IMUS

Ok.
Don Imus.
Well, I just thought I'd say a few words about this.
Nothing I like better than to see one of those rare occasions when a leftist gets eatin' by other leftists.
But I can not believe how much this has taken over the attention of this country. what does it say when what takes our attention off of ridiculous story #1 (Anna Nicole smith) is another ridiculous story by the name of 'don Imus'.
Now I believe that every one in this country has heard that don Imus on the 5Th made a comment about the Rutgers basketball team and called them (ahem) "nappy headed hoes".
Now before any of you say Oh Handel your a bigot! Your a bigot, how could you call the biggest of all media stories, "RIDICULOUS"!?!? Let me tell you why I say that it is not only 'ridiculous', but also very much.... a 'non story'.

Was the comment bad? Yes. Was it terrible, reprehensible even morbidly ignorant? Sure. Was it the first time that these words spilled out of the mouth of some dumb ass? No.
I would even go out on a limb and say that our race hustlers by the names of sharpton and jackson even own a few Cd's that have 'ludicrous' and other 'rappers' saying those words and much much worse. Maybe even some of the Rutgers players themselves own such Cd's? Possibly?
That is one of the things that irritates me I suppose. HERE COMES JESSE AND AL--to the rescue! Where were they before Imus said these words? Have they never heard a 'ludicrous' "song"? Or snoop doggy douche? Or any other 'mainstream' rapper? Why were they silent about all of the past 15 years worth of filth?
But that's just the tip of the ice berg really. There is sooo much anger. So much over the top outrage. at what? three words. Three words...."nappy.....headed.....hoe's".
Is THIS the most devastating thing to hit the black community in 50 years? Judging from the outcry and anger displayed this week, you would certainly think so! A comment made by a leftist radio dork about a college basketball team.
Right.
Why doesn't the rev al (which church?) and rev jackson (which church?) make a grand statement about the rap industry? Which use terms about women that make 'nappy head hoes" look tame in comparison. Well that would mean that they would have to take a real stand. And that would take courage and guts. And truth. And they wouldn't be welcome in those hip circles any more. They couldn't go to all the cool parties. They wouldn't be able to "KICKIT". (word).

That would take real effort after all, and its far easier to get everyone charged up on this phoney story. And lets face it, al and jesse don't really care about fixing the REAL problems. It would mean that they would be out of a job if they fixed the real problems. Far better to have everyone continue to feel that they are a victim and therefore in NEED of 'brotha jesse', and 'brotha al'. They are the equivalent of the blacks who sold blacks into slavery --in the past and in present day.
al and jesse. YOU are the same. You have done nothing but harm blacks, and I have nothing but contempt for you.
IF this outrage over ('nappy headed hoe's) is truly sincere, then jackson should show leadership and should step down..from what EVER position he holds for the remark about "going to hymie town", and then denying the remarks. Then accusing Jews of conspiring to defeat him in an election.
Sickening.
Or what about the fact that jackson had said that he backs the stripper in the Duke lacrosse rape allegation and offered a scholarship to the woman who lied and libeled the players. Did jackson apologize for THAT? Ummmm nope.
As for the clown known as sharpton. 'Tawana Brawley'? Anyone? No? Yes? Google that one. Its a hoot. Or the 'Crown Heights Riot', or the "Freddies Fashion Mart" incident.
These two idiots are a cancer. They've done more to harm the black community than anyone else in a looooooong time.

But no...Its the term 'nappy headed hoes' that is the big obstacle for the black community today.

Funny. I thought it was these poser rappers with their filth, and not to mention the:

* almost 50 % dropout rate for blacks.
* 60% of black children grow up in fatherless homes
* 790,000 black men are in jail or prison.
* 70% of black babies are born to unwed mothers.
* 320,000 black babies are aborted annually.
* And lets throw in Blacks account for more than half of new AIDS cases.

(now THAT'S a REAL inconvenient truth)

Step up to the plate rev's. Admit what the problems are rather than exploiting them. Help people, rather than taking advantage of them. It's the difference between being an adult and being a child.
Being a MAN,

Or being.............a 'boy'.
(word)

LIGHTEN UP!

Ok.
Too much talk about da-passed on here lately.
Starting to feel like some old geezer sitting on the couch that reads the obits all day-- sayin':
""Hey Winifred, Chester doobkins died ta-day! poor bastuurd! Looked like hell the last time I saw im'."

So---No more dyin' out there.
Gots to talk about some different stuff. More politics, More current events, An admission and a revelation, animation, comics, illustration, and some satire.

And I'm going to try..( I say this hesitantly...) to do a post on a Sunday- EVERY Sunday.
THAT'S RIGHT. Part of my revelation really. After talking to some of my comic and illustration palies, I thought I might take a crack at this on a more "regular" basis.
Even if that means that once in awhile I pop on one Sunday to say that there isn't a damn thing to say. I still will make a post. (or try to- Unless of course I'm abducted by any attractive and smart story people...And we all know that there's no such thing SOOOOOOOO...I have no excuses really.)

Now if I'm going to do this, Its going to be more a fly by the seat of my pantalooonies. Which means less time on spellcheck. So expect ALOT of mispellings. Very much like 'countsys' blog but with more clever insight from a far more attractive individual with better hair. And in some cases...more hair.

Talkin to you laters, and see you on the Sunday.

'B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at 76

JOHNNY HART

(February 18, 1931- April 7, 2007)


ALBANY, N.Y. - For millions of comic strip readers, the prehistoric era was a hoot: Cavemen played baseball, ants went to school, birds rode on the back of turtles and snakes made quips.

All of it was thanks to cartoonist Johnny Hart, who died Saturday at age 76 while working at his home in the nearby hamlet of Nineveh. "He had a stroke," his wife, Bobby, said Sunday. "He died at his storyboard."

Hart's "B.C." strip was launched in 1958 and eventually appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers with an audience of 100 million, according to Creators Syndicate Inc., which distributes it.

"He was generally regarded as one of the best cartoonists we've ever had," Hart's friend Mell Lazarus, creator of the "Momma" and "Miss Peach" comic strips, said from his California home. "He was totally original. 'B.C' broke ground and led the way for a number of imitators, none of which ever came close."
Hart, who also co-created "The Wizard of Id," won numerous awards for his work, including the National Cartoonist Society's prestigious Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year and an award from the International Congress of Comics.

Later in his career, some of Hart's cartoons had religious themes, a reflection of his own Christian faith. That sometimes led to controversy.

"B.C." was filled with puns and sly digs at modern society. One recent strip showed an ant teacher asking her class, "Who can tell me what secondhand smoke is?" One pupil raised his hand with an answer: "A political speech made by a vice presidential candidate."

Besides his wife, Hart is survived by two daughters, Patti and Perri. He was a native of Endicott, about 135 miles northwest of New York City, and drew his comic strip at a studio in his home in Nineveh until the day he died.

Johnny Hart....One of the best.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

A SALUTE

For those of you out there that know me, know that what I value more than anything at all: Is FAMILY.

I adore it, cherish it, bask in it.
I recently read a eulogy from someones wife about his father. "Ulpiano", who passed away on March 16, at the age of 82.
The eulogy spoke of a good man, a passionate man. A man who was filled with a huge love. A love for his family.
A man that even in hard times, be it in the separation of him from his wife as he waited for the slow immigration process to work,
or the hard times of being in bed due to illness, how he longed to have his family near him. Warmed himself in the light of their love.
A man that served, and worked hard at his job and did it to the very best of his ability for a wife of 54 years, with 7 children, 16 grandchildren, and
6 great-grandchildren.

