Dear Abby

Check out http://tinyurl.com/gxgwj a little more than half way down for a
letter about a tattoo.

Fred.

Fred wrote:
> Check out http://tinyurl.com/gxgwj a little more than
> half way down for a letter about a tattoo.
>
> Fred.

DEAR ABBY: How does one tell a friend that the tattoo she got in honor
of her recently deceased friend is misspelled? Or should one? (I don't
think most people would have noticed the misspelling, for what it's
worth.) - GOOD SPELLER IN PASADENA
DEAR GOOD SPELLER: Sometimes the kind thing to do is to keep one's
mouth shut. If this were something that was easy to fix, I'd say tell
your friend in English, and fast. However, because it's not, my
recommendation is to let someone else give her the bad news.
/From the column

It's going to drive me nuts not knowing what the misspelling was. :o)

A tattoo artist told me a story about tattooing a name on a woman's
wrist. He positioned the stencil, asked her approval, REpositioned the
stencil, got her approval, did the tattoo, and THEN the client freaked
that it was misspelled. D'OH!

Luckily the error was an extra letter that was smack dab in the center
of the name. He covered that extra letter with a flower and the client
was satisfied, but how could she have seen the tattoo stencil, asked
for it to be repositioned, seen it again and STILL allowed the artist
to tattoo the name?!

And since it was a name, I wouldn't blame the artist. Kurt, Curt, Fred
- and if you ever read the old Doonesbury cartoons - Phred, and
countless other examples.

I agree with "Abby" however. Better to let someone else give her the
bad news.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James wrote:
> I agree with "Abby" however. Better to let someone else give her the
> bad news.

No. Good friends will tell their friend .

But then again, it fits your gray, little world. No bad tattoo. No
bad grades. Make up definitions as you see fit.

I suspect you have very little experience in what true friendship
means.

Hows that for being direct?

Kavin

KavinTaylor@gmail.com wrote:
> Curt James wrote:
>> I agree with "Abby" however. Better to let someone else give her the
>> bad news.
>
> No. Good friends will tell their friend .
>
> But then again, it fits your gray, little world. No bad tattoo. No
> bad grades. Make up definitions as you see fit.
>
> I suspect you have very little experience in what true friendship
> means.
>
> Hows that for being direct?
>
> Kavin
>


--
C'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot.
Louis Pasteur
http://www.chaotropic.net

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt James wrote:
> > I agree with "Abby" however. Better to let someone else
> > give her the bad news.
>
> No.

Opinion, Kavin.

The column:

DEAR ABBY: How does one tell a friend that the tattoo she got in honor
of her recently deceased friend is misspelled? Or should one? (I don't
think most people would have noticed the misspelling, for what it's
worth.) - GOOD SPELLER IN PASADENA
DEAR GOOD SPELLER: Sometimes the kind thing to do is to keep one's
mouth shut. If this were something that was easy to fix, I'd say tell
your friend in English, and fast. However, because it's not, my
recommendation is to let someone else give her the bad news. /From the
column

You're welcome to your opinion, naturally, however I agree with the
columnist. This time. I've often thought something like, "What the heck
are they talking about??!!!" when "Abby" divvies out advice, but I
think this recommendation is spot-on. Ymm(apparently)v.

> Good friends will tell their friend .

The letter writer didn't say "good friend." The letter writer, at least
as edited, said "friend" which leaves a LOT of wiggle room. Regardless,
"Sometimes the kind thing to do is to keep one's mouth shut," is not
bad advice, iMo. That should come as a surprise, eh? ;o)

> But then again, it fits your gray, little world.

HA! Kavin, my "little" world is all about primary colors and more.
Glue, construction paper, and Prismacolor! Otoh, shades of gray? Gotta
love number 2 pencils. So, yeah, at times, but a whole lot more. Hth.

> No bad tattoo.

That's true. Why? I've explained the philosophy before: There's no bad
tattoo because there will always be someone out there who will say,
"Hey, cool!" Subjective. That's art.

You definitely have your individual bias. Cool. Enjoy that as I enjoy
my perspective.

> No bad grades.

I'm an elementary school art teacher and I absolutely give out more A
grades than F grades. While I could create a rubric to destroy each and
every artistic creation you could attempt, Kavin, why would I do such a
thing if my goal is to encourage my students to develop an enjoyment of
the subject? Art is a lifelong pursuit or it can become one if the fun
is not crushed out of the activity, the curriculum, the educational
endeavour by people bent on saying, "You did that wrong."

