dad. i am learning to be more..uh..
meterosexual?
yes, i agree with my dear dear friend safe bet.
let us make this an open call.
what have I learned?
Oh, i don't want to make this about me me me.
I think this 'alter' thing deserves a serious study, not
only from sociologists, but psychiatrists and psychologists
and philosophers.

i do not think evolutionary biologists have much to offer...

ah ok about me me me
i have learned that i gotta curb my tongue sometimes
when i write about controversial things , like women.

that is my stumbling block. i got a big dumb male chauvinist
mouth from my dad. i am learning to be more..uh..
meterosexual?
11. everything here is REALLY real!
R
Rated, very interesting JL!
If you get tired of all the spam and "Lots of Errors", take a look at the site lorianne created for us - Our Salon. It provides almost everything Open does without the spam and errors. The only reason I say "almost" is that what it doesn't have - yet - is audience. You will get more views and comments here. I think that will change as more people get fed up with Open's problems and seek alternatives.

http://oursalon.net
I really, really like you. And this. R
I think I've learned some of the same lessons. And being an Editor is no longer my dream job either. R
Thanks for this. I have been playing around with the idea of writing a blog on similar subject. However the sun is shining here and I'm heading out before it rains. I plan to keep posting as well.
I'm just so confused by all of this.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

(That's Lennon and McCartney, not my own stuff).
The most important thing that's happened to me here in the hallowed halls of Open Salon is to make the acquaintance of the "tilde". This gentle, wavy grapheme (that's another thing I've learned - the word "grapheme", and I use it every chance I get) seems to be the symbol for all things reasonable, rational and tolerant. When I see the tilde in a post the feeling I get must be similar to what early Christians felt when they saw that fish sign. Aha! I'm welcome here!

Not that I myself use the tilde. I don't want anyone getting too comfy around my posts.
I love this place because I can just be myself. That is very comforting. I think you are yourself here too and I love to read you.
I still kind of like it here. Maybe I just need another bite of that mushroom...
I just want someone to teach me how to add a tilde and the occassional umlaut. Is that too much to ask?
this place is my cocoa puffs.
#6 I have had to learn the hard way... :)
what the hell is Margaret talking about?
i sure wish i knew.
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. I just wanted to lighten things up a bit because there are good things here. Bad things too, but, hey, it is the internet. I'd comment individually if I wasn't so busy looking for that tilde.
Very funny! Loved them all.
Nicely done, and I agree with Safe Bet's Amy!

The only thing I'd argue is that I didn't look better when I was 10. That was my ugly stage. Really. I looked better when I was, say, 4. I was cute. It was all downhill from there....
I'd add that Open Salon is a great place to sit back and enjoy the show. Wow you even got Amy to come back and comment!!
11. Using a public forum for a private quarrel is never pretty.
12.If you feel confused when you read some of these posts, it's not you, it's that the Matrix is really real and nothing is as it seems. You are actually asleep in a pod.
11. there is no tippem money. there never was. nobody made any money with that. they should have deleted it years ago. in fact there is no money in google ads either. in fact the whole @#%& open salon site is a money loss, probably.
12. we are experiencing slow death by mass spam. death by a thousand spams.
13. mgt doesnt care. they know its shoddy/shabby. its all on autopilot now.
14. it really was better in the past.
15. if a better alternative existed, there would be an immediate mass exodus.
The water is "simply fine" here.
It was better once but even degraded it's better than most other places or I still wouldn't be here. There is still good writing and good people, such as you.
ps michele -- oh yeah. a woman after my own heart. more details in my blog.
11, Have no comment, lol.
Love is in the air...
Hope -- is a dangerous thing -- !! (Said by Red, the Morgan Freeman character in Shawshank Redemption.) -- Guess he got proved wrong, now didn't he? Honey - you ARE the Editor. R, yet again. You've such a great soul, Jilly.
2...Tip money = 37 cents and that's been pending for many years!! :D

4...ya caught me!! I'm really a bull dog!! :D

5...oh my yes!!! :D

7...I'm glad I no Hemmingway. I'm still alive!! What? :D

8...NBC is looking into making this site a sitcom is that close enough? :D

9...but your 25 thing post got picked up by many other sites such as the Vatican Weekly. THAT'S AMAZING!! :D

10...me too! :)
i still hold out hope too, jl. or anyway, i still like it. i like to write, i like it even better when i am read. and i like reading almost as much as either of those. i feel an allegiance to people on here. as for it being ripe for study, well, that is sure true.

and the cats, yes. one must always watch out for the cats.
Ha you've clearly never seen me in Speedos.
Keep the faith JL, I'm glad you're sticking around.
I learned a lot here too. Some things useful to me, some not but what would I do with either a tilde or an umlaut? I lowered my bar so I could achieve my goals every day, if I can get through a day without hiding under the covers, I pat myself on the back.

I learned there are a lot of people here that can make me laugh, distract me from my troubles, and feel better about being alive.
Yup. I keep trying to leave, but I can't.