There's a word for that folks.

Success.

I tip my hat to you "Ulpiano". I tip my hat to you for knowing what your priorities in life are. Not many people do these days. I tip my hat to you for your deep and passionate love for your family.
I tip my hat to you for being an inspiration BECAUSE of that love.
I don't know you, I've never even heard of you before today. But I know a little about your story. Its similar to others that I know, others that have true happiness and joy due to the love of and for family.
I wish that I HAD met you at some point. Because your the type that inspire me. The kind that remind me of those most important of priorities.

To remind me of what I'm shooting for.
Not the next animated scene to get done in order to wow the audience.
Not the next painting or drawing or design.
Not the next illustration to get the next pat on the back...

Instead, to try with all my heart to be a great man,
So that I may be that great Husband.
To be that great Daddy.....
To be that cornerstone so that I too, may leave a great legacy.....In the form of... my Family.


"Ulpiano"....Godspeed.

Elizabeth

About a week ago, the news came out that democrat and presidential hopeful (God forbid), john edwards was going to have a news conference about his wife’s health.

His wife Elizabeth has had a recurrence of cancer.

Now I can’t stand john edwards, I think he is as horrid a person as a trial lawyer is capable of being. And that’s pretty horrid. But I feel for them. I do. I remember being in an argument/debate with a guy. He had made a comment in a blog entry wishing cancer on a Republican (cant remember who exactly-but a conservative all the same.).When I cornered him and properly spanked him about that, telling him that I thought it was a juvenile thing to wish that on any human being. He got a lil whiney and wished prostate cancer on me.

nice, huh. But...very typical of the left.

When conservative commentator Laura Ingraham had HER bout with cancer, the leftist blogs were abuzz with hatred towards her, wishing her death. And wishing it quickly.

Nasty post after nasty post.

To be fair, the right...MY side has its nutter butters as well. But no where near what the left has. I checked the blogs and forums to see what the right was saying about Elizabeth Edwards’s story.

What I saw was a lot of well wishes, and prayers for her and her family. Nary a nasty post. Nary a hateful word toward her.

Its just another difference between the two parties. One party grounds itself (or tries with all its might) in values, rooted in their faith. Accountable to a higher being, to live their lives in the shadow of God.

The other party, the party of the left, believes themselves to be 'humanists'. Living by the moral code of ..."as long as I live a good life and I'm a good person".

Ironically those 'humanists' are the ones who despise humanity the MOST.

Which is why they so enthusiastic choose to throw the people of Iraq to butchers. Or are indifferent to the life of a baby. Or look the other way to the massacres in Cambodia, and now Darfur.

Or... why it is so easy, to casually wish someone that you hate..... An incurable disease.

I said to this guy that I was arguing with, that I could never do that...for several reasons. Such as, that that person may be a Daddy, or a Mommy. Or a Precious Son, Or Precious Daughter.

They would be memories. They would be missed. And they would always be loved...even in absence.

So with that, I wish you well Elizabeth Edwards. You and your family. I WILL pray for you. I WILL pray for your husband.

I WILL pray for your CHILDREN.

AND THE WEINER IS???

Well as I predicted, al 'the bore' gore won an Oscar for his dreary 'we're all going to die' sci fi pic "an inconvenient truth".

Which is pretty much what a sci fi movie would be like if done by the weather channel. Boring special effects, dull acting, stiff actors and excruciating voice over work.

The comedic thing about this is that this fiction is and was passed off as non fiction, by true believers that have chosen to make 'environmentalism', their own stand in for a real religion.

YEPPERS! That’s what this is, my lil poots. It’s a pseudo religion. Set up by shallow people that are uncomfortable with any religion that has any standards, or believes in any sort of values.

Nope...better to worship a tree or a rock. And good ole al has set himself up as the high priest.

Now, this entry isn’t going to be a post about 'global warming', as I just don’t have the time for that at this point. Maybe later though. No, this is just going to be on the Oscars.

Now I didn’t watch the Oscars. I just did enough reading pre-Oscar to know that the 'stars' were all going to be showing up in 'hybrid' limos! And it was deemed as the 'green' Oscars!!! I mean crap-doodles, even the stupid and dark animated 'Happy Feet' (which is an enviro flick-duh.) got the Oscar for 'best' animated show.

The writing was on the wall. Of COURSE al gore was going to get the Oscar...........and he did.

And the weiner is???? AL GORE!

So the Tennessee testicle made his loafy self up to the mic. Exchanging googly eyes with leo dicaprio, who breathlessly spouted how much of a hero he (al) is! How much of an inspiration he (al) is!! ("HERO" + "INSPIRATION"= al? makes every bit as much sense as "RUGGED" + "MACHO" +"MANLY" = leo dicaprio. Or BETTER yet: "SEXY+HOT+ PRO AMERICAN BEAUTY= hillary clinton. Ummmmm.....no.)

ANYWAY! So al gets up there and gives his "You love me! You really, REALLY love me!" speech. A pretty lil diddy about how we can allllll make a difference if we just face reality and do our part.

All of the plastic people got up and cheered and applauded and wiped tears from there stretched eyes. Oh...so...so frickin beautiful!

It was only after the show was over that we were able to get a nice, fluffy looky loo at 'the real reality'. The plastic people abandoned their green 'hybrids' for their jets and zipped off to the parties or back to their homes. Al himself went back to his home, and word got out that al lives in not one, not TWO, but THREE HUUUUGE energy gobbling houses.
And al loves to travel! Boy Howdy does he?! Very much like his plastic Hollywood friends at the Oscars, He is quick to push aside his hybrid and jump on that jet to hopscotch around the globe to tell YOU to.....well, I guess NOT to jump on a jet and/or live in big houses.

I don’t know, I think ole al has stumbled on something here that he's taking advantage of. But in its essence, at its core, It IS liberalism at its most obvious.

NOT necessarily believing in anything, but saying ENOUGH and doing enough to make you feel better about yourself and make it look as if you do indeed give a damn. When you really don’t.

So al got himself a lil gold statue. To sum it all up?:

A bunch of losers in life came together and voted to give another loser, a loser award for a loser movie about a loser cause.

Doesn’t make you any bit closer to being a winner al, It just makes you.... well, the high priest of your own made up religion.

But still a loser.

At least it makes you feel good about yourself though. And really isn’t that what liberalism is all about?

ITS OSCAR TIME!!

Yes folks its ‘Oscar’ time! A time when the masses of the Self Important will all gather together and clamor for these little statues called 'Oscars' for validation of a job well done. That moment when fellow actors and directors and the like, get all dolled up and jump into their fancy and yes expensive cars, and on to a gala event where other entertainment snobs get together to celebrate the very 'BEST' of entertainment for that year. (Or so they would have you believe).

What’s interesting is that most of these films are either very mediocre or performed very poorly at the box office.

The pictures up for "BEST PICTURE" are ok choices I suppose. But were they the best? And who decides WHICH films are the ‘best’?

Well...The academy of course!! And who is the "academy"? Well anyone of importance, don’t you know! Directors, actors, screenwriters, producers, critics and the people that know a thing or two about creating a great movie. The problem is that...well...they rarely do.

Yes. The academy jury is overseen by itself. Now you tell me, what criminal wouldn’t want to judge itself?

So how are the awards picked for nominations? How are they chosen for the awards?