> Make up definitions as you see fit.

Examples? Never mind. I've seen your "examples" and they're not worth
my time. Go ahead and post for your friends, though.

> I suspect you have very little experience in what true friendship
> means.

And enjoy your suspicions and impressions. Going with your gut is not
always a bad thing. My friends would probably agree. :oD

> Hows that for being direct?

Not bad. Thanks.

> Kavin

--
Curt

Nina Baltes wrote:

Nina Baltes wrote...

Well, nothing.

Hey, did you do that for the benefit of those who might've kill filed
Kavin???

re

> KavinTaylor@gmail.com wrote:
> > Curt James wrote:
> >> I agree with "Abby" however. <snip>

My response is elsewhere in this thread.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
>> Curt James wrote:
>> > I agree with "Abby" however. Better to let someone else
>> > give her the bad news.
>>
>> No.
>
> Opinion, Kavin.
>

Is it just me? When I was watching the whole thing about that
guy whos pretending to have killed the ramsey girl, I kept
thinking...

Huh...wouldnt it be weird if curt did it?

Then I started daydreaming about what I would tell the fuzz if
they started asking me if I ever thought curt would have been
capable of such things...I don't doubt at all that I'd say

"oh FUCK yeah...the guy is TEXTBOOK"

Maybe actually more textbook BTK, but certainly textbook
SOMETHING.




-----yttrx


--
http://www.yttrx.net

[...]

> Maybe actually more textbook BTK,

I actually used to work at Burger King, but I prefer Wendy's burgers
and their Frosties, of course. Great stuff.

> but certainly textbook SOMETHING.

Probably textbook patience. ;o)

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

yttrx wrote:
> Is it just me?

No.

Nina
--
C'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot.
Louis Pasteur
http://www.chaotropic.net

Curt James wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
> > Good friends will tell their friend .
>
C> The letter writer didn't say "good friend." The letter writer, at
least
C> as edited, said "friend" which leaves a LOT of wiggle room.
Regardless,
C> "Sometimes the kind thing to do is to keep one's mouth shut," is not
C> bad advice, iMo. That should come as a surprise, eh? ;o)

A good friend is someone who doesn't let you continue to embarass
yourself. You'll never be accused of that. But then, when the person
with the misspelling asks you how long you've known, you can wiggle
then.


C> While I could create a rubric to destroy each and
C> every artistic creation you could attempt, Kavin, why would I do
such a
C> thing if my goal is to encourage my students to develop an enjoyment
of
C> the subject?

Once again, your argument fails. Why a rubric? Are you that unsure of
your abilities that you have to blow things out of proportion?
Actually, asked, answered.

You are what is wrong with the system.

C>Art is a lifelong pursuit or it can become one if the fun
C> is not crushed out of the activity, the curriculum, the educational
C> endeavour by people bent on saying, "You did that wrong."

If you can't say you did that wrong, how do you say what is right?
That's right, in your world everything is right. If I were a parent at
your school, I'd do everything I could to get you fired.

KT> > I suspect you have very little experience in what true friendship
KT> > means.
>
C> My friends would probably agree. :oD

And you are proud of that?


Kavin

KavinTaylor@gmail.com <KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> KT> > I suspect you have very little experience in what true friendship
> KT> > means.
>>
> C> My friends would probably agree. :oD
>
> And you are proud of that?
>

He probably doesnt know well enough to care.

And, every one of his "friends" that he's brought up (e.g. the "friend"
who organized the bowling thing that got cancelled because he threatened
to show up and no one wanted to be responsible for him getting his bones
broken by at least six attendees) that I've checked with has flatly
denied even LIKING him.

Curt's got some major problems, and shouldn't be anywhere near children
until hes on some kind of antipsychotic or something.




-----yttrx



--
http://www.yttrx.net

yttrx schreef:

> He probably doesnt know well enough to care.
>
> And, every one of his "friends" that he's brought up (e.g. the "friend"
> who organized the bowling thing that got cancelled because he threatened
> to show up and no one wanted to be responsible for him getting his bones
> broken by at least six attendees) that I've checked with has flatly
> denied even LIKING him.
>
> Curt's got some major problems, and shouldn't be anywhere near children
> until hes on some kind of antipsychotic or something.

