tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post1063163729861907940..comments2024-03-11T05:03:14.020-07:00Comments on Ernie's Place: Vote!Ernie Branscombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-90308563276052006112008-11-14T13:05:00.000-08:002008-11-14T13:05:00.000-08:00Spy, Suzy olny took amanita muscaria twice. The 1...Spy, Suzy olny took amanita muscaria twice. The 1st time i was seven yrs old and i tooke it with my brtother who was 12. the next time i was about ten and i took it alone. That was all Suzy needed. im sorry abuot yr freind, who crawled aroud the woods for 3 days and 3 nights... i really am. psychedelics are not 4 everybodey. But suzy hadda good trip, both times and swa the sunrise at midnight over kings peak looking west. I will tell u that amanita is differant then sillyciben or peyote or dmt or lsd. Because on amanita u are totally in the trip, u go all the way! its not like yr imagination or whatever, its more like <I>real</I> LOL --yr not just <I>imagining</I> yr in anciant egypt or on saturn or wherever... u really are <I>there</I>. <BR/><BR/>but for a vision quest u can use peyote ... and then smoke some cubensis... that'll get yuo to the top of spyrock <BR/><BR/>--if thats yr true names quest to find u... <BR/>then that may be where yr path leads 2 <BR/>--yuoll run run run alltheway to the top tip <BR/>and then when your there and u figure out ur true name ...<BR/>trip<B>!!!</B><BR/>-- youll keep climping higher and hiegher <BR/>to the sun <I>u will fly </I>! <BR/>yr mouth will get dryer and dryer and <BR/>then yuo will die...<BR/><BR/>and in the end if it turns out that u r miles davis... well its not Suzys fualt i mean like whos goona take advice from a crazy blogger who cant spell mushmroom?<BR/><BR/>but in case anyones listening --stay away from datura... if its not cured right .... Suzy took it at the matell in 97... my friends found me crewling across the parking lot at the redway post office. <BR/><BR/>now where did that grilled cheeze sandwich i was eating go to? ... spaced it out again...<BR/><BR/>peaceandlove,<BR/>sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-37711873438614788962008-11-13T21:28:00.000-08:002008-11-13T21:28:00.000-08:00mushrmooms, you mean animita mascaria. a friend o...mushrmooms, you mean animita mascaria. a friend of mine ate one of those and crewled around the forest for 3 days. then he thought he was miles davis for the rest of his life.<BR/>i know where you can have your vision quest. climb up spyrock and spend the night at the very top. that's what they want to do with me.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-51315387166474238842008-11-08T09:38:00.000-08:002008-11-08T09:38:00.000-08:00Dang Suzy, I like your posts. I wish you wrote her...Dang Suzy, I like your posts. I wish you wrote here more often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-62858258433340732792008-11-08T09:17:00.000-08:002008-11-08T09:17:00.000-08:00I'm just happy Joe Blow is finally not talking abo...<I>I'm just happy Joe Blow is finally not talking about himself in the third person.</I><BR/><BR/>LOL! Suzy totally argrees. it was a trite literary device Joe... a pretentious and offensive cliche... and really creepy -- shame shame. <BR/><BR/>but jst to show u that shes a good sport LOL! Suzy will give yuo a special writing tip straihgt from her little heart LOL for free! <BR/><BR/>its abuot yr name -- joe blow ... its a pretty good name but its a little bit flat --knowhatimean? Sorta mundane... Suzy thainks u need antother blow, Joe... to loosen up, to give urself some movement ... some gamble, some beat... more rhythm and rhyme... knowhatimsayin? thats what its allabuout ... rite? <BR/><BR/>its called a <I>vision quest</I> joe, when yuo go ontop of a mt and fast and take mushrmooms and peyote and pray and recieve yr new name ... its heavvy shit joe its what a writer does... some of them go there for not just a new name but 4 every fucking word! ... its a hard job yuo have undertaken when u picked up the keyboard or pen or whatever but the goodnews is, Joe, u dont have to pray or fast or take drugs or any of that Joe... cuz Suzy did it 4 yuo... LOL!<BR/><BR/>and ur new name is .... <B>Joe Blow Blow</B> ... <BR/><BR/>that sounds a lot better, eh? it has a cewl ryhthm going on in there and it rhymes twice as much as before!<BR/><BR/>luv and peace,<BR/>SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-88131954857653392922008-11-07T06:49:00.000-08:002008-11-07T06:49:00.000-08:00Your mom was definitely an accomplished lady &...Your mom was definitely an accomplished lady & you should be proud. She went a long way from Spy Rock!Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-62032920491680166252008-11-07T06:48:00.000-08:002008-11-07T06:48:00.000-08:00I remember always feeling sorry for the teacher...I remember always feeling sorry for the teacher's kid. Seemed they had to live up to higher standards & bear harsher punishments than the rest of us. A few kids I went to school with got double whammies because they had their mom as a teacher in elementary school & their dad in high school. The principal's kids at least didn't have to bear their father in the classroom.<BR/>I love your stories, Spy. You could fill a blog of your own... you know?Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-38318790897771696152008-11-06T21:40:00.000-08:002008-11-06T21:40:00.000-08:00Spyrock, what an amazing story!Spyrock, what an amazing story!Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-66651263497842199712008-11-06T16:23:00.000-08:002008-11-06T16:23:00.000-08:00my mom was born at the indian reservation hospital...my mom was born at the indian reservation hospital in covelo back in 1911. her father carried her by horseback 15 miles back to the west side of the eel a mile from spyrock where they lived. my mom and uncle delbert rode a white mule to spyrock school. they lived in a log cabin type house on the south side of shell rock creek just down the hill from the old simmerly house. from the 3rd floor of the simmerly house you could see their house. when my mom got old enough to go to high school, they moved and later my mom lived in mill valley with her aunt and rode the ferry boat to san francisco state which was downtown in those days. she became a teacher but when she got married they tried to hide the fact from everyone and got married in napa because a married woman couldn't teach in those days because of the depression. so she lost her job and got hired teaching school for kids in a hospital that had tuberculosis and rheumatic fever. i still test positive for tb. when the war started, she got a job driving a school bus and eventually got hired as a teacher again. a year after i was born she went back to teaching. a year later she was made the principal of the school.<BR/>you have to remember, this was back in the days of radio, no tv. the pta meeting was the main event in town back in those days, the whole town would show up. and every holiday there would be a christmas pagent that the whole school would participate in, a great holloween event and so on. this was back in the days of paddles and all the kids were terrified of my mom. they would litteraly run away from me when i was a kid. she had a backup 8th grade teacher nicknamed mr. goodnight who would paddle the bigger kids. so all the kids kept their distance from me when i was young. i was never referred to by my own name until i went away to college. i was always referred to as her son by everyone in town except friends my own age. after ten years of being a principal, they made her a superintendant because they built another school. she could have been the county superintendant, but she turned them down. after she retired, they named a school after her and she served on the county board of education until she was 91years old. no one would run against her. i was never comfortable with this situation. i always had to dress up and be an example for the other kids and if i didn't there was hell to pay.<BR/>but for growing up in spyrock, my mom achieved a lot more than most women did in her day. she was a trail blazer and i'm proud to be her son.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-55675493506659308262008-11-06T12:52:00.000-08:002008-11-06T12:52:00.000-08:00Well said Ernie, 12;32.OregonWell said Ernie, 12;32.<BR/><BR/>OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-18507570711390878412008-11-06T12:32:00.000-08:002008-11-06T12:32:00.000-08:00I would actually like to hold a public office, and...I would actually like to hold a public office, and I think that I would actually like helping people. I just don’t think that I would like the feeling of people less informed than me telling me that I was wrong all the time. I don’t think that I could hold up to the public scrutiny of running for office. <BR/><BR/>I find great humor in peoples differences, and they don’t. I don’t think that people are wise enough to deal with differences yet, and I’m a little different than most.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-29369013348247566662008-11-05T22:57:00.000-08:002008-11-05T22:57:00.000-08:00Now you've peaked my curiosity (again), Spy. Why ...Now you've peaked my curiosity (again), Spy. Why did you have enough of the spotlight when you were a kid?Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-89321769768493208202008-11-05T20:32:00.000-08:002008-11-05T20:32:00.000-08:00watching the news tonight, they showed the kids at...watching the news tonight, they showed the kids at school having their own election. they had an asian, black, white, and latino kid each say that now they know that even they could become president. so far, only 44 people have been president. i agree. you have to have money to win, because big money is against you. i don't think very many people know even a little bit of what's involved in trying to run for political office. but i never have ever told my daughter what she couldn't do. she wound up graduating from ucla and is a beautiful human being. personally, i've never had a desire to be the president or even the supervisor. i had enough of the spotlight when i was a kid. but i really believe that anyone can be anything they set their mind to. you dream your world into being.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-32244640803457622062008-11-05T17:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T17:08:00.000-08:00Pay & you can play, Ben. Doesn't matter w...Pay & you can play, Ben. Doesn't matter which party you're with.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-54727606498651498842008-11-05T14:57:00.000-08:002008-11-05T14:57:00.000-08:00"No leader, no political party, has ever provided ..."No leader, no political party, has ever provided prescient leadership that satisfies the masses for long."<BR/><BR/>FDR was reëlected three times. Apparently, he managed to satisfy the masses until his (literal) dying day.Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251922401043187480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-12253382727107268532008-11-05T14:27:00.000-08:002008-11-05T14:27:00.000-08:00Speaking of "rat's ass," it is entirely possible t...Speaking of "rat's ass," it is entirely possible that Joe Blow IS Stephen. Over at SoHum Parlance, Stephen just submitted a diatribe using that exact term. <BR/><BR/>In addition, the two bloggers are similar in their lack of brevity and paragraphing, their words choices, and the tendency to sandwich illogic between bits of logic. Not to mention point of view and interest in SoHum politics. <BR/><BR/>Just a little discourse analysis du jour.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-62792324068685603142008-11-05T09:05:00.000-08:002008-11-05T09:05:00.000-08:00Joe BlowI harbor you no ill will; indeed, I give g...Joe Blow<BR/><BR/>I harbor you no ill will; indeed, I give great value to your comments here. You broaden the base of opinions greater than most other commenters.<BR/><BR/>I look for eloquence, not in what people say, but in what they feel and what they know. So, your comments stand out and elicit feelings, knowledge, and comments from others better than most. You add greatly to this blog.<BR/><BR/>In your eloquence of feelings, knowledge, and emotions you have proven my point so well that I feel little need to comment about them. But, I will.<BR/><BR/>Fortuitously, for me you have just dramatically proven my point. I didn’t break down your door, drag you into the street, and force you to agree with me. I sat here amongst literally millions of blog writers, writing my drivel, and you came in my door, read what I have to say, made up your mind about what I said, and you expressed your opinion. What makes you so sure that I haven’t “recruited” you?<BR/><BR/>Did it ever occur to you, that is what the first amendment is all about? The first amendment is about my right to warn you about danger, and inform you about the joys of the world, and most of all it protects my right, and ironically, your right to express an opinion.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your opinion, Ernie<BR/><BR/>P. S you can say “rats ass” here, I think it adds drama and class!Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-50477457728086191062008-11-05T08:38:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:38:00.000-08:00Robin, McCaIn is the rich kid. Certainly not Obama...Robin, McCaIn is the rich kid. Certainly not Obama. I'm with Bunny. It was such a thrill to realize that millions of Americans were on the streets last night celebrating the Democratic victory. The Republicans are going to have to move to the center if they wish to recover from this situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-24595245389796261672008-11-05T05:29:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:29:00.000-08:00The kid can become president so long as the kid is...The kid can become president so long as the kid is rich, Spy. You left that part out.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-89507871613505410842008-11-05T05:25:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:25:00.000-08:00america is a dream that people all over the world ...america is a dream that people all over the world have heard about. where there is freedom and equality. today america is walking her talk or we actually are the land of opportunity. when a single mom's biracial kid can become president, then any kid can become president. there are no more excuses not to be a responsible citizen. it's not bullshistory now. its real. but if you prefer otherwise, go back to sleep maybe you are just having nightmare.