Are they chosen for the box office return?

No.

Are they chosen because they truly ARE the very best of the year? That must be it! Yes?

No.

Often times, really more often than not, they are chosen for awards in the very same way that the studio heads and chiefs choose what films are to be MADE.

And that is based on what they can talk about at their hollywood cocktail parties. Or as they hobnob amongst themselves at whatever event.

What is chosen are often times movies that are in the 'bio pick' realm. Or the melodrama. Or the down right over the top political message. (the more leftist the message the more chance you HAVE for an Oscar--Keep that in mind if you are a new filmmaker, cutting your teeth on a cal-art student film).

For an award, it DOES NOT need to be a film that is a 'moneymaker'. Nope. Or even a success on any level. What they want is the social scene conversation maker. Something that they can open a conversation with:

""""Yes..I am SO going to make a movie about blah blah, because it is something that I think really, REALLY must be brought to the attention of society... """ Cut to adoring socialite crowd sipping their $600.00 champagne, "oooo'ing" and "ahhh'ing" about how deep he/she is.

Now I know that some of my hollywood pals/drones/cogs, are saying "oh Handel, Your such a dickweed. How can you say that 'bank-ability' has nothing to do with the choices of what is made and what isn’t?"

Well. We’ve had this conversation before, So let me sum it up. Out of allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the movies out this year, And there has been a crap load. (And I use that term quite literally).

But when you look at the box office returns for the year. Seven (7) out of the ten top moneymakers are either 'family fare' or 'family friendly' movies. But when you line them up against the throngs of more adult nature films, compare the numbers of how many movies are made on each genre, They (family friendly) -are dwarfed by comparison.

NOW.....IF it were that Hollywood wanted to make more MONEY, wouldn’t it make sense that you would have more family films or films geared toward that specific audience?

Well obviously yeah. IF it were about 'Entertainment'. And successfully entertaining an audience.

But it isn’t.

Which goes back to my original point? It is more about bragging rights on the social scene, than having a film that is successful AND well done.

I mean really, Is "million dollar baby" MORE entertaining than Brad Birds "The INCREDIBLES",

Is Clint Eastwood any better a director than Brad Bird? I would argue that Brad Bird could do a film like ‘million dollar baby’ much easier than squinty clinty could do a film such as the "INCREDIBLES".

But instead, the 'animated' film/family film is thrown a bone and given its own category as "best animated film". “””"NO...you must not sit with us here dah'link, you go sit at the kiddies table””".

Even though the "INCREDIBLES" beat 'baby' by a mere 16O MILLION (aprox).

And "Spiderman" beat it by 273 MILLION!

And that is the way it is year after year with family friendly movies beating out others profit wise taking 5-8 slots of the top ten -----EVERY single year.

It aint bouts' the money honey. It taint bouts' the money. It’s about Street cred, or latte cred (this IS hollywood after all).

So when you are watching the awards tonight, (of which I never do--save for once; 1991; to see "Beauty and the Beast” rightfully get nominated and read aloud. Knowing it would never win. But it was fun to watch diseases such as barbara streisand wince in their seats when a ‘cartoon’ was named).

....when watching tonight, keep this in mind:

These are the mediocre, showing up to award the mediocre, FOR the mediocre.

The empty rewarding the empty.. For the worthless.

You want further proof? Let’s see if al gore gets an award tonight. Ya wanna bet? huh? Do ya?

HA!

THIS IS A NO-NO!

OK...At risk of being labled an ass. And I will undoubtably be called an ass for doing so...Let me point out (because no one that I saw on that particular bloggy HAS). The above image is wrong.
WRONG WRONG WRONG. The squirrel is slapping at the monkey upwards. And the monkeys head is going the OPPOSITE way from the swing. This thing happens when people get to drawing to quickly and forget that there are certain laws that still must apply when drawing action scenes.(even scenes with monkeys and squirrels).
Even if you say "well kongs chin was facing opposite of the squirrels left shoulder"!
Well..that isnt seen and it doesnt matter because it still FEELS wrong.

Again...happens to the best of us. Just catch it and fix it when it does..and more importantly, keep it in mind so it doesnt happen again. Because chances are.....your dumbass pals arent going to tell you. And that matters, especially if the name of the game is to "continue learning". (as it should be).

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!


Heres hoping and praying for a great new year everyone! Should be filled with alot of fun, Alot of new and exciting ventures and even some great scrapes!!
Looking back , Its easy to get a little romantic about the 2006 year. But it has had its fair share of tough spots.
Its fair share of losses as well as gains. MANY things that I've had to come to grips with. Dissapointments but also several fantastic points.
The New Year brings new hope, New possibilities, new relationships and renewed love.
Hello to new friends take the place of Goodbye's to old friends.
The excitment of New growth in so many areas, professional as well as personal, take the place of old frustrations.
FAMILY continues to bloom and be strengthened, filling me with pride and genuine happiness.
So here's to the NEW YEAR!

We go forth together. So strap in...........Its gonna be a heck of a ride.

GOODBYE GARBAGE.

More on this later. But it is a GOOOOOD DAY! Unless your a lefty and dont like capital punishment for evil people. But for all of us normal people...GOOOD DAY INDEED!

something just came to my attention..

Its a post by robo...Well I have something for you robo..look for it within a day or so.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

"And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they were sore afraid ... And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not! For, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, and good will toward men."

Luke 2 : 8-14

ROBO...END.

OKAY! Here we are with your other post robo. This one I find to abit more important than the whole “I know you..” thing. The reason I find this more important is that I really want us to understand eachother. The fact that you think I say what I say to just be a….a….’dick’. Well that’s just frustrating. It takes no effort to be a dick, just ask countsy. I on the other hand have points to make. Not based on nastiness, not based on anger, but based in logic. Now you can toss em out the window if you like..but the fact that you think its just because I want to be a meanie shows me that you really ARENT understanding what I’m saying. ESPECIALLY on these points in your post.

Robo says:::

“””’ You manage to cover a lot of subjects in your post,…. RELIGION
Here's what you said about my Storyboredom compadres:””””

(quoting me, ‘Handel’)”” Yesssss, I saw the saintly and descent behavior for my very own self. Very saintly. Very tolerant. Very descent."

Back to robo saying:: “””You saw nothing. You don't know them, you've never spent anytime with them. The internet is NOT real life Handel. It's the internet. I'm talking about REAL LIFE. You remember, the stuff that matters? I have observed behavior in the Count and Underbite that is the very definition of Christian behavior in REAL LIFE.
Clever use of the word descent though. You made a funny.””

Robo you must be a very VERY skinny guy, very flexible, because your bending over backwards and tieing your self in pretzels to make excuses for these gonads. It’s actually a little embarrassing …your justifications, and defense for them.

So! What is it that you are saying then? that they are either ignorantly spoofing or they are lying about what they are saying, and don’t really even believe what they are saying. Both of which are hardly noble causes. When you say that the internet is NOT real life, well…duh?

BUT am I to believe that countsy and the rest don’t believe in what they are saying? Are they lying? Are you? I said long ago, that people will know ME by my posts. Do you think that I believe something, ANYTHING differently than what I have thus far written?

You say I ‘don’t know them, have never spent time with them’. Tell me,,,do you think that they have a good idea of who I am? Based on my writing? I do. And so I feel I have a good idea of who THEY are, based on theirs.

There are really only two choices robo. Either they are lying and bigoted, or they really do believe what they are saying, and are just honest and bigoted Take your pick.

