Oh. I thought "serious, respected" was a delicate way of saying
"remunerated, compensated." And I hadn't the heart at the time to point out
that I wasn't there quite yet . . . I think once I assassinate a couple
dozen bloggers my site will be a bit better-capitalized. Wait: Did I type
that out loud?
--J
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:58 AM, barkofdelight <barkofdelight_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>
> --- Alex Melnick wrote:
>
> > And it's not just this book--I've had similar reaction to David's,
> > Mike's, and Janine's books, Joy's blog, and Sandra Loh's radio
> > commentaries. I suspect that it says something about my refusal to
> > accept that I'm a grown-up. After all, if the rest of you are
> > serious, respected adults, surely I ought to be one, too?
>
> I don't know about the rest of your list, but I assure you
> that PL's book does nothing toward moving him into the category
> of "serious, respected adult."
>
> I don't know who would be more insulted by such an association:
> Paul or an actual SRA.
>
> (My gut says Paul.)
>
> Bark!
>
>
>
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