Dave's blog

[RGMike]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

[Gazoo]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

He has a point there.  But I hope he realizes (a) that the people who are voicing the most angry and vindictive things in the streets and on the Net are merely the outliers of what is mostly a civilized populace; and (b) that's it's really not so isolating when you're expressing your thoughts via music to thousands and thousands of listeners, many of whom consider DM a friend for reasons wholly personal.

[mshray]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

He has a point there.  But I hope he realizes (a) that the people who are voicing the most angry and vindictive things in the streets and on the Net are merely the outliers of what is mostly a civilized populace; and (b) that's it's really not so isolating when you're expressing your thoughts via music to thousands and thousands of listeners, many of whom consider DM a friend for reasons wholly personal.

I read this earlier, hoping instead to find him talking about an upcoming Strictly Instrumental set.  Now that I heard the promo for a '74 set tomorrow I'm feeling kind of down on humanity too.

Oh well.  I've got more important things to worry about.  I'm sure both Dave & I will get over it.

[Gazoo]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

He has a point there.  But I hope he realizes (a) that the people who are voicing the most angry and vindictive things in the streets and on the Net are merely the outliers of what is mostly a civilized populace; and (b) that's it's really not so isolating when you're expressing your thoughts via music to thousands and thousands of listeners, many of whom consider DM a friend for reasons wholly personal.

I read this earlier, hoping instead to find him talking about an upcoming Strictly Instrumental set.  Now that I heard the promo for a '74 set tomorrow I'm feeling kind of down on humanity too.

Oh well.  I've got more important things to worry about.  I'm sure both Dave & I will get over it.

Hope you're not taking it too personally, dude.  Slights are merely oversights.

[mshray]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

He has a point there.  But I hope he realizes (a) that the people who are voicing the most angry and vindictive things in the streets and on the Net are merely the outliers of what is mostly a civilized populace; and (b) that's it's really not so isolating when you're expressing your thoughts via music to thousands and thousands of listeners, many of whom consider DM a friend for reasons wholly personal.

I read this earlier, hoping instead to find him talking about an upcoming Strictly Instrumental set.  Now that I heard the promo for a '74 set tomorrow I'm feeling kind of down on humanity too.

Oh well.  I've got more important things to worry about.  I'm sure both Dave & I will get over it.

Hope you're not taking it too personally, dude.  Slights are merely oversights.

to borrow from ARS, "I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight".  Pretty much decided that next week I'll resend my original email & just say something like, "Read your blog...hope your faith in humanity gets restored soon...still hoping for an SI set, but if you've got bigger fish to fry don't worry about me...still love your work."

[RGMike]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

He has a point there.  But I hope he realizes (a) that the people who are voicing the most angry and vindictive things in the streets and on the Net are merely the outliers of what is mostly a civilized populace; and (b) that's it's really not so isolating when you're expressing your thoughts via music to thousands and thousands of listeners, many of whom consider DM a friend for reasons wholly personal.

I read this earlier, hoping instead to find him talking about an upcoming Strictly Instrumental set.  Now that I heard the promo for a '74 set tomorrow I'm feeling kind of down on humanity too.

Oh well.  I've got more important things to worry about.  I'm sure both Dave & I will get over it.

Hope you're not taking it too personally, dude.  Slights are merely oversights.

to borrow from ARS, "I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight".  Pretty much decided that next week I'll resend my original email & just say something like, "Read your blog...hope your faith in humanity gets restored soon...still hoping for an SI set, but if you've got bigger fish to fry don't worry about me...still love your work."

That's wonderful, actually.  Me, I think I'll forget about a B-Day request. I'm sure Dave considers me one of those negative people.

[urth]

Wow, have you seen Dave's latest blog entry?

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2198&id=35

Yikes, he's really down on humanity...

He has a point there.  But I hope he realizes (a) that the people who are voicing the most angry and vindictive things in the streets and on the Net are merely the outliers of what is mostly a civilized populace; and (b) that's it's really not so isolating when you're expressing your thoughts via music to thousands and thousands of listeners, many of whom consider DM a friend for reasons wholly personal.

If you look at the entry he wrote the day before, he mentions that he'd "just gone manic" so perhaps Dave was on the down side of a bipolar rollercoaster (rollee-coaster? sorry, couldn't resist) when he wrote the post in question. He wouldn't be the only one.

[urth]

So this is kinda weird. Dave's most recent blog post, in which he recommends a few films, has disappeared entirely.