But don’t be disingenuous robo….that’s a suit that doesn’t look good on you.

Robo says:::

“””I have observed behavior in the Count and Underbite that is the very definition of Christian behavior in REAL LIFE.””

Right….I’m …..Sure you have. What did they do? Pet a puppy? Give to their locale ‘planned parenthood’? Laugh at fat people but in a very HUSHED voice as opposed to their regular HAR HAR way? Yes, I’m sure you have.

Robo says:::

“””Clever use of the word descent though. You made a funny.”””

Thanks, I’m a very clever guy. And my bottom is plump like a ripe strawberry.

Robo says:::

“””Then you make assumptions regarding me and how I conduct myself among these "heathens".
You weren't there, so you don't get to pass judgement. Let God do that. Remember him?”””

Okay robo. Heres where we get into some down and dirty. Please (and I am saying this with all sincerity), DO NOT put words to me that I haven’t said. DO NOT quote me as saying something that I have NOT said. Countsy does it, and several others do it to try and lend credence to their flawed point(s). It is a form of lying. I don’t think you are a liar. I think you have been caught up with how others express themselves though. Because you hear nothing but ONE view.

You have “heathens” in quotes. I ask you, have I said that they were “heathens”? Ever? No.

Nothing bugs me more than having words put to me that I never said. I go out of my way to quote you and everyone else-word for word. It’s important for me to do so.

Why?

Because:

1) I owe it to you to do so.

2) Because your (or anyone else’s) words are often times MY best weapon. If you cannot quote me, then all I ask is that you do not bestow words to me that I have not said.

I didn’t make ‘assumptions’ on how you conduct yourself among the good ole boys. I made observations of your silence.

Observations on your justifications.

And as now, observations for your defense of them and their words. Nobodies perfect robo. Just know when to stop digging that hole for yourself.

“THE PASSION”:

robo says:

“”””my 2 cents on this cinematic masterpiece. ……””””

Ok..You say that with all the sarcasm that you could muster. So you didn’t like it. I thought it was cinematically amazing. Beautifully captured and filmed, incredibly acted, brave in its choosing of having it in its native language. All together a very VERY courageous effort. Especially since Gibson went over the heads of the big studios in order to get it done! Really incredible feat. And in the end, a 110% total success. Even with all the flack that was raised against it (wrongly).

Surely any reasonable person would say that that is an incredible achievement. And Gibson didn’t even a garner a nod for best director. Why? Hmmmm is it any less a directing feat than Scorsese ‘last temptation”?

Why didn’t it get more of a notice from the Oscars? Well. Because the ‘last temptation’ was more in line with the way Hollywood thinks. Its better to have Jesus mocked by Hollywood. A toilet type of Jesus is more what Hollywood likes. And that’s why ‘temptation’ gets a nod and the ‘Passion’ doesn’t.

But truth be told, I really don’t care if it gets nominated or not. I laughed upon hearing the ‘snub’. But for THIS film, I didn’t mind that it wasn’t up there with the rest. Its like that old saying (As with people) you are often known by the company you keep.

Robo says:::

Now, why didn’t I like it …Gibson neglected Christ's teachings. You know, the stuff that takes up about a full 3rd of the New Testament?..... 3 hours, lots of blood. No teachings. No sermon on the Mount, no Beatudes, nothing. Even the "Let he who is without sin" beat was played silently (although I thought that was cool, a lot of people didn't know what was happening).
So, in the Sanford household we gave it a thumbs down, not for blood, but for lack of content.”””

Well now I can understand WHY you didn’t like it robo. I don’t agree with it but at least I can understand it. You didn’t like it because you didn’t understand it.

The movie isnt called “the life and time of J.C.” or “Jesus :word up” OR even “Jesus of Nazareth”. It was called “The PASSION”. The title itself tells you right off the bat what this film is about.

It is not the PASSION for pizza, or the PASSION of baseball. Or the PASSION for talking fish and dancing camels.

Its about specifically the last 12 hours of Jesus life.(with some other scenes intercut).

Its about the mental and physical suffering of Jesus in the hours before as well as his trial and execution by crucifixion.

The anguish of knowing WHO you are, and what you are to do. And what you have to GIVE, what you must sacrifice. To redeem the sins of the world.

No content? To know that you could leave or escape your situation at anytime, but choose to stay. To stay not because of the nails driven in you, but out of love. The agonizing fight between your human and heavenly wills as you struggle with your fate.

“No content”?

Is there really “No content” in that, robo?

And if there really is nothing in THAT to converse with and about….then surely the scenes/flashbacks of the saving of the prostitute from stoning….(”those without sin”)…with just the visuals, OR the washing of the disciples feet (“…The world will hate you, remember they hated me first…..they persecute me, they will also persecute you”).

OR yes, the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ segment (“…I say to you love you enemies and pray for those who persecute you…”)

Teachings that YOU say (for whatever reason), are not there.

The whole thing is about Christs ‘teachings’. The fact that you pass it off as a “blood fest” and that you didn’t like it because there was a “LACK of content” is kind of odd, robo.

I think that THAT is one of the truly astonishing things about this movie, And probably the reason that so many in your congregation found it ‘important’ Because it was respectful to Christianity and it was fairly accurate (with of course some creative license—for maximum impact). And THAT’S why it is in fact important. Because in today’s “movie world” those two things are usually absent when making a “Christian” movie.

Your congregation understood what the “PASSION” is, and what it means.

I’m sorry that you didn’t, and that you walked out of the theater ‘numb’ and missing what the whole point was.

NOTE: For the record; ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ is a GREAT movie as well. And yeah, I love it for what it documents. As I love “THE PASSION” for EXACTLY what IT documents. In all of its harsh reality. (as well as its beauty. ). Some things you can’t water down. Just so one feels more comfortable when they’re eating their popcorn.

I don’t mean to sound like I’m judging you, robo. No doubt you’re going to use that as a defense. I just strongly disagree with you. And if you’re “HIGH PROFILE director wanted to know more”, and you said nothing about any of the facts, or the bits of the movie that I pointed out to you. Then let it be shown that once again, you listened but said nothing.

Again though (in your defense), I know how difficult it can be, especially in the industry that we both know.

JOBLESSNESS AND HOW IT HAPPENED

Robo says:::

“””This thing that happened between me and Sony was a long process. it wasn't over one thing, it was over many things over a period of months. I was driving 2 and a half hours a day to a job that was stressing me out to the point I couldn't sleep. I'd very often fall asleep at the wheel. The situation was so bad that it affected my health AND my marriage. You know, REAL LIFE.
You weren't there, you know nothing. I'd have sucked it up and just did as I was told, I might be dead. I am not exaggerating.
Looking back was it worth it? Yes. I have my heath back, and my marriage is back on course.”””

Robo …that’s my whole point and your just underlining what I’m saying. If you look back at my “ROBO” post on this very blog, that’s exactly what I’m talking about.

I said “You DO NOT get fired.” Not over dancing bears and singin fish. If it’s a problem that simply can’t be worked out…and you’ve tried everything and your just miserable, You (as I said way back when) you pack up your crayons and you go to somewhere else. You don’t blow your top and get fired. There’s no control of the situation in that. If your ‘stressed, not sleeping” and especially if its affecting your health and your marriage…you go somewhere else. You don’t risk everything for the toons. NOT singing horses or the next fart gag. You go somewhere else.