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-50489759034097645562008-11-05T01:40:00.000-08:002008-11-05T01:40:00.000-08:00Gee, I hope the post-election giddiness will soon ...Gee, I hope the post-election giddiness will soon subside.<BR/>Bunny, usually I credit you with quality commentary, but to read your “I am so excited about today. America comes of age.” entry at 6:53 certainly smacks of naiveté. Um, what exactly do you believe will change?? Read your history: No leader, no political party, has ever provided prescient leadership that satisfies the masses for long. And to have you dictate what THE important issue that trumps all others (Iraq over abortion/gay rights) is a bit narrow-minded on your part, yes?<BR/>We may all be receptive to change now but, soon enough, those who become disenchanted with Obama for not effecting that “change“ (however you define it) will clamor for another new direction yet again. The cycle always repeats. By nature, we are a restless and discontent people, and we demand that our leaders be our shepherds AND our servants. (Can you recall any leader who has fit that criteria??)<BR/>You imply that your vote for Obama was in protest against the decision to go to Iraq. OK, does it end there for you? What are you going to do to help Obama succeed in making his new vision for this country a reality? Please share, or was your vote just payback?<BR/>“America comes of age.” Do tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-16960373361995766912008-11-04T23:47:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:47:00.000-08:00its called tolerance mr blowjoe. personally, i be...its called tolerance mr blowjoe. personally, i believe in individuality and what is coming from inside me. i'm not into groups. but in reality, we all live in groups with other people many whom hold different views than our own. in other words, you either respect diversity or you don't. you tolerate someones right to believe whatever they want even though its not your cup of tea. i work in a 95 per cent hispanic workplace. i live in an area that is predominently christian but there are at least 20 different interpretations of what each church means by that.<BR/>some people just like being left alone. some people like being unhappy. that's what they are used to. being vurnurable scares them too much so they basically live within a prison of their own creation. i'm perfectly fine leaving people with their own unhappiness if that's what makes them happy. i don't really care if someone agrees with me or not.<BR/>i believe that people are doing the best they can. but i will point out where i think the path goes sort of like a pathfinder. something like warning people about the cliff over there or the quick sand over there. watch out for that truck. but i don't try to talk people out of what they believe or try to stop them from their desire that everyone shares their identical vision. sometimes the best thing you can say to someone is nothing. but to understand ernie you have to realize that he has a big heart that includes most of what he sees and he knows from his ancestors that he's connected. and a connected person is the last thing you want to mess with. at least with a rattlesnake, you would get a warning.<BR/>perhaps you didn't like the outcome of the election. if so, learn from john sidney mccains example and bow out gracefully. he almost sounded like kevin costner tonight and he's demonstrated great timing in comedy. but the next leader of the free world, he is not. god chose obama.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-50246800895693442522008-11-04T22:10:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:10:00.000-08:00I'm just happy Joe Blow is finally not talking abo...I'm just happy Joe Blow is finally not talking about himself in the third person.Kristabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431072549600609945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-15712386308723998872008-11-04T22:00:00.000-08:002008-11-04T22:00:00.000-08:00Hey Joe Blow, if you don't give a rat's ass what E...Hey Joe Blow, if you don't give a rat's ass what Ernie thinks, there is a quick and easy cure. Stop reading his blog. It seems so obvious.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-74541201510302489882008-11-04T21:50:00.000-08:002008-11-04T21:50:00.000-08:00Uh oh, Ernie... Looks like Joe Blow is your Strven...Uh oh, Ernie... Looks like Joe Blow is your Strven. What a jerk!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-75792920892831349772008-11-04T21:25:00.000-08:002008-11-04T21:25:00.000-08:00Ernie, you are one of the interesting, genuine peo...Ernie, you are one of the interesting, genuine people I know. I love reading what you have to say.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.com