tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post5026825473541613884..comments2024-03-24T03:22:44.528-06:00Comments on The Cold Spot: In the Middle of My FunkTom Piccirillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11342750725233851622noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-56685401410874147212009-02-24T20:27:00.000-07:002009-02-24T20:27:00.000-07:00Facebook is one of the biggest time sucks on the p...Facebook is one of the biggest time sucks on the planet. But sometimes it's cool to reconnect with people from the past, but you got to limit it. I went through a similar stretch around the holidays when all I was doing was hitting facebook and ignoring crap like deadlines and such. It can be a pain, but if you pretend it's not there, it actually works sometimes. And don't get too funky, Tom. You usually have so much going on that once in awhile it's more than okay to take a break from the daily grind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827652636843928373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-65949345726670680702009-02-23T19:34:00.000-07:002009-02-23T19:34:00.000-07:00'Shadow Season' cover is striking.I like the black...'Shadow Season' cover is striking.<BR/><BR/>I like the blackness of the figure.<BR/><BR/>A sense of remoteness and the stench of trouble lurking.Phantom of Pulphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684169251989469824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-87758230243678842842009-02-23T19:32:00.000-07:002009-02-23T19:32:00.000-07:00I'm usually happy to learn that old flames are hap...I'm usually happy to learn that old flames are happily locked away in a marriage with a bunch of kids.<BR/><BR/>As for Facebook, I've recently backed away because, quite honestly, there is too much emphasis on the boring minutia of life, and I've also been getting Friend requests from people I hardly knew and never liked when I did hardly know them.<BR/><BR/>Tom, I can understand the pull of the past you're confronting. There is a novelty factor to it and it can be fun catching up with people who vanished at some point.<BR/><BR/>The up side is it's all good source material for something in the future.Phantom of Pulphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684169251989469824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-22122212605956085082009-02-22T19:11:00.000-07:002009-02-22T19:11:00.000-07:00You're not alone in riding the nostalgia train. P...You're not alone in riding the nostalgia train. Problem is, dwelling on the past doesn't really go anywhere, because the past is the past, and there's very little one can do to change it.<BR/><BR/>I made the mistake of typing an old flame into facebook, turns out she's happily married and has a new baby. Why does that bother me so much?djandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353966683347359323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-58085767953208652522009-02-13T03:34:00.000-07:002009-02-13T03:34:00.000-07:00Nostalgia seems to be an affliction of the Y chrom...Nostalgia seems to be an affliction of the Y chromosome... I think. And I may be wrong on this one, but a lot of the time, the word nostalgia is interchangable with REGRET.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-13713664975091008292009-02-11T08:25:00.000-07:002009-02-11T08:25:00.000-07:00Well, I'm your best buddy on facebook, but you've ...Well, I'm your best buddy on facebook, but you've never met me in your life, so I don't think I'm contributing to the problem :Pronnochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846138337588291636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-27568277114656327652009-02-10T13:47:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:47:00.000-07:00Whoa, Tom, has this post hit a chord!Been doing th...Whoa, Tom, has this post hit a chord!<BR/>Been doing the funky dance for a while now. Ever since the job losses/financial woes/health issues have hit Dee and the kids and I, I do nothing BUT dwell on the past: when things were more stable, friends we had back where we moved from, life before diabetes...and I gotta tell you, it does a number on you.<BR/>Add that to the fact that my mother moved in with us when we came to NC, and she's ALWAYS dwelling on the past, everything from her crappy childhood to life with my alcoholic father.<BR/>Been almost impossible to get my head into the present, and stay there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642040507586245737.post-73519846966857453762009-02-10T13:45:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:45:00.000-07:00I bet once it all shakes out you'll have some new ...I bet once it all shakes out you'll have some new material to write about.David Jack Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156198681784465777noreply@blogger.com