Robo says::

“””And I now work at one of the best cartoon studios in the world.
When I came up here, I discovered that most of the people who work here shared my experience in one studio or another. Many were labeled "pains in the ass….you'll find that a lot of people in this business have had similar experiences; Teddy Newton, Brad Bird, Kirk Wise, Glean Keane, John Lasseter, Mark Andrews etc. ".””

Robo, I don’t care if any or all of those people got fired. It doesn’t make it a good thing. Is that really what you want to hang your hat on? Do you think your wife would think that that’s a good rout to go, and a badge of honor? I have loads of respect for people that go and do ‘their thing’ (which is one of the reasons I like Mel Gibson, because he is doing is own thing), that takes a lot of guts. For someone to say, “Screw this. Cant make it work here”. That takes a lot of courage to make that decision. Getting fired is letting the circumstance make the decision FOR you. Not good.

Your talented, you could have gotten into that studio WITHOUT getting fired. You make it sound as if you couldn’t have UNLESS you DID get fired.

BUT you are NOW at that studio …with the SAME MENTALITY.

Again, not good.

Do you remember robo, when I said that you were ‘undisciplined’? Do you remember that? Do you remember the context of that comment?

I remember being astonished when you wrote back. You wrote back “he calls me undisciplined“,… and then you proceed to tell me about what ‘art program’ you were learning (I think it was ‘flash’).

The reason I called you ‘undisciplined’ was due to you saying that your into martial arts and wanted to fight me, because you didn’t like what I was saying to countsy…waaaaaaay back on the ‘lest ye be offended’ thread. Remember that?

YOU don’t even know me, and yet you assume what? Man…that’s pretty dangerous. You pull that out in the street and your gonna get your self killed by some numb nut gang member one of these days man.

That’s why I called you ‘undisciplined’. You have that same mentality when you said “no more” and got fired.

It’s something that you obviously need to work on. Something we all need to work on in some fashion. Although when I hear you…it doesn’t sound as if you’ve learned anything by the way your saying “well so and so have many of the same experiences and blah blah blah”.

You probably STILL don’t know what I’m talking about. And will probably tell me in another post “WHAT DO YOU MEAN UNDISCIPLINED?? I’M learning the latest version of ‘Photoshop’. HA!”

Robo says::

“””Now I work at a place where……..and CHIPPY AND LOOPUS…Texture? Yeah, …I…””..

dancing monkeys and singin fish…Just keep it in perspective robo.

I think that we covered the more important stuff robo. And I hope that there is better clarity now.

I don’t know if I’m going to be able to post again till the new year..(Although I do still owe countsy a proper ass wuppin). So I will say to you..Have a good Christmas, and to your family I wish nothing but the very best to. To you as well countsy (believe it or not).

A Merry CHRISTMAS and a safe and bountiful New Year!

HANDEL

countsy, Searle, Full metal jacket . and the "P" word.

Ha! this is great!!

countsy says::

"""This jerk is so in love with himself, he probably wishes he could fuck himself in the ass, and then feel like a champ cuz he's giving himself a reacharound.""

I reply, by saying that while funny, I thought that I may have heard that before...
to which HE responds..:

countsy:::
"""WRONG! Unless you can provide proof and show me that somewhere else, that is mine! You may be thinking R. Lee Ermey in "Full Metal Jacket" when he tells a recruit "You look like the kind of guy who would fuck another guy in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reacharound!" Similar? Yes. Butt the same? No....What I won't sit back and tolerate is accusations of plagiarism."""

Thats great!!
Its a little like saying: "Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...."
But saying it THIS way: "Once upon a time, in a PLACE, far, far, FAR away...."

I've never seen a better defense for a lack of creativity than what you just stated.
And I never accused you of 'plagerism'. (I prefer to just let your work be it written or drawn, speak for itself..)
I said it once....I'll say it again;
State of the industry.

PS: robo...getting to your reply,,might take a day or so..busy busy. Read it if you like..or not. Your choice.

HAPPY AIDS DAY EVERYONE!!

HAVE YA HUGGED YOUR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE TODAY?

While its important to remember compassion Lets also try and be honest when talking about this disease and the fact that it is for the most part, for THE MOST part, preventable.

ps: robo, I see your part three of which I thought was to be the last of your posts. But now I see you've posted another, of which I havent gotton around to reading yet.
Your part three, is a good one. A little confusing but a good post. And I'll address it. You can choose to read it if you like or choose to just not bother with it. Your choice.
Note: I will probably be taking down those posts from my bloggy within a week. Due to freeing up space. Our little private talkie turned out to be a 'wordy' one. So if your going to read it, check it within one week.

Happy Aids day man!

THE CRYIN' 'COUNTSY'

Countsy says::

“”””Priceless. Attacking my grammar? And that determines anything about me as a story artist?””

Oh sweet lil miss. I wasn’t “attacking your grammar”. I said LONG ago that I rarely will ever do that. Because in the heat of the debate everyone makes a mistake or misspells something. So it’s not even worth noting. I was talking about your phrasing. It was like you had TWO different thoughts on two different subjects strewn together and it didn’t make any sense. That just underlines that story guys aren’t always the best writers.

Here let me help you out:

Countsy should have said::

“””Sure! ‘Storyboard’ isn’t the biggest of the blogs out there, but it DOES get more than its fair share of traffic. People from all walks of life visit the site. Everyone from your average Joe on the street to the best of the best in the art and animation fields. The very people that you would HOPE would visit.

Yes. I banned Handel. Why? Because he offends me. And now no one can benefit from his OH SO SUPREME KNOWLEDGE, and THAT just has to kill that egotistical bastard.

And he has the nerve to call US thin-skinned. HA!!”””

You see what I did there? I just cleaned up the phrasing a little bit. It’s not perfect, but it IS a little easier to understand and a lil bit more fun to read too. Just takes a little practice. Now for a rebuttal.

Handel says::

Yeah, sure countsy. The blog is a fun one. Even if it IS nothing more than a show and applaud gallery. There isn’t a thing wrong with that. As far as being banned from the comments section, I stopped posting in everyone’s blogs long looong ago. (Before I even knew I WAS ‘banned’ really). Why? So that in the very small amount of time that I have to do so, I could post in my own. I’m not offended by you banning me. Really and twully! Cross my heart. Ban away, oh master of free speech.

But make no mistake about it. You are most DEFINITLEY thin-skinned. You are. You cry the loudest when someone challenges you on any number of subjects. You like to dish it REAL hard. But…like so many on your end, you can rarely take a good shot without squealing like a stuck pig. Then its “boo hoo..others are being big ole meanies”.

It’s amazing what a walking contradiction you are. Sadly, its infectious (poor robo).

Lastly counts, when you say::: “””…You float above us all”””.

No, I don’t float above ALL counts. But, most definitely YOU.

WOW! I even beat MYSELF in a debate! Crap!! Dude, you should just give up and go kill yourself.

Till then, take care!

Big ole kissies for the artist formerly known as "robo"

Awesome post! Twuly.
had everything in it. drama and pathos!
Sex and Violence.
Starsky and Hutch
Lavern and Shirly.
Even a kitchen sink.
EVERYthing you could ask for...unless you want the truth, or facts.
First off countsy my lil tom boy, I wasnt "picking a fight" with the artist formerly known as "robo". I was merely answering what I thought was a thoughtfull post from him awhile back. Now back to your corner youngster.(pat pat pat on the bottom).