And I also found that the link to the KFOG Blog page in the left nav is no longer there, either. You can get to it if you just go to the Community page, but there's no direct link in the popout window from the Community tab.

Wonder if KFOG has had enough of the blogging thing? (Dave has by far been the most frequent blogger.)

[RGMike]

So this is kinda weird. Dave's most recent blog post, in which he recommends a few films, has disappeared entirely.

And I also found that the link to the KFOG Blog page in the left nav is no longer there, either. You can get to it if you just go to the Community page, but there's no direct link in the popout window from the Community tab.

Wonder if KFOG has had enough of the blogging thing? (Dave has by far been the most frequent blogger.)

Generally, blog posts have not elicited a large amount of replies, even when asked for specifically. (Compare KFOG's blogs to, say, sfgate's). So it may be a "why bother anymore?" attitude.

[RGMike]

So this is kinda weird. Dave's most recent blog post, in which he recommends a few films, has disappeared entirely.

And I also found that the link to the KFOG Blog page in the left nav is no longer there, either. You can get to it if you just go to the Community page, but there's no direct link in the popout window from the Community tab.

Wonder if KFOG has had enough of the blogging thing? (Dave has by far been the most frequent blogger.)

Generally, blog posts have not elicited a large amount of replies, even when asked for specifically. (Compare KFOG's blogs to, say, sfgate's). So it may be a "why bother anymore?" attitude.

Looks like they've returned the Blog link back to where it was on the "Community" pop-up menu.

[Alicat]

No recent blog activity, not for about 3 weeks. What's up with Dave? I guess I could ask him myself but I may have already missed something here as my attention hass been spotty.

[urth]

No recent blog activity, not for about 3 weeks. What's up with Dave? I guess I could ask him myself but I may have already missed something here as my attention hass been spotty.

I've noticed that too. He's been the most frequent contributor to the KFOG blog for a long while, so for him to stop entirely is notable for that reason alone. And there was one entry that disappeared from his blog entirely that was posted a couple of days after the current most recent one. It wasn't anything controversial that I recall, movie recommendations and such.

But as I think I mentioned earlier, if you read between the lines, there seems to be a real bipolar swing to Dave's blogs of the month or so leading up to his last entry. I hope he's doing OK--sounds like he could be going through a rough patch.

[urth]

Well, Dave has lifted the veil of silence. He's been quitting smoking for the last three weeks, so maybe he's been, umm, distracted. Sounds like he is having a tough time of it--reading between the lines, he still seems to have the urge. But he's a longtime smoker, so it's understandable I guess. Hard for me to know what he's going thru, since I have never smoked more than a puff or two (tobacco) my entire life. But I understand that it's hard.

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2252&id=35

[Gazoo]

Well, Dave has lifted the veil of silence. He's been quitting smoking for the last three weeks, so maybe he's been, umm, distracted. Sounds like he is having a tough time of it--reading between the lines, he still seems to have the urge. But he's a longtime smoker, so it's understandable I guess. Hard for me to know what he's going thru, since I have never smoked more than a puff or two (tobacco) my entire life. But I understand that it's hard.

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2252&id=35

Dave's friend Larry is a damned fool.  Other reasons to quit smoking: (1) so you can capably walk 5 miles again, have the energy to maybe walk to work once in a while; (2) to reduce the odds that your family will have to watch you wither into a cancer-ridden husk; (3) to save, in a modest estimate of three packs a week, over $100 a month.

I smoked from roughly summer '93 to Sept. '96.  I was fortunate enough to have never gotten physically hooked on the nicotine, so when I quit upon moving to SF (that is, upon realizing I'd double my chances of finding a roommate if I were a non-smoker), I didn't have much difficulty.  So I can't empathize with the difficulty in quitting.  I can, however, reiterate the value in trying.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Well, Dave has lifted the veil of silence. He's been quitting smoking for the last three weeks, so maybe he's been, umm, distracted. Sounds like he is having a tough time of it--reading between the lines, he still seems to have the urge. But he's a longtime smoker, so it's understandable I guess. Hard for me to know what he's going thru, since I have never smoked more than a puff or two (tobacco) my entire life. But I understand that it's hard.

http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2252&id=35

Three weeks?  Yeah, he still has the urge.  Big time.  I've made it three months and still had the urge.  Congratulations to those of you who able to never start, or, somehow, never to become addicted to the damned things...