tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post111620022466170874..comments2007-02-20T23:14:40.688-05:00PeaceBanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1116515692824312842005-05-19T11:14:00.000-04:002005-05-19T11:14:00.000-04:00

PEACEBANG PRINTS RETRACTION!!<BR/>THIS JUST IN!!<BR/><BR/>Your faithful correspondent, writing from Pennsylvania, reports that after one day of traveling and being subjected to the unavoidable, unremitting "cell yell" of others (particularly one vapid hausfrau type with one of the most awful Minnesota accents I have ever heard -- David M., stop laughing -- prattling on and on about family issues!

PeaceBanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1116263370155048702005-05-16T13:09:00.000-04:002005-05-16T13:09:00.000-04:00

You know, what is really sad are the responses you got from this post. Whether they agreed or disagreed, none of them felt secure enough to be serious about your position.<BR/><BR/>I do agree that our society is doing everything it can to avoid any kind of meaningful silence or solitude. We seem to be afraid to face either our own deep self or the Other who is desparately trying to reach us.<BR/>

Oblate-Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05036365664226782703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1116256345375492142005-05-16T11:12:00.000-04:002005-05-16T11:12:00.000-04:00

Actually, the gym and plane trips idea is MOST appealing. Hmmm. I will have to rethink this. But I'm such a music lover I'm honestly likely to keep myself in a kicky show tune-induced euphoria for so many hours a day, it'll take years off my life.

PeaceBanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1116254442135126232005-05-16T10:40:00.000-04:002005-05-16T10:40:00.000-04:00

I like my iPod and it helps provide me with a nice oasis of calm when work is too much. But I do understand the aversion to the obsession. However, I wouldn't let one vapid hausfrau help you to decide one way or the other.

Oversoulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1116237966193955722005-05-16T06:06:00.000-04:002005-05-16T06:06:00.000-04:00

Yeah, I don't have one, but TheCSO does and mostly uses it on the subway.<BR/><BR/>Your rant reminded me very much of the speech my parents gave when I wanted to buy a walkman when I was 12. The annoying thing is, they let me talk about it for weeks while I was saving up for a really nice one and THEN told me I couldn't have one. <BR/><BR/>And did I mention how their claim that the other kids

Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1116212227714932112005-05-15T22:57:00.000-04:002005-05-15T22:57:00.000-04:00

Your jealousy is sending off sparks! And anyways, I'm so busy grooving on my iPod that <I>I can't hear you!</I><BR/><BR/>(Mrs P is grooving on her iPod, too. She got it for the gym and plane trips. Mine is a commuter sedative -- um, I mean, a stimulant! Yes, a stimulant! As natural as coffee!)

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