Hi robo:)

Well here we are..just you...just me. sigh......kinda cozy huh? double sigh.
"classic Handel silliness"? hmmm.. Well I do admit that some of it is retread and yes it gets tiring doing re-tread. But I find that when talking with you or countsy..there is so much embarrasing stuff that you guys have done that you unfortunatly cant slap the "reset" button on and start over. And since I have EVERY ONE of those posts (well just about) saved....your best bet would be to ...(I GUESS) rewrite history.
Such is the case with the whole, "ban him" thing. What your saying is puuuuure "DOMO MAREE POOO-POOOO , MR RO- BOOOO HHOOO! . And ya know it. And I hate that. What digs under my patootie more than anything is when someone is being dishonest with themselves. REALLY REALLY trying to convince themselves of something. You said BAN HIM during a time when I wasnt even 'critiquing' anything art wise. My response was basically to something countsy said..about "freedom of speech". I believe YOUR eloquent response to me and another poster was "ban him", and "....its your blog count, if they dont like what your saying they can fuck off." (Or something to that effect.) Which was beautiful-cuz it curved right into the point I was making at the time. Again...thank you.
And when you say that I was "annonymous". Do you mean because it said "annonymous", or does that count even NOW that I have this lovley lil ol Handel? hmmmm.
In anycase, you can remember it any way you like to remember it. Anyway that makes it easier to wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and say: "yeah..I didnt contradict myself...and my friends are too stupid to go back and look to see what was said. clear and easy".
BUT, as you say-enough of that.

robo says:
""I have a lot to do. I'm working a ............................""

That made me laugh so hard I..I may have pee'd myself...just a lil bit.
I felt like you were standing at a chalk line scrunching your lil face and trying with all your might to PEE as FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR as you can. ((scrunchy scrunchy)).
Dudster...yo..I'm GLAD your busy dude. I AM! I want'cha to be! PLEASE, dont think otherwise. And with that, I'll move on. :) I see no point right now to scrunch my face and PEE. perhaps in the future. But for right now, as in the past, I am confident and I am secure.
(Not that I havent been known to pee every now and then..but right now, I'm good, thanks.)

I got another lil chuckly when I read the whole..." " "he does his typical Handel-thing by basically saying "I don't write angry rants, YOU do!"""
Nope! I just respond in kind. And mind you mr robo, Most of my knock down drag outs are usually with countsy. Not you. You dont really get involved in the "debate on the real world" type of stuff. Remember? You're more the "i'll sit and listen", type. (YOUR words, not mine).
Again, I respond in kind. I mean really, its as if you havent HEARD some of the stuff that countsy and rickart and the rest of the bots say. But then, its just laughed off. I dont mind because then I just b----slap him around. But then you guys cry about it. I tell ya...If I am the "blog troll" then you guys are the lil princely guy from monte pythons holy grail! You know the lil efeminite guy that ...."I just waannt tooo siiiiiiiiiiiing."
If you sallies wanna bring it. coo'. Just dont go crying like a bunch of nancies when someone challenges you in the SAME tone.
robo says:

"""You seem to be rather irritated at me and Count, so you rant rather angrily about us.""
Irritated?.Oh I dont know..quite honestly, you two are pretty much the typical glass jawed lefty art guys. In some ways its funny. And in others ways its annoying. 'freedom of speech(EXCEPT FOR YOU!!). 'Crits welcome(UNLESS THEY'RE UNFLATTERING!). 'Anonomous' is not acceptable (UNLESS YOUR REALLY REALLY NICE TO ME!)'
The list is endless.

Your lil talk on 'chips and loopsy'. """Personally, I think this sTatement is a bit of a reach, and was said in an attempt to get a rise out of me, or perhaps hurt me."""

No. Not trying to get a 'rise out of you' OR hurt you. Any more than you saying that I write long bitter angry pistol to my head lonely rants" (ha) was meant to hurt me or get a rise out of me. I take it as what YOU feel. Nothing more, and nothing less. My view on your strip as I've stated to you quite upfront and as honestly as I could....It is not MY cup o' noodles. Its not. SURE I laugh from time to time. But its pretty much the same 'tone'.
Is there an audience for it. Obviously. Your doing a hell of a job entertaining your back of the room pals, and some guys that are wanting to get into the industry. All that AND having a great time of it. Nutin wrong with that at all, man! Go nutty!! Crappers pippy longstockins, go DOUBLE NUTTY!
For me..uh uh. Its just not my thing. And thats fine. I sometimes tune in to see the execution of certain things. And then dont check back for awhile due to busy, busy. My calling it a 'rant' was more meaning that its pretty...well..(.dont poot yourself now)..pretty one dimensional. Yes, Yes you have the duck and yes, yes...he has a wife and theres a bunny that cusses and and and...
ok.
But....to me I think of it like a bit o music....with the same beat over and over and over. Or like a hack and slash movie thats pretty much the same thing over and over and over.
NOW! As you say..maybe this is just a lil joy ride for you. Just to make yourself and your workbuddies giggle. And if thats the case, I guess thats fine. To me....It rings a little like making underarm farts for the boys in the back of the class. But at least its tried and true.
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE, dont assume that I'm taking a stab at you on this. I told you way back when..taint my sort of thing. I would feel different if it were more textured. And that would make the humor pop a little more.
And if you still think that THATS a "bit of a reach"...well....get it away from your dumbass friends and show it to others for some fresh perspectives.

robo:""""Well, you did succeed at making me go "Huh???"""
Well hopefully I've cleared it up for you. I dont want you scratching your head TOO long on it."whut duh hee meeeeeeeeeeeeeen?"

robo hollas:"""I don't think that youve been unfair. Creepy, obsessive and obnoxious""
well..WHO says we dont have much in common!? HERE HERE!

robo says::""but dude, your "crits" are a cool breeze compared to an old teacher I had by the name of Phil Steel. THAT guy gave harsh critiques"""

Uhhh,,ok. good, good.
But Its like I've BEEN SAYING! They have NOT been unfair to you. NOT been out of spite or meeeeeeeaness. OR Overtly nasty. They have been nothing, but a cool breeze..I like that.
Which makes the fact that your squealing like a lil mary all the more silly.
So knock it off already.
I look forward to the rest of your post. Tried to post in the kagematch (also known as Countsy blog #563), But got denied.:(
So I go hear...Less spineless whiny weenies in here. Nothing but us he-men wussy haters in here.
Till nxt time robo---I'll bring the corn.

DAVE COCKRUM ( 1943-2006 )

DAVE COCKRUM
(Nov 11, 1943 - Nov 26, 2006)




DAVE COCKRUM PASSES AWAY

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According to several sources, legendary X-Men and comic book artist Dave Cockrum passed away in his sleep last night, his death a result of diabetes and its resultant complications. He was 63 years old.
While his Legion work is widely known to Legion fans, Cockrum will forever be known as the artist who, with Len Wein, and later with Chris Claremont, created the new X-Men, and redefined both the existing characters and revitalized the world of the mutants and the franchise for Marvel. Cockrum had two major stints as artist on Uncanny X-Men, from Giant-Size X-Men #1 in 1975 through 1977, and then from 1981-1983.

"Newsarama"
****************************

HANDELS NOTE.

For anyone growing up in the 70's who was even remotlely interested in comic books, you had your share of great GREAT artists. Surely some of the cream of the crop in super critters were:
Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Ross Andru, John Romita, and ......Dave Cockrum.

