Currently AFK.
If you need me you know how to reach me....
3.13.2020
Out of an abundance of caution and our great concern of the safety of VSL readers we are temporarily putting the blog on hold until such a time as humor, irony and sarcasm become safe again.
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Stay well and find ways to have fun. I wish more of your readers got your sense of humor. I think it IS possible to both understand the seriousness of this point in time and also talk about the disappointment and frustration in dealing with it.
ReplyDeleteHumor, irony, and sarcasm are just what we need now but are sold out nationwide (especially here in D.C.). Some of us appreciated it so thanks for trying.
ReplyDeleteIt's my fault. I went a bit over the top on that post. Now taken down. The situation IS too serious to bitch about right now. The commenters were right. I was wrong. I'll fix it with some better posts. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be back tomorrow.
Relax. We still love your unique way of expressing yourself.
ReplyDeleteYou're not the only one "blowing off steam" from time to time ;-)
Must've been some dynamite stuff. Sorry I missed it.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the title on this post? That's not gonna happen.
We live in (culturally) deadly serious times.
Darn I must have missed a good one!!!
ReplyDeleteEric
Humor alert. Via twitter ...
ReplyDeleteBREAKING: The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out.
https://twitter.com/DiageoLiam/status/1238021117941596161
As Scott said, we need it more than ever. And your occasional irreverence is a welcome breath of fresh air in the stale times. Please keep your thoughts and humor coming! We all have more time to read it, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kurt. I appreciate your comment!
ReplyDeleteNothing to see here folks. Move along...
If this was the item I read earlier, wow.
ReplyDeleteIf you keep writing I'll keep reading.
"Don't let the bastards wear you down."
"The commenters were right. I was wrong."
ReplyDeleteThat brought to mind the Leonard Cohen song, A Singer Must Die.
You were not wrong. They were not right.
Steve B
Glad I got to read it.
ReplyDeleteI like your posts and humor. Keep having fun, what else should you do.
Best way to hurt your self is to sit in a chair doing nothing, talking to no one.
I didn't see the "redacted" post, but suspect I'd have been amused - sometimes humour, especially close to the knuckle humour, is the best way to deal with either a crisis or frustration.
ReplyDeleteI do hope posting resumes soon. If I end up having to self-isolate I'm going to need a decent read more than ever.
I hope you and yours sail through this with minimum disruption.
Andy
One week tops and you'll be back in the fray
ReplyDeleteI had to look up "AFK"
ReplyDeleteThat is much better than "AFC" Away from Camera
Or, AFF which is much better than either. (Away from Facebook, the colossal time sink)
I didn't find anything that you wrote which you then redacted as being out of line or insulting. Personally, I think you are falling for their attacking, insane, and inane line of BS.
ReplyDeletePlease don't give into them by changing how and what you write.
It's OK to have different opinions, we are all different people stock piling pasta and toilet paper. Skipping a blog is not as bad as hosting an article of a friend bragging about his new car..
ReplyDeleteThanks, please stay healthy.
Henk
In other words, you are shutting down the blog permanently. Thanks, Kirk, it's been a slice.
ReplyDeleteI read your deleted post. I knew ‘the sky is falling’ readers would miss the necessity of your commentary. I thoroughly enjoyed your post. Nevertheless I respect your decision to remove it. Please be mindful of their future (pressure) comments/questions re: religious affiliation or position on state’s rights. Non carborundum illegitimi.
ReplyDeleteYou could trade that hand sanitizer in for a Leica SL2 and have money left over.
ReplyDeleteIf it's any comfort, I'm being called a sick bastard for sending out links to the opening scene of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (they may have a point).
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find that bottle of hand sanitizer? We haven't seen any of it in Seattle for about three weeks.
I presume that was the ‘pool’ post. I didn’t see anything to complain about. I did comment there so I hope it wasn’t mine that upset you!
ReplyDeleteI also figure it is about your pool post.
ReplyDeleteOf all public places, a facility for chlorinated water should be safe. Yeesh.
Talking about Leica SL2's I was talking to the product manager at The Camera Store in Calgary and they just had 6 come in and they are expecting several more in the coming week(s). If anyone is interested I can forward you the number and the person to talk to.
ReplyDeleteEric
ps: And no I have no vested interest in TCS
I have a number of musician friends here in Santa Fe and they are seriously screwed; they depend on lots of people coming to see them, and lots of people aren't coming to see anything anymore. They were already hanging on by their fingernails because of the robber barons now streaming everything and paying almost nothing for it. However, it has occurred to me that I'm safer than most -- I live in a very photographical town and I tend to see "long" -- 70mm is very comfortable to me, and 85 is good too. That gives me the suddenly fashionable social distance. Now I can walk through town shooting but telling people I'm social distancing, rather than invading their private space. You no longer have to worry about them getting up in your face, either; if they do, just cough. I wish I'd seen your intemperate post, but I missed it. If it was about what I think it was, the MFers who screwed the entire nation thinking that they might benefit politically, more power to you.
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