I belong to A.A., G.A., O.A. and SEX Anonymous - so I know a little about Addictions!
And the sad fact is... I have to Write; so I just joined frigin' OS.A!
I'm not kidding; I've climbed so many Steps - I get Nose Bleeds just looking at a Ladder!
If I don't get an EP this time - Jake must be in a corner somewhere counting his Marbles.
Don't worry, he loves me...just like Rhett loved Scarlett!
But, do I need to Write or need to be Read? Can't I have both? Obviously, not on this Site! ha ha Not now; at least.
When I joined 2 years ago - with one Click on our Computer; we could Read, Rate, Comment, Joke, Tease, Flirt, Comfort, Compliment, Commiserate, Berate, Cajole, Embed, Agree to Disagree or Party Bash - all while wearing our Pajamas!
Embedding was the most fun! ha ha
It was smooth-sailing & any "Errors" we might have accrued during these simple maneuvers were either Typos, Grammatical or admitting we were Nymphomaniacs or Republicans!
But enough about me!
"Spam" in those days was an Emergency Food brought out for Earthquakes, Nuclear Holocausts, Dinner Parties for the cheap Boss or to pull out at just the right moment to curtail Mother-in-Law visits!
Now, if we try to Post, Rate, Comment or Check Out the new kids on the Writer's Block; our mere presence is so ethereal we become Gossamer-Like; not knowing if our reality is of any importance or we're creating in a vacuum.
Translation: It Sucks!
So I tell my hard-line brave friends who seek possible solutions from the powers that be...
How can I have enough strength to Strike if I can't get my hands on a Pack of Twinkies?
I told you I have Addictions!
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P.S. If you were wondering...I wrote this during Open Salon's Technical difficulties in November 2012.
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I continue to check here once a day, like a doctor checking a comatose patient. As I read this, there are exactly three items in the Top Rated, #1 being a goodbye. If I knew how to do it, I'd change my banner to a video of tumbleweeds rolling by.
Saving a box of Twinkies for you.
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I need an open-salon-anon meeting myself.
my issues with open salon are profoundly ideological rather than technological. in fact, despite how troubled technologically this website is, the concern over the tech issues here while the nightmare of the November election so blithely rewarded such profound Democratic corruption and exploitation was like watching open saloners run around rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic while the ship of state sank significantly lower.
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I don't have to have the WHOLE Pack, Cranky...I'll take ONE Twinkie! Do I have to Beg?
I love that analogy - rearranging the deck chairs...makes one like Flying so much more!
There is lots of good writing, The administrator is one of us - lorianne listens and responds. You won't see "lots of errors". I think you will have a good writing experience and you will have an audience.
http://oursalon.net/ or http://oursalon.ning.com/
Looking forward to seeing you there!
- Mark
Cranky, I just got your book from amazon.com and loved it. LIke you, I haven't posted here since the election. No hard feelings just exapseraiton over tedious dysfunction...
This was mostly a Kool Kids Klub here, with a lot of log-rolling and back-slapping. When this site became impossible to read or comment upon, and the Kool Kids left, the problems didn't go away. So it's not the number of people here, it's the awful servers and programming. But since Salon isn't making any money, even with all these ads, I don't see how anything will be fixed.
The tech troubles are too much.
The obsession over 'politics' here, but really it seems more like an obsession, period --
I am happily missing that.
The tech troubles broke my love for this place. It doesn't feel like a *place* anymore.
"The only constant in life is change" -- or something like that : )
Anyway - Hi, everyone!
And Marilyn - thanks for a really fun spin on a really sad tale! If I had any twinkies I'd send them to you. But alas - I eat Little Debbie Swiss Rolls.
And if THEY ever go out of business I shall join you in your step work.
And each one of your posts has an option...constantly of being read. They don't sqeeze out all their matter in a day or less.
It's like Netflix. After you read one post, their are four more RECOMMENDED. And they rotate. No one makes the decision what your reading tastes are.
Then we have an open chat line where people like Kim Gamble from Australia gets on with Tr ig all in different time zones, people from all over the world. i think that has stopped a lot of the backbiting because we actually speak to each other.
It is a lovely site.
Late at nite after posting, their may be 50 people on line ready to talk. And it is not "pick up" chatter. unless it is tr ig or tink
I started on OS around the same time you did ... from those who have been here over two years, I've been told the site was even more amazing than when I signed up.
Bottom line for me is that I cannot leave ... as sad as the site is now, I won't jump ship. I'm on Our Salon as well, but as lovely and techno-swift as it is, it doesn't have the same feel ... vibe if you will (or won't) ... I haven't written much as I lost my mojo when everything went awry, but I do believe I've finally come to an understanding as to why/how that happened ... SO ... hopefully, words will spring eternal!
Oh, and I've sprained a couple of ankles and damn near broke my hip falling off a number of those ladders ... so, yeah ... writing is a must even in a spam-infested vaccum!!
~R~ with thanks for the chuckles!
I hate to see this place in such a sorry state, but the PTB won't address the IT issues, despite having had advice from some very savvy uber-geeks on here about possible solutions.
I won't take bets on how long this comment will take to register ... or even if it will.