Dave Cockrum Died yesterday morning. Due to complications from diabetes. Dave was a fantastic guy. Down to earch, Humble and just an all around accessible person. He was you and me. He was a fan of the medium. And the fans of the medium loved Dave Cockrum.
Now I'm sure that there are those out there that arent familiar with anyone predating Jim Lee, So have no idea of who Dave is. In a nutshell, Dave Cockrum is responsible for the Creation of the modern day X-men. Starting with Giant size X-MEN #1 (which I own, thank you very much) and for characters such as "Nightcrawler", "Storm", "Collusus", And "Phoenix","Thunderbird", "mystique", "the Brood" and "StarJammers".
And while not the FIRST artist to draw 'Wolverine',(HERB TRIMPE Hulk 180-181, circ1974), Cockrum was the first to draw him in the way he's been drawn (for the most part) for the past 30 years.
Comic book Accomplishments that are indeed rather on the huge side.
Unfortunatly, like so many comic creators working at that time, as in the golden age...Dave didnt have the knowledge or the foresight to see what impact those characters...HIS characters, would have on the entertainment world.
As with Seigal and Shuster...you had people, both comic book creators AND fans that came to his defense and with a spotlight on Marvel that was NOT altogether positive, Marvel settled with Dave Cockrum on his royalties.
Dave had been sick off and on for some time and in 2004, the comic world was stunned to see just how sick he was. Diabetes. The mounting costs of treatment and lack of ducket had made things pretty tough, And his many fans and peers held a benefit for him to help out someone who'se work inspired them and will continue to inspire.

Sadly, Yesterday morning, (monday the 26th) at the age of 63, Dave Cockrum passed away in his sleep.

So passes a GREAT ARTIST and more importantly a GREAT, GREAT MAN. To be always remembered through countless stories from friends and family, and TONS of truly beautiful artwork, in panels, strewn together to make what we call....Comics.

God bless ya Dave Cockrum. And my prayers and heart go out to your loving family.
Thank you.

RESPONSE TO THE RECENTLY DECEASED 'ROBO' (PART TWO).

Robo says::

“””I keep politics out of Chipps and Loopus for a reason. I want their world to feel like their world, not ours. I go out of my way not to reference pop culture or politics in the strip. I am a big fan of Walt Kelly, and he mixed politics into his strip all the time, to the detrement of the strip at times. Many have said that the politics in Pogo tainted that little world forever, and that is why I stay out of it in "Chippy and Loopus."”””

Well! A moment of agreement. I think that it’s a wise choice. UNLESS you’re whole thrust is pretty much a political cartoon. Where it IS what it is. Even the ones that do it REALLY, REALLY WELL, it still kinda bothers me. No matter what the slant. It always reminds me of a cameo of a star that’s just in the movie for like a split second..(ala Christian Slater in the star trek movie….bugged the crap outta me!). It’s just a mental speed bump and assumes wrongly that everyone is gonna think you’re the bees knees in being clever. When it’s just being arrogant and narcissistic. COUGH! COUGH! COUNTSY! COUGH! COUGH!!!

Lastly,

Robo says:::

“”””I know who you are, and you know I know, so let's drop the coy double talk. Don't worry, I won't "out you" so just calm down. “””

Again, I don’t know how else to be more clear. You assume that I’m worried. Somehow a’shakin in muh boots <<<”so just calm down”>>>. At the thought of being “outted”.

Tell me, robo…..even countsy who we can safely say, pretty much can’t stand me, even HE doesn’t think I’m stupid. Do YOU think that I would come into this thing and say the things that I say, in the manner that I say them. Straight from the gut, and not think that someone, SOMEWHERE wouldn’t know who I am?

Of course not.

Do I care?

Of course not.

We both know it’s really not that big of an industry. We, no doubt know many of the same people.

You may or may not know me or at the least, know who I am. Let’s return to my original question. How have I been unfair to YOU? Yeah….I’ve called you out on a few issues. Yeah, I’ve been in debate with you about art issues, and I have also been complimentary towards you. I’ve been honest with you, both in crit and compliment.

If you DON’T know who I am, then go back to one of my waaaaaaaay earlier posts, where I say that you will know me by my posts. You will. I will be honest with people. About their work, (if they are posting) or their philosophies from art to politic to ANYTHING. I WILL do my very best to be honest with people. Countsy is a monkey ass, but a very, VERY talented monkey ass. I can say that. And it aint even hard, sweetheart. Because it’s the truth, and I have to be honest enough to myself to say it. AND admit when I’m wrong. You still have me pondering something these many months later. And I’ll get around to that, Later.

NOW! THAT SAID,

IF you DO know who I am, then all you have to do is look into my past, and tell me if what I have had to say is anything that I wouldn’t tell anyone. Be it a friend or be it a foe.

Would I have it in me to say it. No matter to whom, if it were what I observed it to be or felt it needed to be said. If I believed it was important enough to say. IF I believed it to be the TRUTH.

If you DO know who I am, then I think you would have to come to the conclusion,

‘Yeah….he would.’

Maybe that’s the thing…I wont needlessly pet someone for pettings sake. I will always TRY to be honest with them. Whether I know them or not. I owe it to them to be so.

But trust me when I say this robo, and I mean this with all my grisly blackened heart.

I don’t care WHO knows who I am. Let me say that in Spanish just in case you’re of the Latino descent.

“”Los pies huelen como los monos hacen””

Or of the French descent:

“”Hé le marin est que mes fesses que vous mâchez sur ?”””

Maybe German descent:

“”Meine pepperoni Brustwarzen sind spur mit Vorahnung””

And what the heck, so there is no confussion, just in case you’re an IIII-TALION:

“”””Prego, la faccia di conti somiglia al mio pooper su un giorno pruriginoso.”””

So please..dont think otherwise. Feel free to spread the word if you like. It ISNT I who is afraid of not being invited to the Starbucks to laugh at fat people. Somehow…I…I think I will carry on

My confidence is high, and

My priorities are elsewhere.

I think I’ve answered your post. Although I WOULD still like to know where you feel I’ve been unfair to you. I really am curious. So do tell me if you like. I mean, it’s not as if I’ve said anything to you that’s just OUTRAGEOUS! Or said anything to you like: “ “”You SIR, are a punk a@@, hairy back Martha, jerk weed, camel nose, retarded, stinkwad, weevil bottomed, baboon a@@, noodlespined, sissy of a Nancy boy, bill clinton, hack of a toad testis, flaccid, weenie, anal gland, turdball, pansy that stinks of beck Bristow penis.

Because THEN you would have a legitimate beef with me. Because it’s not true, and I would be speaking a falsehood. And besides, ‘countsy’ already HAS dibbs on that name, and I cant give it to the BOTH of you.

OH and let me say for the record, that I really am glad that you are at the pixie!! I was praying for ya, during that bout. I really do think it will be great for you and that you will learn and hopefully do something that I think is hard to do at Disney for a story guy…GROW. So hopefully they will kick your assy, cuz you need to delearn all the butt gags, and get back to…well…making good stories.

And you will..cuz you good.

I wish you well robo. Believe it or not, I don’t wish ‘countsy’ any ill will either. I hope nothing but the best for ya both! With that, I will say I hope you had good turkey day. Although you are a lefty so I hope you had good tofurky day, and I wish you a fantastic Christmas! (Although you are a lefty, but sorry, I just cant bring myself to say happy ‘winter solstice’—again, ssssssssssssssssssorry.)

Hip hop le hibby to da hibby.

Outta here.