*Eeverything around Curt screams: sociopath.

smiling-frog@home.nl wrote:
>
> yttrx schreef:
>
>> He probably doesnt know well enough to care.
>>
>> And, every one of his "friends" that he's brought up (e.g. the "friend"
>> who organized the bowling thing that got cancelled because he threatened
>> to show up and no one wanted to be responsible for him getting his bones
>> broken by at least six attendees) that I've checked with has flatly
>> denied even LIKING him.
>>
>> Curt's got some major problems, and shouldn't be anywhere near children
>> until hes on some kind of antipsychotic or something.
>
> *Eeverything around Curt screams: sociopath.
>

Yup. its amazing to me he hasn't realized it yet. Every other sociopath
I know understands that they're sociopathic. Maybe hes THAT stupid.




-----yttrx




--
http://www.yttrx.net

Kavin Taylor wrote:

> A good friend is someone who doesn't let you continue to
> embarass yourself.

Speaking of misspellings...

> You'll never be accused of that.

Enjoy your perspective, opinion, and impressions, Kav.

> But then, when the person with the misspelling asks
> you how long you've known, you can wiggle then.

Wouldn't wiggle at all - I'd simply explain my perspective. And, I
suspect, any person who had a misspelled tattoo wouldn't choose to rush
around to all their friends and ask or accuse, "HEY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU
KNOWN?!"

I wrote:

> C> While I could create a rubric to destroy each and
> C> every artistic creation you could attempt, Kavin, why
> C> would I do such a thing if my goal is to encourage my
> C> students to develop an enjoyment of the subject?
>
> Once again, your argument fails.

Opinion.

> Why a rubric?

Why not?

> Are you that unsure of your abilities

Not at all.

> that you have to blow things out of proportion?

Pot, kettle, something, Kavin.

> Actually, asked, answered.

Musta missed that.

> You are what is wrong with the system.

Again, opinion.

> C>Art is a lifelong pursuit or it can become one if the fun
> C> is not crushed out of the activity, the curriculum, the
> C> educational endeavour by people bent on saying, "You
> C> did that wrong."
>
> If you can't say you did that wrong, how do you say what is
> right?

An interesting question, however not necessarily applicable to the
scenario as I've presented, Kav.

> That's right, in your world everything is right. If I were a parent
> at your school, I'd do everything I could to get you fired.

Do you have children? Are you a parent? Regardless, it's my opinion
that you err to the extreme in your analysis.

> KT> > I suspect you have very little experience in what true friendship
> KT> > means.
> >
> C> My friends would probably agree. :oD
>
> And you are proud of that?

Again, you're asking the wrong or, at best, inapplicable question.
While I'm a big proponent of judicious snipping when words are taken
entirely out of context the there's easily a misinterpretation as you
apparently have accidentally or, perhaps, purposefully done. ;o) My
comment as presented:

"Going with your gut is not always a bad thing.
My friends would probably agree. :oD"

Hth.

> Kavin

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

[...]
> > He probably doesnt know well enough to care.
> >
> > And, every one of his "friends" that he's brought up (e.g. the "friend"
> > who organized the bowling thing that got cancelled because he threatened
> > to show up and no one wanted to be responsible for him getting his bones
> > broken by at least six attendees) that I've checked with has flatly
> > denied even LIKING him.

Anyone who thinks that an event was canceled due to my rumored
attendance is wrong. As I said before, one person could not influence
an entire event's occurrence or cancellation. No. To think otherwise is
ridiculous.

Likewise, anyone who wanted to break my bones had ample opportunity at
the events that I have attended. Or were those alleged individuals not
at the events? Rhetorical. No need to encourage more of your flights of
fantasy.

> > Curt's got some major problems, and shouldn't be anywhere near children
> > until hes on some kind of antipsychotic or something.

Someone called you a stalker (available online if anyone follows all
the "Curt" threads), but your behavior does not meet the definition of
stalker. I prefer to think of you as simply unhappy and intent on
attempting to be controlling.

> *Eeverything around Curt screams: sociopath.

Even if that statement was fact - which it isn't - I'd be in what I'll
call good company:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...rch+this+group
aka http://tinyurl.com/kk8bo

Hth.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/