RESPONSE TO THE RECENTLY DECEASED ROBO (PART ONE)

Hiya Robo.

Well its been awhile. Busy busy, busy. You know how it is.

I’m way behind on the many things that I’ve needed to write about. On that long list of things was a proper response to your post (way back in august on ‘countsy’s’ carnival blog.) And while you were a little farther down the line on the list, I DID want to get to you before things got crazy busy again.

Firstly, thanks for your post. I appreciate it…I do. Now, TO your post. I get the feeling as though you think I’ve been unfair to you in some way. I’ll come back to that in a second.

But to the specifics of your post: You quote me:

“”Handel sez:

"I don’t care if you and ‘countsy’ are friends. Not in the least!"

and robo says::

“””You say this, and yet your actions prove to be contrary. You may not care, and you may be a happy-go -lucky guy who is happy with his life and his family, and yet your actions are those of a warped frustrated old man….Guys who sit around and write angry rants on the internet are generally lonely bitter guys. Once again, you say that you do not fit this description, and yet in word and deed, you do.”””

Well robo, You believe what you want. But mind you, I didn’t even HAVE a blog before I came across yours and countsy’s blog. Of which I was met with the typical hostility that is trademark of the left. It was even YOU who said “BAN HIM”, and that was to the very mild criticism to countsy’s BS on ‘free speech’, and I said it was the left that preaches ‘free speech’ and then does everything it can to squelch it. I thought you by saying “BAN HIM” was SUCH a lovely illustration at just the right time. I thank you.

Again, You and countsy had a great deal of a head start on the ‘blog thing’ long before I came in, writing your own “ angry rants”. And that was fine then! Oh yes it was. Why? Hmmmm, was it because you were all engaged in a mutual thought, pet-athon? AAAAAND utterly UNchallenged. Well sure it was. Then and only then is writing angry rants on the internet a fine and dandy thing. And I would be careful with your terms and definitions about “guys who sit around writing angry rants…bitter LOOOONLY guys.”” I mean after all, what is your strip, but one loooooong bitter angry rant.

Comon robo, do you mean to tell me that countsy’s postings which far outnumber MINE are NOT angry rants? Is HE a “bitter, lonely, warped man”? Of course you would say no. because he’s your amigo, compadre, ((siiiiiigh))soulmate (in a non ‘broke back’ way of course…although I don’t really know ya both so I cant assume either way.)

Its just inconsistent robo…Not really surprised by it. But it IS what it is.

But if you want to see me in that light, well what can I say? I look around me and I see nothing but goodness. A life truly blessed. The fact that lil ole ME makes all of you lefties a little crazy…well…that’s just puddin’ sugah….just puddin’.

But STILL, back to you…where have I been UNFAIR to you. You’re mad because I have the gall to challenge you and countsy on any NUMBER of issues? Is THAT it?

Hmmm if that IS it then its pretty shallow ground you stand on. Seriously…tell me where I’ve been unfair to you. I would really like to know.

You quote me as saying:

"I’ve found it fascinating to watch YOU be loud on some issues and yet oddly silent on other issues. “Why?” I wondered….I pressed you on it and came to the conclusion that you just might have differing opinions than the rest of your crew….yet chose to be silent. Because you maybe what?....felt uncomfortable being…the ‘odd man out’ as well?"

and then robo says:

“””Which issues? Religeon? Hey, when the time comes, I'll throw my 2 cents in. This is an issue that is difficult to discuss in this day and age. What I did say on the issue was that I wondered why so many got the wrong idea about Christianity. I know of a few reasons. Like I said, when Count brings it up, I'll throw in. The last time he brought it up, I did a lot of listening in order to figure out what everyone was upset about.”””

Right robo..You’ll throw your two cents in. When? “when the time comes”. That’s what I thought. So I waited. I’m a people watcher. I’m just curious to see what they say and when they say it….I was curious on YOUR views of the subject. I knew countsy’s and it pretty much was what I thought it would be, bigoted, stupid, insipid, ignorant and smelling of bad cheese. Your typical thoughtless lefty.

But YOU robo…I wanted to hear from you. And so I waited and continued to wait…sifting through countsy’s and then rickarts silliness…waiting.

Nothin’.

YOU who were not too shy usually about piping up.((chirp, chirp, chirp)) It’s often said that when so many are shouting that the one voice that is the loudest is the one that is silent.

You were silent.

Which piqued my curiosity sompin fierce!

So I asked you a question…(POKE)

And another question…(POKE, POKE).

And I got a lil insight….(POKE, POKE, POKE}

And Then I knew that I had struck pay dirt.

YOU didn’t pipe in, or as you say “throw your 2 cents in”, and you wouldn’t have EVER piped in unless I pushed you. Unless I poked you out of your cone of silence. Turns out you might have a little different view (not by much maybe), than that of countsy, and the other bots. So it’s safer to be silent. Let it pass. After all, lunch is at the ‘smokehouse’ tomorrow and why rock the boat.

WHEN prodded…you then come out but then try and alter it as much as possible to still seem…oh I dunno…palatable to the wing nuts. (Remember the ‘smokehouse’. remember the ‘smokehouse’).

Some such sillyness about Bush and …..etc, etc.

But as you say….I know it’s a tough issue to talk about, especially in the world we work in. And its not always comfy. ESPECIALLY when you hear your pals bashing it to the hilt ---oh and they were. Hard! And yet….

How was lunch by the way? Good, I’m sure.

Robo says::

“””and I’m not the lefty you think I am”””

dude…I don’t care really what you are. As long as it’s for real. Countsy is a jack ass, fine. You’re a lefty, whatever. I can deal with all that. As long as I know that what I’m dealing WITH is for real.

You quote me as saying:

“”And sticking to my beliefs and values even if that means clashing heads with a lot of the people around me””

Robo says::

“””””Good for you, but on this issue, you have no idea what you are talking about. I recently lost a job because I wouldn't roll over and agree with what everyone said.”””

Ok robo. Let me put this to you bluntly…but as clearly as I can. Everything that I’m talking about there has to do WITH REAL LIFE!! NOT THE FRIGGIN CARTOONS! NOT TALKING SQUIRRELS AND DANCING FARTING BUNNIES!!

REAL LIFE, YA KNOW? THE STUFF THAT MATTERS?

Look, I’m sorry you lost your job over whatever. I can only imagine how that conversation went:

Director: “no, no I think that he should just drop his pants.”

Robo: “NO! NO! NO! It would have the cinematic PUNCH we’re looking for, the emotional pull if you will, if he farted a little while the pants fell.”

Director: “hmmm..nooooo I think we did that the last three films robo. Let’s return to the basics, okee doke?”

Robo: NO! We’ll move the camera and have an upshot of the pants and THEN the fart! THE CROWD WILL LOVE IT!

Director: “I…”

Robo: “&^%$# YOU! IT’S FART WAY OR THE HIGH WAY!!PISS PISS! CRAP! HAMSTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!”

I mean really…If you lost your job, I’m sorry about that. I knew that you would bounce back. I did. And I’m glad you did, sincerely. BUT if you are equating what I’m saying about “beliefs and values” to your JOB. Then you have a problem with priorities. And that’s HUGE.

THERES COBWEBS IN HERE!!

Been away for awhile...busy busy busy! Bout' to make a return though. Lots to say..A tribute, some upcoming stuff and of course my heart to heart response (late in coming..busy busy) to a seemingly now deceased 'robo'. (havent forgotton about it.)
coming soon.